My school

2nd general lyceum of Ierapetra is situated in Ierapetra, the southern town of Europe, in the southeast coast of Crete, Greece. Crete is the 5th bigger island in Mediterranean and the locals are about 622.913. Ierapetra is an agricultural town that has had a place in the history of Crete since the Minoan Period.

 In Greece, the secondary education is stated for six years, the first three of them are compulsory. Our school is a general high school, which has the three last grades (10th, 11th, 12th). The ages of our students are between 15-18 years old. All of them are 217 in 9 classrooms. English, French and German are taught as foreign languages in our school, alongside with mathematics, science, religion, Greek and ancient Greek literature, history, computer science, gymnastics, economy lessons and projects with open subjects. The students attend the lessons that the state suggests and they are free to choose some extra activities after the ending of the day, where some teachers voluntary do, such as environmental, healthy, theatrical, robotic and etwinning projects.

The number of teaching stuff is 23. All of them have diploma in ICTs and try to make their lessons with a vivid and innovative way. We are committed in preparing students for responsible and knowledgeable citizenship. Students who are involved with the determination to act in the best interest of human and ecological communities, for social, environmental and economic benefits by integrating the principles and the values of democracy into all aspects of the education process