News

2025

  • February

    Andres Ramos '26

    February 2025

    Harmony for Peace Foundation Awards

    The Harmony for Peace Foundation recently recognized several of our HRAI student musicians.The Foundation celebrates the power of the arts and music for a more peaceful world, and students compete to become ambassadors for peace through music.

    Third Prize awards went to: Andres Ramos '26, strings and Valentina Ramos '26, piano. Honorable Mention was awarded to Arlene Chiu '25. The students study under Mrs. Mary Ellen Schauber, Director of the Helena Raskob Arts Institute.
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  • Archmere Students Win Thirty-Six Scholastic Writing Awards

    In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere students earned thirty-six awards across several different categories, including: Personal Essay and Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Writing Portfolio, Flash Fiction, Humor, and the Critical Essay. Submitted work was reviewed and recognized by a panel of creative professionals, and awarded for its outstanding merit in originality, skill, and the emergence of your personal voice and vision.
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  • Kellyn Williams Receives Widener University High School Leadership Award

    Widener University, in partnership with NBC10 and Telemundo62, recently announced Archmere junior Kellyn Williams as one of the recipients of the 13th annual Widener University High School Leadership Awards. For the past 14 years, Widener University has partnered with high school administrators in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware to acknowledge and honor the region’s best and brightest future leaders who take it upon themselves to make a significant difference in their schools and communities. As a selected student, Kellyn will be honored and recognized during a special celebration held at the National Constitution Center.
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  • Model UN Students Fare Well at Ivy League Conference

    Last weekend, 13 members of our Model UN club attended the 2025 Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (ILMUNC), hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Students gathered with over 2,000 other delegates from across the United States and other parts of the world to address global issues, both past and present. Our delegates wrote directives, forged alliances, and collaborated and compromised with students from over 100 participating schools.
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  • Ms. Anne Wisgo Receives 2025 Carl S. Campion Service Award

    During each Catholic Schools Week since 2017, Archmere Academy presents the Carl S. Campion Service Award to a member of the Archmere community in recognition of their dedicated service with consistent, selfless giving for the school community, and a commitment to the many facets of Archmere life. Character, dedication, integrity, and humility have defined the lifelong service of Mr. Campion and this year's recipient, Ms. Anne Wisgo, has similarly left her indelible mark on the Archmere community.
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  • Wrestling Team Captures 6 Medals at Quaker Round Robin

    On Saturday, February 1st the Archmere wrestling team competed against 11 other teams at the Quaker Round Robin. The all day competition was held at the Wilmington Friends School.
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  • January

    Grace Yang '25 Recognized as American Visions Nominee

    The American Voices Award for writing and the American Visions Award for art are prestigious honors that represent the different geographic regions of the Scholastic Awards. Senior Grace Yang’s drawing and illustration, Elevator Space, was selected as one of the Delaware Regional Scholastic Art Awards' American Vision Nominees. Grace is an AP 2D Design student of Archmere Art Teacher, Ms. Rachel Briggs.
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  • Writing Students Compete in "Fright Club" Contest

    During October’s spooky season, several Archmere students competed to give readers the biggest “fright” by composing a 100-word or less mini saga. Participants were challenged to write a mini saga featuring a scary story with a thrilling twist or a funny tale of things going bump in the night. Students could opt to submit their sagas to a national level competition via the Young Writers 2024 “Fright Club” contest. 
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  • Medical Illustrator Wai-Man Chan Speaks to Art Students

    On January 28th our National Art Honor Society hosted Medical Illustrator Wai-Man Chan as part of the Winter Lecture Series. A creative director at Real Chemistry, Ms. Chan leads the development of scientific visualizations for a variety of pharmaceutical clients - most recently Bristol Myer's Squibb pipeline of blockbuster oncology drugs. Ms. Chan spoke to the students about her path to her career as a Medical Illustrator, in addition to showing them a variety of projects and campaigns that she has worked on.
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  • British Literature Class: Faith Connection

    January 2025

    British Literature Class: Faith Connection

    This month, juniors wrote meditations based on their reading of "Meditation 17" by John Donne in Mrs. Valerie Wright's Wit and Persuasion unit. The class is learning about rhetorical devices through the study of literature in order to explore the varying reasons to write persuasive pieces.

    Students gathered in the Oratory to transform their state of mind as they wrote, connecting them spiritually to their assignment and centering them in their faith/beliefs as well as the charisms of Archmere.
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  • Bridget Malloy '26 Scores 31 Points in Win over MOT Charter

    On January 23rd in the Moglia Fieldhouse, Archmere junior Bridget Malloy scored 31 points in three quarters of action in a 65-38 girls basketball win over MOT Charter. Bridget is only the second person to score over 30 points in the last 15 years at Archmere. This was the Auks’ second consecutive win. 
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  • Archmere Art Students Recognized With 186 Scholastic Art Awards!

    Sixty-one Archmere Academy Art Students Recognized with 186 Awards in 2025 Scholastic Art Competition, winning the most awards of any school in the State of Delaware for 5th Consecutive Year!
     
    To view a slideshow of the award-winning student art and design, please click here.
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  • Another Weekend of Rewriting the Archmere Record Books!

    On January 11, 2025 the Archmere indoor track and field team participated in the High School Invitational at Tower Hill with 16 other teams. The team boasted another successful weekend with several new Archmere All-Time top performances.
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  • Varsity Basketball Remains Undefeated with Win over Brandywine

    Archmere senior Charlie Malloy scored 18 points, "several when his team needed them the most", as Archmere remained undefeated with a 53-48 win over the Bulldogs on Wednesday, January 8th. Junior John Orsini scored 14 and Ryan Hagenberg added 10 as the Auks competed against Brandywine at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse.
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  • Kindred Ballard Breaks Shotput Record as Track and Field Competes at the Armory

    Last weekend, the Archmere indoor track team once again traveled to the New Balance Track and Field in New York to participate in the Annual US Air Force Hispanic Games at the Armory. Held over two days, teams from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland competed against the country's top high school track and field athletes at the world's premier indoor track and field facility. Kindred Ballard ’26 broke the school record in the shot put with a throw of 36-5.5!

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  • Jack Bradley '25

    Senior Jack Bradley Wins Football Mini Max Award

    Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2024 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Delaware last week. Archmere senior Jack Bradley has been named one of forty-four Mini Max high school award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Jack joins 155 student-athletes from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Players were nominated by their coaches throughout the 2024 season and were evaluated based on criteria that includes: football performance, academics, and community service.
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grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.