Campion School (Athens)


Campion School is an English-language private international school in Athens, Greece, which provides an adapted British educational curriculum to approximately 650 children of foreign residents, the Greek diaspora and local Greeks, from Nursery through to Year 13. The pupils come from more than 40 countries.
WWW campion.edu.gr

History

Campion School was founded in 1970 in Athens, Greece, by American banker and philhellene Thomas Shortell, his wife Betsy Shortell, and American businessman, and later diplomat, Burke O'Connor as an independent, non-profit Anglo-American school governed by a board of trustees.
The academic programme is based on the National Curriculum adapted to Greek culture and society. It facilitates the examinations of its students in the IGCSE, IB and checkpoint examinations.

Details

The School is located in purpose-built premises in the suburb of Pallini, east of Athens city center.
Campion is an accredited member of COBIS. and ECIS.

Pupils

Each student is organised into one of the houses, which are named after legendary Greek heroes Alexander, Pericles, Theseus and Heracles. Merits and house points are given to students when exceptional effort is made. Pupils are required to wear a uniform up to and including Year 11; students in Years 12 and 13 must adhere to a dress code.
The pupils are divided into Nursery, Reception, Junior and Senior divisions which, while previously housed at different locations, are now combined on the same premises but in separate buildings.

School activities and curriculum

Campion School holds its MUN, the CSMUN, annually in October.
Campion school holds performances such as the Christmas concert, Junior and Senior summer concerts, the staff concert, musicals, and talks during assemblies from professionals outside the school.

Former headmasters

Notable alumni