Physical Education and Sports

 

Since the founding of our school, the cultivation of athletic spirit has been integral to our school’s educational process.  With experienced physical education teachers who specialize in the various branches of P.E. and with state-of-the-art sports facilities, our students receive first-rate training in physical education and develop skills in a variety of sports.  

Apart from the advantages of lifelong exercise to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle, Physical Education and Sports classes contribute to the development of students’ character.  They help students learn self-discipline and responsibility; they help them embrace the principles of teamwork and fair play; they help them espouse the College athletic spirit, which centers on effort and participation – all of which are values that should lead us through life.

Participation in the school’s sports teams allows students to acquire competition experience. By playing in Ministry, ASIS (Athletic Conferences of Private Schools) and PanHellenic Schools championship games, as well as in international meets, they learn to set goals, to support one another and to be both proud of and modest about their accomplishments.

Through activities and events in collaboration with Special Olympics teams, athletes with disabilities, and Paralympic athletes, as well as through participation in the College Marathon, students gain awareness of social issues and show solidarity with their fellow man.

Through extracurricular sports, they discover their aptitudes, train intensively and improve their skills in the sports of their choice.

Our primary goal in helping students to cultivate and develop their physical, intellectual and spiritual capabilities is for them to grow up to become healthy and content adults.

Synergies

 

48th Gavriileia 2024

Mar 28, 2024

The 48th Athens College - Psychico College Junior High - High School Swim Meets "Gavriileia" took place on Wednesday, March 27 2024, in memory of John A. Gavriil at the "Alexandra Prokopiou" Swimming Center - "John A. Gavriil" Swimming Pool. Member of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation Board of Directors and member of the Athletic Advisory Committee Ms. Elli Filippopoulou ’88 declared the meet open. 

According to the international ranking system, this event's best athletes were students Aggeliki Smyrniou (High School Grade 3) for her performance in 50m Butterfly with 28’’06 , and Nikolaos Soutos (High School Grade 3) for his performance in 100m Freestyle with 53''30. 

New Gavriileia records were set in the following events:

Junior High School

  • 50m Backstroke, Michail Theodoros Andrianopoulos, Grade 3, 29’’02
  • 50m Breaststroke, Alexandra Doxiadi, Grade 3, 33’’47
  • 100m Freestyle, Gavriella Maria Andrianopoulou, Grade 3, 1’00’’72
  • 4x50m Freestyle, Eleftherios Mpitzos, Morfeas Georgakopoulos, Mattheos Zambikos, Michail Theodoros Andrianopoulos, Grade 3, 1’47’’53

High School

  • 50m Freestyle, Charalampos Frydakis, Grade 2, 24’’17 (tie)
  • 50m Backstroke, Charilaos Michalopoulos, Grade 1, 28’’77, which is also a new College record
  • 50m Breaststroke, Anastasia Stathaki, Grade 2, 34’’82
  • 50m Butterfly, Aggeliki Smyrniou, Grade 3, 28’’06, which is also a new College record
  • 4x50m Freestyle, Phivos Athanasios Kalyvas, Georgios Dousis, Charilaos Michalopoulos, Achilleas Skaperdas, Grade 1, 1’41’’71, which is also a new College record
  • 4x50m Freestyle, Aggeliki Karagiannidou, Chrysanthi Doxiadi, Niki Patritsia Piovan, Aggeliki Smyrniou, Grade 3, 1’53’’90, which is also a new College record

High School Grade 2 won 1st place in the General Category with 81 points.

See the results (in Greek)

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