{"id":22052,"date":"2024-01-17T11:17:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T09:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandoulides2.edu.gr\/about-us-2\/meet-the-headmaster\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T09:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:17:21","slug":"meet-the-headmaster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/about-us\/meet-the-headmaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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After 25 years I’m still not certain that the phrase “every obstacle is a blessing in disguise” would apply in my case. This is because, when I left a private school where I had worked for 12 years, I could not have imagined that I would become involved in creating a school, with everything that entails.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the Schools have, in fact, succeeded in becoming a modern and dynamic educational community of culture and sports, recognized throughout Greece today.<\/p>\n

It seems as though their reputation has rather surpassed Greek and European borders, as our students are currently studying on scholarship in the best universities of the United States: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Duke, Dartmouth, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, and Great Britain: Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, etc., while others have taken part in International Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Olympiads, in which they have won distinctions worldwide.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the fact that our students have consistently ranked first in the Greek universities\u2019 entrance examinations; and in local and national student contests such as the Panhellenic Forensics Association Tournament (English language dramatic and rhetorical speech national competition), as well as Hellenic Mathematical Society, Chemistry, Computer Science, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek Rhetorical Speech, Orchestra, Theater, etc., competitions, proves the Schools\u2019 worth in the minds of great thinkers of our nation. Perhaps the above has been complemented with sports distinctions where, so far, the Schools have conquered a world and two national high school basketball championships.<\/p>\n

I wonder, is it worth sacrificing one\u2019s own life and that of one\u2019s family, to provide such a level of studies to young minds? As you can see, providing a yes or no answer is somewhat difficult. Yes, it is definitely worth fighting for youngsters\u2019 education when one:<\/p>\n

Does something that is fulfilling;
Believes that, along with instructing, one is shaping character and instilling Greek Orthodox ideals in young minds;
Combines tradition and progress, two very significant factors for the continued existence of any people;
Is able, in the best possible way, to achieve infusing the meaning of the phrase “a healthy mind in a healthy body” into students\u2019 consciousness.
And all this, I for one will not have succeeded in, had I not been surrounded by wonderful teaching, technical, and administrative staff, as well as by my family who, selflessly and for many years, stood beside me and helped me with their insight and innovative ideas, which are invaluable for the achievement of a school\u2019s lofty goals. These are the qualities that are essential to us in realizing the demanding goals of our institution, in order to continue living up to the outstanding reputation and high regard we have earned here at Mandoulides Schools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Evangelos Mantoulidis
Founder of Mandoulides Schools
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Students, friends, partners and distinguished academics reminisce the life and work of Evangelos Mantoulidis, founder of the Schools.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The late teacher and writer Evangelos Mantoulidis, who founded Mandoulides Schools \u2013 an institution internationally recognized for the excellence of the instruction it provides, as well as for its rigorous pedagogical, cultural and sports traditions \u2013 dedicated his entire life to education.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Evangelos Mantoulidis passed away unexpectedly in April 2007.<\/p>\n

He left a rich bibliography and a great spiritual legacy.<\/p>\n

Bibliography:
[1] Etymological Dictionary of Ancient Greek (Theory - Dictionary)
[2] Standard Dictionary of Irregular Verbs with Full Grammar Rules
[3] Ancient Greek Literature
[4] Thematic Exercises in Latin
[5] Grammar Notes on Latin
[6] Elementary Latin Syntax and Latin Topics from De Bello Gallico - De Bello Civilis of G. - I. Caesaris
[7] G. - I. Caesaris, De Bello Gallico, Words per Paragraph
[8] Latin Syntax and 92 Topics (2 volumes), in collaboration with \u0391. Karipidis
[9] The Life of Cornelius Nepos: Text, Translation, Words, Grammar and Syntax Comments, in collaboration with E. Mesdanitis and Ch. Mouratidis
[10] [10] Latin Topics, Issue \u0391, in collaboration with S. Karagiannis and A. Kremetis
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