Η ενημέρωση γονέων γίνεται στη συνάντηση γονέων και εκπαιδευτικών.

γονέων is the genitive plural of γονείς (parents).

In this sentence, the genitive shows a relationship like of parents or for parents, depending on context.

So:

• η ενημέρωση γονέων = literally the informing/update of parents
• η συνάντηση γονέων και εκπαιδευτικών = the meeting of parents and teachers

Greek uses the genitive much more naturally than English in expressions like these. English often prefers noun + noun combinations such as parent meeting or parent-teacher meeting, but Greek commonly uses the genitive instead.

Greek often leaves out the article in set expressions like this, especially when a noun in the genitive is being used in a fairly general or institutional way.

So:

• η ενημέρωση γονέων sounds like parent briefing / briefing of parents
• η ενημέρωση των γονέων would sound more like the briefing of the parents, referring to specific parents

Both are possible, but without των, the phrase sounds more general and typical of notices, school language, or formal wording.

ενημέρωση comes from the verb ενημερώνω, meaning to inform or to update.

As a noun, ενημέρωση can mean:

• information
• briefing
• update
• informing

In this sentence, it does not mean just random information. It means something more like:

• briefing of parents
• updating parents
• parent information session

So it refers to the act or process of informing the parents.

γίνεται is from γίνομαι, which often means:

• to happen
• to take place
• to become
• sometimes to be done

In this sentence, γίνεται means takes place or happens.

So:

• Η ενημέρωση γονέων γίνεται... = The parent briefing takes place...

This is very natural Greek. Greek often uses γίνεται where English might use:

• is held
• takes place
• happens

Because the subject is singular:

• Η ενημέρωση = the briefing / the update

That is one thing, so the verb is singular:

• η ενημέρωση γίνεται

Even though γονέων and εκπαιδευτικών are plural in meaning, they are not the subject. They are genitive nouns depending on ενημέρωση and συνάντηση.

στη is the contracted form of:

• σε
  • τη = στη

So:

• στη συνάντηση = at the meeting

This contraction is standard and extremely common in modern Greek.

Similar forms are:

• στο = σε + το
• στους = σε + τους
• στις = σε + τις

Because the preposition σε takes the accusative in modern Greek.

So:

• σε τη συνάντηση / στη συνάντηση = at the meeting

The basic form is:

• nominative: η συνάντηση
• accusative: τη συνάντηση

That is why after στη, you see συνάντηση in the accusative form.

Because they both depend on συνάντηση.

The phrase is:

• συνάντηση γονέων και εκπαιδευτικών

Literally: meeting of parents and teachers

Both nouns are parallel after και, so both stay in the same case:

• γονέων = genitive plural
• εκπαιδευτικών = genitive plural

This is the normal way to say parents' and teachers' meeting / meeting of parents and teachers.

εκπαιδευτικών is the genitive plural of εκπαιδευτικός.

It literally means educators / teachers / teaching staff.

In school contexts, it often corresponds to teachers, but it can sound a bit more formal or broader than δάσκαλοι.

So:

• γονέων και εκπαιδευτικών = parents and teachers / parents and educational staff

In many real contexts, an English translation would simply say parent-teacher meeting.

This sentence uses a more impersonal, formal style, which is very common in announcements, school notices, and official writing.

Compare:

• Η ενημέρωση γονέων γίνεται στη συνάντηση...

  • formal, neutral
  • The parent briefing takes place at the meeting...

• Ενημερώνουμε τους γονείς στη συνάντηση...

  • more direct
  • We inform the parents at the meeting...

The original sentence sounds like the kind of thing you might read in a school circular or notice.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal or institutional.

Features that make it sound formal include:

• the noun ενημέρωση instead of a more conversational verb phrase
• the use of genitive phrases like γονέων
• the impersonal verb γίνεται

In everyday conversation, someone might say something simpler, but this sentence is perfectly natural in written school or administrative Greek.

Yes, Greek word order is more flexible than English, although not all versions sound equally natural.

The original:

• Η ενημέρωση γονέων γίνεται στη συνάντηση γονέων και εκπαιδευτικών.

is clear and natural.

You could also say:

• Στη συνάντηση γονέων και εκπαιδευτικών γίνεται η ενημέρωση γονέων.

This puts more emphasis on where it happens.

But the original order is probably the most neutral for a formal statement.

Because the two phrases express two different relationships:

• ενημέρωση γονέων = briefing/informing of parents
• συνάντηση γονέων και εκπαιδευτικών = meeting of parents and teachers

Even though γονέων appears twice, it is not redundant in Greek. Each instance belongs to a different noun:

• first with ενημέρωση
• second with συνάντηση

English might avoid repeating parents as often, but Greek often keeps the structure explicit.

Yes. Very often that is exactly how it is rendered in natural English.

Literally, it is:

• of parents and teachers

But in smoother English, you would often say:

• parent-teacher meeting

This is a good example of how Greek genitive structures often correspond to compact noun combinations in English.

Yes, it is a very common type of expression in formal Greek.

Greek often forms administrative or institutional phrases like this:

• ενημέρωση γονέων = parent briefing
• συμμετοχή μαθητών = student participation
• αξιολόγηση εκπαιδευτικών = evaluation of teachers

So while it is not a single idiom you must memorize as one chunk, it follows a very common and productive pattern:

• noun + genitive plural

That pattern is worth learning because you will see it often in school, official, and formal contexts.