Where can children learn Greek in Montreal ?

Platon-Aristotle Schools

Saturday classes from 9h00 until 14h00 (Grades 1 to 6) and 8h45 until 14h15 (Grades 7 to 12) for 32 weeks.  $670 tuition + $50 membership fee + $20-$30 for textbooks

Teaching of Greek as a second language.  Organized by the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal and a dedicated principal Kaiti Kiryakidis.  Program includes one hour of extra-curricular activities. All schools have gymnasiums for recitals.

Primary school classes (5 hours each) held at four branches in Côte-des-Neiges (École Socrates II), Chomedey Laval (École Demosthene), Roxboro (École Socrates III) and Saint-Hubert (École Socrates IV) from 9h00 until 14h00.

Secondary school classes (5½ hours each) held at three branches in Côte-des-Neiges (École Socrates II), Chomedey Laval (École Socrates V) and Saint-Hubert (École Socrates IV) from 8h45 until 14h15.

Pythagoras Greek School (Pierrefonds)

Saturday classes from 9h00 until 13h00 for 36 weeks. Grades 1-6. Secondary 1 and 2 (TBA). Classes held at Riverdale High School in Pierrefonds.  $450 tuition + $100 membership fee

Teaching of Greek as a second language.  Organized by Saints Constantine & Helen Church.  Small student body usually under 100 pupils but the synergy and collegiality between the parish priest Rev. Fr. Lambros Kamperidis, the parish council, teachers and parents is a priceless gem in the West Island of Montreal.

Greek School of the Archangels Community (Saint-Laurent)

Saturday classes from 9h00 until 13h00 for 35 weeks.  Grades 1-6. Two split-grade classes for Grades 7-12.  Classes held at St-Laurent Adult Education Centre near Place Vertu.  Recitals held in Archangels Church basement.  $550 tuition + $50 membership fee

The Archangels Community has been managed by an interim council since 2017 and mired in controversy after the interim president Dimitrios Harakidas hired a single-bid contractor and used restricted funds to pay the contractor $28,000 in August 2017 without the approval of members.  After abolishing the position of principal and replacing a number of teachers in September 2018 for no particular reason, and then advertising an ill-advised new program for the teaching of Greek as a “first language” to largely third-generation children, enrollment at the Archangels Greek School plummeted 33% from 240 to 160 in 2018-2019.

Souvenir Elementary School (Chomedey)

Mondays and Wednesdays 15h00 until 16h00 for 26 weeks. $350 per student.

Teaching of Greek as second language.  Public-Private joint venture between Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board and Collège Platon language school.  Enrollment of about 60 students, divided into 4 split-grade classes.

Cedarcrest Elementary School (Saint-Laurent)

Split-grade classes held at lunch hour or after school for about 1 hour per week. Free of charge.

Organized by an EMSB public school with a PELO grant.  PELO program –  totally financed by the government – was originally designed to teach children of immigrants their “language of origin” based on a theory that the learning of their mother tongue would make it easier for them to concurrently learn French or English.

Gardenview Elementary School (Saint-Laurent)

Split-grade classes held at lunch hour or after school for about 1 hour per week. Free of charge.

Organized by an EMSB public school with a PELO grant.  PELO program –  totally financed by the government – was originally designed to teach children of immigrants their “language of origin” based on a theory that the learning of their mother tongue would make it easier for them to concurrently learn French or English.

Dunrae Gardens Elementary School (Town of Mount Royal)

Split-grade classes held at lunch hour or after school for about 1 hour per week. Free of charge.

Organized by an EMSB public school with a PELO grant.  PELO program –  totally financed by the government – was originally designed to teach children of immigrants their “language of origin” based on a theory that the learning of their mother tongue would make it easier for them to concurrently learn French or English.