DOUKAS SCHOOL PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Since its founding in 1917, Doukas School has always tried to keep up with the latest trends in education. In its 10 acres, setting with educational and athletic facilities amongst the best in design and construction, Doukas School (http://www.doukas.gr), a K-12 educational Institution, offers to its 2000 student body one of the finest educational and athletic programs in the country.

In particular, in Kindergarten, children follow specialized programs in Psychomotor Development, mathematics, pre-reading and pre-writing exercises, English lessons as well as the Dalcroze system. In Elementary School, the curriculum includes lessons in: modern Greek, modern mathematics, study of the environment, exploration of the natural world, geography, history, social and civic education, foreign languages, computers, music and sports. Finally, in Junior and Senior High School, students have the opportunity to participate in various workshops, alongside their standard curriculum.

During the last ten years, the school has organized Conferences on Mathematics, Pre-school Education, Educational Computing & New Technologies, General Gymnastics and Sports. Doukas School also organizes since 1997 the Web-based Panhellenic Student Competition LYSIAS (http://www.lysias.gr) that attracted more than 30.000 students annually.

Doukas School was one of the first Greek schools to use and recognize the importance of implementing ICT as a step toward improving the quality of education it offers its students. Since 1983, the ICT department has developed an integrated computational environment and has incorporated the use of computers for various teaching purposes.

We created the first "Classroom of the Future" in Greece (2007 - http://www.sof.gr): our students have a light-weight portable "electronic schoolbag" and are connected wirelessly to the "electronic" blackboard of their classroom, the Internet and the "electronic" tools of their teacher. This "electronic" schoolbag (tabletpc) contains all their books and sheets as well as virtual labs, simulations, multimedia material, their schoolwork and all tools connected to the educational process. The classroom can take many forms (such as "traditional" class, "laboratory" or "collaborative"). The classroom arrangement can easily change thanks to the wireless equipment and portable computers.

Doukas School also participates in several European and Hellenic research projects such us EPET, EPEAEK, PAVE, LINGUA, TELEMATICS, COMENIUS, Educational Multimedia Task Force.

The modern school, as we plan, design and develop the "School of the Future", is a combination of the past, the present and the future. Students participate actively in the educational process and in shaping their own learning experience. Teachers guide, collaborate and inspire students, changing their traditional role. Parents play an active role in the educational