August in Greece is always dominated by one of the most important days in the Greek Orthodox faith, the Dormition of the Holy Virgin, or as Greeks more commonly call it “Dekapentaugoustos.” Celebrations, customs, traditions
Back in March 2021, we started a Greek Language Survey with the help of Hellenic Film Society USA. The main idea behind this survey was to reach as many of you as we could and find out
Whenever you ask a language teacher how you can improve your speaking and listening skills in the target language one of the first things they will say is “watch movies in that language.” Think of
What’s the largest Greek city after Athens and Thessaloniki? Patras? Heraklion? Larisa? Cue to wrong answer buzzer sound. The correct answer is Melbourne! Melbourne has a Greek community of about 400,000 people, has been holding
Many Greek expats and Greek immigrants will say that Greece is always with them. They keep it close in their hearts, in their summer memories, their family meals and Sunday churches. If you find yourself
Whether it is a conscious decision we made or a temporary solution due to Covid-19 restrictions, this past year everybody has had some experience of an online class in one way or another. Even before
Our School’s greatest mission is to make the Greek language and Hellenic culture accessible to anyone interested no matter their background or place of the world they live in. Our students come from various countries
Understanding spoken Greek and actually speaking is more challenging than written language for a lot of learners. That’s why many of our students often ask for ways to help them improve their listening and speaking
An amazing success Our Greek School, recently celebrated the amazing success of all our students who were Ellinomatheia Exams candidates and managed to pass the exam and receive the certificate with flying colors, making us
“No ipad time unless you finish your homework,” “just be on my phone while I finish this report,” “you didn’t hear what I said because you are always on your phone.” Typical expressions that most
