Extracurricular Activities

Kessaris school guarantees students successful entry to the School of Physical Education and Sports Science.

Available in: 
Nursery - Kindergarten - Primary - Gymnasium - Lyceum

The coach focuses on teaching student-athletes the fundamentals and techniques of the game of basketball, such as Stance and Balance, Shot Pocket, Grip, Balance Hand, Delivery, Correct Shot, etc. As players progress through each level, they will be challenged by increasing the level of difficulty and intensity of the drills.

Practicing in basketball provides several extra benefits for children. Players can improve their speed, agility, strength, hand-eye coordination and overall cardiovascular endurance while learning how important teamwork is and building discipline.

Available in: Kindergarten - Primary

Practicing in football provides several benefits for children. Players can improve their speed, agility, strength, hand-eye coordination, and overall cardiovascular endurance while learning how important teamwork is and building discipline.

There are various individual skills and team tactics needed to play effective football. Kessaris football training programme includes learning side-foot passes and straight shots, practicing offensive tactics (Give and Go, Pass and Move), free tactics, throw-ins, goal and corner kicks. Having learnt and improved all the required techniques, children manage to participate in in-school and out of school tournaments.

Available in: Primary

Kessaris Tennis programme gives student-athletes a unique growth experience, as well as all the tools they need to grow as individuals, learn key values such as hard work, autonomy and a great sense of organization and discipline.

We tailor our training method to different age groups to optimize learning experience. In other words, our Tennis Club is not a one-size-fits-all. Children discover the beauty of the sport through innovative techniques and games, under the supervision and guidance of an experienced coach.

When the children have all the basic skills and are willing to develop and improve upon them, they can participate and compete in in-school and inter-school tournaments.

Available in: Kindergarten - Primary

Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art based on karate and other Chinese martial arts. Tang Soo Do athletes strengthen their body and boost their self-confidence through training and learning self-defense techniques while showing respect for nature and life. In addition, they are taught self-discipline and respect for people.

Available in: Kindergarten - Primary

Children can choose between ballet and modern dance.

Ballet teaches a child creativity and discipline, all in which are mandatory in any area of education. Social Benefits- Dance improves sensitivity, understanding, appreciation, and consideration for others, both for their similarities and differences.

Modern dance, often described as fluid and freeform, consists of long, languid movements, and jerky ones that show the contraction and expansion of the body. The young dancers will focus on contractions, spirals, basic floor work, and elemental concepts of space, time and force. They will also build core strength and flexibility in a fun and encouraging environment.

Available in: Kindergarten (only ballet) - Primary (ballet or modern dance)

The aim of Kessaris Drama club “Kivotos Oneiron” is to familiarize students with the process of producing a theatrical work (acting, directing, creating scenery, costumes, music, lighting), teamwork and the dedication required to achieve a common goal. Members of the Club develop drama skills, take initiative, gain self-confidence and, most importantly, broaden their drama knowledge while, at the same time, they become more artistically aware.

Kessaris Drama Club uses Stanislavski’s Method whose principles of directing and collective theories on acting were very influential in the late nineteenth century and are still used by actors and directors today.

Stanislavski and Nemirovish-Danchenko were the founders of Moscow Music Theatre, one of the most popular theatres in the world that mainly organizes contemporary productions.

Available in: Gymnasium - Lyceum 

Kessaris Journalism Club gives students hands-on experience in both print and digital media in a fun and safe environment. The club makes the students learn the fundamentals of journalism (reporting, writing, editing, design, and ethics) and build key skills by writing different types of articles, using journalistic structure and style, conducting interviews professionally (with staff or approved individuals), practicing journalistic integrity, accuracy, and fairness as well as editing using grammar and writing skills.

Participants create and manage digital content by means of a school blog https://grafeida.kessaris.edu.gr/wp/ and podcast, as well as a printed newspaper with texts.

This club is perfect for students interested in creative writing and media production.

Available in: Gymnasium and 1^st grade Lyceum

Students are taught classical piano in a familiar environment by an experienced teacher. Depending on their piano skill level, children get to know the keyboard with notes, half steps and note values. They also learn to play with melody, play pause etc. In due course, they will be able to perform well-known classical and art songs as well as develop their piano technique.

Our goal is to make students love music and express their thoughts and feelings while playing popular pieces on the piano.

Available in: Primary

Singing in choir provides a sense of real belonging, offers new opportunities for learning, encourages student engagement and promotes civic involvement. Also, it improves the way children listen to music, it draws out their innate musical ability and intensifies their appreciation of harmony.

The school-based choral programme includes song analysis, diaphragmatic breathing exercises and other techniques that improve vocal range and abilities. At the same time, students are taught music theory, solfège (a music education method used to teach aural skills, pitch and sight-reading of Western music) and polyphony (the simultaneous combination of tones or melodic lines).

Singing together is good for kids' wellbeing. Choir singing appears to have achieving calming effects in a similar way that breathing and posture yoga exercises do.

Available in: Primary

The main aim of debate is to train pupils in the skills of public speaking while investigating social, scientific and humanistic issues. Kessaris Forensics Club encourages students to quick thinking, promotes the values of free speech and logical interpretation, helps students develop confidence and receive award certificates and honors. Relying on the skills of English grammar and dialectic, teachers help students find the best means of persuasion to lead others toward what is true good and beautiful.

The Forensics club makes students realize that life is not simplistic. It is filled with complexity nuance and variation. Students engage in social issues that demand deeper thinking while striving to express their thoughts with accurate analysis and interesting style in English.

Every year, Kessaris Forensics Club takes part in the Panhellenic Forensics Tournament. Participants compete in Impromptu Speaking, Original Oratory, Group Discussion and Debate.

Available in: Gymnasium

Chess is a board game for two players that involves strategy and space geometry.

It boosts the imagination, develops perspective and improves memory. It is definitively worth learning chess to increase self-awareness, elevate creativity and boost planning skills.

Available: From the 3^rd to the 6^th Grade of Primary School

Through the innovative LEGO training programme, children get in touch with Math, Physics, Engineering, Language and socio-emotional skills as well as programming skills. The structure of the programme changes depending on the age of the child.

Available in: Kindergarten

The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts) Academy gives students a learning experience unlike any other while engaging them with real world science, futuristic technology, educational robotics and discovery learning.

STEAM Academy is a club for future inventors and entrepreneurs. Every year, we host several missions inviting students to choose from challenges to complete as scientists, engineers, artists, digital makers and entrepreneurs.

Since 2016, Kessaris STEAM Team has been participating in FLL Research and Robotics Championships, both at a national and international level, presenting original projects and thus gaining distinctions, awards and prizes. In the years 2017 and 2018, Kessaris STEAM Team excelled at the Lego World Competitions held in Greece and abroad while in 2023 took the second place in the FLL, Los Angeles.

Students who wish to join our STEAM Academy will be evaluated and assessed in September in order to be accepted and thus take part in robotics competitions.

Available in: Primary - Gymnasium - 1^st and 2^nd High school 

This popular programming language supports structured programming and is popular in technology fields. It is valuable knowledge that offers career prospects.

Available in: Gymnasium