2nd General Lyceum of Amaliada

2nd General Lyceum of Amaliada - Athanasios Papageorgiou

2nd General Lyceum is situated in Amaliada, a small city of Elis Prefecture. Elis is located in the west of the Peloponese, about 350 km away from Athens, the capital of Greece. 2nd General Lyceum of Amaliada is one of the largest schools of the prefecture attended by around 300 students each year, who, in their majority, are Greeks, aged 16-18. However, there is also a small number of students of foreign nationalities. The school is housed in a brightly colored building with 15 classrooms, three labs (physics, chemistry, and ICT) two offices for the staff, one office for the headmistress, and plenty of space for the students to hang around. What is worth mentioning is our schoolyard, which is quite spacious, with lots of trees (lemons, oranges, tangerines) and lots of olive trees. During the 1st year students attend general studies subjects. In the 2nd year, they chose between 2 scientific areas (Humanitarian and Sciences) according to the subjects they wish to be nationally examined the following year. In the third year, the scientific areas are 3 (Humanitarian, Sciences, and Economic). The focus during this year is on the subjects of the scientific areas, as the final exams in a national level determine their entrance to higher education. There are 35 teachers in all. Educational activities, Environmental and Cultural programs are being held inside and out the premises of the school. 2 e-twinning projects have been successfully completed, both of which having been awarded National and European quality labels. For the 1st time this year our school enthusiastically participates in a European Erasmus+ Project. Annually, our students take part in various competitions in the areas of Physics, Maths, Biology, Poetry, Literature, Sports and EUROSCOLA, they achieve high performances and they are frequently awarded.

Amaliada, has about 18.000 citizens and it is the second largest town in population, after the capital of the prefecture, Pyrgos. There are a lot of public and private services, shops, lots of cafes, and, generally, recreational areas for all ages. Apart from our school, there is one more General Lyceum, 2 Vocational Secondary schools, 3 High schools, 6 Elementary schools and kindergartens. Two of the most significant archaeological sites of the country, Ancient Olympia and Ancient Ilida, the birthplaces of the Olympic Games are found here. What is more, between Amaliada and Ancient Olympia, there is Katakolo Port, which is considered one of the three most important transit ports in the Mediterranean. What is more, a well known tourist site is the medieval castle of Chlemoutsi. On the west of Elis Prefecture, endless kilometers of exotic sandy beaches are formed where people of all ages can enjoy the crystal clear waters of the Ionian Sea (Kourouta, Palouki, Arkoudi...). The economy is mainly based on agricultural products such as watermelons, potatoes, grapes, olive oil and tomatoes (for this reason, two of the major industries of tomato juice processing KYKNOS and PELARGOS are based here)

Members of the project:

Georgios GOROZIDIS, gorozidis@sch.gr, Coordinator

Eugenia DRAKOPOULOU, drakopouloueug@gmail.com

Agnes BALI, abali@sch.gr

Eugenia PSIRILOU

Amalia KATOHIANOU

Contacts:

2nd General Lyceum of Amaliada - Athanasios Papageorgiou

Riga Fereou street, 27200, Amaliada

Phone: +302622028012

School email: 2lykamal@sch.gr

Headmistress: Agnes Bali, abali@sch.gr