OUT OF CLASS ACTIVITIES
During the past 50 years of our operation we have understood the importance of providing our students with information about Greece , Greek history, music, diet, dances, the language etc. So we developed a series of presentations and activities that are offered after the normal teaching hours. Initially we have named them “extra curricular activities” […]
Proud of our students: John at his 101 years, our oldest ever student
I would not believe that we would have students so advanced in age up to recent April when John came to our school at Chania. The oldest student we had before him as far as I remember was a Swiss lady in her 80s but we have not been keeping statistics about the age of […]
Life at school: We have started going to the beach
Our students and teachers have already started swimming in the sea, since the Easter period. Our teacher Vasiliki was the first to come to Volos after Easter and told us that the water was very cold. On Saturday-Sunday our student Elias went to Glyfada with his friends and on Monday morning he mentioned that the […]
Life at school: Sunday mass with our students
We followed with students the Sunday mass at the oldest operating Byzantine church in Athens, Saint Nicolas Ragava. The church is located in old Athens, area of Plaka, just below the Acropolis. It has been built during the 11th century, probably by Ragava family. Most of the ancient wall and roof paintings have lived up […]
Out of class activities: Eat like a Greek
As we do every second week since ages, we invited our students to enjoy a Greek dinner under the sky (almost) with Acropolis in front of us. On May 12, at 21:00, we dine together on Andrianou Street, at our favorite restaurant. We ate only “Greek Mezedes” served for all to take, starting with ouzo […]
Out of class activities: Greek Film presentation & screening (a special presentation by the director of the school)
Almost all our students have seen the film, the English title is “A touch of spice”, and I do not remember anybody having disliked it. A love affair with an unhappy end on the surface, a continuous love affair of Greeks and Turkish alike for our Constantinople, their Istanbul…and all the story covered by the magical […]
Out of class activities: In the museum of typography
The first museum in Greece dedicated to typography operates in Chania since 2005 and is a few kilometers away from the city center. Last week, our students in Chania visited the museum with their teachers and admired its rare editions, engravings and woodcuts, which link the typography to the local history of Crete. What’s more, the […]
Out of class activities: Bull-leaping in Chania!
Last week our students in Chania visited once more the impressive Minoan’s world. The students admired the 3D statuettes of the museum and learned all about the customs of the Minoans, like the bull-leaping. They were also introduced to the fantastic story of the Minoan civilization in the 9D cinema: a lot of bubbles, rain, […]
Life at school: Day trip to Epidaurus & Mycenae
As part of our educational program, our students visit places of cultural and archaeological interest not only in the cities where they attend their courses, but in different regions of Greece as well. Last weekend, some of our students who take part in our Modern and Ancient Greek programs went on a day trip in […]
Life at school: Playing the bouzouki in Athens
Our student David -retired university professor of the English language from Australia- loves rebetiko and plays the bouzouki. As he told us, one of the reasons he started learning Greek, was because he wanted to understand the lyrics of rebetika songs. Last Friday, we were very happy to listen to David’s interpretation of “Fragosyriani” -by […]