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As the world is constantly
and rapidly changing, educa-
tion is becoming a problem
in different countries. As a
result, the teaching process
needs to be re-adjusted by
investing the students with
expertise which can help
them adapt fast to changes
and integrate the society.
Independent thinking, va-
lues,
team work and social
awareness should be taught
to students nowadays. Social
inclusion was identified by
the project coordinator as
the initial point in develo-
ping these delicate and flexi-
ble skills.
The EU approach has focu-
sed their interest to decrease
social exclusion by building
a more inclusive society.
The Eurostat statistics
concerning early drop outs
in education and training
reveal that in 2016 the per-
centage in Greece was 6.2%,
in Italy , in Turkey 34.3%
Turkey and in Romania
2.8%.
The present project brings
together 4 schools from
Greece, Italy, Turkey, and
Romania. The cooperation
between us started with the
analysis and comparison of
the data from the SWOT
and PEST analyses of our
own institutions. Almost
every year our schools con-
front with recent policies
and innovations within their
educational systems at the
same time with the pheno-
menon of decreasing demo-
graphic rates of all the invol-
ved communities, the paren-
tal background which negati-
vely influences children’s
behaviour and perspective
towards learning.
With these facts
in the back-
ground,
each school deve-
lops recreational
areas for their
students. In ac-
cordance with
each institution
development
plan, each partner
school has their
priorities in
developing programmes
which emphasize the studen-
ts’ potential creativity,
their skills to foster diversi-
ty, integration and
social acceptance.
Another common
issue is the fact all
partners work with
special needs students
which face less opportuni-
ties, refugees and
immigrants. Some of
the partners, namely
Greece and Italy have
noted that within internatio-
nal school
projects students have in-
creased their learning moti-
vation and they are willing
to be involved in coopera-
tion with other nations.
Some partners do not have
experience with international
projects as it is the case Tur-
key and Romania, but in
spite of this,
they have become aware of
the opportunities offered by
the Erasmus + community
programme.
The present project supports
the values of the EU
as they are mentioned in
Article 2 of the Treaty on
the European Union at an
international level and the
ET 2020 objectives by pro-
moting equity, active citi-
zenship, social cohesion and
enhancing creativity and
innovation.
About the project
2020 © Dynamic
citizens of Europe ID: 2018-1 -EL01 -KA229-
047870
2018-2021
Meetings:
• 1st project meeting
Gymnasio – L.T Magoulas in
Karditsa (GR), from November
26th to November 30th
• 2nd project meeting
Istituto Comprensivo
“PaolucciSpataro” Vasto 1,
Vasto (IT),
from March 11 th to March 15th
• 3rd project meeting
Scoala Gimnaziala Rachita,
Dumbrava commune, from
November 4th to November 8th
2019
• 4th project virtual meeting
Ozel Oguzhan Ortaokulu, Izmir
(TR), from March 15th to
March 19 2021
2020 ©
Dynamic
cit izens of
Europe
About the project
Objectives
Planned activities
First Project Mee-
ting — Greece
Second Project
Meeting — Italy
Third Project Mee-
ting — Romania
Fourth Project
Meeting—Turkey
Lesson Plan
Outputs
SUMMARY:
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citizenship. These activities will
result in 4 different multimedia
presentations on the topic “What is
active citizenship?”, 4 videos:
“Cultural values in my country”, 4
seminars held by an invited special
guest.
By the development of activities
which use SEL (Social and Emo-
tional Learning), namely group
activities, comics, team building
There have been planned a set of
activities by which the project ob-
jectives will be achieved using a
strategy of social and emotional
learning to help students involve in
the development of the project.
Different strategies such as role
play, group discussion, debates,
simulations, multimedia presenta-
tions, invited speakers will be ap-
plied to boost perception of active
games and stories, our intention is
to foster the students’ abilities,
approach and insight into the acti-
ve citizenship matter of their com-
munity.
The following concrete products
will be created within the project
with the aim of enhancing the so-
cial awareness, self-consciousness,
self-management and decision
making of the students: 5 multime-
Planned activities
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The project was designed using a
cross-curricular approach so as the
students should be able to discover
on their own that by being active
citizens makes them be architects of
a better community
for them to live in.
The interaction with
various cultures will
help the participants
in extending their
social networks, ac-
quire new expertise
and appreciate their
talents. The needs
schools have incom-
mon as they were identified are as
follows:
-low interest in students to get invol-
ved in community life
-students’ demotivation to learn and
their tendency to give up school
-students’ bias to believe they have
no responsibilities but only rights
-schools’ necessity to establish
stronger and meaningful links with
families and the educational back-
ground of the area.
By means of this project we intend
to make students grasp the idea that
active citizenship represents the ce-
ment of the society which keeps it
united.
The objectives of the present project
are as follows:
-raising awareness about active citi-
zenship for 200 students in 4 Euro-
pean schools during a two-year pro-
ject
-developing 200 students’ insight,
perspective and
abilities needed
to serve as active
citizens within
local community
-strengthening
the concept of
lifestyle active
citizenship within
the students from
4 European
schools from 4 European countries
-creating an e-toolkit for schools
with examples of good practices to
promote active citizenship.
The expected concrete results from
our cooperation are:
-Erasmus+ panels
-questionnaires
-project logo
-4 presentations “My school, city,
country!”
– garden Erasmus+
-4 videos: “Cultural values in my
country”
-souvenirs and handicrafts
-1 e-magazine
-comics exhibition
-4 seminars (having a special guest
to talk about civic sense and promote
volunteering importance)
-4 multimedia presentations “What
is active citizenship?”
-4 multimedia presentations “Active
citizens and environment”
-project T-shirts
– e-toolkit “Active Citizenship” with
examples of good practices (20 les-
son plans)
-photo album
-common site of the project
-promotional materials: brochures,
notebooks, flyers,
-DVD of the project
For the project success to be assured,
Social and Emotional Learning will
be used, which will foster emotional
intelligence and development of
character. The entire project supports
the concept of social inclusion and
the European cultural heritage hel-
ping students become informed of
their ancestry and understand the
necessity to behave like active citi-
zens.
