From the Principal: This has been a very successful year and our enrolments are more than nine hundred students.

Our schools are well organized and they offer an important Greek education to your children. As a Principal, I am at the schools during every lesson, supporting the teachers with resources and encouraging the students to enjoy their time at Greek School. I would like to thank you, the parents of our school, for your continued support.

Also, thank you to our teachers because it is due to their dedication that your children receive a quality Greek education. Our school has achieved a great deal and there are more activities for the rest of the year.

Please continue to encourage your children with their Greek studies and we are here to do our best for them. Kind regards, Yiannis Milides, School Principal

Mr. George Bousbas retires after 30 years of continuous teaching in our schools

After thirty years of teaching in our Greek schools Mr. Bousbas retired this year. We invited him to our first meeting this year and we asked him to pass on the secrets of a very successful teacher and to reveal to us the wisdom he gained after so many year of teaching Greek. Mr. Bousbas was honoured and responded positively to our invitation. We wish him all the best and we thank him for his exemplary service to the Greek Community Schools.

Celebrations of Greek National Day in our schools

This year, every class from Prep to Year 12 celebrated our Greek National Day. All the students worked tirelessly to present songs, poems and dances and they made their parents proud once again.

Well done to all the students for their excellent presentations and thank you to all the parents who supported the celebrations with their presence.

Greek Schools march at the Shrine of Remembrance

Our students marched with pride as the first and oldest school in the city of Melbourne. Many students and parents came to represent our school and we thank them.

Please be informed that we are the only nationality who is allowed to march at the Shrine of Remembrance. Therefore, for the continued success of such an achievement for the Greek Community, next year, more of our students and parents should attend.

Family Disco Night

Our School Parents Committee organized a very successful family night and over 100 families attended. It was a very pleasant evening and our common interest was our love for Greek culture. Note also that activities such as this one set a good example for our children to be sociable people and when they grow up they will hopefully continue to organize Greek cultural events.

Antipodes Festival 2011

Twenty of our students sang the national anthems of Greece and Australia at the official opening of the Antipodes Festival. At the official opening, the students met of the premier of Victoria, Mr. Bailieu, and they had a chat and a photo with him. They also met TV presenters Helen Kapalos and George Donikian. Thank you students and parents for your support to our Greek Community that organizes the Antipodes Festival.

Theatrical presentations by our students

This year we have a surprise for you! One of our teachers, Mrs. Katerina Poutachidou, is teaching three Greek plays to six classes in primary school. The students will present their plays next term and then more plays will be taught to more classes. Please make an effort to come and view these plays. The dates are as follows:

Student Theatre

Doncaster Campus Friday, 29 July, Doncaster, 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Saturday, 30 July, Doncaster, 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm

Student Theatre

Balwyn Campus

Saturday, 13 August, Alphington Grammar School, 5.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Exhibition from Greece: "Ancient Greek Musical Instruments" at the Hellenic Museum, 280 William St. Melbourne

This is a fantastic and unique exhibition! Our students loved it and more students are planning to go. Please do not miss it. There is only one such collection of instruments in the whole world and it is here in Melbourne until the end of July.

Public lecture by our teachers: 17 July 2011, Sunday, 11.45 am – 12.45 pm, Greek Community, 168 Lonsdale St. Melbourne

Ten of our teachers are presenting "The suffering and struggle of Cyprus through literature" to support the day of "Justice for Cyprus". After the lecture we will march with our brothers from Cyprus to the Victorian Parliament. Please join us to demonstrate against the continued violation of human rights by the Turkish Army in Cyprus.

Dinner Dance for our schools: Saturday, 17 September 2011, Stars International

Please place this date in your diaries and please do not miss it. Let's celebrate together as a lively community our Greek culture. Ask the coordinators of the school campuses for tickets or ring the Greek Community and leave your name.

Christmas Concerts

Please mark in your diaries the dates for our Christmas Concerts.

Dates for our Christmas Concerts

Doncaster Friday, Primary School only Friday, 9 December, Doncaster, 5.00 pm - 8.30 pm

Alphington Friday Friday, 9 December, Alphington, 5.00 pm - 8.30 pm

Doncaster Saturday Saturday, 10 December, Doncaster, 10.30 pm -1.00 pm

Balwyn Saturday Saturday, 10 December, Doncaster, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

Albert Park Saturday Saturday, 10 December, Albert Parκ, 9.00 pm - 11.00 pm

Balwyn Monday Monday, 12 December, Doncaster, 5.00 pm - 8.30 pm

Doncaster Friday, High School only Friday, 16 December, Doncaster, 5.00 pm - 8.30 pm

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Greek Orthodox Community Afternoon Schools: 168 Lonsdale St. Melbourne, 3000

Tel. 9662 2722 (leave message for Principal), Mobile: 0416 043 335, Principal Yiannis Milides

Balwyn school: 9859 6123 (during Greek classes only), Doncaster School: 9848 4483 (during Greek classes only)

Albert Park: Johnathan Kasapidis, mob. 0408 488 022, Alphington Grammar School: Kostas Tsakoumis, mob. 0408 346 946