2nd Gymnasium of Trikala Greece
Trikala 421 00, Greece
+30 2431 028775
Our school is situated in the city of Trikala in Thessaly and was constructed in 1976. It is situated in a suburban area of Trikala, a town in western Thessaly. Approximately 257 students attend our school at present. Their ages range between 12 and 15 years old. Our students come from areas or villages near Trikala. Their parents’ socioeconomic backgrounds are of mixed types: civil servants, workers, farmers, financial immigrants from neighbour countries( Albania, Romania, Bulgaria etc.) From this year on, there is also a special class for refugee students (13 students of ages around 12-15) coming mainly from Syria due to war and the resulting humanitarian crisis in this country. Our school is particularly sensitized in educational issues about immigrant and refugee students. In recent years we have managed to prevent these students from leaving school prematurely. We undertake many Environmental, Cultural and Health projects. In earlier years we have also undertaken Comenius projects The basic principal of our school is to provide all students the same and equal opportunities, regardless of origin, colour, gender, religion and race. The staff is always willing and available to provide any possible help on educational and socializing matter Key Staff Papazefkou 1) IT professor Director of the school.
About Us
In both programs 1st EPAL Trikala is the coordinating school. He was also in charge of the program LEONARDO Partnership 2012-2014 entitled ≪Enrich vocational training through unconventional methods in the EU countries≫ and responsible for the LEONARDOVETPRO program 2009 “Integration of elearning in Curriculum of our Vocational School” of 1st EPAL Trikala, for LEONARDO-VETPRO program 2011 ≪E-Learning and Interactive Boards in Vocational & Technical Schools≫ of Directorate of Trikala and of ERASMUS program +, KA2 Strategic Partnership for School Education “OPEN DOORS FOR NON FORMAL”. He speaks very good English and Spanish Astriti Evanthia Teacher of English in state schools since 1990 and a long teaching experience. She has participated in two Comenius projects and has implemented environmental projects. She was awarded First Panhellenic prize in the Ecomobility Project competition in 2014. She speaks English and survival Italian. Moutogeorgos Dimitrios Teacher of
English in state schools since 1997 and a long teaching experience. He was the coordinator of the Comenius project “Borders and Beyond” (2002-2005). He has participated in two Comenius projects and has also implemented environmental projects. He speaks English and survival German. He was coordinator of three years COMENIUS Programme 2006-2009 entitled “FAUNA & FLORA” which was presented as a good practice in the workshop of National Agency in Athens in 2007 and coordinator of the COMENIUS 2013-2015 program entitled “LL Together for Environment”.