Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 10:25AM Salve Regina University's Report From Newport, Fall 2012 issue, has an article on Ms. Chris Perakis titled A Teacher At Heart.
Ms. Perakis who graduated from S.R.U., highlights the guiding principles in her career and how they are being applied in developing various programs at ACS Athens.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 11:57AM 
Some of you may not (yet) know it, but we have a "Super Athlete" in our faculty.
Ms. Rannelle McCoy is a world-class long distance runner who on October 19 - 20, 2012 completed her first 100 mile (164 km) endurance run. Not only did she finish, but she was 1st among women and 6th overall (!) - an amazing performance. Her time was 29 hrs. 50 min. which is a new record in women.
68 athletes competed in the Rodopi Ultra Trail 100 miles Advendurun (Rodopi National Park, Northern Greece), in the only 100 mile run organized in Greece.
The 164 km are run / hiked / climbed in pristine forest & mountain trails, night and day, with only 6 stops for proper food, rest and modest recovery. The elevation gain / loss in the course is about 8000 m.
The trails are barely marked and getting lost is easy and it happens often, since most of the time one runs alone; occasional encounters with wolfs, bears and other wild animals are also guaranteed. This is an event that pushes the runner to her/his limits not only physically, but also emotionally, mentally. Ranelle uses these experiences to teach students both in her classroom and outdoors, how to overcome any obstacle imaginable and get to their goals successfully.
Ms. McCoy's prior Ultra-run was in the Dolimite mountains, Italy, where the race was ... only 118 km.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 4:24PM Ms. Helen Sarantes (Instructional Technology & Computers teacher) and ACS Athens were acknowledged in a research paper:
"A study of students' research skills as demonstrated in a record of search behavior on the internet", by Eleni Miltsakaki, Choosito! & University of Pennsylvania. The presentation was made at the 23rd annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education 2012, Austin, Texas.
You can read the study here; and visit the choosito! search engine by clicking the icon.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 2:39PM 
Ms. Kiki Spiliot a 2nd Grade teacher at ACS Athens is featured in a Canyoning article in in.gr. (article in greek, many photos).
Canyoning is the ideal activity to experience nature "first-hand" and "off-the-beaten-path" and it usually combines long hikes, waterfall diving and river crossing, climbing, spelunking (cave exploring), etc.
Some specialty gear may be needed, but they can always be rented on location, at the companies that organize these events.
Even though Greece is primarily known for its beaches and its islands, one can find world-class canyons (some of them in islands), pristine rivers and waterfalls, alpine forests, some only a few hours away from a major city.
One of Ms. Spiliot's favorites is "...the Xa Canyon in Crete, Ierapetra region, with 27 agressive but alluring waterfalls... the word Xa derives from the Greek word "Xasma" (Chasm) which means a large and deep opening in the surface of the earth... This is canyoning! We do not only walk.. we dive into lakes... we climb down 90 meters under waterfalls.. it is lots of things - and not just trekking - it is much more than that..."
If you wish to find more about canyoning please contact Ms. Spiliot at spiliotk@acs.gr
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