ARISTOTELIO EKPEDEFTIRIO SERRON – Greece

The Aristotelio private secondary school that includes Junior High School and High School, with ages ranging from 12-19. The city of Serres is in the Northern part of Greece about an hour from the second-largest and economically and culturally important town in Greece, Thessaloniki. The school has about 200 students and 30 teachers. Our students come from all social classes and from the whole surrounding area. The school curriculum follows the standards regulated by the Ministry of Education and the European Educational Syllabus, however, it also includes a lot of extra activities that focus on sport, art, languages and new technologies. We emphasize on the use of foreign languages and we certify English, French and German after exams according to the European Frame for languages. We also include the use of modern technology in the teaching process and our students obtain ICT certification according to EU regulations. Our teaching methods include as well teamwork and initiative, as they are student-centered. We also aim to promote social and ecological awareness as we prepare the future active students of the world. As well we have been members of the eTwinning platform for more than 10 years and we have actively participated. Moreover, as part of the chain of UNESCO schools, we participate in different initiatives and we take part in environmental awareness actions. The school constantly takes part in different cultural exchanges that promote diversity and tolerance and awareness of the fact that we build our future and we are responsible through our actions for the future of our home, the Earth. I would like to emphasize that our school uses technology as part of the teaching approach and we do not use books as all the students work with tablets and are connected through OneNote platform to the teachers. We have quite an experience in the use of technology and the Internet in the teaching process together with all the dangers it may involve and safety precautions. After 10 years of active involvement in European projects we have the expertise and the knowledge to run , monitor and disseminate Erasmus projects. The teachers involved in the project teach different subjects and as well are fluent in English and have experience with European projects, so they will combine their expertise in the subject they teach with the use of a foreign language. In our school we have specific clubs for our students with subjects such as arts, sports and robotics. Robotics club is one of the most popular in our school. We use Lego EV3 and Arduino and we try and create interdisciplinary projects that combine subjects and problems form different study fields such as physics, maths and chemistry. Our 3 ICT teachers have taken courses in robotics and this project would be a great opportunity for them and also for our school. They can share knowledge with the partners from other countries, exchange good practices, teaching methods and examples.