GREECE

14th Gymnasium of Peristeri
14ο Γυμνάσιο Περιστερίου
www.14gymnasio.gr

The 14th Gymnasium of Peristeri (Peristeri is the 4th largest municipality in Greece). It is the largest suburb of the Athens region with more than 200,000 inhabitants and an area with many factories and many workers. There are also a lot of economic migrants from the former socialist countries, especially Albania. In recent years much has improved (it was one of the Olympic cities in 2004 Olympic Games) however, it still belongs to the western part of Athens, where the poorest areas are located. The Gymnasium has approximately 250 students (12-15 years old) from middle class, working and migrant families. Approximately 10% are children of families from other countries. Our school participates in many projects cultural, environment education, health education, European etc. Our students can use new technologies, speak English well enough and like very much to meet teens from other countries.
We believe that taking part in European projects our students are getting much better cooperating with students from countries with deferent financial status, culture and way of life.