ACS Athens PTO SHARE, newsletter Sept. 2013

SHARE NEWSLETTER Sponsored by ACS Athens PTO Year 5, Issue 27, September 17, 2013 Support Help Answers Recommendations Encouragement

If you’d like to speak with someone who has a student in the same grade as your student(s), please contact one of us from the PTO Board: Grade:

Contact:

PJK/JK/Kg: (Please contact Athenia or Terry and they will point you in the right direction)

SHARE is a monthly newsletter published by the ACS Athens PTO Community Liaison. SHARE is an acronym for “Support, Help, Answers, Recommendations and Encouragement.” We strive to offer the members of the greater ACS Athens community (this includes parents, students, staff, faculty, alumni and parents of alumni) opportunities to meet, network, work and play together!

We hope that you will feel comfortable and like being part of the ‘ACS family’ from the moment your children are enrolled here at ACS. If you have any questions or wish to submit useful information or upcoming events that you think our community would be interested in, please contact Jennifer Ananiadis at jananiadis@hotmail.com or 694.580.6972.

We are looking for people who will coordinate various community activities: Weekend hikes, picnics, pilates classes, trips to museums, stitching/handcraft mornings, cooking classes, walks through Athens, day trips to places around Athens, wine events, game nights, movie nights, you name it! If you have an interest and want to get something going, we will help you find the people!

Contact Jennifer at jananiadis@hotmail.com

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Tchrieya

2nd

(contact Athenia / Terry)

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Terry, Athenia

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Felix, Tchrieyah

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Tchrieyah

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Debbie

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Patty

2013-2014 PTO Board Members:

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Tchrieyah

Athenia Limperis athenialimperis@yahoo.com 6951-697131

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Debbie, Jennifer

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Pamela, Felix

Patty Dimitriadis pattydimitriadis@yahoo.com 6948-111992

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Jennifer

12th Evanne Sharp and Michele Topden (Evanne + Michele are the Grad 2014 Event Committee Chairpersons) ES: konsharp@otenet.gr, MT: mtopden@hotmail.com

Felix Galindo qnsny12@gmail.com 6936-160589 Pamela Stamatiou pamela.stamatiou@gmail.com 6974-373597 Debbie Ginsburg debbie.ginsburg@kolodkin.com 6932-200119 Terry Dontis tdontis@ymail.com 6974-442103 Jennifer Ananiadis jananiadis@hotmail.com 6945 806 972 Tchrieyah Napier napier.family@yahoo.com 6936-160595

~ PTO + ACS Events and Activities ~ What can you do? 

Volunteer to help at the BBQ

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Donate your unwanted used books anytime this week (leave in front of the Security Office at school entrance)

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Bake something and either send it in on Friday morning or bring it with you to the BBQ (cupcakes, cookies, brownies, etc.)

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Bring your whole family to the BBQ after school on Friday!

Monthly International Cooking Class!

This month learn how to cook Indian Food at Jennifer’s house!

The class/lunch will be held in Jennifer’s home on Tuesday Oct. 15th and Wednesday Oct. 16 at 10:30 a.m. and will be limited to 10 people. Each ‘student’ attendee will donate 10 euro to help offset the expenses and everyone will eat what they cook! If class is filled, the next day (Wed. Oct. 16) will also be available. Sign up to attend by emailing Jennifer at jananiadis@hotmail.com.

Partnership for Student Success Parents and professionals coming together to share and learn strategies to empower students through a series of presentations and discussion groups hosted in cooperation with the ACS Athens PTO. Parents and professionals are cordially invited to join “Partnership for Student Success,” a series of workshops, presentations and forums that will provide them the opportunity to share and learn strategies to empower student learners. Sessions will be scheduled monthly and will include a presentation on a topic related to promoting students’ academic, emotional and social well being followed by a discussion of the topic.

How to Maintain Your Self Confidence During the Crisis Date: Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013

Speaker: Alkistis Agioritis

Do you feel trapped, frustrated, angry and stressed lately? Are you plagued with negative thoughts about your future? This workshop is a practical approach to overcoming fear, anxiety and stress during trying times. Not just a lecture, the session is designed to be a motivational, empowering, transformational experience that depends upon participants’ openness and readiness to participate in the exercises.

