Welcome to Kolymvari Junior High School
Kolymvari Junior High School is a state school of average number of students (about 130), aged 13-15, of rural background. Our students are hard-working, they have got the ability and willingness to learn, they are curious in a creative way and achieve their goals. They are motivated, ambitious, sociable, caring and responsible. They actively take part in games, sports, and other extra-curricular activities. They love their country and their local community.
In our school there are 22 teachers. All of them are effective educators, knowledgeable and dynamic, sensitive to their students’ needs, dedicated, disciplined, creative and enthusiastic. The headmaster of the school is a successful leader and a confident communicator with a great vision, passion, courage, resilience and great judgement. There is a variety of subjects taught at school: Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek Literature, Ancient Greek Literature, History, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Computers, Technology, English, French or German, Physical Education, Home Economics, Arts, Music and Religious Education. All three grades carry our projects based on a variety of fields such as Environmental Education, Local History, Culture, Health Education, School Life and Professional Orientation. Kolymvari Junior High School was one of the first Eco-schools in Greece and belongs to the Ecological Schools Network that is coordinated by the international Foundation for Environmental Education. It was awarded in 2000 for having successfully completed the relevant programme, instilling in all our students since then a sense of environmental responsibility, which has led to more awards for participation in relevant competitions. As a state school we are given the opportunity to organize field trips once a month to local museums and places of environmental interest, so that students can benefit from place-based learning. Parents association, local authorities, press and media support our school. In fact, there is a plan for renovation and restoration of the facilities, which will be an important added value to the European one that we aspire to get from our efforts to internationalize our school via Erasmus+ eTwinning, Key Action 1 and Key Action 2 programmes. |
Schools should be the most beautiful place in every town and village-so beautiful that the punishment for undutiful children should be barred from going to school the following day.
Oscar Wilde