Κατηγορία: The School

With great pleasure, we congratulate the students Vasiliou Eirini, Travlou Magdalini, Tsavala Panagiota, Giannoulas Konstantinos, Papadopoulos Christos, and Prapas Stamatios, who represented the Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna, on Saturday, April 5, with a presentation at the “Mathematics Symposium of Attica: A Day on Mathematics”, organized by all the Mathematics Consultants of Attica under the auspices of the PDE of Attica.

The students of the Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna presented in an impressive way Graph Theory, a branch of Mathematics that “hides” behind social networks, GPS routes, the logic of games but also our everyday life!

With examples from real situations, clever visualizations and simple but apt questions, they proved that Mathematics can be understandable, attractive and… everywhere around us.

What do friends on social media (Instagram, Facebook), bus and metro schedules have in common? They can all be analyzed with Graph Theory – and our students did it with impressive clarity and passion!

All student presentations of the “Mathematics Symposium: A Day on Mathematics” stood out for the originality, creativity and enthusiasm with which Mathematics was approached. Through reflections and experiential activities, the students demonstrated in practice that Mathematics is not just numbers, but a way of thinking, creation and collaboration.

Congratulations to the students for their creative work and to the teachers who encouraged them to seek Mathematics out of their notebooks!

Warm thanks also to the Mathematicians of the Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna, who supported and guided the children in this endeavor – their contribution was valuable and essential.

On Monday, March 31, 2025, the Human Sciences Orientation classes of our High School 3rd and 2nd grades had a very important experience. The students and accompanying teachers from Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna visited the facilities of the Faculty of Philosophy at the N.K.U.A. and attended presentations by the university professors about career orientation and professional opportunities for students of the Faculty.
Specifically, Ms. K. Menouti from the Department of French Studies, Ms. V. Eustathiou from the Department of Psychology, Mr. P. Petridis from the Department of History and Archaeology, and Ms. D. Menti from the Department of Philology spoke to the students in the welcoming space of the Faculty of Philosophy.
In a follow-up discussion, the students were able to clarify many of their questions regarding the curricula and prospects for graduates of the above departments.
Earlier, the participating students, accompanied by their Greek Language teachers Mr. G. Thodis and Ms. A. Tsachtsarli, visited the Library of the Faculty of Philosophy, where they were informed by Mr. Tourkogiannnis, Ms. Loumbaki, and Mr. Argyriou about the wide range of fields covered by the humanities studies and the various categories of related materials available.
Finally, they attended a lecture on “Psychodiagnostics and the Evaluation of Personality, Mental Functioning, and Psychopathology” by Professor Mr. Stavros in one of the Faculty’s amphitheaters.
We would like to warmly thank the departments of the Faculty of Philosophy at the N.K.U.A., the library staff, the professors who informed our students, and especially Professor Plato Petridis from the Department of Byzantine Archaeology for his invaluable assistance and the organization of this visit.

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the music group of our High School, consisting of 1st-year students Georgios Zacharakis, Dimitrios Zacharakis and Theodora Palla, presented, in an exceptional manner, the following works at the music meeting organized by the Model Secondary School of Ionideios School of Piraeus, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Manos Hadjidakis:

• “Once upon a time”, from the album “Roman Market”
• “Waltz of Lost Dreams”, from the film “Lost Dreams”
• “The Concert”, from the orchestral suite “The Smile of the Mona Lisa”.

The music meeting for the centenary of Manos Hadjidakis’ birth featured music groups from Experimental, Model, and Music Schools across Greece.
The person responsible for the participation of our High School’s group was the School Principal, Mrs. Antigoni Laskaridou.

Warm congratulations to our music group, which contributed to this enchanting music meeting, “which offered the opportunity for experiential engagement with our cultural heritage,” as emphasized by the Education Quality Supervisor of the Piraeus Directorate of Secondary Education, Dr. Chrysanthi Koumparou.

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the students of the Clubs of Cinematic Education of the 1st and 2nd Grades, accompanied by the teachers in charge Sotirios Kollias and Eirini Arnaouti, visited the Greek Film Archive. They had the opportunity to first tour the museum of the Film Archive, where they saw, among other things, an impressive collection of early projection and editing machines, as well as many interesting exhibits related to the history of cinema in Greece.

