Australia

The Melbourne-based Alphington Grammar School is showing its support and solidarity toward newly-arrived Greek students. According to school officials, Greek students that have recently arrived in Australia will have the opportunity to study at the Alphington Grammar School, paying...

Alphington Grammar School of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria excelled among all Greek-Australian colleges of the county in this year’s entrance exams for the Universities of Victoria. Alphington Grammar School began its upturn in 2000 and has...

At the end of August, a joint fundraiser for a medical and pharmaceutical aid campaign for the most vulnerable citizens of Greece will be completed. The charity fundraiser is organized by the organization Greek Ambassadors and the Greek Orthodox...

Melbourne's Alphington Grammar School recently opened their doors to a number of Greek organizations for an open day at the campus, according to a neoskosmos.com article. Alphington Chairman Nick Koukouvitakis organized the event to open up the school during working...

In an effort to enhance and contribute to the promotion of the Greek language in Australia, the Pancretan Association of Melbourne decided to offer a scholarship to every Greek bilingual Daily College of the community. Three bilingual colleges of the Greek language in Melbourne...

The inauguration of the big Room of Multiple Use of Alphington Grammar College of the Greek Orthodox Community in Melbourne and Victoria will take place this Sunday, the 20th of March 2011, at 2:00 p.m., with the Federal Minister...

Secondary school students from Alphington Grammar will depart for a European art and culture tour next Wednesday. Head of Art at Melbourne's Alphington Grammar Alex Kimonides, will take sixteen senior school students (from years 10, 11 and 12) on a three...

A donation which will exceed $100,000, was made by the Bank of Cyprus Australia to the Greek School of the Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria named Alphington Grammar.  The donation is for the completion of new classrooms and new...

Greek day schools are increasing their tuition fees for the upcoming academic year of 2010. These increases are considered substantial but as school officials explain they are needed because of increased operating costs for the schools. Alphington Grammar is increasing...

A discussion paper commissioned by the Australian Education Union that was presented last week at a NSW public school teachers’ conference casts doubt about the cohesive role of ethno-religious schools within Australia’s multicultural context. The paper was prepared by Professor...

The Greek independent schools of Melbourne have managed to dodge the ‘swine flu’, at least to date. There are currently no known cases at any of the three Greek day schools in Melbourne. All three schools have placed an emphasis on...

Thousands of Greek Australians attended the parade for Greece's Independence Day in Melbourne on Sunday, while several attendants booed Greek Deputy House Speaker Giorgos Varemenos when he tried to deliver a speech afterward. According to SBS, hundreds of students from...

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM)'s 2018 Annual General Meeting has heard confirmation that the Bulleen property will be compulsory acquired to build a new freeway in the city. Sunday's AGM atmosphere was described as "calm and constructive" but GCM President...

The Evzones of Greece's Presidential Guard were honored by the Hellenic Community of Melbourne at the Greek Centre as part of the March 25th festivities. The Board of Directors of the Community held a dinner in their honor, attended by...

A group of 22 junior high-school students and three accompanying female staff members from Voula, south of Athens, have made a dream come true by visiting Australia. The week-long visit began on March 12 and was made possible through an...