Objectives
“By means of this project
we intend to make
students grasp the idea
that active citizenship
represents the cement of
the society which keeps it
united.”
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included a visit to the “Mihrab”, in
the Osman Sah
Mosque, an orthodox Church
Saint Kostantinos and the Turkish
Bath which
was formerly a
prison.
The day ended
with a walk
around Trikala’s
downtown area
which was followed
by a late lunch
offered by the coor-
dinating partner.
On the second day of
the meeting
(Nov 27th) the dele-
gations met
again at Gymnasio – L.T Magoulas
in Karditsa to describe the guest
partners’ educational systems and
to discuss several topics/issues
pertaining the project implementa-
tion.
As regards the first issue
(Educational Systems) the analysis
of the various presentations
showed the differences among the
partners’ systems are more nume-
rous than the analogies: for example
The first transnational meeting of
the Erasmus+ Project “Dynamic
Citizens of Europe” (ID: 2018-1 -
EL01 -KA229-047870) was held at
the Gymnasio – L.T Magoulas in
Karditsa (GR), from November
26th to November 30th.
The meeting unfolded according to
the agenda which the coordinating
partner supplied to the other part-
ners. On Monday 26th all the part-
ners gathered at the abovementioned
school and introduced
themselves by means of Powerpoint
presentations which included
such topics as “My School, my
Town, my Country” as well as
Greece’s educational system presen-
ted by Mrs Efthalia Batavani.
Then a welcoming concert was
held by the local choir conducted
by one of the School teachers, Mrs
Oikonomou Andromachi.
Afterwards, all the partners were
taken to Mouzaki Town Hall where
they met the Mayor and exchanged
some views as regards the meaning
of “active citizenship” and how
to accomplish it.
The meeting’s work were completed
by a sightseeing tour which
not all systems foresee exams
at the end of each stage.
In general
the only common feature is the
curriculum breakdown consisting of
3-stage schooling system (Nursery,
Primary and Secondary Education).
After that the delegations had
a conversation about the exam
systems comparing them.
The next point in the agenda for
27th November was the choice of
the project’s logo. To this purpose,
each delegation showed their own
prototype (either tangible or in pdf
format) and then the coordinator
handed in the material to vote by
First project meeting - Greece
dia presentations on the topic
“Active citizens and envi-
ronment”, comics’ exhibi-
tion, magazine with stu-
dents’ stories, 5 presenta-
tions “My school, city,
country” and a common
garden named Erasmus+.
There will be created 4
Active Citizens Clubs for
the students, in each of the
4 partner schools. These
clubs intend to increase
motivation and involve-
ment of the students in
what regards civic respon-
sibilities for a long time
period. The student mem-
bers of the club will have
a common T-shirt designed. One
type of the club activity will be
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the handicraft of souvenirs for
their project partners.
Teachers’ work will also include
the devising of 20 lesson projects
with the help of an
interdisciplinary ap-
proach afterwards
integrated in the e-
toolkit for Active
Citizenship which
promotes active citi-
zenship. Social and
Emotional Learning
will be used for the
participants to achie-
ve skills, attitude and
knowledge to inter-
pret and master their
emotions and fee-
lings, establish per-
sonal objectives,
build positive rela-
tions and increase their empathy
consciousness.
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ballot. After the voting Mr Chali-
mourdas along with partners trans-
lators Mrs Cristina
Lazarescu, Mrs
Nilay Çırçır and Mr
Di Cintio, procedeeed to counting
the votes which
resulted in the
Greek logo being
the winning one so
all the partners are
going to use it for
each and every
project-related
document they
are to produce
during the Pro-
ject’s lifespan.
The next point in
the agenda
was the discus-
sion of the expec-
ted products du-
ring the
project lifespan: this was made
by means of a ppt presentation
by Mrs Maria Tasika. Apart
from the logo (see above), the
partners agreed to produce a
T-shirt for the Active citizens
club members to wear, souvenir
and handicrafts, presentations
(included but not limited
to “Active Citizenship”,
“Environmental Issues”,
“Partners’ Countries cultural
values”) and the organization of
seminars on the theme “The
Importance
of Volunteering and Social
Awareness” which local stake-
holders
should also be invited to. Other
products include posters, website,
questionnaires, Erasmus+ Garden,
photo
album.
A comics
exhibition
and a DVD
will also be
produced.
The partners also
agreed on
writing contributions for
the “e-magazine” and a series of 5
lesson plans to be included in the
“Dynamic Citizens e-toolkit” which
as was clarified, will consist of a
collection of best practices, lesson
plan samples and strategies for
teachers to implement the project’s
goals.
The activities to be realized by the
Active Citizens’ Clubs were also
duly pinpointed, resulting in the
following threads: increase of social
awareness, self-awareness,self
management, decision-making
skills.
During this stage of the day the
partners also addres-
sed the problem of
how to breakdown
the tasks originally
to be undertaken by
the Spanish partner
which withdrew a
few weeks ago.
Partners agreed to
divide such tasks
among
the remaining partners on the consi-
sting of the Monasteries.
1 The presentation “Active Citizen-
ship and the Environment” is trans-
ferred to the Italian meeting in
March 2019
2 The creation of the magazine is
transferred to the
Romanian meeting
along with the orga-
nization of
the activities which
support the
national cultural
heritage and EU
values and one mo-
re lesson plan
of the “e-toolkit” as
opposed to the
original plan.
The coordinating partner supplied
information as regards the main
deadlines of the project such as
December 2018: creating etwining
account and promoting the Clubs’
activities. For the other deadlines
please refer to the ppt presentation
enclosed therein which is an inte-
gral part of this minute.
Partners agreed on their respective
tasks and duties prior to each mobi-
lity, for this part please refer to
the ppt presentation enclosed the-
rein which is an integral part of this
minute.
The last point was the analysis of
the answers to the initial question-
naire which was presented to the
partners by Mr Athanasios Papadi-
mitriou that the partners took prior
to their coming to Greece: the re-
sults were then discussed and
commented by all the partners. Mrs
Angeliki Zachou then showed a
sample of a lesson plan.
