FRIENDS' WEEK

We are happy to inroduce FRIENDS' WEEK in May!!! You will be able to bring one friend to one of your classes as a guest. All you have to do is tell your teacher in advance so that we can work out a programme. So..think about who you want to bring along and let us know ASAP!

A Touch of Greek History

Breal's Silver Cup: An uplifting story to restore Greek Pride

(CNN) -- A silver cup presented to the Greek winner of the marathon at the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 has sold for a record £541,000 ($860,000) at auction in London.

It is the highest price paid for a piece of Olympic memorabilia, with the sale at Christie's over in a matter of minutes with the bids leaping £50,000 ($80,000) at a time.

The previous record was for an Olympic torch from the 1952 Helsinki Games in Finland which fetched $400,000 last year.

Spyros Louis became a national hero when he won the only gold medal for Greece in the track and field events 116 years ago so it became a matter of national pride that the cup should return to the birthplace of the Olympics.

CNN understands that the Mayor of the Marousi District in Athens, where Louis was born, raised 350,000 euros ($458,000 ) to bid.http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/19/world/europe/olympic-breal-cup-auction/index.html?hpt=ieu_mid

Something to think about; Who are our modern day heroes? Are there any? What do you think??

Back to school

Back to school today after a two - week break! I know you are all eager to get back into class...as we are.
We'll see you all this afternoon with happy faces and all homework done! See you then.

Michigan Oral Seminar.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Michigan Oral Seminar today. Thank you Ms. Sophia Christidi from the Hellenic American Union for giving us very helpful advice on how to best prepare for the oral exams and other very useful information about the grading of the exam as well as on the spot practice. A further thank you to all the dedicated teachers for coming in and helping out and to those students who volunteered to be guinea pigs. I hope that you all found it very useful and that you will put into practice all the advice you received.

After all of this there is no way we can fail.

Also a huge thank you to Joanna for the chocolate Easter eggs...they were yummy!!!

Oral Seminar

This is a final reminder for the oral seminar tomorrow for Profs and FC's. 10am - 12pm Lower students and 12:15 - 14:15 Prof students. Also remember the Michigan tests. Prof students can take it before their seminar at 10am and Lower students can take it after their seminar at 12pm. So, I'll see you all at 10am.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everybody. Christos Anesti!
I hope you all have a great day but remember to take it easy with the food and drink. Enjoy your day.

Michigan Exam Date Changes

Attention all Michigan Exam Candidates! Due to the Parliamentary elections to be held in May, the Hellenic American Union has revised the exam dates for the ECCE and the ECPE. The new dates are ECCE Saturday 26th May and ECPE Sunday 27th May. You have been given an extra three weeks to prepare.This is definitely your Lucky Year!!!

Earth Hour

Last weekend was Earth Hour and over a billion people took part world wide. Do you know what Earth Hour is? Read the article below and find out. Then tell us what you think in the comments section.




WELL over a billion people turned off their lights for Earth Hour on Saturday night, in 150 nations and territories around the world, making it the largest voluntary event of its kind.

Governments and citizens in 6525 cities, towns and municipalities joined in - about 24 per cent more than the previous peak last year, according to the organisers, the environment group WWF.

''It's been five years since the first Earth Hour in 2007, and the extraordinary growth this year shows hope for action for the planet is not diminishing - instead it's growing,'' Earth Hour's executive director, Andy Ridley, said.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/earth-hour/onenight-stand-more-than-a-billion-switch-off-20120401-1w6m9.html#ixzz1rdD6YkRd 

New gadget added to blog

As you can all see I have added an invaluable gadget to our Blog. To save you time and effort I have added the  answer gadget which means you can now just double click on any word you don't understand and get its meaning. Simple! No effort or fuss. Now the meanings of all words are at your fingertips.
This will be even more useful when I start posting articles for you to read. ENJOY!

Easter Break

Hooray we are officially on our Easter Break! Enjoy the break everyone. Those of you taking exams in May, enjoy a little less and study a lot more. This is it, we have about a month to go so make very good use of the time left.
Happy Easter to all!!