MY SCHOOL - THE FIFTH GYMNASIUM IN KATERINI
My school is the 5th
Gymnasium in Katerini. It is the oldest school in my town. It was built by the
Turks during the Turkish occupation and it was used as a government building by
them. The German conquerors used it as a prison. It is said that the heads of
some young guerrillas, executed by the German soldiers were exhibited in the
school yard to terrify the young students who might think of joining the
guerrillas on Mt. Olympus and Mt. Pieria.
The school building
has got the architectural characteristics of its age; many narrow windows and
very thick walls. In the front of the school there is a small garden with
bushes and trees. At the back there is an old plane tree under the shadow of
which we begin our school day, saying our prayers to God. Every time I stand
under that tree I think of how many events it must have seen and lived through.
On my first day at school
I felt very excited, because I already knew its history, and because it had
been my mother’s and aunt’s school too. Also, I had heard a lot about their
school life there.
The playground of
the school is at the back. It’s very big and it is where my friends and I spend
the most carefree and entertaining time of our schooldays. We play many games
together, we talk and tell each other our little secrets...
The lessons are
sometimes interesting or, at other times, really dull. That depends on the
subject, the teachers and the students.
Generally, I must
say, I’m very pleased both with my teachers and my classmates. I am going to
attend this school for two more years, and I think that it will always hold a
place in my heart.
Adrianna
Prodromidou is a fifteen year old student at the Second Lykeio in Katerini. Her hobbies include
music, painting and sport, particularly swimming, a sport in which she has won
several medals. She has passed the Cambridge FCE exam.