The secondary school consists of two gymnasiums (grades 7-9), two lyceums (grades 10-12), and a two-year International Baccalaureate Program (grades 11-12), all housed on the same campus. In 2009-2010, the total combined enrolment is 1,296 students, taught by a faculty of approximately three hundred teachers. Each gymnasium and lyceum has its own Dean and Deputy Dean, and the I.B. program its own Director. The school as a whole is overseen by the Vice President for Secondary Education.

Most students live in Thessaloniki with their families. However, for students from outside of Thessaloniki, the majority of whom are holders of full scholarships, the school also maintains a Boarding Department, which is currently home to 65 students from all over Greece and several foreign countries.

As a secondary school primarily for Greek students, Anatolia follows the curriculum set by the Greek Ministry of Education (except in the I.B. program, which has its own curriculum), while at the same time offering features which go beyond those required by the state. The secondary school grants the Greek high school diploma, and to I.B. students, the I.B. Certificate. With the exception of courses in English, Art and Computers, the gymnasium and lyceum curriculum is taught in Greek. All I.B. courses are taught in English.  

Gymnasium students with art awards
and instructor Christine Douris

Despite considerable pressures -- to conform to a government-mandated curriculum and to compete for students' time with the ubiquitous cram schools (frontistiria), themselves a response to the pressure students face in preparing for Greek universities -- Anatolia continues to make a strong case for the benefits of being different. The areas in which differences from other Greek schools appear most strongly are the calibre of its faculty and the quality of instruction in all courses; the school's ambitious English program, which goes far beyond state requirements to compare with the work done in the best American secondary schools; its rich, faculty-led extra-curricular offerings, especially in the fine and performing arts, publications, and public speaking; its modern, American-style library of more than 30,000 volumes; its advanced science and computer laboratories; its excellent physical education facilities; and its campus of unusual beauty.

These are the features that make Anatolia College distinctive and provide students with a quality of education available at few other schools in Greece, and these are the features which make Anatolia a productive model for Greek education as a whole.