Social outreach and solidarity are concepts inextricably linked to Athens College and its philosophy. Starting with the Scholarship Program, our School has a strong tradition of offering to the community.

Significant Student Community undertakings, such as the reconstruction and restoration of dozens of damaged schools in the provinces, donations of school supplies and equipment to those in need, the exchange of technological expertise with other schools and institutions, and support of vulnerable social groups further attest of the School’s legacy of giving.

Through social outreach programs, our students learn to help their fellow humans, broaden their horizons, develop empathy, and become aware of their responsibility as citizens towards society.

All community outreach activities are coordinated by the School's Department of Social Welfare and Diversity.

From Kindergarten through High School, our students engage in volunteer work organized by Clubs, the annual Expedition and the like, while simultaneously completing the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and Action as Service elements of the International Baccalaureate.

Each year, our School collaborates with over 135 local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as Greenpeace, The HOME Project, Axion Hellas, Association of Friends of Children with cancer “ELPIDA,” Make A Wish, Together for Children, WWF, The Church of Greece, the Jewish Museum of Greece and many more. Our students take initiative to confront and help allay crises both nationally and globally.

Social outreach activities constitute one of the most valuable experiences of our students and play a decisive role in shaping their character.  Our alumni often talk about the efforts they made together with their classmates to help all those in need and ultimately consider this as one of the most important lessons of their lives.

Events

Technological Equipment Gifted to Schools in Samos

Technological Equipment Gifted to Schools in Samos

Jan 14, 2021

Athens College donated five interactive whiteboards and five computers to secondary schools in the towns of Karlovasi and Pythogoreio, Samos that were afflicted by the earthquake of October 30th.  The donation of technological equipment was in memory of Claire and Aris, the two students who lost their lives in the catastrophic earthquake.

The items were turned over to the schools’ Directors by Athens College President, Prof. Costas Synolakis, the Director of Social Welfare and Diversity, Mr. Chrysostomos Symeonidis, and the Head of Crisis Management, Mr. Vasilis Skanavis. Also in attendance at the presentation were Ms. Voula Tsiamitrou from the Directorate of Secondary Education and Mr. Alexandros Lymperis, Mayor of Western Samos.

 

The Mayor of Eastern Samos, Mr. Georgios Stantzos, , together with the Deputy Mayors and the President of the Municipal Council and Bar Association, Mr. Georgios Kollaros, welcomed Mssrs. Synolakis, Symeonidis, and Skanavis at City Hall.  Also present at the meeting were Dr. Nikolaos Kalligeris, Chief Researcher and Operational Head of the Hellenic National Tsunami Warning Center, a unit of the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens, and Dr. Nikolaos Melis, Director of Research of the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens.

Professor C. Synolakis thanked the Mayor for his hospitality and announced the start of cooperation and joint actions between Athens College and institutions in Samos.  He expressed his sympathy for the two children who lost their lives in the recent earthquake and stressed the need for proper education to deal with such extreme phenomena. As he pointed out, Athens College places particular emphasis on the prevention of and response to natural disasters, providing a special course in Junior High School 8th grade (B΄ Gymnasium).

The mayors of Samos praised Athens College for its significant contribution and invited Dr. Synolakis to visit the island again and speak to students in his capacity as Professor of Natural Disasters.

 

 

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