ACS Athens Conference Center, Admin. Building 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

R.S.V.P. for each session: Ms. Marietta Garbis, 210-6393-200, ext. 302 For more information contact Ms. Chris Perakis, Director, IIC Learning Enhancement Programs, 210-6393-200, ext. 335

*Each person pays for what

Ladies of the ACS Athens Community! Mark your calendars… Join us for our next LADIE’S NIGHT OUT! Thurs., Oct 3, at 8:30 p.m.

Ladies’s Night Out has become a monthly event! We will try to stick to the first Thursday of each month. Please contact us to recommend a restaurant for our next one!

Equal time! Guys of the ACS Community are invited to celebrate Oktoberfest at our first ever GUYS NIGHT OUT! Scheduled for Wed. Oct. 9th at 8:30 p.m., location TBD. Please let us know if you’d like to join in by contacting Felix Galindo at qnsny12@gmail.com. *As always, each person pays for what they order.

Events around Athens Alma Zois Greek Association for women with cancer is organizing the 5th Annual Greece Race for the Cure, which will take place on Sunday, September 29. The event includes a 5kilometer run and a 2-kilometer walk as well as public awareness campaigns in five cities across Greece. Greece Race for the Cure is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. at Zappeio, next to the National Gardens in central Athens., but please be there by 10:30 for our ACS Photo! Participants can take part individually or as part of a team.

Annual fundraising event Family Fun Day 2013 . Sun. 22 Sept. at Glyfada Golf from 12:00 till 17:00 Family Fun Day is a

Last year, we had more than 200 Team ACS participants (students,

joyful fundraising event for all the family, filled with games, fun

teachers, staff, parents and friends of ACS Athens) who ran/walked for

activities for adults and children. Our aim is to raise money with

this great cause and we received 1st place as the largest team! This year

your help for families that so importantly need it right now. Ac-

we hope for the same or better, so sign up now! Our Team Name is

tivities include: For Children: Minions from Despicable Me2,

ACS Athens and the Team Captain is Kotsiani Athanasia. We recom-

Melenia ClownBibo, and Greece’s favorite clown ΤΟΤΟ! Jump-

mended that you register online, making sure to "Register as a Team

ing castles from Arrow point, lots of fun activities such as face

Member." on the "Pre-Registration Form" or you may sign-up and hand

painting , balloon making and more. Educational activities:

in your 5 euro fee directly to Ms. Kotsiani (Gym) until September 25th.

Well known Chef Parthenis Vissiarion from SKAI Channel will

Dont forget… Go to www.almazois.gr to register (in Greek or English). Go to the Pre-Register page and fill in “Team Name” as “ACS Athens” and the “Team Captain Name” as “Kotsiani Athanasia”, or see Ms. Kotsiani in the ACS gym. Registration costs only 5 euros!

demonstrate cooking tips for children, Wine Tasting from Gerovasilieo winery for adults, yoga lessons from Tree of Life, dancing from Salsa Sinners, mini tennis and mini golf for the children by Glyfada Golf Academy! Music, Bazaars, Chinese raffle and many more surprises! Food stands will be open from

Join us in the fight against breast cancer! Each year, approx. 4.500 women in Greece will be diagnosed with breast cancer. However, breast cancer can be cured if diagnosed early!

FACT: About 1 in 8 U.S. women (just under 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Take a look around, in this PTO Meeting with an estimated 60 women in attendance; statistically 7 women will be affected. Spread AWARENESS!

13:00 – 15:00.

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

USA Girl Scouts Overseas Athens South Committee New School Year Registration Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013 Time: 10:30 – 12:300 Location: 3, 4, 5 Nursery School (Corner of Kekropos 42 & A. Papandreous Glyfada) Activities, learning and fun for girls ages 5 to 17 REGISTRATION WILL CONTINUE AGAIN ON October 6th For more information, call: 210 691-8489 or 697-700-1312 * USA Girl Scouts Overseas serves American girls living overseas and girls attending American or international schools. Meetings are conducted in English.

The lyrical essay has be- THE LYRICAL ESSAY: METHODS & INSPIRATIONS come the genre of currency th in multiple disciplines – Hellenic American Union/HAEC Library, Massalias 22, 10680, 4 Floor from news reportage to the personal essay.

