Costeas-Geitonas School (CGS) Information

MISSION At CGS we strive to provide an academic setting where every student’s skills and character can flourish to the fullest by encouraging meaningful connections between the classroom and real life experiences. Our students work in an environment of ongoing inquiry, cooperation and mutual respect as they acquire a high caliber education and positive life attitudes so as to make their own contribution in the world. SCHOOL COMMUNITY Established in 1970 and governed by a Board of Directors, CGS is one of Greece’s oldest and most prestigious private schools, providing educational programs from the pre-school to the secondary school level. Located in Pallini, a northern suburb of Athens on a 67,000 m2 campus, CGS has a student population of 1916. The student body is comprised primarily of Greek nationals but there is an emerging international and bi-cultural student population from North America, Europe and Asia including the UK, USA, Canada, China, Italy, Finland, Cyprus, Sweden, The Netherlands, Russia, Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Mexico, France and Switzerland. There has also been a growing number of students transferring to CGS from public schools, with an increase of 20%. In the academic year 2022-23, there were 264 new enrollments of students coming from both public and private schools. FACILITIES AND CAMPUS CGS sits on a 67,000 m² campus setting, 20 km. outside downtown Athens. Set in a beautiful, green campus, students and the wider community have access to exceptional facilities: Teaching classrooms: 110 | Computer labs: 3 | Science labs: 3 | Bus fleet: 75 | Canteens: 6 | Laptops in all primary school classrooms | Interactive Discovery and Activity Walls | Research Library with over 25,000 holdings | Outdoor Amphitheatre | Music Conservatory | Ballet Studio | 2 Visual Arts Studios | 3D Printing Lab | 2 Indoor Heated Pools | Outdoor Football Stadium | Outdoor Running Track | Indoor Gym | Library | 4 Basketball Courts | Tennis | Dining Hall