On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, the final round of the "Howland" Oratory Competition for students of Psychico College’s High School 3 and the 2nd year of the IB DP took place at the College Theater.

The winner of the "Howland" Prize for school year 2023-2024 was student Bozona Maria.

The theme of this year’s competition was:

The four elements of the School’s coat of arms symbolize the origin of the Greeks from the Creto-Mycenaean era (axe), through classical antiquity (glaive) and the Byzantine period (cross), to the modern renaissance Greece (phoenix). From another perspective, these same elements project the fourfold mission of the College: the physical development, the spiritual and mental cultivation and the patriotic education of the students. Thus, the coat of arms encloses within itself both the past and the future.

Do you feel that the values depicted in the shield of our School's coat of arms provide adequate shielding for young people to meet the challenges of modern times?

Members of the Greek panel of judges included, in alphabetical order, the Director of the HAEF Libraries Ms. Alexandra Papazoglou, the Vice Chairman of the HAEF Board of Directors Mr. Alexandros Phylactopoulos '65 and the Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Endocrinology at the University of Athens, Mr. Georgios Chrousos.

Students who qualified into the final round of the competition were:

1. Christina-Anna Giannouli

2. Eleni Dimitropoulou

3. Sofia Karveli

4. Maria Bozona

5. Melina Papasakellariou

Students who qualified into the semi-final round were:

1. Emmanouil Alevras

2. Dimitrios Karatzanos

3. Ioannis Maragkakis

4. Domna Paraskevopoulou

5. Eleni Revena Lampadariou