Join The Department of English Language & Literature of Hellenic American College, in Amalia Melis, Maria cooperation with Hellenic American University (Manchester, New Hampshire, Kostaki, and Adrianne USA), is organizing an open discussion on September 26th, 2013 (18.00). This disKalfopoulou, three practi- cussion will focus on the lyrical essay. Entrance is free. tioners of the form for a discussion on the various AMALIA MELIS is the director of the Aegean Arts Circle, a creative writing workshop held annually on the island of methods and applications Andros. Amalia has had 25 years’ experience as “a freelance hard news/features writer.” See more information on of this versatile genre: Amalia at: www.aegeanartscircle.com/aboutAAC.htm what kinds of subjects inspire creative nonfiction? MARIA KOSTAKI is a graduate of New York University’s School of Magazine Journalism, and is a freelance writer, What is the market for the journalist, and copyeditor, whose work appears regularly in Odyssey Magazine. See more information on Maria lyrical essay, and essay at: www.mariakostaki.com writing in general? How do the tropes and methods ADRIANNE KALFOPOULOU is the coordinator of the BAELL (Bachelor of English Language and Literature) program of the essay inform other at Hellenic American University/HAEC. Her collection of nonfiction essays, RUIN, is forthcoming in 2014. See more information on Adrianne at: www.adriannekalfopoulou.com kinds of writing?

STOMP is a combination of percussion, rhythmic movement and visual comedy, a most imaginative invention in the field of musical arts. STOMP abolishes the separation of high and popular art, causes unforced laughter, and is terribly imaginative.

STOMP will perform at the BADMINTON THEATER Tues Sept. 24 - Sun Sept. 29 2013 Ticket sales: viva.gr / 11876 / abcd.gr / 210 8840600 / shops PUBLIC, FORTHNET, bookstores PAPASOTIRIOU

Check for after school activities for all ages on our ACS website, under the IIC Institute tab!

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Sign up to help ‘house’ the visiting athletes at the upcoming Cross Country Tournament!

Contact Valia at efstathiouv@acs.

Let SHARE help you and your business!

To help the ACS Athens Community to CONNECT with each other, we will send out a flyer of offers or recommendations each month!

Guidelines:

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The business or service must be owned, operated or recommended by a member of the ACS Athens Community.

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We can accommodate 10 offers/recommendations per month. If more than 10 are received, they will be held for the following month.

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A community member may not list the same offer/recommendation for two months in a row.

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Please send your electronic file (word document preferred) to: Jennifer Ananiadis at jananiadis@hotmail.com by the 2nd Thursday of the month (2 days after the Monthly General PTO Meeting is held). An email document containing the 10 offers/recommendations will be sent to the wider ACS Athens community in the following days.

USEFUL INFORMATION IN ENGLISH:

Entertainment:

Newspapers:

Movies:

Kathimerini English Version www.ekathirerini.com Hard copies can be found daily except Sunday, inside the International Herald Tribune www.iht.com

www.villagecinemas.gr

Magazines:

www.megaron.gr

Athens Insider (monthly) www.insidermagazine.gr

www.badmintontheater.gr

Athens in your Pocket (every 2 months) www.athens.inyourpocket.com

Travel:

Odyssey (every 2 months) www.odyssey.gr

www.greektravel.com www.gnto.gr (Greek Nat’l Tourism Org.)

E-Newsletters and journals:

Productions: www.ticketservices.gr

www.ticketnet.gr www.greeceathensaegeaninfo.com

www.e-athens.dailysecret.com

www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/greec e

www.greeceinprint.com

www.mjourney.com

www.athensguide.com

www.e-mykonos.gr

www.livinlovin.gr

www.ferries.gr

www.aroundgreece.com

Good, but in Greek at last viewing:

www.athens.angloinfo.com

www.bellaonline.com (food)

www.breathtakingathens.com

www.ancientgreece.com

www.greece.com

www.culture.gr/2/21/maps/hellas.html

www.escapeartist.com/greece/living_in_greece.h tm

www.countryreports.org/greece.htm

www.gogreece.com

www.plantatree.gr

Dir.forthnet.gr

www.wild-anima.gr

www.greecetravel.com Support groups:

www.athinorama.gr (what’s happening + restaurants)

Newcomers: www.newcomersinathens.blogspot.com

Greek-English dictionary: www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon

American Women’s Organization of Greece (AWOG): www.awog.gr

Weather:

Women’s International Club of Athens (WIC): www.wicathens.com

www.meteo.gr/cf.asp?city_id=155

Athens (WING) Women’s International Networking Group: www.athenswing.com

Athens International Radio (12 languages); FM 104.4 www.athina984.gr

www.Xpatathens.com

Friends of Canada: email: friendsofcanada.greece@gmail.com Internations: www.internations.org

www.cleanupgreece.org.gr

www.poseidon.hcmr.gr Radio Station: