GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER DRAMA-GREECE

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INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this presentation is to provide information about the city and the prefecture of Drama in general, and the 6th Secondary School of Drama in particular

In the following slides you will find information regarding some of the most well known places in Drama

You will also see many photographs of the places we are describing with the hope that they will help you to better imagine the place we are talking about

6TH SECONDARY SCHOOL OF DRAMA Founded in 1982 There are approximately 350 students and 40

teachers The school is built in the most beautiful area of

the city, on the edge of Korillovos hill, which is planted with pines, forming a suburban forest.

6TH SECONDARY SCHOOL OF DRAMA: A BIG BUILDING WITH A WONDERFUL VIEW FROM ALL DIRECTIONS

6TH SECONDARY SCHOOL OF DRAMAINTERIOR (1)

6TH SECONDARY SCHOOL OF DRAMAINTERIOR (2)

6TH SECONDARY SCHOOL OF DRAMAINTERIOR (3)

• School Library

• Counseling and orientation Office

• Natural Sciences Center Laboratory

6TH SECONDARY SCHOOL OF DRAMASUPPORT SERVICES

THE MURALS BEAUTIFY AND MEDALS IN LOCAL COMPETITIONS

Medals won from our school teams in basketball & football competitions

This statue was created during our art lessons. After it was completed we placed it at the foyer to beautify our school. We also painted the school corridors and walls.

PEDAGOGICAL PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOL

Despite the fact that this is the first time that our school participates in a Comenius collaboration, all teachers in our school have good experience of developing pedagogical projects such as eTwinning, environmental projects, health education programs, etc.

At the end of school year students and teachers compete in games!

PREFECTURE OF DRAMA

Drama is a small city of about 50,000 citizens. It is also the capital of the prefecture of Drama

Drama is located in the northern part of Greece and in the north – east part of Macedonia region.

SOME INFO ABOUT DRAMA In the following slides you will find information about

important places and events in Drama:

Lake St. Barbara

River Nestos

The Virgin Forest

Karantere Forest

Mountain Falakro

Maara’s Cave

The Archaeological museum

Oneiroupoli

Short films Festival

Dramaica Festival

THE CITY OF DRAMADrama is a small city with a big natural beauty.

It’s a quiet place with a lot of beautiful signs and traditional small restaurants and hotels.

ST. BARBARA The water fountains of St.

Barbara are considered to

be the trademark of the

city of Drama

It is a magical area with

lakes, rivers and

waterfalls. This place is in

the heart of the

town,where the visitors

often walk through the

beautiful pathways, full of

green and admire a

wonderful view of an

amazingly natural scenery

NESTOS RIVER

Nestos is one of the five largest rivers in Greece . It is the natural border between Macedonia and Thraky . Its riverbed is 243 km and its sources are in the Rila

mountains in Bulgaria. The friends of nature and sports can enjoy the river by

walking next to it. It offers precious water on earth, plants, animals, and

humans

VIRGIN FOREST

The famous Virgin Forest is the crown jewel of the area of Drama

It is 5,892 acres and is the only virgin forest in Greece

The visitor can see many rare species like the brown bear, the wolf and various birds

One of the most unique presences here is the Capercaillie, a wild goose specie, who lives exclusively in the woods of the forest Frakto

KARANTERE The forest of Karantere

has a rich ecosystems filled with grasslands and green

The visitors of the forest of Karantere will enjoy a great variety of Flora with more than 700 different species, many of which are rare in the rest of Greece

There is also a wide variety of mushrooms

The area of Elatia (as it is also known), is part of the Western Rhodopes and is located in the north part of Drama

Overall, the extent of Elatia is 92,517 acres

MOUNTAIN FALAKRO

The Ski Centre of Mountain Falakro was opened for the first

time in 1980 in order to cover the basic needs of leisure and

sports facilities in the surrounding area during winter

It is one of the most popular ski centers in Greece

It has 21 natural ski slopes and the snow quality is excellent

MAARA CAVE

The cave has huge stalactites

It was discovered in 1978 and its uniqueness lies to the sources

of its river

The cave Aggitis (as it is also known) is the largest river cave in

the world (with a length of 21 km) and it is located in Prosotsani,

Drama

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM The museum opened in 1999 The exhibitions of the Museum provide evidence of the cultural

history of Drama The visitors can admire the ancient tools, the jewelry and the

pottery displayed that go back to the Bronze Age.

ONEIROUPOLI Oneiroupoli (DreamCity) is

open to the public every December

It is St. Claus’ village and it has a lot of activities to do and games to play

Grownups that visit Oneiroupoli are mostly interested in the famous singers and music groups that come every year from all over Greece to sing and give a live performance

SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL The Short Film Festival of

Drama started in 1978 This is a festival where

you can watch quality movies

The people that organise this festival aim to promote and create a friendly atmosphere for the visitors

DRAMAICA The song festival “Dramaica Youth

Festival”, which takes place every year (in the early August) at the sources of Santa Barbara and take part local groups and other groups from all over the Greece .

FINALLY… OUR PROPOSALS FOR THE LOGO

OUR PROPOSALS FOR THE LOGO (2)

THANK YOU!

Students of the 2nd grade of the 6th Secondary School who collaborated to create this presentation:

Christos Moutroupidis

Anastasios Sahanidis

Chara Soumelidou

Zoe Keskini

Vicky Karamanidou

Maria Kourti

Christina Pavlidou

Thanasis Papadopoulos

Maria Skeva

Kiriaki Prepou

Athina Trampidou

Nektaria Sirlantzi

Giota Petsonia

Maria-Irene Felekidou

Chrissa Kiosse

Tatiani Giavanoglou

Maria Karropoulou