Ionideios Model High School of Piraeus

Ionideios was established in 1847. However, its history began in 1844, when Petros Omiridis Skylitsis, the Mayor of Piraeus at the time, addressed Konstantinos Ionidis by letter and asked for help in setting up schools in Piraeus. In his reply to the mayor, Constantinos Ionides stated that he would provide 30,000 drachmas, an amount of great importance at the time, provided that the Municipality of Piraeus would purchase the land pay for the future cost of the school in order to function. In 1845 the City Council accepted these terms together with some others that the donor had set.

Two years later, in 1847 and on the mayoralty of Dimitrios Theocharis, the construction of the school began and on 21 May of the same year while the donor provided 10,000 drachmas more for the needs of the school and the creation of a library. In 1862, the establishment of the Gymnasium was signed by the then Minister of Education. Until 1914 the school housed the only Gymnasium in Piraeus. This year, with the foundation of the Second Gymnasium in the city of Piraeus, Ionides renamed the school to First Gymnasium. The Gymnasium operated in the original building of 1847 until 1932, when it was demolished, in order to erect in its place the building in which it is housed today. In 1963, the Minister of Education, Grigorios Kasimatis renames the school to Ionideios Model School of Piraeus. Since 1986 the official name is set to be "Model Gymnasium and Lyceum of Ionideios" and it is usually referred to as "Ionideios High School of Piraeus".[1][2]

Every year the Greek Μinistry of Εducation organises exams for the 17 model schools of Greece,[3][4] one of which is Ionideios. Students apply for a place in one of these 17 schools and the highest scoring ones are accepted. Ionideios accepts 108 students each year. In 2020, 325 students applied. In case a student leaves the school for any reason before their graduation a special exam is organised in order to fill their position.[5]

The building of the School is located on the western side of the block that is formed by Korai Square, Iroon Polytechniou str. and Sotiros Dios str., in the center of Piraeus. Students and teachers use the entrance of 17, Sotiros Dios Street. On the ground floor are the concierge, the canteen, the Event Hall and the Gymnasium's Computer Laboratory. On the first floor is the courtyard, indoor gymnasium, the Chemistry Lab, 4 classrooms, which are used by the first grade of Lyceum, the Multimedia Lab and the Library. On the second floor are the offices of the Directors, the deputy directors, the Secretariats and the Office of the Teachers, four classes of teaching, which are used by the 2nd grade of Lyceum, as well as the Physics and Biology Laboratories. On the third floor there are twelve classrooms, which are used by the entire Gymnasium as well as another computer lab. On the fourth floor, there are four classrooms, which are used by the Third Grade of Lyceum, as well as a robotics lab. More than half of the rooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards.[6]

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  Alexandros Papadiamantis
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  Pavlos Nirvanas
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  Gerasimos Vokos
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  Pantelis Horn
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  Theodoros Pangalos
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  Panagiotis Pipinelis
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  Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian