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GivingTuesday is a global day of generosity celebrated the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. This idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. This year Giving Tuesday will take place on December 3, 2024.
GivingTuesday unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. It is a movement fueled by the power of social media and collaboration, that inspires millions of people across the world to make a difference.
GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to stand together in unity—to use their individual power of generosity to remain connected and heal.
GivingTuesday strives to build a world in which the catalytic power of generosity is at the heart of the society we build together, unlocking dignity, opportunity, and equity around the globe.
People can show their generosity in a variety of ways during GivingTuesday—whether it’s helping a neighbor, advocating for an issue, sharing a skill, or giving to causes, every act of generosity counts.
In 2020, Anatolia College decided, for the first time, to become part of the GivingTuesday global movement amidst difficult and unprecedented times.
In times of crisis, it is often the power of grassroots generosity that unites and heals communities. In fact, research has shown that people give together on GivingTuesday because they want to be part of a bigger group of people doing good.
The power of collective generosity fueled by more than 800 donations made by members of the Anatolia Community is what brought us together in achieving our goal. As a result, we came together and thanks to our Trustees’ generous contribution and to the donations made by our staff and faculty members, our alums, parents, students, and friends of Anatolia College, we were able to offer a six-year High School scholarship to a worthy student with limited financial means.
In 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 we set the same goal, and each year we achieved it! As of September 2024, we have the pleasure to have 4 #AnatoliaGivingTuesday scholarship students attending Anatolia High School!
We are now launching our 5th #AnatoliaGivingTuesday campaign.
2024 represents a milestone year for Anatolia College, as it marks 100 years of Anatolia College's presence in Thessaloniki.
With this year’s #AnatoliaGivingTuesday2024 Campaign we want to honor all the people of the Anatolia College community who came before us dedicating their lives to making a difference by helping others.
The first Anatolia graduating class of students in Merzifon adopted the motto “Dare to do right”, a guiding motto of Anatolia that speaks to the will and the courage to make a difference. Almost 138 years later, we honor their legacy, and we continue to “dare to do right.”
Our goal this year is more important than ever. As we aim to reach at least 500 donations up to December 3, 2024 we have the opportunity to honor Anatolia’s history and its commitment to social responsibility
Don’t forget that for every 100 donations reached, we unlock $5,000, generously donated by our Trustees.
So, let’s do this once again! Let’s reach our target, unlock the full amount of $25,000 and be able a new six-year High School scholarship to a worthy student starting September 2025.
Don’t forget that even the smallest donation matters! Help us reach our goal by making a donation.
All funds collected from #AnatoliaGivingTuesday2024 campaign will go towards one six-year Anatolia High School scholarship .
By giving to Anatolia College on or up to December 3, 2024 you provide a student with the opportunity to achieve his/her dreams through high quality education.
Anatolia’s community has always relied on solidarity. When times get tough, we will always have each other. Together we can, once again, make a difference!
You can help by:
1. Making a donation on or up to December 3, 2024. Even the smallest donation matters, as it will help us reach our target of 500 donations in one day. Let’s make December 3rd, yet another historical day for Anatolia College and its students!
2. Spreading the word! Sharing our posts or creating your own posts that will encourage other people to give will greatly help us reach our goal.
- You may use any or all of the following hashtags
#anatoliacollege #GivingTuesdayGreece #TogetherWeGive #socialimpact #socialgood #4charity #givingback #AnatoliaGivingTuesday2024 #givingtuesday #anatolia100
- Don’t forget to mention the date: December 3, 2024
- If you can, please include our giving site:
https://anatolia.edu.gr/en/giving/online-giving
Our goal is to reach at least 500 donations by December 3, 2024!
Don’t forget: For every 100 donations reached, we unlock $5,000, generously donated by our Trustees.
Let’s do this!
Let’s reach our goal for the 5th time and provide a worthy student with the life changing educational opportunity of studying at Anatolia College!
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The Anatolia College Alumni Relations Office is looking for class ambassadors from every graduating year. Would you like to be one of them?
Class ambassadors are the link between alumni and the School, between philanthropy and possibility, between memories and actions. Join us in building a strong Anatolia College alumni community!
Please keep in mind that a class ambassador’s term is two years.
REGISTER AS A CLASS AMBASSADOR
Want to know more? Contact us at:
Anatolia College Alumni Relations Office
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Tel: +30 2310 398 260, +30 2310 398 327
Anatolia College Development Office
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Tel: +30 2310 398 349
Born in the throes of Greece’s worst financial crisis, a bold idea was cast to build a new, stand-alone building on the campus of Anatolia College dedicated to the learning of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Anatolia is a central force of educational innovation in Greece, and as such, embraced the challenge to adapt its educational approach to meet the ever-changing needs of the 21st Century. The skills required to succeed today call for an investment in scientific teaching. Teaching the process of science means going beyond the content to help students understand how we know what we know and giving them the tools they need to think scientifically. Thus, the dream to build a dedicated living laboratory steeped in the latest building technologies and sustainability became a reality.
