In October 2021, nine candidates sat for the Centre for the Greek Language (CGL) examinations; seven for Level A2, one for Level B1, and one for level B2. All nine candidates were successful; two with a grade of ‘Very Good’, and seven with a grade of ‘Excellent’.

The Certificates of Attainment in Greek, from Greece’s Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and the Centre for the Greek Language in Thessaloniki, were received in April of 2022 and I had the pleasure of handing the certificates to each of the candidates at their respective Saturday morning Greek School.
On Saturday 14 May, I attended the Centre for Hellenic Studies, WA at St. Andrew’s Grammar to present the certificates to Apollonas Reisis (Level A2) and Kalliopi Paila (Level B2) in the presence of their parents and their teacher, Mrs Christina Panovrakou.

On Saturday 11 June, I attended the Greek Language and Culture Institute of Evangelismos at North Perth Primary School to present the certificates to the following Level A2 candidates: Athina Koutsakis, Athanasios Limnios, Virginia Roukounakis, Theodoros Smyrniotis, Odysseas Tritas and Alexandros Tsitiridis; and for Level B1: Konstantinos Smyrniotis. The special assembly that was held was attended by the GLCI Chair of the Board, Mr Georgios Tsitiridis; Principal, Mr Polychronis Koutsakis; teachers, and the parents of the candidates as well as of the other students, who will hopefully be inspired by the success of their peers to sit for the CGL examinations in the future.

This year, 12 candidates sat for the CGL examinations in May, with one candidate sitting for two levels. We expect the results to be sent from Greece in August/September. In the meantime, we wish all the candidates success in attaining their respective level/s!

Dr Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis
Director of the CGL at St. Andrew’s Grammar (61002)
20 June 2022