They then visited the workshops for the restoration of old films, where they spoke with technicians about the process of transferring a film from negative to digital format. Afterwards, they watched the restored Greek ethnographic documentary from 1961, “Fishermen and Fishing,” which documents the life of the fishermen and the local community of Molyvos in Lesbos at that time. Immediately after that, they participated in workshops on dramatizing both static and moving images, inspired by the content of the documentary.

It was an overall very interesting experience, and the students gained valuable stimuli, which they will creatively utilize in their educational engagement with the art of cinema.

On Friday, 21/03/25, in the yard of Evangeliki Model High School Smyrna, at solar noon, the activity of measuring the Earth’s radius using the method of Eratosthenes took place. This activity is organized every year on the same date during the spring equinox, March 20-21, under the auspices of PANEKFE (Panhellenic Union of Laboratory Center Coordinators for Physical Sciences).

It involves measuring the Earth’s radius using the method of Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who, in the 2nd century AD, calculated the Earth’s circumference with very simple tools and, from there, its radius. For more information about the activity, visit the link: The Experiment of Eratosthenes.

From our school, 16 students from the 1st and 2nd grades of High School participated, equipped with a broomstick, a measuring tape, and a level. The calculation of the distance from the Evangeliki School yard to the Equator was made using the software Distance Calculator.

The best measurement was made by the students of B2class, Kyriakakis Panagiotis, Boulamatsis Konstantinos, and Nonota Sofia. The result is attached here, and it is 6,113.3 km, with a relative error from the actual value (6,371 km) of only 4.04%!

We thank all the students for their participation and enthusiasm!!

The Physics Teachers:
Vamvakas Ioannis, Katsinis Georgios, Toulatou Margarita

On Thursday, March 13, 2025, students from the Chemistry (supervised by: Christodoulos Makedonas) and Biology (supervised by: Katerina Ntakou) Clubs of our school visited the Thriasio Wastewater Treatment Center (K.E.L.T.) of E.Y.D.A.P. in Aspropyrgos.

The visit was part of the European project RHE-MEDiation (https://rhemediation.eu/), in which E.Y.D.A.P. (https://www.eydap.gr/) and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR, https://www.hcmr.gr/en/) are participating from the Greek side. One of the main objectives of the RHE-MEDiation program is the operation of pilot wastewater treatment units with photo-bioreactors, which are based on microalgae. With these photo-bioreactors, it is expected that heavy metals, PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals”, various pharmaceutical substances, pesticides, and other chemical pollutants can be removed from urban wastewater. The ultimate goal of the program is the protection and improvement of the water quality in the Mediterranean (EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters).

The visit began with Dr. George Katsouras, a chemical oceanographer from E.Y.D.A.P.’s R&D Department, who initially described the areas in which E.Y.D.A.P. and HCMR are active. He then explained the five-stage process used for wastewater treatment at the K.E.L.T. In the last part of his presentation, Dr. Katsouras provided a detailed description of the goals of the RHE-MEDiation program and the expected results from its implementation. A free discussion followed with him and Mr. Nikos Strefhtaris (MSc), marine biologist and representative of HCMR, during which our team had the opportunity to learn more about PFAS, the “forever chemicals”, and the role that microalgae are expected to play in wastewater treatment.

After the necessary break, our students were guided through the facilities of the K.E.L.T. and then to the pilot unit of the photo-bioreactors. There, they learned more about their role from Ms. Anthi Yfanti, a researcher at E.Y.D.A.P.’s R&D Department and chemical oceanographer. Ms. Yfanti discussed with our group the challenges they face, the processes of quality control, and the prospects for the wider application of such technologies.

Finally, our students had the opportunity to discuss specific issues concerning the monitoring and proper functioning of the subunits of the K.E.L.T. with Dr. George Tzatsanifos, an electrical engineer. Among other things, everyone was struck by Dr. Tzatsanifos’s mention of the frequent lightning strikes on one of the center’s tanks.

Overall, beyond the knowledge our students gained, equally important was their realization that the proper functioning of such a facility requires the collaboration of many different specialties and scientific fields. Through this experience, our students understood in practice the importance of interdisciplinary approaches and teamwork in addressing modern environmental challenges.

We would like to express our special thanks to the above-mentioned scientists and engineers, both for their warm hospitality at the K.E.L.T. and for their excellent presentations, as well as for their willingness to discuss the many questions from our students.

Finally, we would like to thank Mr. Ilias Stefanou, the communication officer of E.Y.D.A.P., who organized our visit and took care of all the necessary details.