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It is with great pride that we announce the ACS Athens 2027 Global Alumni Achievement Awards, celebrating graduates whose leadership, accomplishments, and service reflect the very best of an ACS Athens education.
This year’s awards come at an especially proud moment in our school’s history. ACS Athens was recognized as an Exemplar School by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, affirming the strength of our educational philosophy and our commitment to excellence, innovation, and continuous growth. Our students also achieved outstanding International Baccalaureate results, placing ACS Athens first in Greece, third in Europe, and 33rd in the world, and leading students to enter top universities worldwide.
These achievements are more than distinctions; they reflect who we are and what we believe is possible when a community is united by purpose, high expectations, and a commitment to excellence.
Perhaps the greatest testament to the impact of an ACS Athens education, however, is our alumni.
Across generations, countries, professions, and fields of endeavor, ACS Athens alumni continue to distinguish themselves as leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, professionals, and humanitarians. Through their knowledge, character, resilience, and leadership, they make a meaningful difference in the communities they serve, embodying the spirit of Conscious Global Citizenship; transforming knowledge into action, leadership into service, and personal achievement into opportunities to improve life and living.
The ACS Athens Global Alumni Achievement Awards provide an opportunity to honor this remarkable legacy and recognize alumni whose leadership, service, character, and accomplishments have made a meaningful and lasting impact.
This year ACS Athens will be presenting two awards:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizing an alumnus over the age of 50 whose accomplishments in the public, private, or nonprofit sector have made an outstanding contribution to their profession and community, and whose professional and ethical leadership serves as an example to others.
Upcoming Young Leadership Award
Recognizing an alumnus aged 50 or under who has demonstrated significant leadership, achievement, and promise in their field and who inspires others through professional accomplishment and/or community, public, or humanitarian service.
I warmly encourage all members of our ACS Athens community, alumni and non-alumni alike, to participate by nominating an alumnus whose life and work reflect the values we hold dear.
We look forward to receiving your nominations by Friday, November 13, 2026, and to honoring the remarkable accomplishments of our alumni at the 2027 ACS Athens Gala, February 19, 2027, in Athens.
Their achievements make us proud. Their impact carries the ACS Athens legacy forward.
1) Upcoming Young Leadership Award
This award recognizes a young ACS Athens alumnus (aged 50 or under) who demonstrates promise in his/her field by providing inspiration and leadership to students and other young alumni. The recipient has shown significant leadership either in their professional career and/or community, public or humanitarian service.
2) Lifetime Achievement Award or “Award of Distinction”
This honor is awarded to an ACS Athens alumnus (over 50) whose accomplishments in the public, private, or nonprofit sector have made an outstanding contribution to the community and serve as an example both professionally and ethically.
Purpose:
The purpose of these awards is to:
● recognize these significant professional and community contributions that ACS Athens alumni are making globally;
● showcase and honor our alumni who have demonstrated outstanding achievements;
● profile ACS Athens by recognizing the accomplishments of its alumni;
● connect alumni, ACS Athens, and the wider community;
● reach out to and strengthen alumni pride and bond with ACS Athens.
Eligibility
● Only ACS Athens alumni are eligible to be nominated.
● The ACS Athens community is welcome to nominate an alumnus
● The recipient must be present to receive the award unless there are exceptional circumstances.
● ACS Athens alumni are individuals who attended the institution for at least one year.
● Posthumous nominations will not be considered.
Selection Criteria
The ACS Athens Global Achievement Awards recognize ACS Athens Alumni associated with ACS Athens (The American Community Schools of Athens) for their achievements and contributions to the social, cultural, and economic well-being of society through a show of excellence, leadership, innovation, and ethics.
These qualities will be measured by:
● Prominence, documented recognition, and impact on a large number of individuals and institutions both in social and environmental dimensions of sustainability in their field
● Consistent record of excellence and achievement
● Display of innovative and effective approaches to challenges
● Show of character through an ongoing and positive effect on their field and/or other people
● Ethos
Process
● An ACS Athens Global Awards Selection Committee will consist of two Board of Trustees members (one alumnus), two ACS Athens Alumni (one of which will be from the ACS Athens Advisory), and two members of the ACS Athens leadership team. The Ex-Officio will be the President of ACS Athens.
● The Awards Selection Committee will be responsible for final selection approval.
● The awards ceremony and dinner will take place every other year in a US city chosen by the Committee or in Athens, Greece.
● The nomination form will be uploaded on acsathensglobal.org
● Nominations will be received through the site through November 13, 2026
● Nominations may be submitted by a nominator for more than one nominee in a particular year.
● Nominations that are unsuccessful will be made known to the nominators by email; nominations may not be made for oneself.
● An award inscribed with their name, distinction, and event details will be presented to the chosen alumni.
● The ACS Athens Global Awards of Distinction Inaugural event will take place on February 19, 2027 in Athens.
Timeline:
Nomination Deadline – November 13, 2026
Judging / Evaluation period – the week of November 16th
Nominators Notified Finalists Announced - the week of November 23rd or earlier
Winners Notified and Announced – immediately thereafter
Awards Ceremony – February 19, 2027
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Belina Korovessis at korovessisb@acs.gr or Ms. Helen Maravegias at maravegiash@acs.gr.
