In response to an invitation sent by 1^st grade students, on Monday, April 30^th, students of the “J.M. Carras” Kindergarten, together with their teachers and the Head of the Kindergarten, Ms. T. Gkouskou, visited Athens College Elementary School.  The purpose of the visit was to have Kindergarten students meet 1^st graders, to acquainted them with the new “environment” in which they will schooled this coming September, and to give them a tour of the main facilities of their new School.

In the days preceding the visit, 1^st grade teachers decorated the School’s entrance in order to create a warm environment for our visitors.  Upon the Kindergarten students’ arrival, they were greeted by the Elementary School’s Director, Mr. L. Zachos, the Assistant Director of the Lower Section, Mr. S. Kallimanis, 1^st grade teachers and members of the 5-member , 5^th grade student council.  In September, this year’ 5^th graders will be the “big buddies” to the young, incoming 1^st graders.

When the Kindergartners reached the 1^st grade classrooms, they met their host-students, toured the facilities they will be using next year (patios, fountains, toilets) and ate a light snack.

Afterwards, 1^st graders, along with their teachers, showed their guests the School’s outdoor spaces: the pedestrian zone, the vegetable garden, the track field and the elevated basketball courts.  There, 1^st graders and Kindergarten students formed mixed teams and, together with 1st grade teachers, their assistants and the faculty members who accompanied the Kindergarten students, engaged in team sports. 

When the games were over, together they returned to the classrooms.  First grade students gave Kindergarten students mementos which they had made on the days prior to the visit, whilst Elementary School teachers gave their Kindergarten counterparts their own mementos.

 As the Kindergarten students departed, the Elementary School’s 1^st graders, their teachers and Administrators bade them goodbye and renewed their rendezvous for September.