The Award Ceremony of the Student Radio Message and Song Contest "Make it be heard 2022" entitled "Traveling" was successfully completed on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in the crowded hall of the Cultural Centre "Hellenic Molyvi", in Egaleo. The contest is co-organized for the 8th year by European School Radio, the Educational Broadcasting of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (YPAITH), the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth (YPPAN) and the National Centre for Audiovisual Media and Communication (EKOME). After two years of television awards, the Competition closed its curtain with a live ceremony giving the educational community the opportunity to meet the creators of the students' works.
The ceremony was addressed by the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Ms. Niki Kerameos, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Mr. Prodromos Prodromou, the Head of the Directorate of Support for Programmes and Education for Sustainability of the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Monica Karamalakou - Lappa and on behalf of the co-organisers the Officer of the Department of Educational Technology of the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Mrs. Anna Tsiarta and the President of the Management Committee of European School Radio, Mrs.
The ceremony was presented by Eleni Athanasopoulou and Konstantinos Grimbaviotis, members of the radio team of the "Radio Days at Gennadiio" Group of the 1st Standard General High School of Athens - Gennadiio with the support and guidance of Professor Athena Korouli, and Myrto Yareni, Student and Member of European School Radio. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Ms Anna Tsiarta and Ms Marianna Ioannou from the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Ms Sophia Papadimitriou from Educational Radio and Television, Mr. Stelios Kymionis from EKOME, Mrs. Eftychia Touliou and Mr. Nikolaos Kamilos from European School Radio, together with the members of the Jury, Mr. Tasos Ioannidis, Songwriter, Mr. Tassos Ioannidis, Songwriter, Mr. Tassos Ioannidis, Songwriter, and Mr. Kymionis. Mr. Tassos Ioannis Ioannisannis, journalist, Ms. Chrysanthi Zepatou, Professor of Music, Ms. Georgia Markea, Professor of Music and Partner of European School Radio, Mr. Frank Panx, singer, Mr. Konstantinos Diamantaras, Deputy Chairman of the Department of Computer Engineering and Electronic Systems of the International Hellenic University and Mr. Olga Gianniadis, Director of the Press Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, opened the envelopes with the results, announced the ranking of the awards and congratulated the students and their teachers, presenting the winning schools with gifts provided by European School Radio, the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute and EKOME.
Congratulations are due to all the participating schools that sent a total of 342 entries to this year's competition, and especially to the 29 schools that were distinguished and awarded for their entries, which were presented live at the ceremony by the student teams. The schools from Greece (Attica, Corfu, Kalamata, Komotini, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Serres, Katerini, Crete, Rhodes, Syros) and Cyprus took to the stage, played music and performed their songs, performed their radio messages or visualised their entries in a video. The programme was accompanied musically by the pupils of the Music School of Ilion, under the supervision of Mrs. Georgia Markeas.
In detail, the prizes announced were presented as follows. [*]Songwriting, to the 8th Primary School of Kalamata for the participation entitled "Traveling in Time" [/LIST]
SPECIAL SCHOOLS AWARDS
- Radio Message, 1st Prize to the Special School "Evangelismos" Cyprus for the participation "Love, live, don't be afraid, in this journey of life"
- Radio Message, 2nd Prize at the Special Vocational Education and Training Laboratory of Trikala for the participation "Traveling"
- Song, 1st Prize at the Special Vocational High School of Rhodes for the participation "HeartBit"
- Song, 2nd Prize at the Special Vocational Education and Training Laboratory of Rhodes for the participation "My dream...a Balloon"
PRINCIPAL SCHOOL AWARDS
- Radio Message, 1st Prize at Ossas Preschool for the participation "With such a big suitcase"
- Radio Message, 2nd Prize at Drosia Cyprus Public Preschool for the participation "The journey of a doll, Famagusta"
- Radio Message, 3rd Prize at the 1st Kindergarten of Agia Marina, Crete for the participation "Children travel the world"
- Song, 1st Prize at the Private Kindergarten "Pedidorama" for the participation "I will dream and hope"
- Song, 2nd Prize to Arsakeio Kindergarten in Psychiko for the participation "The Journey of Love"
PREMIER SCHOOL AWARDS
- Radio Message, 1st Prize to the 15th Primary School of Serres for the participation "Journey to the edge of the mind"
- Radio Message, 2nd Prize to Terra Santa College for the participation "Welcome to our flight"
- Radio Message, 3rd Prize to 1st Primary School Papagos for the participation "A journey, a hug for the children of the world"
- Song, 1st Prize to 3rd Primary School Cholargos for the participation "The Return"
- Song, 2nd Prize to 5th Primary School Agia Paraskevi "Helmeio" for the participation "Traveling... To love life"
- Song, 3rd prize at Limassol Primary School "Pascal" for the participation "Journey will tell"
HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS
- Radio Message, 1st prize at the 17th Daily High School of Athens for the participation "We have arrived... New World!"
- Radio Message, 2nd prize to the 4th High School of Acharnon for the participation "Start today"
- Radio Message, 3rd prize to the 7th High School of Katerini for the participation "What is ..... for you?"
- Song, 1st prize at the 4th High School of Corfu for the participation "Travelling in Life"
- Song, 2nd prize at the Private High School Michael Telakis "Methodical Training School" for the participation "My journey"
- Song, 3rd prize to the 2nd High School of Syros for the participation "The place where I belong"
HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS
- Radio Message, 1st prize to the Music School of Rhodes for the participation "The Journey of Life"
- Radio Message, 2nd prize to the 4th General Lyceum of Keratsini for the participation "Traveling"
- Radio Message, 3rd prize to 2nd General Lyceum Komotini for the participation "Karantina Airlines"
- Song; 1st prize to General Lyceum Hortiatis for the participation "Sense of freedom"
- Song; 2nd prize to Lyceum Latsion Cyprus for the participation "The Journey is Long"
- Song, 3rd prize to the Rhodes Music School for the participation "With open wings"
Special thanks to the Municipality of Egaleo, which provided free of charge the hall of the Cultural Centre "Hellenic Molyvi" and supported the effort to realize this great event and to host schools from all over Greece and Cyprus.
The Ceremony was broadcast live online via the European School Radio channel on Youtube and can be found at the following link: https:/youtu.be/LHgZzep0QK0. The detailed results with the scores can be found on the following page: https:/contest.europeanschoolradio.eu/contestresults22/
The organisers have already begun preparations for the 9th "Make It Sound 2023" Competition. The appointment with the educational communities of Greece and Cyprus and other countries is renewed for the next school year.
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