In the afternoon the Partners left
the School and were taken to Me-
teora where they could enjoy an
iconic example of World Heritage
consisting of the Monasteries.
On the third day (Nov 28th) part-
ners set out to travel to Vergina
where they spent the whole day
visiting the Ancient Cemetery of
Aegae Royal Tombs in order to
familiarize with another important
example of Greek culture.
On the fourth day (Nov 29), the
Greek partner declared that they
are not interested in increasing the
number of the participants in each
mobility in order to compensate for
the withdrawal of Spain, but they
also stated the other partners can
decide otherwise in order
not to lose a
part of the fund.
Other decisions
included the
opening of
etwinning ac-
counts for both
teachers and
students as
well as the dates
of the Italian
Meeting which
will be held during
March 11 -15 with two extra days
for travelling.
After this discussion session, part-
“the partners agreed
to produce a T-shirt
for the Active citizens
club members to
wear, souvenir and
handicrafts”
“All the teachers had a
meeting with Mr
Chalimourdas on how to
use the e-Twinning
platform for exchanging
good practices among
schools.”
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ners were taken around the host
school to let them see a demonstra-
tion about the use of ‘old’ didactic
equipment in the School’s
Museum of Physics. They also
visited the science as well as the
ICT labs; finally they met the stu-
dents in a class and exchanged
some sentences of conversation.
All the teachers had a meeting with
Mr Chalimourdas on how to use
the e-Twinning platform for ex-
changing good practices among
schools. Examples of both e-toolkit
and e-magazine were also shown.
In the afternoon the delegations
visited the archeological museum
of Karditsa where they spent a
couple of hours with their tour gui-
de.
On Friday 30th the delegations met
once more at the host partner’s
School and they had another discus-
sion about some more details.
They visited the Museum of the
nearby village of Magoula. After
that the partners
joined a lesson in
the ICT lab about
how to create an
Android app.
At the end of the
morning session,
delegations exchanged presents
and received the
certificates of attendance.
Finally the partners attended the
Christmas Park.
Second project meeting—Italy
The second transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ Project “Dynamic Citizens of Europe” (ID: 2018-1-EL01-KA229-047870) was held at the Istituto Comprensivo “Paolucci-Spataro” Vasto 1, Vasto (IT), from March 11th to March 15th.
The meeting unfolded according to the agenda, which the hosting part-ner supplied to the other partners. On Monday 11th all the partners gathered at the above-mentioned school, and visited the Secondary school building, asking and recei-ving information about the structure and the organiza-tion of the institu-te. They visited the science lab as well as the ICT labs, the art lab and the gym, and some students described in English the PE activities that they were doing and gave demonstra-tions of them.
After that, a student of class 1st B introduced a short video about Italy. Then a welcoming concert was held by the local choir conducted by one of the school teachers: Mr Ricotta and D’Annunzio.
The meeting went on, and the dele-gations showed their Power Point Presentations: “What is Active Citi-zenship” and “Active Citizens and the Environment”, by means of whom they explained their ideas about the main themes of the pro-ject. In particular, they described the concept of participation as basis of democracy, the importance of discovering the history and tradi-tions of our territory in order to preserve our cultural heritage, and the role of education to increase
awareness towards environmental issues. They also presented the acti-vities they have led with their stu-dents on the themes of Active Citi-zenship.
Finally, the coordinating partner presented the website that the Greek delegation created for the pro-ject: www.dcoe.eu, and illustrated the different sections and functions of it. He also reminded the partners to provide him with some materials to keep the site updated.
After lunch, the partners went to-gether on a sightseeing guided tour of Vasto, which included a visit to the Roman thermal baths (an ar-chaeological site in the center of Vasto), the churches of Santa Filo-mena and Santa Maria Maggiore, the Caldora Castle, and Piazza Ros-setti, a former Roman theatre.
On the second day of the meeting (March 12th) the delegations met at the Town Hall, to meet the deputy Mayor, the Council Member re-
sponsible for Educa-tion, and the students of School Paolucci, members of the Stu-dents’ City Council. After a welcoming speech, the students, guided by Professor Valeria Scavo, respon-sible for this activity, explained how the Students’ City Council
works, and showed why this can be considered an example of active
participation in local political and social life.
Afterwards, the partners were taken for a tour to another building of the school, hosting the primary and nursery school. Here the students, led Professor Spagnuolo, presented
The meeting went on, and
the delegations showed
their Power Point
Presentations: “What is
Active Citizenship” and
“Active Citizens and the
Environment”
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both in English and Italian their works on the project “Abitare i Luoghi”, which had the aim to de-velop a sense of local territorial identity, visiting and rediscovering
the region they live in, through an interdisciplinary approach and coo-perative learning.
The meeting ended with a lunch offered by the coordinating partner in the village of Casalbordino, a visit of the Winery “Priori”, and a walk in the countryside.
On the third day (March 13th), part-ners set out to travel to Ercolano and Naples, where they spent the whole day visiting the ancient ar-chaeological site of Ercolano and the city center of Naples, in order to familiarize with other important examples of Italian culture.
On the fourth day (March 14th), the partners met at school and Professor Ciarniello and Professor Lucci in-troduced their activity on the theme of “active citizenship and the envi-ronment”. The students of the clas-ses 1B and 2B presented their po-sters and their works. They explo-red the concept of active citizenship in the ancient Roman society and in the society of the Samnites. The political and social systems of these two civilizations were compared and discussed.
As part of this activity, and to pro-mote the national cultural heritage, the delegates were taken to a trip to Pietrabbondante and Schiavi D’A-bruzzo, to meet the author of the historical novel “Viteliù” and visit the archaeological museum and the ancient sites of the Italic Temples and the Samnite’s Theatre.
In the afternoon, the coordinators of each delegations and the Italian interpreter met to make the point of the situation and discuss several issues, such as the working themes for the next meeting: Climate Chan-
ges and the Environment and Bully-ing, which were chosen among other proposals. The partici-pants agreed to present for the next meeting of November 2019 two lessons plans (in doc. file) on these subjects, and two activities. Moreo-ver, the coordinator of the project reminded the importance to fulfil the form of the Mobility Tools. The partners also discussed about some critic points concerning the partici-pation of the students to the mobili-ty: they are probably suffering from being involved to the project wi-thout having the chance to travel with their teachers and do an ex-change experience abroad.
