Guide to Admission

The American Community Schools of Athens welcomes applications for admissions throughout the year. Please ensure that all of the following Admissions Procedures have been observed before you submit your child's application to the Admissions Office.

• Submission of ACS Athens Application for Admissions - Online or Printed Form
• All report cards/transcripts - submitted in a sealed envelope (for high school, from grade 9 to current grade)(if not in English, transcripts must be officially, translated)
• Two recommendation forms submitted by the previous school faculty (for grades 6-12 only)
• Completed Special Education/Services form submitted by the previous school faculty (for grades K-12)
• Medical forms (may be submitted within one month of acceptance)
• Copies of passport and/or other citizenship documents
• An interview with the child (Elementary School and when deemed necessary)
• Confidential Records (if any)
• Admissions test to all students coming from a non-English curriculum school, (to be arranged by appointment with the Admissions Office)
• NOTE to prospective IB Diploma students: Please be informed that a student interested in the ACS Athens IB Diploma Program, must apply for entrance in the 10th Grade (Pre-IB year), especially if coming from a non-English speaking school.

Download Files for Admissions

We strongly recommend using the online application process

For a hard copy of the forms we require for admission at ACS Athens, please download the following documents:

• New Student Admission Application PDF file, Size: 118 KB
• Teacher/Faculty Recommendation Form (Grades 6-12) PDF File, Size: 393 KB
• Special Services Information Form (Grades 1-12) PDF File, Size: 354KB
• Seat Deposit Form
• IB Diploma Application (Grade 11) PDF File, Size: 199KB -- An IB Diploma Applicant must also submit a New Student Admission Application (above)

Upon registration you will be asked to submit the Student Health Examination Form (PDF File, Size 55KB). If there is a physical examination report less than a year old upon registration, please submit that as well.

Exemption Process for students with Greek last name

Exemption from the Greek Schools as required by the
Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs - Grades K-6

Important information for students with Greek last name

As soon as parents are informed of their child's acceptance, they are requested to submit to the office of Enrollment Management the Application for Exemption and the following documents:

• Records, transcripts and/or certificate of completion of most recent school year (translated in Greek)
• Documentation showing that student fulfills Ministry requirements for attending an international school (one of the cases below):

1. letter (in Greek) by a consular office certifying that student has foreign or double citizenship
2. letter (in Greek) by a consular office certifying that student's mother has foreign citizenship
3. official letter by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs certifying that student's parent is a diplomat
4. official certificates of studies and/or transcripts (translated in Greek) showing that student has studied in international schools abroad for at least four years.

For more information or clarifications please contact the office of Enrollment Management at +30 (210) 6393200 x263 or x251.