Wishes for Christmas!

From our students!

Our work in edmodo

We have created a group using Edmodo for all of us.  It's an "educational facebook," you can make posts, set up survey polls, submit assignments or notes (www.edmodo.com). We would love to get that dialogue and communication between the students started. Each student has created an edmodo account (www.edmodo.com) and entered in the group code.
Our students have posted some messages about their interests in edmodo and we put two survey polls (about music & sports) in order for them to respond to. 

Welcome video of Great Falls Middle & High School

The students of  Great Falls Middle & High School (chester.gfmh.schooldesk.net) made their welcome video for us!

Our welcome video!

This is the welcome video of the Experimental Senior High School of University of Macedonia! (http://ppl.pplpamak.eu/ppl/)

School Holidays and Entertainment

Entertainment options for teenagers during the school holiday period...

The General Secretariat for Youth organises a number of youth holiday programmes, including:

• Opportunities for young lawyers to offer legal aid to minority groups
• A programme in which medical-school students volunteer on remote Greek islands in July and August
• 'Visiting Greece', an alternative tourism programme, in cooperation with the National Tourism Organization (EOT), for young people aged 18-30
• 'Young People Getting to Know Europe', a program in which 300 pupils from Greece visit five European capitals
• Holidays and Voluntary Work programme for young people aged 18-26 at post offices in Greek tourist resorts during the summer months
• Nature's Workshop programme, in cooperation with the Scouts of Greece, for three different age groups to make young people aware, through interactive games, about the right choices regarding the environment and their daily attitude
• Local Youth Councils
• Environmental Awareness Action in fire-stricken areas in cooperation with the National Tourism Organization (EOT)
• Dance, drama, fine arts workshops and events, exhibitions, performances and mixed workshops for young people with or without disabilities 
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Schooling and Education

In Greece, all children from 6 to 15 years old must attend school. The Greek education system includes primary (dimotiko) and lower secondary (gymnasio) education.

Pre-school is not compulsory. Children from two-and-a-half years of age can be enrolled in either public or private crèches (vrefonipiakoi paidikoi stathmi); some have nursery classes (nipiaka tmimata) as well as kindergartens (nipiagogeia). Public schooling (including books) is free of charge.

Schooling & Education

• Primary Education
• Secondary Education
• Specialist Schools
• International Schools
• Higher Education
• Enrolment
• Special Needs Education

About life of teenagers in Greece

Teenagers in Greece spend much of their time with their group of friends. This group can often include both boys and girls while still being purely platonic. They usually go to coffee shops or spend their free time at shopping centres. A group of friends is often referred to as Parea (Παρεα), literally meaning "company". Large towns in Greece have a variety of sports clubs and facilities for teenagers, and many international schools have their own sports teams.

Youth Organisations
The overseeing body for the implementation of youth policy in the country is the General Secretariat for Youth. Their role covers employment, culture, education, leisure and social issues.

• The General Secretariat for Youth
  Youth Department of the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs
  At: Acharnon 417, 111 43 Athens
  Tel: 210 259 9401 / 210 259 9322 / 210 259 9373

The National Youth Council is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation representing a number of young people in youth organisations. The NYC represents Greek youth abroad and is the main body representing issues related to Greek youth policy.


Teen parliament is a programme for 16 to 17 year olds, to raise awareness and analyse problems facing youths in Greece today.

Youth Information Centres

Recent years have seen the development of Youth Information Centres around the country. In these centres, young people can find information about volunteering, exchange programmes, education, training, art and culture, social issues and other youth-related issues. Each centre has computers with Internet access for free use.

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Our School

The Experimental Senior High School of University of Macedonia (http://ppl.pplpamak.eu/ppl/) is one of the two schools associated with the University of Macedonia, based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It implements modern and innovative educational, pedagogic and teaching methodological approaches aiming to contribute to the improvement of secondary education in Greece. Since it is staffed with teachers that have been awarded either PhD or postgraduate degrees and the quality of the education offered is supervised by the school's Scientific Supervisory Board and the national Administrative Committee for Experimental Schools, offers a multitude of activities (extracurricular activities, excellence clubs, theater group, choir, etc.) to its students, including opportunities to participate in national and international projects (cultural and environmental projects, career orientation projects, robotics competitions, Comenius and eTwinning programs, etc.).