On the last day of the meeting (March, 15th), the delegations pre-sented other lesson plans and fur-ther activities expected for these steps. The themes developed were different: science as a common language and a way to involve the students (Turkish delegation), acti-ve citizenship and ecological activi-ties in order to increase awareness through these issues (Romanian delegation), cultural heritage and
national and European identity (Greek delegation).
The next point in the agenda for 15th March was the choice of the project’s T-shirt. To this purpose, each delegation showed their own prototype (either tangible or in pic-ture), with a short presentation of the creation process, and then the coordi-nator handed in the material to vote by ballot. After the voting, the coordi-nators proceeded to counting the votes, which resulted in the Italian T-shirt being the winning one, so all the partners are going to use it for every project-related do-cument they are to produce during
the Project’s lifespan.
The next point in the agenda was the discussion of the expected pro-ducts for the next meeting in Roma-nia: this was made by means of a ppt presentation by Mrs Maria Tasi-ka.
The partners agreed:
1. to produce an e-magazine (the contents will be common, whi-le the structure will be realized by the Italian delegation);
2. to produce two lesson
plans (in doc. or word format) on the two themes were cho-sen: climate changes & natural catastrophes, and bullying (the lesson plans will be then inclu-ded in the e- toolkit created by the Romanian delegation);
3. to produce at least two activi-
ties (included but not limited to “Active Citizenship”, “Environmental Issues”, “Partners’ Countries cultural values”) to present the other partners during the next mee-ting.
4. to organize a comics exhibi-tion about active citizenship;
5. to present a video “Cultural Values in My Country”;
6. to do a monitoring of the Era-
smus Club. The partner agreed to shift the
creation of the Era-smus garden to the fourth meeting in Turkey, for technical reasons.
After a short discus-sion, the partners agreed to set the next meeting in Roma-nia from 4th to 8th November 2019.
Then, the coordinator reminded the partners the main steps to take in order to update the Erasmus project
After a short
discussion, the partners
agreed to set the next
meeting in
Romania from 4th to
8th November 2019
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site (www.dcoe.eu):
– sending a group picture of each Erasmus delegation;
– sending the 2 presentations rea-lized;
– sending the activities realized;
– sending the lesson plan in doc. file.
He also reminded the instructions for the first step on e-Twinning: registering at least 5 teachers and 50 students.
After that, the partners went to the Art LAB to take part in a handcraft laboratory, led by Professor Silvia Ciccarone. The participants realized some souvenirs made using recy-cled materials.
Finally, the delegations attended the certificate ceremony, and there was a little moment for gifts exchange.
In the evening, the hosting school
offered a goodbye dinner to thank
all the partners for their participa-
tion and involvement into the acti-
vities.
First activity
GREECE
The first activity was held at the
folklore museum of Magoula and
the aim was students to evaluate
their cultural tradition and become
museum tour guides.
Students were divided into small
groups, visited the museum and
explored the exhibitions. They ma-
de observations and records of the
exhibits, visited families in the
area , collected further information
on what they have seen and
then looked for further details by
searching the internet. At the end,
students took the role of tour
guide and welcomed their classma-
tes in the museum presenting
what they can see there.
ITALY
As a first activity the students of
the Italian club gave life to the
Students’ Municipal Council.
Thanks to this activity they were
able to understand the duties and
rights of the mayor and his munici-
pal council; also during several
meetings within the council hall,
they carried out deliberations and
organized events. For example they
organized a sports day with the
students of our other secondary
schools in our city and created faci-
lities to collect homesteds’ used oil
for the children to dispose of oio
from their own kitchens.
During the Italian mobility these
students also welcomed the delega-
tions in our institute inside the
town council hall accompanied by
some councillors currently inoffice.
ROMANIA
In our school, Scoala Gimnaziala
Rachita, the teachers, together with
the students, have concerns about
keeping the folk port, traditions and
folklore in our area, knowing that
folklore is the only school that exi-
sted and continued to exist as a
spring always alive and present.
Maybe no other thing can better
define the spirit of a people than its
ancient traditions and customs. Folk
arts, specifically folk music and
dance, embody fundamental values
of great worth to our culture, our
nation and our children. There is no
better way to share time together as
families and friends.
Throught this activity we preserved
the joyful tunes we've inherited
from our ancestors and to pass them
on to others. A group of students
from our school, called “ Florile
Banatului” is quite dedicated to the
dissemination and preservation of
traditional folk arts. This group is
all about preserving history and
tradition, presenting artistic pro-
grams at school celebrations and
whenever opportunities arise. Ro-
manian folk dance helps keep the
people connected to their ancestry
and their traditions.
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This activity uses a read
aloud to install a positive attitude towards traditions and towards non-traditional families. It helped stu-dents developing an understanding, respect and appreciation for their family and their traditions. Students learned developing the interest in knowing, preserving and transmit-ting the Romanian folk port, the traditions and customs specific to our people and knowing the folklo-re and appreciating it. Another aims were developing pupils' capacities to perform romanian folk songs and dancing popular song, knowledge of the succession of religious feasts and their folkloric manifestations.
Folk dance helps to preserve the cultural unity of the people. People think folk dances are important because they help keep a culture alive. People have been doing folk dances for hundreds of years, and there is value keeping that tradition alive. Folk dances are important because they preserve the Roma-nian culture and pass it on to the next generation. They are a uniting force to the Romanian people. TURKEY
Cultural values is an important part of our identity.
An active citizen is aware of the
fact that cultural value is a wealth of knowledge that is transmitted through one generation to the next. Also, an active citizen is always responsible for understand and protect the cultural values.
As an active citizen, we visited Izmir Etnography Museum and get informed about our cultural values. Our students observed the ethnographic objects related to folk music, traditional costumes, folk dances and folk music instruments from Turkish history.
Third project meeting—Romania
The third transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ Project “Dynamic Citizens of Europe” (ID: 2018-1-EL01-KA229-047870) was held at the Scoala Gimnaziala Rachita, Dumbrava commune, from No-vember 4th to November 8th 2019.
