We got our placements and I could not be more thrilled to be teaching middle school at Athens College! Learn more about Athens College here. Next week, I will be going into the English classes at Athens College middle school (which they call gymnasium) and I'll be able to talk more about my role in the school in the next couple weeks.
Between today and when I arrived in Greece, I have been kept very busy. We had orientations learning about the different potential placements and touring the campus and the two off-campus elementary schools. We also went to the Fulbright offices in downtown Athens, toured the Acropolis, and did a scavenger hunt around the city, which I will write another post about.
I am living on campus. Psychico and Athens Colleges are in Psychico, a suburb about 20 minutes from downtown Athens. It is very safe, with guards at all of the doors. No students live on campus, just us and the president! The house I'm in is called Darbyshire, Darby for short, and it houses 8 of the other Fulbright women. My room probably used to be an office; it has an entire wall of shelves and another wall of windows and a door (locked) to the patio outside. It's cute and I'm hoping to make it feel more like home with pictures and maybe some washi tape :) Our house sits on the school's on campus in between the new kindergarten center and the president of the college's house . A few houses down Mimi house is, where two other fellows live and the rest live off campus in Halandri, a nearby suburb.
I can't wait to meet the kids and be able to tell you more about my role as a Fulbright ETA!
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| Benaki - The building that houses the two high schools. The Benaki family also donated many museums throughout Athens. |
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| Front of the The kindergarten, the building is shaped like a dolphin, with this fountain as its eye. |
Between today and when I arrived in Greece, I have been kept very busy. We had orientations learning about the different potential placements and touring the campus and the two off-campus elementary schools. We also went to the Fulbright offices in downtown Athens, toured the Acropolis, and did a scavenger hunt around the city, which I will write another post about.
I am living on campus. Psychico and Athens Colleges are in Psychico, a suburb about 20 minutes from downtown Athens. It is very safe, with guards at all of the doors. No students live on campus, just us and the president! The house I'm in is called Darbyshire, Darby for short, and it houses 8 of the other Fulbright women. My room probably used to be an office; it has an entire wall of shelves and another wall of windows and a door (locked) to the patio outside. It's cute and I'm hoping to make it feel more like home with pictures and maybe some washi tape :) Our house sits on the school's on campus in between the new kindergarten center and the president of the college's house . A few houses down Mimi house is, where two other fellows live and the rest live off campus in Halandri, a nearby suburb.
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| Outside of Darby |
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