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Gymnasium - Middle School (compulsory education)<br />
1st grade, age 12 to 13<br />
2nd grade, age 13 to 14<br />
3rd grade, age 14 to 15<br />
Starts on September 11 and ends on early June before the first day of the Panhellenic exams. The lessons end<br />
in 31 May so that the students will be able to study for their examinations in early June. The classes start at<br />
8.15 and end from 13.55 to 14.15 according to the type of school. Classes last from 30 min. to 45 min. and there<br />
are breaks of 10 and 5 minutes between them.The students have summer vacation (about 3 months),<br />
Christmas vacation (2 weeks) and Easter vacation (2 weeks). Furthermore, students take usually another four<br />
days off in order to celebrate their two national holidays (28/10 and 25/3).<br />
There are 6 types of gymnasiums in Greece:<br />
1. General Gymnasium (entering there from the primary school is automatic)<br />
2. Athletic Gymnasium (to enter this type of school students must pass certain exams on a sport like<br />
football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, polo, swimming etc.)<br />
3. Musical Gymnasium (to enter this type of school students must pass certain exams on a musical inst.)<br />
4. Art Gymnasium (to enter this type of school students must pass certain exams on either arts, dance, or<br />
theater)<br />
5. Experimental Gymnasium (to enter this type of schools students must pass certain exams on Maths,<br />
Science, Reading Comprehension and Writing [the last two are written as one])<br />
6. Church Gymnasium
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