December 2019
Archmere's Inaugural Math Madness Team Wins Division IIA Tournament
After a successful run through each stage of competition, Archmere's first ever Math Madness team advanced to the last meet, held on Monday, December 16th. The Auks defeated Fort Hays State University - Early College Program (Hays, KS), 33-29, in the final round of the Division IIA Math Madness tournament. Alex Chen '23 and Nick Zhu '22 both finished that round with a perfect score.
Throughout the semester they competed against teams from California, Maryland, Kansas, Texas, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The team had to go through qualifying rounds in which they were ranked and then entered into a tournament within one of 6 divisions. The Archmere team of Andy Shi '20, Nick Zhu '22, Jess Pei '20, Joe Caruso '22, Alex Chen '23, Leo Chang '23, and Helen Qi '23 dominated through all six rounds of weekly head-to-head contests to become the Division IIA Math Madness Champions.
Math Madness is a weekly online math competition, in which students compete in a bracketed style tournament (like March Madness) against other high school students across the United States. The tournament runs from September through December. If you are interested in joining Math Madness next year, see Mrs. Pisani.
AP French Class Participates in Interdisciplinary Lesson with Mr. Newitt
Following their trip to the Barnes Foundation, AP French students were lucky enough to engage in an interdisciplinary lesson with Mr. Newitt. In addition to learning more about the Impressionist movement, students did their own watercolor in a similar style, taking advice from the resident expert!
For pictures of their trip and their artwork, click here.
Following their trip to the Barnes Foundation, AP French students were lucky enough to engage in an interdisciplinary lesson with Mr. Newitt. In addition to learning more about the Impressionist movement, students did their own watercolor in a similar style, taking advice from the resident expert!
For pictures of their trip and their artwork, click here.
E-Sports Club Holds Inaugural Tournament
E-Sports is a form of competition using video games. Most commonly, E-Sports takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. This is the first year that Archmere has ever had an E-Sports Club, and they hosted their inaugural tournament in November on campus.
Every E-Sports tournament has a policy that each participant must pay an entry fee of $2, which goes to the charity known as Extra Life, an organization that unites thousands of gamers to play games and heal kids by fundraising for local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals across North America.
The tournament game, voted on by Archmere, was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The club hosted around 25 participants.
For more information on Extra Life, click here.
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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