“One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” On Friday October 20, 2017, the CGS GIN club visited the Ark of the World to offer the stationery that students had collected on the Pan-Hellenic School Sports Day. Founded by Father Anthony Papanikolaou in 1998, the Ark of the World is a voluntary non-profit organization for Mother and Child Protection. Its purpose is to focus care, support and hope on children either livin...
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History Founded by Daniel Berdichevsky the first World Scholar’s Cup took place in Korea in 2007: a small regional tournament hosted at the Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies. The first “global” round followed a few weeks later, bringing together students from Korea, Singapore, and the United States. The idea behind the World Scholar’s Cup was to create something different than traditional academic competitions and conferences: a ce...
Have you ever… …played giant Jenga outside? …chased angry birds in real surroundings? …drawn your own shadow? …won a cooking contest? …done a diversity treasure hunt? Cool workshops, amazing art, music and theatre activities, and some super exciting contests are just some of the things that will happen at this year’s CGS Open Day, dedicated to the theme "challenges / προκλήσεις" The CGS community invites you all to join us...
The experience: 84 CGS students join seven schools last weekend to debate, write and explore new knowledge in the World Scholar’s Cup Athens Round. The challenge: they work in small teams and consider many questions through this year’s theme, “An Unlikely World”… they discuss whether Greece should land a woman on the moon or if extinct animals should be brought back to life and all this implies. The highlights: CGS students are ...
English with a touch of STEM: The “Blood Mobile” Simulation Game By Chris Moustakis and Irene Tsamoura (6th grade students) While we were working on the Unit of Inquiry “The Human Machine”, we played an amazing game called the “Blood Mobile” Simulation. Through this game, the children had the opportunity to understand what happens when blood circulates in our body. In that game, every child had an important role to play. Some of us we...
Weather station What is the temperature currently at CGS? Is it very windy? Is it humid? The school now has its own weather station! You can access «real time» weather information through the following link: https://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/pallini-cgs/
What is The Duke of Edinburgh International Award ? The Duke of Edinburgh International Award was founded by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh in 1956 and since then the number of entries has exceeded 8 million in more than 140 countries worldwide. Every day, 548 young people around the world receive one of the three awards (Bronze, Silver or Gold). The international character of the award and the consistent criteria and conditions for its acq...
