The Celebrity Basketball Tournament tied up the Anti-Drug and Wellness Week of 2010.

Dr. Gialamas rewards all the participants, speakers and presenters for Wellness Week 2010.

ACS Athens took the cake. Both the Boys and Girls basketball teams won the JV Championship this year.

"The Act of Painting" will be on display in the ACS Art Gallery from Tuesday, February 23rd - Tuesday, March 2nd. Double click any picture to view the slide show. Follow this link to read more about the artist. http://tiny.cc/ArtistsStories

"Twisted Fairytales" will be on display in the ACS Art Gallery from Tuesday, February 23rd - Tuesday, March 2nd. Follow link to read more about the artist. http://tiny.cc/ArtistsStories

This gallery displays some of the highlights with effects of the“What’s New? Studio Work and Studies in Progress”, which featured the work of students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Arts I class. The art exhibition ran from February 11 – 20, 2010.

On Friday, February 19th 2010 at 5:00PM, ACS will kick off its 13th Annual Anti-drug Basketball competition. The competition includes international schools representing Greece and Cairo, Egypt. Sunday, February 21st, before the competition finals, there will be a CELEBRITY GAME thanks to the support of local celebrities, who take time off to have fun at ACS. See a few photos from last year's celebrity game.

Photos from the Musical Evening Celebration, February 16, 2010, part of the Wellness week-long activities. Music performances by Tassos Potamianos with his band and Morfo Tsaireli. Special performances by Elly Paspala, David Lynch, Stavros Lantsias. Also performing were Alexandros Halapsis, Sebastian Salvaterra & Konstantinos Loustas from the University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus; and Yannis Kafetzopoulos from Ethniko Odeio Halandriou - Maria Kanatsouli.

On November 23rd, 16 students along with Mr. Medeiros, Ms. Tokatlidou, and Ms. Coklas left for London on a five day UK/London tour of some of the top universities in the area. It was an excellent opportunity to learn about the various universities and their programs. The tour also afforded the students the time to explore London and enjoy the sites!

Ms. Karvouniaris and Ms. Coklas escorted 10 students to Chicago, Illinois on an Intercultural Exchange with Lincoln Park High School. The trip included a tour and visit of LPHS and classes, museum tours, architectural and art excursions, and university visits. It was a trip to remember...

Photos from the IB Retreat 2009-2010 in Ancient Olympia from October 21-24, 2009. 37 juniors joined the trip along with Ms. Tokatlidou, Ms. Coklas, and Mr. Kalogridakis.The activities included re-planting a portion of burnt forest in Ancient Olympia, visit to the ancient ruins, witnessing the lighting of the Olympic flame (for the Winter Olympics), attend a presentation at the Town Hall for the KEPEP institution (for the mentally and physically challenged), and attend a presentation given by the Archelon (sea turtle rescue). The trip was an excellent opportunity to participate in community service activities and bond as a group. The students were praised for their behavior, maturity, and well-pointed questions by all who met with them on this trip. An article entitled, "To make the world a better place" was written in a local newspaper about our visit to Ancient Olympia.

Pi Day was held on March 13 and 14 to celebrate one of the most fascinating numbers in mathematics:
Students work in groups on activities that allow them to learn more about pi, its meaning, and its history. One of the activities is measuring the circumference and diameter of various circular objects and calculating pi. The Archimedes contest is held to see who can draw the most perfect freehand circle, and there is a Pi Digits contest to see who can memorize the most digits of pi. This year’s winner was Nasos Abuel Basal, who recited 431 digits!!!
The culminating activity is making a pi chain out of ribbons that represent the digits, in their correct order. Students are invited to bring in circular treats to share with the class.

Sue Protopsaltis
Middle School Math Teacher