As a result of his commitment and hard work, Vasilis Michalis, Class of 2020 in the IB Diploma Programme at CGS, has been named this year’s recipient of the prestigious Fordham University Faber Award. The Faber Award is a four year scholarship of $55,000 annually and is Fordham University’s highest merit award for international students. In the words of Fordham University, “It is our investment in you and recognizes the value you will bring...
Exceptional results once again this unusual year Heartfelt congratulations to our students for their exceptional results in the IB Diploma. We are most proud of their accomplishments and wish them every success in their new academic life. Our students’ results, particularly given this year’s unusual circumstances, reflect their disciplined efforts and sense of commitment to their goals during the last two years. They also reflect our IB DP ...
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The 15th CGS MUN 2020 Agenda is now on our site. You can access it via the following link: https://cgsmun.gr/15th-agenda/
A parent's survival guideCGS Connected As part of the national effort to limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), CGS operates CGS Connected, a distance learning and information system for its entire school community. CGS Connected consists of a tried and tested combination of methods and tools with which teachers and students can continue to work from home while parents can contact teachers and services of our school. Regardless of its state-...
Our IB Diploma Year 2 student Maria Patouna will serve as a Deputy President in the "Special Conference on Securing and Advancing Democracy" of The Hague International Model UN conference. This committee is one of the biggest committees of THIMUN 2020 and the one addressing the main theme of this year's conference. Debates on "political inclusion of marginalised groups" and "the role of civil society in advancing democracy" will be entertai...
«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 / ...
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...
Description: Biomedical technology is a rapidly growing industry with unlimited practical applications in the professional field and thus in the real world. The 3rd CGS Biomedical Engineering Summer Course is an educational programme. Organized by a Greek school for the first time, it is a continuation of last year's very successful programme. The programme is offered in collaboration with the Research & Development department of CGS with the...
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...
Last week, MYP 4 students Maria Violetta Lopez-Ibanez, Christos Mousakis and Despina Petrou represented CGS brilliantly at the final round of the World Scholar’s Cup Tournament of Champions at Yale University, where this year’s theme was “An Entangled World.” The CGS Team competed alongside 2,300 students from 58 countries in Team Debate, Collaborative Writing, the Scholar’s Bowl and the Scholar’s Challenge covering 6 different discip...
On Wednesday, October 17th, the IB Diploma Programme at CGS welcomed senior admissions representatives from member universities of the World Class Study in London (WCSiL) Consortium - Imperial College London, London School of Economics, King’s College London and University College London. Over 100 guests including students, parents and educators from CGS and other schools in Athens, attended a most informative evening including a presentation o...
MAY 2018 – RESULTS Received the IB Diploma 93% Average IB Score 34.2 First Choice University 96% Top 100 University 28% UK University 57% England & Wales: Scotland: 69%31% EU University 32% USA/Canada University 11% Total Scholarship Awards (USA & Canada) $552,000 Degree /45 ΕΙΔΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ ΠΡΟΤΙΜ. ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ 44 Biomedical Engineering 1η Imperial College London 43 Economics and Mathematics 1η D...
Biomedical technology is a rapidly growing industry with unlimited practical applications in the professional field and thus in the real world. The 2nd CGS Biomedical Engineering Summer Course is an educational programme. Organized by a Greek school for the first time, it is a continuation of last year's very successful programme. The programme is offered in collaboration with the Research & Development department of CGS with the 1st ENT Clin...
School closes for the summer, but education never stops. CGS organises creative summer programmes that combine fun with education for children of all ages. The CGS summer programmes are designed by CGS teachers in collaboration with specialists (external consultants with years of experience in their fields) so that children have the opportunity to have fun, to exercise and to be entertained, whilst enhancing their knowledge, imaginations and soci...
For the sixth consecutive year, the students of the Global Issues Network (GIN) club represented our school and our country at the annual GIN conference in Luxembourg on 7 -10 March 2018. The topic of the conference this year was Facilitating Sustainable Change with Environmental and Social Initiatives. Initially, the GIN team presented a series of actions which the group had carried out after the end of last year's conference, inspiring students...
CGS Educational Conference 2018 A unique educational event, Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall Rethinking pedagogy is as crucial as identifying the new competencies that today’s learners need to develop. Redefining the role of the educator and redesigning the learning process constitutes a revolution, which is currently underway globally and goes beyond the boundaries of the school environment. Modern educational approaches combined with the dyna...
“I wish you knew how happy you made us” The Global Issues Network (GIN) club aims to shape active citizens who work together locally and internationally to find sustainable solutions to problems faced by the global community. Last year at the annual Global Issues Network conference in Luxembourg, the CGS team presented the decisive role that education can play in gender inequality. At the end of the conference, our club committed itself to he...
The Global Issues Network (GIN) club and the Model United Nations (MUN) club are joining forces against the water crisis! In 2014, the United Nations established access to clean, drinking water as a human right. However, much of the world’s population is deprived of this right as they live in extremely unhealthy conditions. UNICEF estimates that 1 in 5 children under 5 die each day from diseases related to the lack of safe water. It is esti...
The Model United Nations (MUN) is the most important educational simulation for diplomacy, international relations and the work of the United Nations in the world, involving schools from all over the world. Through public discourse, debate and discussions on international issues, students have the opportunity to aspire to institutional positions in the Model United Nations and to work further in international teams deepening international diploma...
The Pincipal's Medal Award at the University of Edinburgh is one of the most important ways in which the University recognises both academics or students who have made outstanding contributions to both the University and wider communities. The 2017 Principal Medal Award winner is Alexandros Angelopoulos and his fellow student, Sam Kellerhals. "Elpis", the project for which they are recognized, means hope. Congratulations to our CGS alumnus f...
“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...
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...
Congratulations to our IB Diploma Programme at CGS May Exam Results 2017 – a first look! 100% awarded the IB Diploma 35 points average score 40% with 38 points or higher 32% admitted to some of the Top 50 universities worldwide including Imperial College London, Warwick University, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Toronto, University of Rochester, NYU, University of Texas, Austin, Technical University of Eindh...
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: http://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/pallini-cgs
