The first debate tournament in Greece for this school year, the Deree Invitational LXVI, took place on November 10-11, 2023 at Pierce College. Over 120 secondary school students took part in the two-day competition. Our School was represented by 20 teams, with great success!

Congratulations to all our students, and especially to the following students for their great achievements on a team and on an individual level.

Teams: 

Winning Team: Leonidas Marinopoulos (ΙΒ2) and Maximus Papaioannides (ΙΒ2)

Grand Finalists: Iakov David (ΙΒ2) and Kyriakos Gerogiannis (ΙΒ2) 

Semi Finalists: Manos Alevras (ΙΒ2) and Alexia Papageorgiou (ΙΒ2), Michail Kofinakos (HS2, PC) and Stella Hiskaki (ΙΒ1)

Novice Finalists: Anastasia Galani (JH3, AC) and Maria Yannidi (JH3, PC) 

Individual:

Best Speaker Award: Leonidas Marinopoulos

Top 10 Speakers: Manos Alevras (2nd), Alexia Papageorgiou (3rd), Maximus Papaioannides (4th), Artemis Papastavrou (6th - ΙΒ1) 

Top 5 Novice Speakers: Maria Yannidi (2nd), Anastasia Galani (4th), Foteini Gialouri (4th - HS1, AC)

Congratulations to our students for their outstanding successes in the first in-person debate tournament of the year!