Nicholas Konstantine Tsivourakis

Dear Nicholas Tsivourakis, You wouldn´t remember me but we went to high school together. I was older than you but I knew who you were because you had a funny name and I saw you being kind to someone once. I thought it was cool. I can´t remember the last time I ever saw you but it must´ve been sometime around the late 20th century - when we were both young. Yet I remember you still. Like all of us...you had an entire lifetime laid out before you. I wonder if God let me travel to heaven...

My love and prayers to your family for this loss of a wonderful young man.

Mr. T was the first teacher we met at Altamont who made us walk away knowing that our son, James, needed to be there. Since he was 2 years old, we had our eyes set on Altamont not only for what it offered educationally, but mostly because the values strongly aligned with our own, and we wanted our child(ren) in that type of learning environment. However, we also knew that it was a major stretch for us financially-so it seemed like a dream we might never be able to achieve. When we met Mr. T...

He made a tremendous impression on his friends and students and especially on my daughter, Joanna Wyche Laney. She is grieving hard.

Nicholas Tsivourakis, or as I and all of his other students knew him, Mr. T, is responsible for spurring my love of English. Throughout my 8 years at The Altamont School, it was always nice to get to see him, especially after he was no longer my teacher. I really reconnected with him during my Junior and Senior years, where he was always asking about my upcoming college life, and where we discussed many a films, as both he and I love films. Mr. T will be, and is already missed by many. And...

He was without a doubt my daughter Abbey Silmon´s favorite teacher! She absolutely loved Mr T! He was the teacher that made her smile every day and gave her the confidence to be her best self! He was always kind, friendly and welcoming to everyone! Thank you sir! We´re going to truly miss you! To his family, our prayers are with you. We pray that the Peace of God be with you in the days, weeks and years to come! Rest in Eternal Glory Niko! The Silmon Family

I grieve the loss of Niko. We were friends, colleagues, and then I was blessed to have him teach my own children at Altamont. You are in my prayers during these impossible times.