On Monday, March 16, 2026, the final round of the Howland Oratory Competition for High School Grade 3 students took place at the Athens College Theater. Areti-Eyangelia Mayrogianni was named the winner of the “HOWLAND” Prize for the 2025–2026 school year.

The students competed by delivering speeches on the following theme:

"When, then, the school fosters in the student a desire for further learning and inspires a method for acquiring it, then it fulfills its purpose […] The method applied at Athens College stems from the idea that the student “is taught” not when knowledge is transmitted by the teacher as information that the student must draw upon, but when it is acquired by the student as a result of his own active thinking, for which the teacher aptly provides the impetus.”

Stephanos Delta, 1934,

Athens College: Foundation, Activities, and New Directions of Its Program.

“The adoption of Artificial Intelligence as a powerful tool alongside specialized educators can pave the way for a future where education becomes more accessible, more attractive, and more democratic. The education system must strive to strike a balance between harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and preserving the human elements that are essential for the holistic development of skills.”

Nikos Panagiotopoulos, 2024

Interview with Athena Kastrinaki, “Macedonia” Newspaper

Artificial Intelligence and Human-Centered Education: The Truth, the Limits, and Human Responsibility.

The panel of judges included Mr. Charalambos Kirailidis, President of the Association of Private Schools and Director of Synchroni Paideia Schools; Mr. Aristoklis Lagos ’16, Civil Engineer at LAMDA Development SA, Valedictorian 2016, and recipient of the 2016 Howland Award; and Mr. Dimitrios Sotiropoulos, Professor of Contemporary Political History in the Department of Business and Organization Administration at the University of the Peloponnese and President of the General State Archives of Greece (GSA).

The students who qualified for the final round of the Competition were:

1. Gkika Kalliopi-Sofia

2. Laou Zoi

3. Lymperopoulou Marili

4. Makari Olga

5. Mayrogianni Areti-Eyangelia

The following students also qualified for the semifinal round of the Competition:

1. Chaidemenos Leonidas

2. Revelas Eleftherios

3. Romvotsanos Dimos

4. Serepas Dimitrios

5. Tsoli Elissavet

Congratulations to all the students who participated in both the final and semifinal rounds of the competition.