Ormylia is a small town of 5,000 residents located in Chalkidiki, Greece. It is partly agricultural and partly touristic, with a beach located only 4km away. The nearest major city is Thessaloniki, about a 45 minute drive away.
The document provides information about the school "Gymnasio Ormylias" in Ormylia, which has around 150 students aged 12-15 and 18 teachers of various subjects. Another school, "Lykeio Ormylias", is also housed in the same building and has around 80 students aged 15-18. In total, there are 230 students and over 30 teachers at the school complex.
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Gymnasio Ormylias and our county of Chalkidikis - Greece
6. Ormylia, where our school is situated, is a small
town of 5000 residents. The area is partly
agricultural and partly touristic.
The sea coast, called Psakoudia, is only 4 km far
from Ormylia.
The nearest international airport is the airport of
Thessaloniki which is about 45 min. by car from
Ormylia and serves most of European airport
connections.
Thessaloniki is the second important city of
Greece (after the capital Athens). Its the cultural,
economical and transportation center of north
Greece, with more than one million inhabitants
and many historical monuments of Hellenistic,
roman and medieval period.
15. ARISTOTLE IS CONSIDERED AS ONE
OF THE TWO
MOST EFFECTIVE ANCIENT GREEK
PHILOSOPHERS
(THE OTHER ONE WAS HIS TEACHER
PLATO).
ALISTOTLE WAS BORN IN STAGIRA OF
CHALKIDIKI IN 384 B.C.
HE WAS THE TEACHER OF
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
AND FOUNDER OF THE LYCAEUM,
THE FAMOUS PHILOSPOFHICAL
SCHOOL OF ANCIENT ATHENS
ARISTOTLE
16. ONE OF THE OLDEST
PRE-HISTORICAL
SKELETONS
ALL OVER EUROPE,
HAS BEEN FOUND IN
PETRALONAS CAVE
IN CHALKIDIKI.
ACCORDING TO THE
EXPERTS THIS PRE-
HISTORICAL MAN
LIVED HERE ALMOST
200.000 YEARS AGO!
17. MT. ATHOS AGION OROS (THE HOLY MOUNTAIN)
ITS A SEMI-INDEPENDENT STATE.
A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF MONKS
22. THESSALONIKI:
THE CAPITAL OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL
REGION OF MACEDONIA,
THE SECOND MAJOR GREEK CITY,
THE NEAREST LARGE CITY TO CHALKIDIKI
23. Our school is called Gymnasio Ormylias
(Gymnasium of Ormylia).
It has around 150 students,12-15 years old and 18
teachers of several different specializations:
philologists, mathematicians,biology teacher,
teachers for English, French and German
language, Physical education teachers, music
teacher, art teacher, teacher for religion, etc.
In the same school-building, another school, the
Lykeio Ormylias (Lyceum of Ormylia) is also
housed. The Lyceum of Ormylia has around 80
students,15-18 years old.
Thus, in our school complex there are totally 230
students and more than 30 teachers.