April 2022
On March 27, 2022, Annunciation Cathedral's Greek school participated in the Metropolis of San Francisco's Greek Independence Day celebration. Greek schools throughout the Metropolis recited poems, sang songs and performed skits. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco were both present for the program. See the video here.
Congratulations to our students for all their hard work and for doing such a great job!
Pre-K class recited the poem, Κολοκοτρώνης:
Calista Tsiorvas
Conrad Kitching
Raphael Lafkas
Penelope Manousos
Hyonia Kottas from the Level 2 class recited the poem, Η Νίκη
Sophia Kotsonis, Anya Abraham and Giorgia Vardakastanis from the Level 3 class presented three famous women of the 1821 Greek War of Independence.
Stefanos Zarbalis and Yiannis Karasakalidis from the Preparatory classes recited the poem, Ο Θούριος
December 2021
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 Greek school students and teachers gathered together in the courtyard to sing the traditional Greek Christmas and new year carols. It was a nice way to end the year!
To celebrate the holidays, some of the classes worked on arts and crafts projects and other classes recited poems or performed a skit.
We are also pleased to announce that Danae Zarbalis passed the A2 Greek proficiency exam and Stefanos Zarbalis passed the A1 Greek proficiency exam!
October- November 2021
May 2021
The Greek Consulate of San Francisco is offering a Summer Internship for college students that would be interested! The Consulate recommends the student have a basic understanding of the Greek Language for the work they would be assisting with. If you or someone you know might be interested in this excellent experience, please contact our Greek School Director Shu Yeung via email, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
March 2021
Annunciation Cathedral Greek School, in conjunction with Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America celebrates 200th anniversary of Greek Independence!
In this clip, they express their love for Greece, Greek Culture, Greek Heritage, Greek History.
In the video below, they depict the Eve of the 1821 Revolution. Bravo Greek School teachers, students, and families!
Feb 2021
We would like to congratulate our students Yiannis Karasakalidis and Charlie Janssens for successfully passing the A1 Greek proficiency exam!!! Both students took the exam in October 2020.
What is the Certificate of Attainment in Greek?
The Certificate of Attainment in Greek was established in 1998 by the Greek Ministry of Education to confirm one's proficiency in Greek as a second language. The Center for the Greek Language in Thessaloniki, Greece has been assigned the exclusive responsibility for administering the exam. There are six levels of attainment and four skills are assessed: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, writing and speaking. The exams are held once a year and the levels of attainment are A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. These levels are aligned with the common European framework of reference for teaching foreign languages.
Below some information on our two students:
Charlie Janssens is 13 years old and is in 7th grade at Saint Stephen School in San Francisco. He loves to play basketball and has been playing for Bay City for a few years. He also likes to play golf and soccer. In his free time, he likes to volunteer with his older sister, Dimitra at the SF - Marin Food Bank. He travels to Greece every summer to visit his family.
Yiannis Karasakalidis is 10 years old and has been a student at the Annunciation Cathedral's Greek School since he was 3 1/2 years old! He is a 5th grade student at Los Perales Elementary School in Moraga, East Bay. He loves sports and spending time with his friends. Swimming, tennis, taekwondo and soccer are some of his favorite activities! Yiannis is member of a Greek folk dance group and can’t wait to get back to dancing soon! He is learning to play the guitar and is a huge Lego fan!
Exciting News:
One of our Greek school parents, Aspasia Iosifellis, has been nominated by Greek International Women Awards, or “GIWA” in the category of Finance!
There is also another Bay area nominee - Dr. Eva Prionas in the category "Social Sciences". Dr. Prionas is known to us very well as she runs seminars in the Bay area on how to teach the Greek language which many of our teachers attend. Belmont teachers and Finare teachers attend her seminars as well.
Voting is happening this month! Fore more information and to vote please visit: https://greekinternationalwomenawards.com
Dec 2020
Every year before the Christmas break, we hold a Christmas performance with the entire Greek school community. Now that we are all sheltering-in-place, we were not able to hold the performance this year. However, our Greek school teachers were able to spread some holiday cheer in other ways. Before we went on a 2-week break from Greek school, the teachers acted as Santa's elves, organizing and delivering traditional vasilopitas to each Greek school family. The vasilopitas were sourced from Glyka Sweets, a Greek bakery in San Rafael.
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!!
Καλά Χριστούγεννα και Χρόνια Πολλά!
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