Sui is launching the curriculum at the Costeas - Geitonas School (CGS) near Athens with plans for global expansion in the near future. The Sui Foundation, a state-of-the-art blockchain platform which has been achieving network milestones at a remarkable pace, joined with officials from Costeas - Geitonas School (CGS) to announce the launch of a groundbreaking Web3 curriculum for highschool students entitled, “Blockchain and Business Innovation....
Anna Philippopoulou admitted to Oxford University The CGS IB Diploma Programme is honored to announce that Anna Philippopoulou, Class of 2023, will study Physics at Oxford University this fall. With us at CGS since her primary years, Anna has worked with a singular passion and great discipline toward her goal and will make an excellent scientist. Curious and creative, her preparation in the IB Diploma Programme developed a breadth and depth of kn...
Double Congratulations to Nikolas Vasilakis, IBDP Class of 2023 Admitted to Erasmus University of Rotterdam and Representing Greece in the International Economics Olympiad Recent IB Diploma Programme graduate, Nikolas Vasilakis, has two important reasons to celebrate: admission to the Econometrics and Operations Research programme, one of the most demanding degrees at Erasmus University of Rotterdam, and representing Greece in the International E...
The end of the first year of the IB DP, CGS students get a lot of things: their final grades, a series of workshops to help them prepare for university applications and… a trip to universities abroad to explore their options for next year. This June marked the 14th annual University Preparation Workshops where students spend two days learning about entry requirements, admission processes, essay-writing, preparing a CV, interviews and how to fin...
Last weekend, 15 of our IB Diploma Programme and Lyceum students participated in the 12th annual Yale Model Government Europe Conference. Taking place in Athens for the first time, the YMGE is an event that focuses on issues of importance to Europe, bringing together experienced Yale students and high school student delegates from around the world to explore some of the EU’s most pressing topics. Participants are called upon to discuss, debate ...
This January, our PYP and MYP students were invited to participate in an online EU-wide student conversation in celebration of European inventors - past, present and future. In a live link with Think Young team leaders, our students learned about some amazing (and little known) European innovators like Jaap Haartsen who invented Bluetooth, Elvira Fortunato who invented paper-based microchips or Kornelis Schouhamer who invented the CD…and many o...
The aim of the presentations is to provide information about the content, goals and requirements of the programmes so as to ensure a smooth transition to the next academic year. All presentations are open to parents and students of all CGS levels as well as other schools. The following is a table with the scheduled presentations: Date Class 2021-2022 Class 2022-2023 Time 26.1.2022 IB MYP Year 5 IB Diploma Programme 18:00 9.2.2022 Primary Year 6 ...
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...
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...
