Moraitis School
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Moraitis School is a coeducational independent school in Athens, Greece. It is located in Psychico, a suburb of the capital. It and Athens College are considered the "big two" private schools in Athens.
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[edit] History
Moraitis was founded in 1936 by Karolos Berzan, a mathematician. It moved to its current location in 1952, when ownership was transferred to Antonis Moraitis – whose name the school has since 1976. The school was founded upon certain traditional values – known amongst students and staff as the "12 principles" (Dodekalogos) which are still enstilled today.
[edit] Today
Nowadays, Moraitis school is one of the most famous private schools in Greece, doing well academically. Education can be in Greek – following the Greek educational system, and allowing students to sit for Greek university entrance exams – or in English – through the International Baccalaureate programme. Every year, students graduate from Moraitis to go to a variety of universities in Greece, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
It is one of the biggest educational institutions in the country, with more than 2,000 students and 240 teachers, amongst its primary school, middle school and high school.
Moraitis is also famous for a hosting an annual school fayre ("Panigiri") ( Panigiri Official Site ). Organised by its students every year, the School fair hosts a variety of activities and events. The fair is always very profitable, with all the revenue going to charity organisations.
Traditionally, the Moraitis school fayre is held the weekend before the Easter break.The fayre of the neighbouring private school, Athens College is held a week earlier to avoid a clash.
In fact, Athens College and Moraitis share a friendly rivalry, which is seen in various sporting events.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Takis Arapoglou: Chairman and Governor of National Bank of Greece
- Demetrios Christodoulou: Mathematical Physicist
- Pemy Zouni: Actress
- Natalia Dragoumi: Actress
- Nikolaos Donelis: Former Director of Friends of the Earth and environmental activist for the protection of the Amazon river in Brazil.
- Giorgos Markopouliotis, Head of the EU Commission Representation of Greece and former student of the German School of Athens.
[edit] References
http://www.moraitis.edu.gr/article/archive/22/ - the history of the school. http://www.moraitis.edu.gr/alumni/ - enquiries for and about alumni.
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