«The Musical» at the CGS Conservatory for IB PYP Year 4, 5 and 6 students, as well as IB MYP students. Discover the magic of Theatre combined with Music! This year the CGS Conservatory offers courses in the teaching and experience of the Musical through shows. Over the last ten years, the Musical has attracted many new listeners / audiences in our country as well as in other European countries. It is currently taught as a basic form of music / ...
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Congratulations to CGS graduates for the excellent results in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme examinations. We also thank the IB DP faculty for their important role in our students’ success. 96.7% of CGS candidates were awarded the IB Diploma as compared to 77.4% awarded worldwide CGS students averaged an overall score of 35.1 as compared to the worldwide average of 29.6 34.5% of CGS students received 38 points and higher, a...
The CGS Kids Triathlon was successfully held on Saturday 18th May with more than 250 children participating. For the third consecutive year, the CGS Sports Club, true to the team spirit of sport and acutely aware of its pedagogical importance, organized a specially designed triathlon competition for children aged 6 to 13 at the CGS facilities. Christos Geitonas – Managing Director of CGS, said in his statement: ‘We are extremely happy today t...
True to the team spirit of sport and acutely aware of the pedagogical importance aimed at spreading not only the triathlon but also sports as a lifestyle in general, the CGS Sports Club is organising for the third time in Greece a specially designed triathlon race for children aged 5 to 14 at the CGS facilities on Saturday 18 May, 2019. The race will be held under the aegis of the Spirit Foundation, an international organisation established by Ni...
In collaboration with the Inter-university – Inter-department Masters Programme ‘Debating, Human Sciences and Education’. The effective use of the principles of communication, persuasion strategies, and speech and message decoding techniques are essential elements in education concerning: structured thinking comprehensive reasoning the development of logic the recognition, control and correct management of falsehoods during interactions. ...
Katherine K. Merseth, Professor and Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School, recently visited CGS for the fourth time and on this occasion conducted a workshop on Leading Schools in the 21st Century. The workshop took place on Tuesday 16 April and addressed department coordinators and CGS heads from all educational levels. Through an interactive workshop, Ms. Merseth analysed the different types of leadership in education, poi...
The Global Issues Network (GIN) club at CGS participated at the annual GIN Euro conference in Luxembourg on 27-30 March, 2019. During the conference, the club at our school delivered a presentation entitled Special with Potential. The presentation dealt with a sensitive social issue regarding people with special needs. In particular, our students described various types of physical and mental disabilities, highlighted the difficulties people with...
On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 the Global Issues Network (GIN) club at CGS visited the City of Athens Citizen Assistance Unit, one of the most important structures of the Centre for the Reception and Solidarity of the Municipality of Athens (ΚΥΑΔΑ). The unit is at the core of social solidarity in the city. It aims to address the problems of vulnerable groups and combat the factors that lead them to poverty, exclusion and social isolation by pro...
In collaboration with Anatolia College, John Hopkins University and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, CGS will be an examination center for the Center for Talented Youth (CTY Greece) for the third consecutive year. The Center for Talented Children / CTY Greece comes under the auspices of both the Ministries of Education of Greece and Cyprus and was created through the partnership of the American College of Anatolia of Thessaloniki with the US John...
On Wednesday, December 20, 2018 the Global Issues Network (GIN) club visited the Ark of the World - a voluntary non-profit charity for Mother and Child Protection. The mission of the Ark of the World is to provide protection, care and love to children without a supportive environment, and to support single-parent families facing serious financial and social problems. During the visit to the Ark of the World, members of the GIN club offered statio...