Evangelos Mantoulidis CV

The late teacher and writer Evangelos Mantoulidis, who founded Mandoulides Schools – an institution internationally recognized for the excellence of the instruction it provides, as well as for its rigorous pedagogical, cultural and sports traditions – dedicated his entire life to education.

The son of Dimitrios and Paraskevi Mantoulidis, he was born on August 10, 1938 in the village of Alonia, Pieria in northern Greece, and completed his secondary education at the 5th High School of Thessaloniki. He then entered the Department of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he completed his degree in Classical Studies.

He taught in private education in the Thessaloniki area, at Delliou Private Schools and for several years at Anatolia College. During the same period, he established the Paideia and Theoritiko tutoring schools.

Inspired by the intellectuals and thinkers who were his professors at university, Mr. Mantoulidis formed a vision of creating a truly exceptional institution that would combine a modern Greek education with a European dimension and a global perspective. In 1978 he began to make that vision concrete, with the opening of the Mandoulides Kindergarten and Elementary School. In 1991 horizons broadened and the institution grew to incorporate the Junior-Senior High School. In 2002 the 2nd Kindergarten and Elementary School was opened, soon followed by the 2nd Junior-Senior High School. The Early Childhood Center has been in operation since 2007.

Simple and modest in his personal life, but tireless and demanding in the organization and administration of the Schools, as well as in the writing of important educational books, Evangelos Mantoulidis bestowed his vision of modern, anthropocentric learning of the highest quality on students, teachers and parents over the course of the approximately half century of his devotion to education.

Evangelos Mantoulidis passed away unexpectedly in April 2007. He left a rich bibliography and a great spiritual legacy.