1st General Lyceum of Egaleo

The 1st General Lyceum of Egaleo is the first Secondary Education school founded in the city of Egaleo IN 1946 , when the city was just a neighborhood of Athens . Afterwards, 5 more General Lyceums were founded and 2 Vocational Lyceums . In the Greek Educational System, pupils after completing the Primary school (6 years) they enter Lower Secondary Education School (Gymnasium) for 3 years . This are the Compulsory Education studies . After that, if they wish, they continue to a 3 year General Lyceum, or to a 3 year Vocational Lyceum, or to a 4 year Technical School.
Every pupil of the 1st grade of the General Lyceum has to attend 11 courses + 1 foreign language + 1 selection course (i.e. ,second foreign language, informatics, drama for our school)
At the 2nd and 3rd grade , pupils except some common courses ,have to choose one of the 3 orientations : Classical, Scientific and Technological.
The 1st General Lyceum of Egaleo during the 2008-2009 school year has 4 classes in each grade, that is totally 12 classes of about 23 pupils each. Pupils come from the neighboring area.
Each day lessons start at 8.15’ a.m. and they finish at 2.10’ p.m. Pupils don’t eat or study at school but they return to their families. After 2.30’ p.m. the schools provides some extra lessons to pupils with poor performance.
Pupils at the end of each year, sit for the final exams. These exams , for the 3rd grade pupils , are National Exams. The final exams grades along with the oral grades , give the students the ability to enter the university.
There are many extra-curriculum activities that run in the school.
 We have many sport activities specially football, volleyball and tennis.
 A choir has been established and gives many performances, usually during school celebrations.
 We have also an environmental group that promotes environmental sensitivity in school and organizes excursions in the country-side.