Bougas School, Kalamata

@elisavetamaurel hi! we are also looking at moving to Kalamata and was   interested in this school.

My husband is greek, i am from GRenoble. We are living in the US now and have 2 boys of 7 and 10 year old!

did you get more info about this school?

@donav

Hi! Nope, still no news but it's school holidays now so I guess we'll have an answer later in the summer.

When are you planning on moving to Greece?

i found some info on the FB Kalamata expat group : starting from 350/month per kid, additional cost for actiVities etc…

we are thinking in the next 2 years.

why did you choose Kalamata, where do you work?

@donav Thanks a lot! This gives us some idea as what to expect.

We are looking at Kalamata as we would like to have some peaceful place to live, preferable with some land, and a good school nearby of course. We looked at Athens (my parents live there) but schools are so expensive there and houses with land are hard to get, or they cost a lot.

My husband works in Geneva and I have my own energy healing business.

We live close to Annecy by the way, not far from Grenoble

ah yes very close to Grenoble!

do your kids speak greek?

i believe the school is mainly in greek with few english classes per week.

my husband is greek but my boys dont speak…neither do I…

If you have 2 kids, every school will give you an extra greek teacher - for free.

With one, you are on your own.

Your kids will not be noted the first 2 years from greek stuff...

@donav My kids dont speak any Greek and no English either but I am sure they will pick up quickly. Kids always do

I dont speak Greek either.....neither does my husband.......

Where do you work?

@night_Swimmer Thanks for the info

I am working for Volvo Trucks, we both have corporate jobs. now we need to find a remote job!

we were there in June and loved it.

did you look into private health insurance? or do you somehow « keep your jobs in france/switzerland » and there is no need to look at insuranec?

@donav I see. We havent looked into the insurance yet, to be honest we are still talking about moving, nothing concrete yet at this stage. The idea is to either have a remote job or grow our own businesses, the second one is better

Why are you keen on Kalamata?

We are off to Greece for holidays this Thursday

We found Kalamata clean and maintained, oceanfront, dynamique all year long, not too touristy, foreigner friendly, and not too big like Thessaloniki.

Also have direct flight to Lyon during high season which is great!

@donav Great! Sounds excellent. We never visited Kalamata, always stay around Athens when we are in Greece but think should be worth popping there sometime soon.

Well, lets be in touch here, its great talking to someone who shares your plans

yes definitely, lets exchange more!

enjoy greece, let me know what you think about Kalamata then!

@donav Hey! Just got back from Greece but unfirtunately didnt get a chance to visit Kalamata. But we love the country in general, I think these holidays were just to confirm to us that Greece is a great place for living!

We are now thinking of next steps re moving, but I still didn't get anything from the Bougas School.......

Hope you are well, looking forward to chatting soon

Hi! sorry just see this post now!

did you see their new website ?

i didnt know they had a French section !

i guess you will have more info now that school started again

Hi! Yes, saw the website, its great but they dont talk about their fees lol

Was thinking the same, the school only started now, so hoping to hear back from them soon.

Will be in touch!

Hello,

just found this Group regarding Kalamata and Bougas School.

I´ve just had my first Teams Call with the school. I am really positively surprised by the way they want to integrate the children. We want to move grom Germany to Kalamata, our Son is 8 years old. Doesn´t speak Greek.

Did you both catch up with the school?

If you want to exchange, I rally love to :-)

Best,

Ioanna

Hi! We also have our children aged 7 and 9 admitted from September 2025. They don’t speak any Greek either and the school is very helpful!

We are moving from France in July 2025.

What about you?

Good Morning, we would like to move in Summer 2025, if everything works out in Germany. Bougas suggested the Summer Camp, maybe this would be a good first start before the school begins in September. We are doing greek "home school" with my son twice a week for 1 hour. He is learning fast, so I am really relived that it is working out so well. Do you already know, where you want to rent property, in Kalamata or around?

@IoannaR

Great! It's brilliant that your son is learning Greek already, my children will normally start in January 2025, also as "home-learning". The school also told us about the Summer Camp, we will see if we can manage to put the children there, it's a great idea.

Regarding the accommodation in Kalamata, we are actively looking on Spitogatos website, it's great! We are considering Kalamata mainly with close proximity to the school