Athens College High School March 25th Oratory Competition
Mar 19, 2025
The final round of the March 25th Oratory Competition for High School 2 students took place at the Athens College Theater, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The "March 25th" prize for the 2024-2025 school year was awarded to Angelos Gkoritsas, while Paraskeyi-Eygenia Koutroumanou earned 2nd place.
Competing students delivered speeches on the following topic:
During the Greek Revolution of 1821, Theodoros Kolokotronis and Ioannis Kapodistrias served the common good with selflessness and dedication, despite their different choices and backgrounds. How can the values they embodied guide us, not only as a society, but also in our personal, everyday life and actions?
The panel of judges included Ms. Agathi Georgiadou, Doctor of Philology from King's College London, writer, and literary critic, Ms. Eleni Beneki, Historian, Head of the Historical Archives Dpt. at the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, and Ms. Fereniki Panagopoulou '95, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Data Protection Law and Bioethics at Panteion University, Director of the European Laboratory on Bioethics, Technoethics and Law.
The students who competed in the final round were:
1. Bizaki Isidora
2. Gkoritsas Angelos
3. Kanellos Panagiotis-Timoleon
4. Koutroumanou Paraskeyi-Eygenia
5. Vasilikos Apostolos
The students who qualified for the semifinal round were:
1. Boura Foteini
2. Gkika Kalliopi-Sofia
3. Papadimitriou Panagiotis
4. Serepas Dimitrios
5. Staikou Ioanna
Congratulations to all students who participated in both the final and semifinal rounds of the Competition.
Competing students delivered speeches on the following topic:
During the Greek Revolution of 1821, Theodoros Kolokotronis and Ioannis Kapodistrias served the common good with selflessness and dedication, despite their different choices and backgrounds. How can the values they embodied guide us, not only as a society, but also in our personal, everyday life and actions?
The panel of judges included Ms. Agathi Georgiadou, Doctor of Philology from King's College London, writer, and literary critic, Ms. Eleni Beneki, Historian, Head of the Historical Archives Dpt. at the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, and Ms. Fereniki Panagopoulou '95, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Data Protection Law and Bioethics at Panteion University, Director of the European Laboratory on Bioethics, Technoethics and Law.
The students who competed in the final round were:
1. Bizaki Isidora
2. Gkoritsas Angelos
3. Kanellos Panagiotis-Timoleon
4. Koutroumanou Paraskeyi-Eygenia
5. Vasilikos Apostolos
The students who qualified for the semifinal round were:
1. Boura Foteini
2. Gkika Kalliopi-Sofia
3. Papadimitriou Panagiotis
4. Serepas Dimitrios
5. Staikou Ioanna
Congratulations to all students who participated in both the final and semifinal rounds of the Competition.
