AFS students head to Singapore for STEM racing world finals: AFS High School Okis Racing team came first at the 13th Greek National F1 in Schools competition (photo: team members Giorgos Katsaros, Katerina Vasilaki, Aristeidis Moschopoulos, Giannis Sinakos, Dimitris Fekas, Stylianos Chatzifotiou, Foivos Tarasidis, Ina Dakare, Evelina Kaso, Elena Gouzgouni, Marios Tsourekas, Dimitris Theopidis, Iason Poultsidis, Sissy Chatzi, Katerina Boudouri, Christos Chatzisavvas, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Aimilia Manousi, Dimitris Tsimpouslis, and Panagiotis Dimtsoudis along with their Physics teacher Nikos Pegiopoulos), Classes of 2025 graduation ceremonies: General and Vocational High School, Perrotis College and Junior College - invited guests: Barba Stathis vice president and CEO Nikitas Pothoulakis as keynote speaker for the High Schools' graduation - Charge d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Greece Maria Olson as keynote speaker for the Perrotis College graduation - CEO of Pavlos I. Kontellis S.A. Yiannis Kontellis as keynote speaker for the Junior College (ISAEK) graduation - AFS Trustee Theodora Valenti receives a Perrotis College honorary degree on behalf of her grandmother and AFS Benefactress Aliki Perroti from VP for Academic Affairs Dr. Christos Ritzoulis (photos of the graduations, trustee Theodora Valenti, Petros Levis, and David Acker, Jeff Lansdale, Maria Olson, Christos Ritzoulis), Smart and digital greenhouse: innovation in agri-tech education - the greenhouse was developed by the AFS in partnership with Cisco Hellas, Green Projects, and Dataways, funded by AFS major donor Dr. George Gavalas - Greek Minister of Rural Development and Food Kostas Tsiaras attended the event (photos), Perrotis College joins European effort to promote carbon farming: professors Dr. Christos Vassilikiotis and Kostas Zoukidis participated in the launch of the Greek Carbon Farming Living Lab (GRECFL2 - part of the LILAS4SOILS project) hosted at the Agricultural University of Athens, AFS graduates receive scholarships to study in the United States (photos: students Myrto Beligianni, Sofilia Apostolidi, Kyriaki Sofi, Elena Gouzgouni, Achilleas Katranas, Vivi Kongoli, Malou Alexiadou), A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the AFS and the Cal Poly (California Polytechnic State University) in February 2025 (photo: Jeffrey Lansdale and Jeffrey Armstrong of Cal Poly), Reception was hosted by the Ambassador of Greece to US Ekaterini Nassika in DC in February - AFS alumni Konstantinos Markopoulos attended the event (photos: Ekaterini Nassika, Petros Levis, Jeff Lansdale, Nick and Vicky Kyriakos), Alumni Spotlight: Odysseas Koufos, class of 2021, receives a $25,000 award for his "Bizcards" project, a digital key card system that enables hotel guests to access their rooms using Apple or Google Wallet (photo), AFS Brews its first beer called St. Nicholas Beer with support from Macedonian Thrace Brewery and its director Christos Dimtsoudis (photo of the beer), Night Under the Stars event (photos: Demetri Vlachos, Frances Manthos, Petros Levis, Annie Levi, Ann McCalley, students dancing).