The meeting unfolded accor-ding to the agenda, which the ho-sting partner supplied to the other partners.
On Monday 4th all the part-ners gathered at the above-mentioned school, and visited the Secondary and Primary school buil-dings, asking and receiving infor-mation about the facility and the organization of the institute. Then a wel-coming concert was held by the local choir conducted by one of the school teachers: Norica Broicea.
The meeting went on, and the dele-gations showed their two lesson plans (in word format) on the two themes were chosen:
climate changes & natural catastro-phes, and bullying (the lesson plans will be then included in the e-toolkit created by the Romanian delegation).
On Tuesday the delegations showed two activities about “Active Citizenship”, “Environmental Is-sues”, and “Partners’ Countries Cultural Values”. The Romanian activites were presented by the stu-dents : Adelin Olasz, Darius Vidoni and Patrick Muntean, representati-ves of Dynamic Citizens Club of the Rachita school.
On Wednesday the visits to the medieval Corvin Castle
(Hunyadi Castle) Hunedoara city and to the medieval Deva Fortress, lo-cated atop a volca-no in the Poiana Ruscă Mountain, took place.
On Thursday each country
showed and disscussed the video “Cultural Values in My Coun-
“The meeting went on,
and the delegations
showed their two lesson
plans”
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try” . After that the comics exhibi-tion about active citizenship was held; then the delegations discussed the e-magazine (the contents will be common, while the structure will be realized by the Italian delegation); also monitoring of the Erasmus Club, e-Twinning Twinspace and Mobility Tool platform monitoring of the Erasmus Club were topics of the discussion. On Friday morning the delegations spoke about the next visit in Tur-key and after a short discussion, the partners agreed to set the next meeting from 30th March to 3rd April 2020. The delegations agreed to preparing the following tasks:
• Two lesson plans (freely cho-sen by each partner)
• Two activities for the Dynamic Citizens Clubs (included but not limited to social issues, environmental problems, bully-ing etc.)
• Two activities on the e-twinning platform (one in De-cember and one in February)
• To hold an “Open Day” in January and February in order to let stakeholders know about the project’s implementation
• Seminars with guest personali-
ties to promote active citizen-
ship among students (in March)
• Preparation of the Erasmus+ Garden (Turkish Partner’s task)
• Preparation of the Photo Al-
bum (each partner’s task)
• Guidelines to prepare material for the e-magazine (Italian Partner’s task)
Eventually a few technical aspects were discussed, pertaining the mo-bility tool platform, which every partner is going to solve.
After lunch there was a cultural visit in the Timisoara Village Mu-seum.
At the end of the day, the delega-
tions attended the certificate cere-
mony. In the evening, the hosting
school offered a goodbye dinner to
thank all the partners for their parti-
cipation and involvement into the
activities.
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GREECE
The second activity was to create
a virtual tour of the Fanari Castle.
In the context of knowing and
preserving our cultural heritage,
the students decided to create a
virtual / digital tour of the Fanari
Fortress so that everyone can
have a direct view of its space and
value.
In collaboration with the
Mouzaki Environmental Education
Center, our students took actions
such as visiting the castle, be gui-
ded by the experts, exploring the
castle and taking lots of photos
with cameras and smartphones.
After that, they worked in the
computer lab in order to choose
the best photos, write the relevant
texts, use a new software so as to
reach their goal and create the
final result.
ITALY
As a second activity, the pupils of
our club dealt with environmental
and sports activities, in fact they
discovered the importance of bicy-
cles not only as a recreational
vehicle but also
as a means of travel.
The pupils first received a
visit from some
law enforcement
officers in the
class, who explained the basic
rules for bike to
circulate on city
roads and the importance of the
helmet and protections in general
when biking. The second step was
carried out by Professor D'Adamo
and a former professional cy-
clist
named Moreno Di Biase, who
showed and explained the basic
parts of the bike; subsequently he
tested the students' skills in terms
of slalom, sudden braking and
poor balance situations, in the
school spaces.
The pupils learned
while having fun becoming familiar
with an ecological and precious
means for adults too. The last step
of this activitiy included the journey
home from school with the
help of their parents, so they had a
chance to put into practice what
they had learned.
ROMANIA
This activity is about our visit at the Faget Children’s Hospital. Students from “Dynamic Citizens Club” from our school gave to kids in hospital the things they crave most – the ability to just be a kid. They raised funds and did shopping. Change depends on each of us and our desire is to support our activity and to grow through the contribu-tions of those with a civic spirit. Students from class 8 from our school, not only helped the children in need but also transform the lives of children in the marginalised commu-nity where the spon-sored child lives, by ensuring they impro-ve to quality educa-tion, proper nutrition, healthcare. Together they gave these chil-dren a bright smile and an even brighter future. The children from hospital were extremely grate-ful for donations they accepted that were new and recently purchased.
Sweets, toys, books, art and craft, puzzles, games and other fun stuff help kids to just be kids. There is no end to the smiles you can donate - special gift for the children spen-ding time in hospital. We always need toys, colouring books, colou-ring pencils, small tubs of play dough and bubble pots to help with distraction during a child’s procedu-re or treatment. There are many different ways to offer help.
You may give your friend an idea of what you are able to do. If you’re not sure how to support them, ask them what you can do to help. It is important to remember that the aim is to support the kids in a way that works for them. People can find it difficult to ask for or accept help, so try to provide support in a practical, sensitive way that is easy for them to accept. The activity focused on kids that
are ‘disadvantaged’ in some way
because they are sick and some of
them very poor. Also we wanted to
promote reflective learning amongst
our students, capacity to be fully
active citizens and to be reflective
to their roles as citizens, to help
each other. Our school tried to work
in partnership with parents to bring
the fun, joy and laughter that is
essential to sick kids’ health and
wellbeing. Together, we can tran-
sform the lives
of children in
poverty.
It starts right
here, right now
when you
sponsor a
child. Our
"Active Citi-
zens Club"
made one step
and it will continue in future with
more actions. Thanks to the ama-
zing, ongoing generosity of our
Second activity
"Change depends on each
of us, and our desire is to
support our activity and to
grow throught the
contributions of those with
a civic spirit".
