ATHENS COLLEGE

'Athens College' (Κολλέγιο Αθηνών) is a co-educational private independent school in Psychiko, Greece, a suburb of Athens, part of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation (Ελληνοαμερικανικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα). It was established in 1925 to bring the best of both Greek and American educational systems to Greece. The school's founders and big donors were Emmanuel Benakis, namesake of the Benaki Museum of Athens, and Stephanos Delta. Instruction is in both Greek and English.
Its 3,000 students are divided among two elementary schools, one middle school, and one upper school. Its adult education program enrolls another 2,000 students.
Approximately 98% of its graduates go on to university, half abroad.
Athens College is well-known for its annual school fair (Panigiri) which raises money in the tens of thousands for philanthropic purposes and attracts people from all around Athens and other schools. Besides this, Athens College has a Forensics Club, a Model United Nations Club and a Drama Club.
Athens College has a great tradition in mathematical competitions, both national and international. Its students are prepared in the school's Mathematic Club. School representatives every year win in the national competitions, participate in the national team and win prizes in Mathematical Olympiads as well as forensics competitions. Also notable are the school's distinctions in competitions such as AMC 8, AMC 10 and AIME. The Drama Club has begun a tradition the last years by earning prizes, distinctions and awards every single year in national and regional tournaments. Also notable is the Model United Nations Club action which every year participate with great success in conferences such as THIMUN, SAIMUN, BERMUN and DSAMUN at the German School of Athens.
Athens College's library is one of the biggest school libraries in the whole of Europe and the first in Greece to have all its books electronically searchable and catalogued.
The sporting facilities of Athens College include a gym, a football pitch, seven outdoor basketball courts, three outdoor tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool, a gravel football pitch, and an indoor sports centre with facilities for squash, table tennis, gymnastics, volleyball, martial arts, and other events. The school's varsity teams are well-known in Greece for their continuing success in basketball, volleyball and track & field.
Athens College is incorporated both in Greece and in New York State and is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization. Furthermore, very important for the school's spirit and an indication of its special role is the scholarship programme which gives the opportunity to students from all the social and economical classes to study there.

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Notable Alumni

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Notable Alumni

★ Michael Dertouzos, (1954) late director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science, and chairman of the Athens College Board of Trustees.

★ Nikiforos Diamandouros (1961) academic, and since 2003 the European Ombudsman.

★ Nikos Dimou, (1954) writer and broadcaster

★ Apostolos Doxiadis, (1972) writer.

★ Stavros S. Niarchos, (1928) Greek shipping magnate

★ Andreas Papandreou, (1938) economist and politician; served three times as Prime Minister of Greece.

★ George Papandreou (1971) politician and Foreign Minister of Greece from 1999 to 2004; became leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in 2004. Voted President of Socialist International on January 2006.

★ Sotirios Hatzigakis, (1962) politician and Minister of Employment of Greece from 1989 to 1990 and Minister of Agriculture from 1991 to 1992; became Vice - President of the Parliament in 2004

External links

★ Athens College web site (in Greek)

★ American site

★ Homer W. Davis, ''The story of Athens College: The first thirty-five years, 1925-1960'', ISBN 960-85002-1-4. Davis was its first president.

★ Δημήτρη Καραμάνου, ''Κολλέγιον Αθηνών, 1925-2000: Σταθμοί και Ορόσημα''.