4th Secondary School Iraklion Crete

  • A  Junior High school of 484 students trying to provide quality basic education for the children. It is situated close to the centre of the city in a walkable distance. Most of the classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards with internet access and are used by the teachers both to implement their lessons and have access to the eBooks provided by the Ministry of Education.  Its environment is healthy, safe, protective, gender sensitive and immigrant-sensitive since there is a 10% of students who are foreigners and yet well integrated in the school life. It also provides adequate resources and facilities. The content reflected in the school curriculum aims at the acquisition of basic skills, especially in the areas of language, literature, maths, science, foreign languages (English, French, German) ICT, religion and social studies. Our organization keeps in mind that education is a complex system embedded in a political, cultural and definitely economic context. Therefore we try to be as close as possible to the nowadays’ needs by using child-centered teaching, approaches, projects, group work to facilitate learning.