2. Greece is located in southeast Europe οn the crossroads of Europe, Western Asia and Africa. Greece has the longest coastline in the Mediterranean The total area of Greece is 131.944 square km The population of Greece is now about 11.200.000 residents In 1981, Greece became the 10th member of the EU Greece: Main Information

3. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, with the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. F.Y.R.O.M

4. The country consists of nine geographic regions: 1.Thrace 2.Macedonia 3.Epirus 4.Thessaly 5.Central Greece 6.Peloponnese 7.the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese & Cyclades) 8.Crete 9.and the Ionian Islands Macedonia Thrace Crete Epirus Thessaly Central Greece Peloponnese Aegean Islands Ionian Islands.

5. The Greek civilization Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of Ancient Greece, which is considered the cradle of all Western civilization. As such, it is the birthplace of Democracy Western philosophy Olympic Games Western literature and historiography Political science Mathematical principles Western drama, including both tragedy and comedy.

6. The capital of Greece is Athens with population of about 3.500.000 residents.

8. Kalamata Kalamata is the second largest city of Peloponnese located on southern Greece at the head of the Messinian Bay. It lies 238 km (148 mi) SW of Athens. Population of the city is about 70.000 residents. It has an international airport and an important harbor. It also has a university

9. University of Peloponnese Departments: History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management Literature TEI of Kalamata Departments: Management and Economics, Agricultural Technology Health & Welfare Professions

10. Kalamata’s Culture Kalamata has a remarkable cultural course for decades The International Dance Festival, which takes place in Kalamata for the last 19 years with tremendous success, hosts famous artists who have shield the history of modern dancing. A very good and active Municipal District Theater offers excellent performances. Τhe Lyceum of Hellenic Women of Kalamata has represented Greece in numerous international festivals, excellently performing Greek traditional dances.

11. Venetian castle of Kalamata During summer, at the castle of Kalamata, take place a lot of cultural displays in which famous Greek and foreign artists participate.

12. Kalamata’s highlights Kalamata is known as the birthplace of the Kalamatianos dance the silk scarves Kalamata’s olives pasteli, a honey-covered sesame sweet. figs

13. KALAMATA ΄S SHOPPING CENTER

16. Sports Events in Kalamata

18. Ancient Messinia

19. The Greek educational system is mainly divided into three levels: Primary Secondary (Gymnasium, Lykeion) University

20. Primary- Secondary Educational system Primary education is divided into: kindergarten lasting one or two years primary school spanning to six years (ages 6 to 12). Secondary education comprises two stages: Gymnasium, a compulsory three-year school (ages 12 to 15) Lykeion (General, Technical) an optional three-year school(ages 15 to 18)

21. Gymnasium 1.General Gymnasium (entering there from the primary school is automatic) 2.Athletic Gymnasium (to enter this type of school students must successfully pass certain exams on a sport like basketball, football, volleyball, gymnastics, polo, swimming etc.) 3.Musical Gymnasium (to enter this type of school students must successfully pass certain exams on a musical instrument) 4.Art Gymnasium 5.Experimental Gymnasium 6.Church Gymnasium

22. General Gymnasium subjects Modern Greek Language & Literature Ancient Greek Language & Literature Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Social and Political Studies Physical Education Art Music Computer Studies Technology English 2nd foreign language German, French, Italian School Vocational Guidance Home Economics Geography Total: 35 hours per week

23. General Lykeion Subjects Modern Greek Language & Literature Ancient Greek Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Social and Political Studies Computer Studies English Economics Physical Education Project

24. General Lykeion Subjects In the 1 st year students attend the subjects we’ve just mentioned and they also have to select a project to carry out. In the 2 nd year students also have to take additional direction subjects relevant to the course they will follow. The 2 nd year has 25 hours of general subjects and 7 or 8 hours of direction subjects and 2 hours of other selected subjects.

25. Pan-Hellenic national examinations In the 3 rd year students also have to take additional direction subjects relevant to the course they will follow. They have 17 hours of general subjects, 12 hours of direction subjects and 2 hours of other selected subjects. At the end of the 3 rd year of Lykeion, the students take hard Panhellenic exams to enter university. Hours per week Class A : 35 Class B: 34-35 Class C: 31

26. After Lykeion After Lykeion students may select to go to University Vocational training Technological Educational Institutes (T.E.I.) University courses typically last 4 years 5 in polytechnics and some technical/art schools 6 in medical schools Postgraduate MSc level courses last from 1 to 2 years Doctorates PhD level from 3 to 6 years

27. Additional tuition There is also a number of private schools operating after school providing supplementary tuition and foreign language. According to recent surveys English is the most commonly spoken foreign language in Greece since it is spoken from the vast majority of people. Less popular languages are French, German and Italian. Consequently, it is widely held that more than 50% of the Greek people speak English.

28. Educated People in Greece According to the statistics of the United Nations concerning the period between 1995-2005, illiterate in Greece is considered only the 3.6 % of the population. The most common ‘victims’ of this phenomenon are the immigrants, the roma, disabled people etc. The 67% of young people between the ages of 18-21 reach an academic level.

29. 3rd General Lykeio of Kalamata

30. The school is located in the contemporary part of the city. It is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, schools as it was established in 1930 as “High School of Kalamata”. A lot of eminent citizens have graduated our school. In our school there are 350 students and 35 teachers. Our students achieve great marks in Pan-Hellenic Exams. An 80-90% of our students enter University every year.

31. Environmental Education Within the last 10 years our school has run a number of programs of Environmental Education, mostly on Sunday mornings. About 20 teachers and 1000 students have taken part in these programs. This year our students participate in four environmental programs. Two of them are: "The school garden", in which they are occupied with the configuration and the beautification of the school yard with flowers and trees and “Recycling”, a very serious issue for the people in our city, for Kalamata is one of the first, if not the first city, in Greece in recycling.

33. School achievements Our students have successfully taken part and obtained prizes in a number of national and international competitions (Astronomy Competition, Mathematic Competition etc. ) Additionally, it must be mentioned that many of our students have represented their fellow classmates in the Young Parliament of Greece and in the European Parliament,where they express their opinion regarding the Economy, Education, Human Rights etc.

34. Also they have great success in sport activities as they have won championships in all over the country. And last year our Basketball team won the third place in the Pan- Hellenic School Championship. School achievements

35. Thank you for your attention The Greek Team