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

Athens College – Special Olympics Online Conference on “Coexistence – Diversity”

Apr 22, 2021

The online conference titled “Athens College – Special Olympics: Coexistence – Diversity” that was co-organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Diversity and Psychico College Junior High School on Wednesday, April 21, concluded with great success.

Our School’s Elementary, Junior High and High School students attended informative speeches and watched audiovisual clips about the projects and values advocated by the Special Olympics organization.

Opening remarks and welcome speeches were given by the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation, Annika Papantoniou, Athens College President, Prof. Costas Synolakis ΄75, and the General Coordinator of the HAEF School Units, Christos Papanikolaou ΄85.

 

Plenary Speakers:

Andreas Potamianos, Founding Member, Honorary President of Special Olympics Hellas and Member of the HAEF Association 
“Historical Retrospective of the Founding of Special Olympics Hellas”

Melita Tsoutreli, Founding Member and Head of Public Relations for Special Olympics Hellas
“How an Idea Came to Fruition”

Ioannis Charalampakis ’14, Member of the Special Olympics Hellas Team (Korea 2011)
“Experiential Coexistence with Special Olympics Athletes”

Keynote Speakers:

Dionysios Kodellas, Honorary Ambassador, President of Special Olympics Hellas
“The Presence of Special Olympics in an Ever-Changing World”

Eleni Marinaki, Alexia Papageorgiou, Loukas Maroutsis, Manos Alevras, Psychico College Junior High School Students
Joint Action between Athens College and Special Olympics: “We Paint – We Coexist”

Anna Antonopoulou, Special Olympics Athlete

"Sports and Special Olympics"

The conference emerged from the action “We Paint – We Coexist” during which College students and Special Olympic athletes joined forces and painted, drawing inspiration from the Special Olympics Winter Games 2022, as well as the values of diversity and coexistence. The students’ paintings were displayed during the conference.

You can watch the online conference through the following link:

 

 

 

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