Grade 11 students learned first hand about Asia Minor's disaster in 1922!!

Within the context of analyzing the graphic novel "Aivali" by the cartoonist Soloup, on Friday, April 9th, the IB Greek Language and Literature grade 11 students had the unique opportunity to meet virtually an elderly lady, Ms. Mary, and the Elderly House's psychologist Ms. Athina from "Panagia Eleoussa" Elderly House in Nea Ionia whose parents had experienced the Asia Minor's disaster in 1922. Students expressed their enthusiasm for meeting the elderly lady and they learned first hand the dramatic experience of Ms. Mary's parents leaving Smyrna in September 1922.