On the 2nd of December our St ENL students had the privilege of having an online meeting with author Eugenia Triantafyllou as part of the Immigration Unit of Inquiry. Her short story My Country Is a Ghost, published in Uncanny Magazine, was nominated for the prestigious Nebula prize in 2020 and served as an opportunity to discuss the effects of immigration on national identity. The students enjoyed the experience and asked questions about the sto...
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As part of the IB Diploma Programme’s mandate of brining real world learning into the classroom, our Business Management students and their teacher welcomed three representatives from the U.S. Embassy’s Commercial Section who gave a guest lecture on the current business environment in Greece and an overview of how the Embassy Commercial Section supports U.S. companies who wish to make inroads and succeed in the Greek market. It was a unique o...
Teachers in action! The Pre - Kindergarten teachers became actresses for a day and performed the well - known fairy tale 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' adapted to the Unit of Inquiry 'Be my Friend'. The three goats are good friends that help each other and know that sharing is caring. They want to cross a wooden bridge to eat the sweet, green grass. But there is a problem. A troll lives under the bridge and doesn't let anyone cross it! However, th...
Class of 2022 achieves a perfect score of 45 in the IB Diploma Programme The CGS IB Diploma Programme is extremely proud to announce that our graduate, Konstantinos Barmpounis, will attend the challenging Aerospace Engineering degree at the acclaimed Technical University of Delft this fall. Along with a perfect IB score of 45 points, a final result that less than 1% of IB students achieve globally, Konstantinos secured a place in the programm...
Lamda Development SA, through its subsidiary ELLINIKO MAE. (“LAMDA”), PRODEA Investments (“PRODEA”) and Costeas-Geitonas School (“CGS”) announce the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of establishing a modern primary and secondary education organization in Greek (“CGS Ellinikon “). This collaboration arose in the context of a competitive process conducted by LAMDA for the development of a school in Elli...
The High School Principal and the IB Diploma Programme Coordinator at CGS invite graduates, students, parents, guardians, staff and friends to the Graduation Ceremony of the Class of 2022 on Wednesday 29 June 2022, at 20.30. Arrival time: 20.00 Venue: CGS Open-air Theatre Graduates and guests will only be admitted to the school upon presentation of a negative self-diagnostic test certificate, taken up to 24 hours prior to arrival at the school, o...
The IB PYP Exhibition is the culmination of the IB Primary Years Programme. It is carried out by pupils in Year 6 and marks the transition from IB PYP Primary to IB MYP Secondary Education, from general knowledge to specialisation. Its main and primary objective is the application of methods and various skills (research, critical thinking, presentation and communication skills) by students in the interdisciplinary unit "How we share the Planet". ...
On Thursday 17th March, we had the opportunity to welcome students from Ordrup Highschool in Copenhagen to our school. Our visitors were invited within the framework of our continuous efforts to cultivate cultural exchange and the international mindedness of our students and to give them the chance to interact with young people from around the world. Twenty-eight students and two teachers from Denmark spent the day with our year one diploma candi...
Music – Theatre – Visual Arts - Dance The CGS ARTS CONTEST is organised by the Primary School ARTS department and its professional teachers, within the framework of sustainability and the cultivation of 21st century skills with the support of the Primary School administration and Ms. Zoi Geitona. The aim of the CGS ARTS CONTEST is to showcase students with special talents in the arts by rewarding and supporting their artistic development. The...
The 16th CGS Model United Nations Conference on the theme of op-PRESS-ion was conducted online from 10th to 12th December 2021. Over the course of the three days, 430 13 to 18-year-old students from 19 private and public schools in Greece and abroad actively participated in public discourse, debate and discussions on international issues. During the Opening Ceremony, CGS had the pleasure and honour to host CGS alumnus Dr. Constantinos Filis, who ...
