The final debate tournament in Greece for this school year, the Deree Invitational LXVII, took place on April 26-27, 2024 at Pierce College. Over 80 secondary school students took part in the two-day competition. Our School was represented by 28 speakers, with great success!

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

Teams: 

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

Grand Finalists: Eleana Dalakoura (IB1) and Artemis Papastavrou (IB1) 

Semi Finalists: 

• Maria Petrolia (AC, HS1) and Stavros Yannidis (PC, HS1)
• George Parthenis (PC, HS2) -composite team with a student from Ekpedeftiki Anagennisi

Novice Winning Team: Apostolos Vassilikos (AC HS1) and Milena Efthimiou (AC HS1)

Novice Finalists: 

• Spyros Roupas (AC JH3) and Konstantinos Tsirikos (PC JH3)
• Elena Dikaiou-Evangelatou (PC JH3) - composite team with a student from Pierce College

Individual:

Best Speaker Award: Artemis Papastavrou

Top 10 Speakers: Leo Marinopoulos (2nd), Max Papaioannides (3rd), Eleana Dalakoura (4th), Danae Tatsopoulou (10th, AC HS1) 

Novice Best Speaker Award: Apostolos Vassilikos 

Top 10 Novice Speakers: Elena Dikaiou-Evangelatou and Milena Efthimiou (tied in 3rd place), Iris Divari (AC JH3) and Spyros Roupas-Pantaleon (tied in 7th place).

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