We were careful to bring on board a team of celebrated and experienced architects, Schema 4, who designed a building that is, on its own, an educational tool, prompting students to learn about and explore sustainable design and think of architecture as yet another means to support the environment.
After securing two major gifts from USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Papageorgiou Foundation, we were even more confident to reach out to you – the people who have always shared in our vision and believed in our mission for providing quality education – and ask you to become part of this amazing journey.
Despite the unique circumstances caused by the pandemic, the Center was completed on schedule and opened its doors on September 14, 2020, ready for the Greek schools’ official opening for the new academic year. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we are unable to welcome you to the new building however, we can share with you the students’ excitement when they first entered the new building and give you a virtual tour here.
The sciences have never been taught and learned with more eagerness and enthusiasm than in the sunlit building of the Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center. In its three labs, as well as in the multi-purpose room, experiential learning is facilitated and creative thinking as well as problem solving are encouraged.
The Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center stands as a testament to the power of the common good and the unlimited possibilities of a shared dream. Anatolia College, as it has done many times in its past, united its community under a dream for a better tomorrow.
The Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center represents a significant addition to our campus as a modern and environmentally friendly building dedicated to the learning of science. Located on the Gymnasium side of campus, the new Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center represents the type of necessary infrastructure improvements required by Anatolia to support its new learning paradigm.
The Center exemplifies the sensitivity to environmental impact and energy efficiencies achieved by the use of modern architectural planning with the incorporation of bioclimatic designs, renewable energies and the focus on zero emissions. This process of sustainability becomes a visible learning tool for teachers and students with the installation of a digital information system that measures real-time energy production and consumption.
The attention to the environment and sustainable energy coupled with our focus on experiential learning, talent development, social responsibility and excellence represent the key components of Anatolia’s educational model. The Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center facilitates the employment of modern educational methods that create a holistic synthesis between pedagogy and environment. The purpose of the STEM program at Anatolia College is to develop student skills and competences as a driver of innovation and the cultivation of creativity and critical thinking.
Due to the pandemic, the new building currently hosts laboratories for Gymnasium students, housing the engineering and robotics programs. Our plan, however, is for the Center’s facilities to be used by all of Anatolia’s students, as well as service the needs of our Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Greece program. Anatolia will also benefit by vastly expanding its already flourishing STEM programs and support the collaboration with external organizations introducing yearlong programs to students of the wider community. Furthermore, Anatolia will further expand its positive impact and reach to the students of the greater community with the intent to expose them to new technologies and build an appreciation for the benefits of environmentally friendly architecture and energy sustainability through conversation.
Anatolia College has its own part of history, spanning more than 90 years in Thessaloniki’s suburban area. The Gardens of Anatolia College are a pleasant and valuable space-time capsule of landscape architecture thanks to the insight of the people in charge and their continuous rational management from the period of their creation, in the early 1930s.
Anatolia College’s distinct character consists not only of its buildings, but also of its intangible heritage. Both its architecture and its landscape design are a living heritage and an undeniably important part of the city's history.
Upon recording and evaluating the environmental and anthropogenic factors that affect the structure and operation of the space created by the construction of the Anna Papageorgiou STEM Center, the team of landscape architects proceeded to the design of its gardens. Taking into account the existing plantings of the wider campus, as well as its value as an ecological habitat, they made sure to incorporate the design smoothly. The STEM gardens’ philosophy is based on the treatment of rainwater as a source of life and not as waste, as well as on the reduction of the effects of urbanization on the natural water cycle.
The landscape design was guided by the deconstruction of austerity and regularity. Following a purity in shapes, it creates a free central area of natural recreation. The removal of regularity led to the addition of elements in the shape of an “incomplete eclipse” that function both as seating benches, as well as support systems. These elements are vital to the management of rainwater. The newly created "rain gardens" are specially designed, small soil cavities, which have planting and a suitable soil substrate, so that the process of bio-retention takes place in them.
Planting of the gardens was inspired by Anatolia’s existing gardens and includes 28 different plants, as well as two trees of special ornamental value. The plants share a Mediterranean character, aroma in foliage and flower, require minimum irrigation and fertilization and are ideal for educational purposes.
Finally, it is worth noting that both the east and west rain garden of the new building play both a functional, but also educational role, while the four seating areas will serve the visitors of the building. The overall intervention of landscape architecture is consistent both with the simplicity, but also with the innovation of the architectural solution of the building itself, as well as with its ecological identity.