Teacher Workshops/ Seminars
FEBRUARY 2020: The pandemic forced many of our Greek Schools to close their physical locations and to find alternative methods to teach. GLC turned the pandemic into an opportunity and organized three teacher training online seminars to prepare the Greek language instructors for a smooth transition to online teaching. The seminars focused on various online teaching platforms and technologies available, online games and creating interactive experiences for the student.
NOVEMBER 2020: The Committee assisted the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in organizing and executing the second teacher webinar nationwide. The webinar was attended by over 250 Greek educators across the United States
Teacher Discussion-Greek School Live
3 Hierarches
The Three Hierarchs consist the link between Greek Orthodox Church and the ancient Greek philosophy of life, as they were highly educated, especially in rhetoric and philosophy, and all served the Greek Orthodox Church. They are considered protectors of the sciences and arts and Greek schools. The purpose of this joint effort with all of our schools is to provide kids with the opportunity of creative learning about Greek history, civilization and religion.
January 2019-St. George Downey, California
JANUARY 2021-Holy Transfiguration Anchorage Alaska. In January 2021, The Greek Language Ministry with the blessing of Metropolitan Gerasimos traveled to Anchorage Alaska to organize the Three Hierarchs Celebration. In cooperation with the local parish of Holy Transfiguration, the team executed a live zoom program with over 200 attendees. Archbishop Elpidoforos honored us with his presence.
The team is grateful to Metropolitan Gerasimos and Archon Economidis for supporting our vision and allowing live stream from the northernmost parish of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and the only Greek Orthodox parish in the State of Alaska.
BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION-St. George Downey, June 2021
In honor of the Bicentennial a mini festival celebration was held at St. George in Downey where members of the parish as well as surrounding parishes participated in a program honoring the heroes and heroines of 1821. The celebration started with the opening ceremonies by the city mayor, followed by the Olympic torch ceremony and games where all kids participated in various athletic games and were given medals. The program concluded with the presentation of the revolutionary flags with poems, songs and dance presented by the children of the parish communities.
MARCH 25th 2021 – 200 YEARS CELEBRATION BOOKLET
In honor of the Greek Bicentennial, the committee created a 50-page book that consisted of worksheets, puzzles, lesson plans, songs and poems to assist our Greek Schools in preparing lesson plans for their students with regards to the Greek Revolution. The department of Education at the Archdiocese distributed the workbook to all the Greek educators across the U.S.
(Please click on the image for complete pages.)
