Life at school:Konstantinos volunteering at the school
Our very good and young student after finshing his one month long lessons offered to support our work at the school. He helped us by translating in German several texts which we use for our presentations on Greek cultural subjects like Greek Diet, History of the Evolution of Greek Language etc.
Life at school: Practicing Greek dances in a Tavern
Our young students from an Italian secondary school had been taught by our teacher Vassiliki to dance hassaposerviko, one of the quick Greek traditional dances. Two hours was enough for them to feel confident and so they asked to practice it in a real Greek environment. This is what they did during the farewell dinner […]
Out of class activities: visiting one more museum
As a part of our morning courses, we visit twice per month a museum or a place with historical/cultural importance. Last week, in our school in Athens, we visited with our students the Cycladic Museum which houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art. The students had the opportunity to see small-scale, marble figurines […]
Life at school: All our students are impressed and really enjoy having lessons at our building in Athens.
Since 4 years, we have been using a very nice 104 years old house in front of Pedion tou Areos. The building had been built to house a rich family and follows the neo-classical architecture. The administrative staff offices and also the library and the kitchen at the first level have replaced the reception and dining rooms which existed […]
Life at school: Kristian’s surprise birthday party
On 28/11, it was Kristian’s birthday; our student’s who is learning Greek in our school since October. The staff of the school with his classmate and friend Sophie has decided to arrange him a small surprise party in the library, while he was studying on his own. We sang the Greek birthday song «Να ζήσεις […]
Out of class activities: Eat like a Greek
Autumn weather and on Thursday we went for the established bi-weekly dinner indoors, at the well-known restaurant (mezedopoleion) Oxo Nou. It is next to the always lively Exarchia Square and its mezes follow the Cretan Diet. Everything was excellent and most importantly we are a very lively group, as can be seen in the photo. […]
Proud of our students: Steffan supports the Marathon
Steffan was the heart of the school these last two weeks. He is German and philhellene as anyone can notice from his outfit, his phone case, his motorcycle…all painted in “Greek colors This year, for the umpteenth time, he supported the Marathon as a volunteer (November 12 ) and he run some kilometers wearing the […]
Out of class activities: Greek Film presentation & screening
Today, Monday November 21, Eleni Tragea showed the well-known old Greek film of Mich. Kakogiannis. The students enjoyed the well-known rebetika melodies of Hatzidakis, the scenes with Greek dances and the images from old Athens, Exarchia, Plaka and Kastela. After the film we discussed the revolutionary presentation of a strong and independent female character in […]
Teaching Greek our way: Practicing Greek out of the school
Last week Costas, our director, helped students to practice their Greek out of the School. He walked with them in the Park, visited a nearby supermarket to buy vegetables and fruit, and went for a coffee at a nearby Cafeteria.
Proud of our students: The Greek translation of our student’s book
Helena Schrader, our student, is a famous American author of historical novels, six of which deal with Sparta. She and Herbert, her husband, have been students at our school, the year before the pandemy. This is how we got to know about her books and decided to help in their translation and promotion in Greece, […]