The Senior High School of the Kotronis Schools in the context of strengthening and reinforcing students’ learning, implements the following actions:
Digital Education and the integration of STEM philosophy in senior high school is a priority. Any technological development that can help young people on their journey to knowledge is seamlessly integrated with the rest of the school curriculum and works in a realistic way to benefit students’ education by creatively involving them in learning computing environments.
Programming is one of the most important subjects in global educational strategy and the most important skill in the Western world. Its inclusion in both the Basic and Extended Senior High School Curriculum aims to keep students in constant contact with digital technology, introduce them to algorithmic programming and develop their practical thinking.
In senior high school, the learning cycle of foreign languages (English, French, German) is completed. The students of the senior high school prepare for the exams for the certification of language diplomas, aiming to obtain them in the first grade, in order to be able to prepare for the National Exams in the second and third grades. At the same time, if they are interested in being admitted to Academic Departments of Foreign Languages, the formation of dedicated preparation classes for them is ensured.
In senior high school, fine arts, theatre and music are promoted in order to engage and involve all our students, not just those who are already gifted. We seek to familiarize students with literature in order to promote language proficiency, self-awareness and human knowledge. During the educational visits, the subjects with which the students are involved with are combined with the place of visit, implementing interdisciplinary activities. In multi-day excursions, the place is chosen according to its history, its museums and its ecological interest.
Our students are encouraged to participate in theatrical performances and musical ensembles and bands, in the context of a variety of events inside and outside the school, and often in collaboration with arts professionals. Through the collective experience of meanings and values, cooperation, responsibility, dialogue, respect for difference, critical thinking, expressive ability, imagination, creativity and self-expression, students develop a love for art and culture and acquire the skills to participate actively in general cultural developments.
Physical Education aims to help the student to refine his/her skills in order to participate effectively in physical activities that suit his/her interests and to adapt to different tactics in team sports with responsibility, empathy and teamwork. It is the concern of the school teachers at this level to provide students with the opportunity for entertainment and temporary recess and to participate in leagues and competitions through competitive activities of the school’s representative teams.
They aim at the active participation and involvement of all students in the learning process and academic improvement through an enhanced approach to knowledge. Depending on the working group of teachers and the subject material, co-teaching sessions are organised either for bilingual teaching or for an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Seeking to give our students the opportunity to process and discover the world by following their own paths, we implement educational programmes of an interdisciplinary approach, which provide them with the opportunity to investigate, observe, discover, solve problems, analyse and formulate their thinking, craft, create, express and interact, travel and reflect in an experiential way.
The educational programmes are based on the broader approach of shaping future responsible citizens, through topics related to Digital Technology, Sustainability, Natural Sciences, Culture, Economy, Active Citizenship, Road Safety, Respect for Diversity, Multiculturalism, Health, etc. In this context, the following educational activities are implemented:
The senior high school of the Kotronis Schools prepares its students for the decisive role of active and conscious citizens of tomorrow (global citizens), in order to be successful in a global environment, such as the one that is taking shape today. With this in mind, it encourages their participation in a number of national, European and international programmes such as:
