Useful objects for students

(Woodworking tools and handicrafts in frames) All schools cultivated intellectual and manual (technical) skills. The girls also brought their embroidery to school. These manual skills would later be useful in their daily lives. Such activities are not taught in schools today since we have moved from the material to the immaterial age.

The plate (“plaka”) with the “kondyli”, around 1950, is replaced by quadrille notebooks, and later by notebooks divided in painting and writing theme, all covered in blue paper. Notebooks from the 60s are plastic monochrome, usually blue, and have a plastic – protected label. There, students wrote their name, for what subject were they using …

In the old day, the school bag/ satchel was called “saka”. The best satchels were the leather one with two straps (or buckles) that “hugged” the bag and “locked” its contents. Inside the satchel they put the books, the notebooks, the box with the pencils, the pens, the eraser, and the sharpener. In the …

The plate was a smooth, black, wooden surface, which children used as a notebook. They wrote on it with a tool named “kondyli”, which was made of slate, that was hung by a rope and cleaned with a sponge. It was replaced around 1950 by new technology items such as pencils and notebooks. Today, …

There were women’s and men’s costumes worn on the two National Holidays. It was an honor to be a flag bearer, as it still is today. In addition to the flag bearer, there were two attendants in the parade (one to the right one to the left of the flag bearer). These were also the …

The costume of the students during the National Holiday parades (28th October, 25th March, 21st of April – only during dictatorship), which took place even in the smallest village. Usually, parents used to take loan shoes and shirts to dress their children for the parade. Therefore, the costume was either bigger or smaller than the …

It was obligatory worn by the students at the Secondary School and they boasted as they were few in numbers. The “pilikion” and the school apron had a different meaning, as in this way the behavior of the students could be controlled in order to be always appropriate. “Pilikion” was abolished along with the black …

The school apron (school uniform) was first worn by girls. Initially, it was of black color until the year 1965, when changed from black to blue. Then, it also acquired white discreet details, pleats, cuffs, pockets, detachable collar, etc. The well ironed white collar was a sign of cleanliness and housekeeping. Boys also wore an …