Postcard from Veria

The Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary

The Polytechnic School Uprising in 1973 was a mass demonstration against the dictatorship of colonels. The uprising began in 14th November 1973 when the Athenian Polytechnic School was occupied by students and the revolt escalated in a kind of anti-dictatorship revolution and ended up with bloodshed in the morning of 17th November.

On the 17^th November our school organized a celebration in the commemoration of the polytechnic’s uprising anniversary. Our two literature teachers and our schoolmates organized an event in order to honor the demonstrators and the victims. The event included poems and songs performed by the students and also photos and videos about the uprising. The organizers achieved to move us and teach us that freedom is one of the most important human rights which can only be acquired with willingness, determination and teamwork.

Events: Clean up the world 2013

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

A big succes for the first three days of environmental volunteering. 600.000 united citizens against the degradation have cleaned from trash 4.000 places. The ITI Panella-Vallauri have joined the international day of " Clean up The World", organized by Legambiente for the 27-28th September 2013. Many students of the Institute Panella-Vallauri went around the National Park of Aspromonte, in one of pic-nic area for the cleaning of the place while other students had done the cleaning of the area around the school.

Two Videos-One School: 3rd High School of Veria

11/11/2013

First Italian to space-walk 'elated' after July 9 feat

November 11 - Astronaut Luca Parmitano, the first Italian to walk in space, returned happily to earth .

 "I'm home", Parmitano said at a news conference. "I'm still exhilarated at what I managed to do but I'm also very happy to be back on terra ferma," said the Sicilian-born astronaut, who celebrated his 37th birthday in space. Italian Defence Minister Mario Mauro congratulated Parmitano, saying: "Well done Luca, with your exploit you gave us the universe". Parmitano said he was looking forward to showing friends and family the space shots he had taken above all of Sicily. For the mission, Italian chefs prepared and carefully dehydrated everything from lasagna to tiramisu', eggplant parmigiana, pesto risotto and mushroom risotto which Parmitano shared with others on board the ISS. The mission, called 'Volare' ('Flying'), after the world-famous 1958 song by Domenico Modugno, entered the record books on July 9 when Parmitano became the first person from Italy to walk in space. "I dedicate this to Italy and all Italians," he said from space. Air Force Major Parmitano was keenly watched on a live video link from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) near Rome as he took the first of Italy's steps in a joint programme between the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA and the Russian space agency. The tension was palpable at ASI'S Data centre in the hills outside Frascati as Parmitano carried out the most daring and difficult part of the walk. "Go, Luca go," said ASI chief Enrico Saggese into his monitor. "We have realised a dream," Saggese went on, stressing that Parmitano's achievement was "a real landmark for Italian space activity". "It took us 21 years to get this far," Saggese remarked, recalling the first-ever mission by Italy's first astronaut, Franco Malerba, in 1992.

At last Parmitano  travelled to Houston  for a period of observation in order to be controlled by scientists with medical tests to measure any changes to his body as it adjusts to the effects of earth's gravity.

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