Ionideios (or Ionidios) School of Piraeus is a school in Piraeus, Greece. It was founded in 1847, and it was named after the Greek national benefactor Constantine Ionides father of Alexander Constantine Ionides.
Enrollment
Every year the Greek Μinistry of Εducation organises exams for the 17 model schools of Greece. The students apply for one of the 17 schools. One of them is Ionideios which accepts the 108 best students of these exams who applied for Ionideios. In case a student leaves the school for any reason before their graduation a special exam is organised in order to find the student who is going to replace the student who left.
Facilities
The building of the School is located on the western side of the building square that is formed by Korai Square, Iroon Polytechniou str. and Sotiros Dios str., in the center of Piraeus. Students and teachers use the entrance of 17, Sotiros Dios Street. On the ground floor are the concierge, the canteen, the Event Hall and the Gymnasium’s Computer Laboratory. On the first floor is the courtyard, indoor gymnasium, the Chemistry Lab, 4 classrooms, which are used by the first grade of Lyceum, the Multimedia Lab and the Library. On the second floor are the offices of the Directors, the Deputy Directors, the Secretariats and the Office of the Teachers, four classes of teaching, which are used by the 2nd grade of Lyceum, as well as the Physics and Biology Laboratories. On the third floor there are twelve classrooms, which are used by the entire Gymnasium as well as another computer lab. On the fourth floor, there are four classrooms, which are used by the Third Grade of Lyceum, as well as a robotics lab. More than half of the rooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards.
Library
At Ionideios there is a library from the first years of its foundation, which is one of the largest School Libraries in Greece. It has an area of 90 sqm and contains 24 bookshelves.
The library houses 2 collections, the old collection of Ioneidos and the newest one. The old collection lists 5,556 titles, according to the latest census of 1999, when the new School Library was funded under the EU’s 2nd Community Support Framework. At that time the old collection was enriched with 4,600 titles and audiovisual material. The new library is continuously enriched with new material and to date it contains over 13,000 books and audiovisual material as well as magazines of varied content. In addition, electronic book search can be done through ABEKT’s electronic automation system at the National Documentation Centre.
All library material is classified with the US DEWEY decimal system and is managed through the ABEKT system.
Computer Laboratories
The Gymnasium’s computer laboratory is located on the ground floor of the building and is equipped with a network of 12 workstations connected to a central computer. The Multimedia Hall, on the first floor, is a multi-purpose lab. In it take place the computer courses of Lyceum, as well as the lessons of other Lyceum courses.