The Varvakeyos Model School, a continuation of the historical Varvakeyos School, which was rebuilt at the bequest of the national benefactor Ioannis Varvakis, turns 162 this year.

The Alumni Association, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, has seen fit to produce a documentary film documenting the timeless presence of Varvakeyos in various moments of Greek society, his presence so far and the certainty that it will continue to be so in the future. “Thus, it appears that the institution of public standard schools, of which Varvakeyo is the flagship, is extremely useful, and the state should continue to support it,” the association said in a statement.

With the support of the Municipality of Athens, as well as many sponsors, the alumni commissioned the production of the documentary to Time Machine, “an organization with great experience in this field, as everyone knows from the screenings that were made in Greek. the television”. The documentary will be screened on Sunday, January 22 at 18:30 at the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens (Miltiadis Evert Amphitheatre).

Students from all walks of life have always attended this Exemplary Public School, making it possible to admit children with skills, regardless of their families’ incomes, after rigorous examinations. During this time, Varvakeio has supplied with its graduates all the scientific, social and professional fields in Greece and abroad. Names such as Alexandros Papadiamantis, Agios Nektarios, Georgios Drosinis, Dimitris Aeginitis, Antonis Samarakis, Nikolaos Plastiras, Alexandros Papagos, Dimitris Mitropoulos, Konstantinos Doxiadis, Kostas Axelos, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Iagos Pesmazoglu, Vlasis Kaniaris, Aris Konstantinides, George Averangelos. Papastephanos, Thanos Dimopoulos, Christos Papadimitriou, Elisa Konofagou, Pavlos Eleftheriades, Konstantinos Daskalakis and Titos Patrikios were, among others, alumni of the renowned school. This particular public model school continues to play its useful role in Greek society today, as many of its graduates continue to excel in all fields, in Greece and abroad.