Table of Contents Letters Q & A with the Head of Schools and Board President COVER STORY Middle School Science Fair Christina Bakoyannis FEATURE ARTICLES Faculty Leadership & New Academic Administrators Stefanos Gialamas Collaboration – the Key to the Combo Class Dave Nelson, Nick Mouchtouris, Julia Tavlas The Dome Installation: Sharing Experience Cim Thomakos Collaboration in the Elementary School Dina Pappas From the Klondike to Kokinia Janet Karvouniaris The Odyssey of Two Student Teachers Louesa Polyzoi Beri’s Bridge Patty Green OTHER ARTICLES Athletics & Civic Responsibility Annie Constantinides Nurturing Learning through Collaboration Nia Donas-Voulgari The Principal’s Page – the Academy Steve Medeiros The Arts Center at ACS Poly Chryssanthakopoulos UNESCO – Schools in Athens Collaborate Sonia Kormaris Practical Arts – Hands-on Training Jim Koulyras The Parent Teacher Organization Kristal Alley SHORT SUBJECTS Habitat for Humanity Ellen Froustis Vriniotis The Summer Institute – IB Prep Course Lykourgos Hristakos & Sana Kassem The Summer Institute – International Relations Course Eugene Gerogiokas & Nicholas Nimara Technology & Self-Esteem Angela Kiki Spiliot ACS Athens Summer Camp Annie Constantinides Notes from the Music Department Athina Mitsopoulou What’s New in Audio Visual? Jim Koulyras What’s New in Student Services? Peggy Pelonis Lifelong Wellness at the Elementary School Stavroula Salouros The Information Technology Department Mary Manos The House System at the Elementary School Stavroula Salouros SPECIAL EVENTS Middle School Greek Play: Aristophanes’s Ornithes Tonia Firigou & Anastasia Symeonides Grand Opening of the Stavros Niarchos Learning Center The OM Team Academy Musical: A Chorus Line Elaine Seremetis & Megan Zoumaya The Windows Project Steve Kakaris Collaborating to Argue – Summer Debate Camp Zen Zambakides Donations to Victims of the Summer Conflagrations Will Seremetis 12th Annual Golden Wreath Awards Marca Daley PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Conferences Further Education Faculty Art Exhibitions SNAPSHOTS OF STUDENT LIFE ALUMNI AFFAIRS Alumni Profile: The Dynamic Demos Family Kathleen Jasonides Alumni Reunion Marianna Savvas Grapevine Marianna Savvas IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Our Contributors HOW TO CONTACT US
Collaborate: Work together for a common purpose.
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