(1) The following fixed celebrations are organized at school and they constitute part of the planning which takes place in the beginning of the school year at a teachers’ meeting.
Blessing of school for starting the lessons (September)
Memorial Day and Tribute to the Hellenism of Asia Minor and the Asia Minor Catastrophe (September 14th)
Independence Day (1st of October)*
Educators’ Day (October 5th)
National Celebration of the 28th of October and Celebration of the Flag*
Missing Persons Day (October 29th)
Day of Remembering the Occupied Places - Day of Remembrance for the Killed, Missing, Enclaved, and Prisoners of war during the Turkish Invasion of 1974 - Day of Condemning the Declaration of the pseudo-state (15th of November)
Day of Remembering the Struggles and Sacrifices to defend Democracy - Athens Polytechnic uprising (17th of November)
World Children's Rights Day (November 20th)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3rd)
Day of Remembering and Honouring the Fighters of Resistance (7th of December)
Christmas Celebration (December)
Memorial Day of Archbishop Makarios III (19th of January)
Celebration of Greek Literacy – The Three Hierarchs (30th of January)*
Celebration for the Trees (January - February)
Anniversary of the Sacrifice of Grigoris Afxentiou (March 3rd)
National Celebration of the 25th of March*
National Celebration of the 1st of April*
Remembrance and Tribute Day for Prisoners of the 1974 War (April 23rd)
Day of Europe (9th of May)
Celebration for ending the lessons (June)
*Where there is an asterisk, due to the fact that the specific day is a holiday, the celebration takes place the previous day at the school. If the previous day is a Saturday or Sunday, the celebration takes place on Friday. For other celebrations, which do not have an asterisk, if the day to be honoured is a Saturday or Sunday, the celebration takes place within the school on the previous Friday.
(2) Christmas celebration and the celebration for ending the classes are carried out for parents during non working time, preferably at the school, provided there are necessary facilities. All the members of the teaching staff participate in the celebrations.
(3) National celebrations are carried out at working time and the parents can be invited.
(4) Other events that promote the purposes of the school or are in line with them may be organized during non-working hours or working hours, at the discretion of the teaching staff in collaboration with the Central Pupil Council:
It is understood that in cases of events during non-working hours, prior consultation with the respective Parents’ Association will take place.
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