Fitness 

Credit gained: 0.5 High School Credit

Prerequisites

11th or 12th grade students standing at ACS Athens with exceptional circumstances.

Course description

This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn fitness concepts and conditioning techniques used for obtaining optimal physical fitness through a virtual learning environment. Students will benefit from studying the basic fitness principles and components and by participating in comprehensive weight training and cardiorespiratory endurance activities. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of strength training, aerobic training, and overall fitness training and conditioning. Course includes both virtual instruction through Zoom sessions and asynchronous self-paced physical activity and exercise sessions. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, and movement activity for a lifetime.

Course Start/End Date:

  • Fall 2024 Session: October 14, 2024 - December 20, 2024 

  • Winter 2025 Session: February 3, 2025 - April 11, 2025

  • Summer 2025 Session: Summer 2024 Session: June 23 - July 11

Course Duration: 10 weeks

Fellow/Online Instructor: Dimitropoulos Angelos, Stachikas Christos

Cost: 450 Euros

Minimum Enrollment: 5 Students

If enrollment in a course fails to reach the minimum number of participants required for the class to run, the class will be cancelled and tuition will be reimbursed.

Fellow/Online Instructor(s)

Dimitropoulos, Angelos, Fellow

Mr. Dimitropoulos is a Physical Education Teacher and Department Chair for Physical Education. He earned his Bachelor Degree in Physical Education from the University of Physical Education and Sport Science in Athens (1996) and then received his Masters Degree through an International Olympic Committee's Program (MEMOS - Executive Masters in Sports Organisation Management), from University of Lyon, France (2001).

Mr. Dimitropoulos has worked as the Baseball Competition Manager for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and has also observed the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He has published a book on baseball (2001).

He authored a chapter in the 2016 publication "Revolutionizing K-12 Blended Learning through i2Flex Classroom Mode".

Mr. Dimitropoulos has been the Varsity Girls Basketball coach, Varsity Boys Volleyball coach and HS Track & Field coach since 2006.

He is a certified lifeguard and an emergency responder (CPR/First Aid for adult/child/infant).

Mr. Dimitropoulos was raised in Athens, Greece.

email: dimitropoulosa@acs.gr



Stachikas, Christos, Fellow

Christos Stachikas was raised in Athens, Greece, and Miami, FL, in the United States, where he graduated from high school.

Following his return to Athens in 2010, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Science and Physical Education from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a Specialty Diploma in Biology of Exercise. In May of 2020, he completed his postgraduate studies, earning a Master's Degree in "Applied and Molecular Physiology" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

In 2016 Mr. Stachikas served his military duty in the Greek Presidential Guard, the honorary unit of the Hellenic Armed Forces. He has also been working as a professional basketball coach for nine years, the past three coaching for the Panathinaikos BC Academy.

Mr. Stachikas is entering his sixth year in the ACS Academy, teaching Sport, Exercise and Health Science, and Health and Physical Education

email: stachikasc@acs.gr