Dear Archimedean Schools Students Parents Employees and Friends

I am happy to announce that our Archimedean Academy and our Archimedean Middle Conservatoryreceived from the US Department of Education the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award for the year 2011. Out of more than 4,000 elementary, middle, high schools, public and private in the State of Florida, ten received the award this year. Two out of these ten schools are ours. Both of our schools received the award in the High-Performance category. The Archimedean Academy was noted as High Performance with more than 40% educationally disadvantaged students and the Archimedean Middle Conservatory was the only middle school from the State of Florida that got the Blue Ribbon Award. This is a proud moment of this wonderful Archimedean Schools Project.

For this achievement, We, the Archimedean Schools Board Members, would like to congratulate our students for their brilliant performance, our Teachers for their unparalleled dedication and talent, our two Principals for their powerful leadership, and the Administration for their devotion to the Mission of the Schools. The Principals, Ms. Susan Simpson and Ms. Vasiliki Moysidis should be commended for their accomplishments as the educational leaders of these two exemplary institutions. Our Archimedean Upper Conservatory will be considered for this award after its fifth year in existence. Congratulations again to the whole Archimedean Community for this success.

Sincerely

Dr. George Kafkoulis

on behalf the Archimedean Board:

Alecos Haralambides,Dr. Christodoulos Christodoulou, Platon Alexandrakis, Frank Berrizbeitia, Dr. Dimitris Papamichail, Dr. Konstantinos Boukas

The ten Blue Ribbon Schools 2011 from the State of Florida are the following:http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/index.html

Florida Blue Ribbon Schools 2011

• Archimedean Academy 12425 Southwest 72nd Street Miami, FL 33183-2513 Phone: (305) 279-6572 Principal: Ms. Susan Simpson
• Archimedean Middle Conservatory School 12425 Southwest 72nd StreetMiami, FL 33183-2513 Phone: (305) 279-6572 Principal: Ms. Vasiliki Moysidis
• Christ the King Catholic School 3809 Morrison Avenue Tampa, FL 33629-4436 Phone: (813) 876-8770 Principal: Mr. Gerad Carrier
• Ethel Koger Beckham Elementary School 4702 Southwest 143 Court Miami, FL 33175-6893 Phone: (305) 222-8161 Principal: Mrs. Maria Tavel-Visiedo
• Oliver Hoover Elementary School 9050 Hammocks Boulevard Miami, FL 33196-1300 Phone: (305) 385-4382 Principal: Mr. Mercy Aguilar
• Queen of Peace Catholic Academy 10900 S.W. 24th Avenue Gainesville, FL 32607-1207 Phone: (352) 332-8808 Principal: Sister Nancy Elder
• Saint Martha Catholic School 4380 Fruitville Road Sarasota, FL 34232-1623 Phone: (941) 953-4181 Principal: Mrs. Siobhan Young
• St. Paul’s Catholic School 428 2nd Avenue North Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250-5597 Phone: (904) 249-5934 Principal: Mrs. Katherine Boice
• The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School | The Ben Lipson Hillel Community High School 19000 NE 25th Avenue North Miami Beach, FL 33180-3209 Phone: (305) 931-2831 Principal: Mr. Nick Hinrichsen
• Somerset Academy Davie 3788 Davie Road Davie, FL 33314-2417 Phone: (954) 584-5528 Principal: Mrs. Dina Miller