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The 6th Public Elementary School for students with special needs and 4th Public Kindergarden for students with special needs are cooperating schools housed in commonly used building facilities and in Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki is a city of 1.5 million inhabitants with rich and glorious historical past. Our schools are located in the municipality of Pilea-Hortiatis. The elementary school is a small school with 22 students, between 7 and 15 years old. The kindergarden numbers 6 students, between 4 and 6 years old. Our schools provide educational services to students with physical and cognitive impairments. Our effort focuses on finally achieving their social inclusion, through improvement of their functionality, development of their communication skills and thus their self-esteem, and their being respected and embraced by their able-bodied peers.

Πέμπτη 31 Μαρτίου 2016

άνοιξη / spring 2016
Πάλε ξυπνάει της άνοιξης τ' αγέρι
στην πλάση μυστικής αγάπης γλύκα,
σαν νύφ' η γη, πόχει άμετρα άνθη προίκα,
λάμπει ενώ σβηέται της αυγής τ' αστέρι.
                    "Λορέντζος Μαβίλης, Πατρίδα" 
From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing,
That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him.
Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell
Of different flowers in odour and in hue
Could make me any summer's story tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew.
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;
They were but sweet, but figures of delight
Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.
Yet seemed it winter still, and you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play.
"Sonnet 98: From You Have I Been Absent In The Spring - Poem by William Shakespeare"