1. HELLENIC REPUBLIC 9 TH ATHENS GENERAL UPPER- SECONDARY SCHOOL

2. ERASMUS+ KA2 EUROPEAN CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION BY BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRST MEETING IN VILNIUS – LITHUANIA 4-10/10/2015

3. OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

4. OUR COUNTRY

5. OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Education in Greece is compulsory for all children from 6 – 15 years old; namely, it includes Primary School (Dimotiko) and Lower-Secondary School (Gymnasio) and Upper-Secondary School(Lykeio). Attendance at Primary Education (Dimotiko) lasts for six years. Our educational system is consisted of two school types: Genika Lykeia (General Upper – Secondary Schools) and the Technical Vocational Educational Schools (T.E.E). The duration of studies in Genika Lykeia (G.L.) is three years and two years (A’ level ) or three years (B’ level) in the Technical Vocational Educational Schools (T.E.E.).

6. OUR SCHOOL Our school, the 9th General Upper-Secondary School (Lyceum) is located in the historical centre of Athens, in Thissio area. Within a walking distance, you reach the Holly Hill of Acropolis, where the Parthenon, the Temple dedicated to the Goddess Athena - the patron saint of the city itself - is found. Except for this, all most interesting antiquities found in Athens are close by our school.

7. HOLLY HILL OF ACROPOLIS- PARTHENON

8. OUR SCHOOL’S HISTORY Our school is one of the first schools constructed in Athens. It is a historical school, since its archives go back to the 19th century, in 1886, when it used to be a boys’ school (9th Gymnasium). At that time and for decades, it operated as an Experimental school..

9. OUR SCHOOL Until 1972, their premises were at a central square of Athens, at the new-classical style house of a great Greek poet, Andrea Empirikos and were one of the first houses where electricity was installed. In 1972, during the dictatorship, it was transferred at the today’s location and a new girls’ school was founded there as well.

10. OUR COURTYARD

11. OUR SCHOOL Nowadays, after new changes in Education System by the Ministry of Education, at these premises 9th Lower Secondary School (Gymnasium) and our School (Lyceum) operate together

12. OUR SCHOOL Today, our school is trying to be consistent with the new calls from future and to comply with the new challenges and innovative ideas the EU demands. That’s why we have been always involved in educational exchanges with students and teachers from all over Europe, from Asia (through ASEF), in-service training, cultural and environmental programs etc.

13. OUR COURTYARD

14. OUR SCHOOL An informal tradition, which has been created for decades, to sustain the morals of both students and teachers at a high level and also to increase the quality of teaching methods, gives our school – even today - a special glamour.

15. FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, INTEGRITY

16. 9 TH ATHENS GENERAL UPPER- SECONDARY SCHOOL IN - SERVICE TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES AND PROJECTS FOLLOW - UP

17. EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES COMENIUS BILATERAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS 1. 1996 -1997: SOCRATES LINGUA ACTION IV A two-year educational exchange with teachers and students of Sebroek College, den Haag, the Netherlands Project title: “The old professions which tend to disappear in the Eve of the new Millennium in the two countries”

18. EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES COMENIUS BILATERAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS 2. 2003-2004: SOCRATES COMENIUS ACTION 1 A two-year educational exchange with teachers and students of Olaines 1.vidusskola, Olaine, Riga, Latvia Project title: “ Days and Time – activities and celebrations – a common Cultural Heritage of the European countries ”

19. EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES SPECIAL PROGRAMMES FOR OLYMPIC GAMES EDUCATION 3. 2003-2004: ENCOURAGEMENT OF SPORTS INITIATIVES A two-year educational exchange with teachers and students of I.E.S. Pau Vila, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain Project title: “Encouragement of sports and athletic initiatives with the view of Olympic Games in Athens 2004”

20. EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES GENERAL SECRETARY OF NEW GENERATION- YOUTH INSTITUT 4. 2006-2007: YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME A two-year educational exchange with teachers and students of Dronninglund Gymnasium, Dronninglund, Aalborg, Denmark Project title: “A cultural approach of youth of the two countries through their history of local traditional cuisine”

21. EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES COMENIUS BILATERAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS 5. 2011-2013: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME A two-year educational exchange with teachers and students of Esponlahden Lukio, Espoo, Helsinki, Finland Project title “The cultural understanding and local history through kitchen, food and nutrition between a Northern and a Mediterranean country”.

22. EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES COMENIUS – LINGUA IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES 1. 1993: University of Edinburgh–Scotland – Great Britain Course: “Teaching and Learning English” 2. 2002: Dublin City University–Dublin – Ireland Course: “Advanced English Language and Anglo- Irish Literature”

23. EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES STUDY VISITS 1. 2003: Stockholm – Sweden Course: “Making the best use of resources ” 2. 2008: Marseille – France Course: « Lutter Contre l’échec Scolaire dans une banlieue fragile et défavorisée» 3. 2011: Antalya - Turkey Course: “Linking EU Programmes on educational mobility and lifelong learning”

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