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Spring 2011 ● Volume 5 ● Issue 2
Alumni Affairs
 
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Staff Development
 
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Community Connections
 
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Smiles around Campus
Composing Innovation:It's May 8th, 1948President Truman is on TrialComposing Innovation:It's May 8th, 1948President Truman is on Trial
 
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Our Mission
 ACS Athens is a student-centeredinternational school, embracing Americaneducational philosophy, principles and values.Through excellence in teachingand diverse educational experiences, ACS Athenschallenges all students to realize their uniquepotential: academically, intellectually,socially and ethically – to thrive as responsibleglobal citizens.
Publisher: ACS Athens. Editor-in-Chief: Desiree Michael. Production team: John Papadakis, Marianna Savvas, Stacy Filippou.Contributors: ACS Athens Faculty, Staff, Students, Parents and Alumni. Art Direction, Design & Printing: Multimedia SA.Cover Design & Concept: Dot Repro SA.All rights reserved. No part of this magazine (text or images) may be reproduced without the consent of the publisher.
On the Cover: Appointed Prosecutor (left): Andriana SkalkosGrade: 10“The best thing about this [The Mock Truman Trial] experience is that it made the material we had been studying come alive; it took a form which was tangible and Iwill remember it and how it stands out amongst other learning experiences. “ --SkalkosAppointed Defense Attorney (right): Raseel Sharaf Grade: 10“The most rewarding thing about this experience is that, for an entire day, you're a completely different person. You're a different character, you're not you. Suddenly,you realize that you're actually a lawyer and you're actually arguing a real case against your friends, but they're different characters as well. So, it's impersonal becauseeveryone is playing their own character and so are you.It is a great experience because it gives you a sense of what it feels like to be a lawyer. The best thing is that you learn all about a significantly momentous event in his- tory without realizing how much you have learned until the event is over. It's great fun. It’s engaging and impersonal. Like the learning, you don’t realize how great theexperience is until you look back at it when it's over and realize you kind of want to do it again.” -- Sharaf 
Photo by 10th grade student Margi Rentis
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