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community: parets, grandpaents,
children but also teachers. .
TURKEY Preventing Wildfires
Our city İzmir had one of the largest fires in the history of the city and unfortunately an area over 5 thousand hectares has been burnt in this summer...
Many foundations had launched a fundraising campaign for reforestation of the burnt area. However, we know that wildfires are often preventable and many of them originate from human error.As an enviromental active citizens, we took action and went to Manastır Mountain in our city to pick up rubbish that can lead a wildfire like glass bottles, cigarette butts etc.
GREECE
The aim of the third activity was
to inform students about the climate
change and help them adopt
good practices towards the environ-
ment.
The students created a
presentation which they presented
to their classmates and emphasized
on the aspects, causes
and consequences of the climate
change. After that and based on
their presentation, students created
and played a Kahoot game.
They also organized and played a
board game for the climate change
and then filled a related worksheet.
As a next step, students
were asked to collect information
on climate change and natural disa-
sters in their national region and
to create a poster and a leaflet
based on what they have collected
in the previous steps.
As a final step, students and
teachers were
trained by the Red Cross on how
to provide the first aid in case of
earthquakes, fires, floods.
ITALY
As regards the third activity, the
children of the club staged a theatri-
cal performance together with
Professor Ciarniello. The theme of
the comedy was the relationship
between man and animals and they
did so by placing the human race
under accusation, guilty for animals
of enormous barbarism towards
them. In this comedy staged
at the end of last school year, the
pupils disguised themselves as ani-
mals and told the jury about endless
abuse suffered by animals for
the most futile reasons such as the
removal of fangs to obtain ivory.
In this nice work the pupils learned
to what extent furs, fashion objects or
a games may sometmes.
ROMANIA
Hidden in the dense forests of the
Carpathians, Sarmizegetusa Regia
is one of the oldest, most surprising,
and mysterious historical attractions
in Romania.
The capital of ancient Dacia more
than two millenniums ago, this site
was the core of the Dacian defen-
Third activity
sive system before the Roman con-
quest from the 2nd century AD.
Today, it’s one of the six Dacian
fortification systems included on
the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
and a must-see for history enthusi-
asts. Our students observed the
foundations of the city, above all,
which are historically very interest-
ing and allow us to imagine the past
greatness and the remarkable organ-
ization of the citadel. They recog-
nized the College of the Augustals
(whose courtyard hosted the meet-
ings of Dacia's High Council), the
amphitheatre (which could hold
5,000 spectators), the forum and its
columns, villas and temples. Anoth-
er destination was the famous bison
reservation in Hateg National Park,
the first location on the Romanian
territory where the European bison
(zimbru in romanian) has been rein-
troduced, after it disappeared from
the country’s fauna in 1852. Stu-
dents discovered that bison is pro-
tected by law, so that these rare
species do not disappear.
The purpose of this trip was to trav-
el to certain areas to get to know, to
discover, to respect the archaeologi-
cal heritage. Children have learned
that history helps us to know who
we are, where we come from. It
reveals to us the past, it shows us
the course of our forerunners, their
mistakes, the past with good and
bad.
At the same time, we followed the
development of the civic spirit
among the students of our school
through their involvement in social
issues and environment such as the
beautification of the school yard.
They learned more about work of
volunteering si social responsibility.
The students painted the school
fence and the doors in the school
yard. In a corner of the school yard,
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Fourth project virtual meeting—Turkey
they painted tires and planted
flower seeds. They made two
swans out of plastic bottles and
made a bench out of old wooden
objects. They wanted a colorful
and cheerful school. Children
like color, feel better, more live-
ly and more optimistic.
The children learned more about
UNESCO and the national herit-
age, they understood how im-
portant the archaeological dis-
coveries are in
order to know
our identity and
the protection
of endangered
animals. Exact
sciences devel-
op children's intelligence, but the
humanities provide information,
culture and help progress and
strengthen optimal education.
TURKEY
Fighting Climate Change
Trees are the anchors for plant and wildlife biodiversity, which creates healthy ecosystems. As an environmental active citizens
we are aware of the climate change and the threat to our planet. We took action and we planted trees in our school garden to fight climate change. Besides, we
mulched the trees that we planted to reduce the effects of climate change.
Mulching is a process of covering the soil and making more favorable conditions for plant growth.
As an effect of climate change, the dry season is getting longer which means the soil loses its moisture. However, mulching prevents the water evaporation in the soil so it maintains soil moisture for longer time.
“They learned more
about work of
volunteering and
social
responsibility.“
held virtually by
Özel İzmir Oğuzhan Özkaya
Ortaokulu from 15th March to
19th March 2021.
Due to the pandemic, the
virtual meeting unfolded
according to the agenda, which
the hosting partner supplied to
the other partners. All the
meetings held via Zoom
application.
On monday, the meeting started
with a welcoming ceremony of
all teachers that have involved
in the project so far and the host
country presented the weekly
schedule. A music performance
has performed by a student
named Dayanç Güvenoğlu and
another student named Doruk
Volkan Duran presented the
history of İzmir from the city
center.
The meeting went on and all
delegations
presented their
lesson plans.
All the teachers
had an
opportunity to
exchange good
learning practices and to have an
interesting deliberation.
On tuesday, a school trip held by a
studentnamed Mısra Osmanlı and
Erasmus+ garden presented by the
students named Ecesu Toksöz and
Dayanç Güvenoğlu.
Afterwards, all the
delegations continued to
present their lessons
plans. Finally, all
countries visited
Ephesus, Virgin Mary’s
House and Şirince village with a
virtual tour by guide of a student
named Beril Doğan.
On wednesday, each country
presented their activites the partners
had a discussion to exchange their
experiences from the activities.
Finally, a student named Özge
Gemici presented a presentation
“Finally, all countries
visited Ephesus,
Virgin Mary’s House
and Şirince village”
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about Turkish coffee and everyone
wacthed a short documentary about
Turkish coffee.
On thursday, Romanian delegation
presented the e-toolkit which
includes all the lesson plans
prepared for the project so far.
Then, Italian delegation presented
the e-magazine which includes all
the lesson plans and also the
activities.
All countries watched a virtual tour
to Pergamon, Agora and Pagos with
the guide of a student named Tuna
Çamlar and also a virtual tour to
Sığacık and Çeşme with the guide
of students called Ece and Ceren
Özdemir.
Finally, all participants completed a
questionnaire about the
implementation of the project.
On friday, the meeting started with
a presentation of the photo album of
the project by Turkish delegation
and a presentation with the resultsof
the final questionnaire by Greece
delegation.
Then, all partners discussed about
the last steps of the project such as
the dissemination, mobility tool and
the final report.
All partners expressed their
appreciation for the colllaboration
for the project.
ASSISTANTS:
GYMNASIO - L.T. MAGOULAS
KARDITSAS, GREECE
KONSTANTINOS
AGOROPOULOS
EFTHALIA BATAVANI
CHRISTOS MORFOS
MARIA TASIKA
KONSTANTINOS
CHALIMOURDAS
ATHANASIOS
PAPADIMITRIOY
ANGELIKI ZACHOU
PRIGKITA MARIA
PAPAMARGARITI
ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO 1
VASTO (ITALY)
Alessandro D’Adamo
Rosso Mauro
Monica Schiazza
Luisa Lucci
Luigia Primavera Ciarniello
Valentina D’Urbano
Sandra Di Gregorio
Angela Mosca
Antonella Racciatti
Silvia Colantonio
Massimo Cionci
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA DUM-
BRAVA – RACHITA
(ROMANIA)
LĂZARESCU CRISTINA
MARIANA
BROICEA NORICA
OTESCU IOANA IULIANA
PAR NICULINA JENICA
TRIPONESCU CRÂSTIU
NICOLETA
TIFF LIVIU
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GREECE
Our school with the causation of
the injury of a student in a car acci-
dent decided to create an action in
relation to the issue of road safety.
The purpose was to inform the stu-
dents as well as the residents of the
area.
Initially, the children created a
booklet that cleverly reminded them
of the basic rules of the road.
The school admin-
istration invited a
Greek police of-
ficer to come to the
school.
The briefing was
instructive and
lasted for hours as
the students' inter-
est was great. An interactive
knowledge game followed with the
help of kahoot software.
The last part of the action included
distributing the students' leaflets to
local drivers as well as informing
the neighboring primary school.
ITALY
In the fourth activity, the teachers
D'Adamo and Spagnuolo taught
the students about voluntary service
and specifically the about the
“Ricoclown Project”.
They did so
by going to find the pupils in the
class dressed as clowns, with the
same clothes with which they go
to the hospital and other places to
go and support sick and lonely
people as well as children who
spend a certain amount of time in
these centers for various reasons
hoping to heal.
In this meeting the
teachers first explained to the
pupils what volunteering means
and what they do with their volun-
teering activities inside hospitals,
elderly care centers and wherever
there are people to take care of;
then always playing and entertai-
ning the pupils, they answered
their questions.
ROMANIA
Students from our school participated at some les-sons about smoke, alco-hol and drugs, they watched at some presen-
tation about these subjects and bul-lying and discused in small grups. Students spoke about some real situation and shared opinions and after that they created posters. For a most successful initiatives we in-volved the entire school community of teachers, staff, students but also we worked in partenerschip with National Anti-drug Agency based in Timisoara.
Students were asked if they had used tobacco, alcohol or mari-juana in the past 30 days and how often they had been victims of bul-lying by their peers in the previous year. Questions on peer victimiza-tion touched on both physical ag-gression like shoving and kicking as well as emotional taunts like saying
Fourth activity
“The trouble with
bullying is leads to
mental health
problems”
MEDELEAN ADRIANA
CSILLAG SIMILIA
PAULESCU IRINA MIHAELA
DRĂGHICI MONICA ILEANA
BALINTESCU MARIANA
FULOP SANDOR
MUNTEAN LARISA PATRICIA
POVIAN DORIN
OPRITESCU CARMEN
PETREA IONEL
GUGEA IONEL
GROZA GABRIEL
EPARU ANDA
UDRESCU DIANA ALINA
MEDELEAN LUIZA
ÖZEL İZMİR OĞUZHAN
ÖZKAYA ORTAOKULU, IZMIR,
TURKEY
GAMZE ÇANKAL
GÜL HIZAL ERDİN
CANAN GÖREN
İCLAL AYDIN
MURAT ÖZYILMAZ
MERAL İREM TERLEMEZ
MERVE NUR ŞENGEL
YAĞMUR GÖKDEMİR
Project Coordinator
School Principal
Gamze Çankal
Günnaz Sözkesen
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GREECE
ANTIBULLYING ACTION
Realizing the dimensions of the phenomenon of school bullying and its consequences on the psychosyn-thesis of children and their deve-lopment at school, the Gymnasium
- LT Magoulas organized an action entitled "our school, a school against school bullying". The above action was implemented according the following phases:
a) we discussed about school bully-ing. Students thought and wrote on paper slogans against school bully-ing.
b) we transferred these messages on sticker paper.
c) we stuck the messages on the stairs of the main staircase of the school are called naming them “antibullying steps”.
d) we were photographed with mes-
sages against school bullying and
we realized the value of friendship,
solidarity and cooperation
ITALY
ARTISTICA...MENTE This activity was started last
year but it continues on this school year. Art is what makes man stand out among animals and makes him free. This is what our students perceived while visiting the “wheat museum” in Jelsi. Art is in making theater: 1- Through the role play, students have become elephant, tigers, chick, etc and have put on trial the men and their crazy behaviour against
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nasty things about them to other kids. It’s also possible that teens who are bullied may later wind up drinking or using drugs because their peer groups include many adolescents who do both of these things, whether on sports teams or among crowds of particularly ag-
gressive kids.
The trouble with bullying that leads to mental health problems is that teens with depression and anxiety are more likely to withdraw from peers and lack interest in most things. Youth with multiple net-works beyond school through sports, music, art, religious activi-ties, volunteering and work are more apt to find friends and others who see their talents, strengths and abilities. These strengths are often established in late elementary school.
Being involved in bullying as a victim or perpetrator could have deleterious health consequenc-es. Even though there is some evi-dence that bullies and victims of bullying have a higher risk for drug use, less is known about bystanders. The purpose of this activity within the project “Dynamic citizens of Europe was to study the association between bullying experience (as victims, bullies, or bystanders) and substance use. Throught this activi-ty students find out that bullies and bully-victims have a high risk for cigarette, alcohol and cannabis use than bystanders.
They presented their work in front of the classroom and adviced each other to develop a close and trusting relationship with their parents from an early age and encourage positive behaviour. They were encourage to a healthy approach to life, including good foods, regular exercise and sports and to have more than one group of friends.
TURKEY
Earthquake Drill
As dynamic citizens, we’re aware
of the fact that we’re living in a
country surrounded by fault lines.
We should know how to protect
ourselves and what to do during
the earthquakes. So, we’ve planned
an earthquake drill to test the
ability of school members to make
the most appropriate decisions to
ensure their safety. All the
students dropped, cover
themselves under a desk, hold on
to their head and neck until the
shaking stops. They followed
school evacuation procedures
according to the school disaster
plan. All students gathered on
the school garden to make sure all
people are safe.
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nature; 2- they have learned to work
with other pupils with disability; through role play in the theater you can acquire a lot of skills. 3- they faced problems such as the mafia, which still afflicts Italy and studied the origin of the problem. During an online meeting they also had the opportunity to talk with the writer of the book on Don Pino Puglisi's life, the Sicilian priest killed by Mafia. 4- the students partecipated in the political life of the city with the election of the municipal council of the children which also concerns the role and the importance of poli-tical commitment for the communi-ty, for civic awareness and for active participation. Art is creation and reworking: this is the way a telephone cover, shoes for museums and t-shirts were born, together with broken watches that came back to life and other crea-tions. Art lived, desecrated and consecra-ted... ARTISTICA...MENTE was and is all.
ROMANIA
Although Romania's fauna was (and still is) one of the most varied and interesting on the European conti-nent, thanks to the varied relief and favorable climatic conditions, in the last hundred years there have been major imbalances, accentuated, at present, by the attitude irresponsible of people and authorities who have put above the miracle of nature, economic interests, or who ignore the fact that damaging an ecosystem is almost impossible to repair. The continuous degradation of the envi-ronment, which takes place before our eyes, is a major element of a "crisis of civilization" and is due precisely to human intervention in nature. That is why we must be aware of the need to protect it, to protect life in its most varied forms. The teachers of our school carried out several ecological activities including both primary school stu-dents and middle school students. The children studied about the care of animals and plants and the en-dangered ones, they learned about maintaining the health of the natural environment in which they live. Thus, their civic behavior and envi-ronmental skills were developed. The children realized how im-portant it is to save water, electrici-
ty and wood. During these activities, the chil-dren's curiosity about nature was transformed between a strong desire to understand and protect nature being in the middle of nature, in the forest, at Lake Surduc, Bega River. By planting flowers around our school, they acquired the feeling of
protection and care for beauty and fragility. The children learned to keep clean in parks and gardens, in forests, to maintain the integrity of trees, to maintain green spaces and to plant berries and flowers, contributing to the beautification of the rural land-scape and implicitly to the reduc-tion of nature pollution. Observing the forest, Surduc lake and the Bega river, students learned about the sources of water, air and soil pollu-tion, They learned about the im-portance of the forest for humans, understood the negative effects of human activity on the ecosystem and noticed the behaviors according to protection rules. of it, showing care for its destruction. Water repre-sents the source of life for all the organisms in all the life environ-ments. Without water there`s no life, that is why its pollution threatens all life forms on earth. Through this activi-ty we wanted to signal the negative effects of water streams pollution too, in order to promote active citi-zenship. These effects have reper-cussions on the health of the entire community. Children, as part of the community, should protect the green spaces, they should stand against and try to stop the water
streams pollution. A clean, drinka-ble water shows a clean and healthy environment, as well as a healthy community.
TURKEY
Agriculture, marketing, social responsibility and more…
Agriculture plays a crucial role in the economy and well-being of a society. Many children don’t recog-nize where their food is coming from and just how big a role agri-culture plays not only in our com-munity, but the entire world.
As dynamic citizens, we know that it is important to know how food gets to our plate, and how much the farmer cares that it is safe, nutri-tious, and good tasting.
Our students planted turnips, cauli-flowers, eggplants and even sesame which helped students thought about how things grow, live and die. They also learned to develop skills in leadership, communication and team building..
After harvest, they went to local bazars to sell their products which led them to understand the im-portance of farming to a communi-ty, and learn to work together and also discover how their community provides food to the public.
After selling the products in the local bazars, they decided the do-nate the money they earned by themselves and they bought com-puters to the public schools.
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GREECE
1. Guided tour of the Magoula Folklore Museum;
2. Anti-bullying;
3. Let’s CHANGE to face CLIMATE CHANGE!!;
4. Digital citizenship & online information;
5. Become a dynamic, active citizen through
volunteering;
ITALY
1. The concept of active citizenship in the ancient
Rome and in the Samnium: Comparing two civili-
zations;
2. Stop using disposable plastic;
3. Stop bullyng;
4. Volunteering at school ;
5. Doping and addictions
ROMANIA
1. Active Citizenship;
2. Bullying of People What is the Impact &
How Can We Prevent It?;
3. Climate changes & natural catastrophes
4. Children and students ad Agent of Social
Change;
5. Natural resources, reduce, reuse, recycle and
Rot (The “4R’s);
TURKEY
1. chemical reactions;
2. Visiting Etnography Museum;
3. Preventing Wildfires;
4. Agriculture: how does a garden grow;
5. Earthquake emergency plan;
Handicrafts and suvenirs
LESSON PLAN
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COMIC EXHIBITION GRECEE
ITALY
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ROMANIA
TURKEY
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PHOTO ALBUM
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Ozel Oguzhan Ortaokulu
Istituto Comprensivo 1 Vasto
Scoala Gimnaziala Rachita
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Fax: 555-555 5555
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