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Fostering Growth Through Academics
Archmere’s faith-based liberal arts program of studies challenges all students at College Preparatory, Honors, and Advanced Placement levels to advance their critical thinking, sharpen their academic skills, take ownership of their learning potential, and advocate for their own educational goals so that they can explore and discover new opportunities, experience success, and empower themselves and each other to reach new levels of personal and academic distinction.
Archmere takes particular pride in recognizing and serving various achievement levels among its students, all of whom seek the rigorous mix of challenge and success that suits their strengths across different disciplines. Success in Archmere’s demanding College Prep classes might lead students to advance to its Honors-level courses and later to AP-level classes. It is this flexibility that sets students up for success at Archmere and beyond.
Archmere takes particular pride in recognizing and serving various achievement levels among its students, all of whom seek the rigorous mix of challenge and success that suits their strengths across different disciplines. Success in Archmere’s demanding College Prep classes might lead students to advance to its Honors-level courses and later to AP-level classes. It is this flexibility that sets students up for success at Archmere and beyond.
Committed, Caring, Passionate Teachers
Archmere’s greatest asset is its faculty, an experienced, informed, compassionate group of women and men dedicated to their students’ academic growth, excellence, and integrity. Teachers across all disciplines build challenging curricula designed to expand critical thinking skills, stimulate intellectual curiosity, achieve content mastery, and establish academic discipline.
With an average class size of 15, teachers can engage students personally, guiding them to become organized, self-motivated, and ultimately, independent learners. Ready to support their students after class ends, faculty are accessible throughout the school day, before school, during unscheduled periods, and after school until 4:00 p.m.
Archmere faculty members are also actively engaged in students’ extracurricular lives: as academic advisers, mentors, club and organization moderators, and athletic coaches, they help students to live out Archmere’s mission and values—community, respect, zeal, reverence, and wisdom—beyond the classroom walls.
With an average class size of 15, teachers can engage students personally, guiding them to become organized, self-motivated, and ultimately, independent learners. Ready to support their students after class ends, faculty are accessible throughout the school day, before school, during unscheduled periods, and after school until 4:00 p.m.
Archmere faculty members are also actively engaged in students’ extracurricular lives: as academic advisers, mentors, club and organization moderators, and athletic coaches, they help students to live out Archmere’s mission and values—community, respect, zeal, reverence, and wisdom—beyond the classroom walls.
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Classroom News
List of 3 news stories.
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December 2025
Model UN Attends DELMUNRead More
Six students attended the 39th annual DELMUN conference on Saturday, December 6th. Senior leader Dani Keenan ‘26 won best delegate in the DISEC, representing Chile. Lucas Xun and Lynn Zhuang both earned Honorable Mention. -
November 2025
Read MoreNewly Formed Pickleball Club Hosts First Tournament for Charity
The newly formed Pickleball Club came to play and give back! Their first tournament was a smashing success for a great cause. Earlier this month, 28 doubles teams comprised of teachers, alums, current students, current parents and friends, came out to compete and have fun, raising $600 for the charity Sam's KIDS (play for Sam), a non-profit that helps provide necessities for at-risk youth.
The Pickleball Club is led by students Marlise Harris, Josie Fiss, Sophie Wang, and Alaina Thomas. -
October 2025
Science of Everything Visits Episcopal Academy for Learning FocusRead More
On October 16, the Science of Everything class visited the Center for Teaching & Learning at Episcopal Academy as part of The Science of Learning focus. The CTL supports the work of teachers and students to put evidence-informed insights into practice and test the efficacy of interventions in the classroom designed to improve student outcomes. CTL leaders Justin Cerenzia and Allison Schultz led the class through a Science of Learning Jeopardy game, giving an overview of CTL projects, and brought in Andrew Shimrock, a Spanish teacher, to discuss his ongoing research in his current classroom.
I took advantage of the many AP courses offered at Archmere. As a result of a rigorous schedule, I entered college as a sophomore. I found the classwork at one of the top 10 schools in the nation to be 'less' demanding than my courses at Archmere, and I was tremendously well-prepared for my future academic career. I cannot possibly imagine any other school delivering an even remotely comparable experience.
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Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
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