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In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, eight Archmere students earned fourteen awards in six different categories, including: Personal Essay and Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Writing Portfolio, Humor, and the Critical Essay. Junior Sophia Chen earned the nomination for the highly prestigious American Voices Award.

On March 4, the closing night of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, the Cappies program sent over 50 critics from Greater Philadelphia high schools to Archmere to critique the winter musical. They rated the show and wrote reviews - the top two are published on the Philly Inquirer sponsored WordPress page.  

Angela Zhang ’26 competed in the Ticket to Broadway Wilmington Regional Competition the weekend of February 24th-26th. Ticket to Broadway is a high-energy, touring dance competition offering Novice, Intermediate and Advanced Levels. Angela dances for the American Dance Academy, but registered in Ticket to Broadway with a solo and duet dance.

The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place on February 24 and 25, 2023 at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center (formerly the New Castle County Courthouse). This was the first year back in person at the Courthouse after two years of virtual competition. Archmere Academy competed with Varsity and JV teams in 4 rounds. The Varsity team won 3 rounds, ultimately coming 4th in the state, continuing a long tradition of excellence in the competition. The JV team won 2 rounds, scoring very well in all rounds.

The Archmere Swim Team competed in the DIAA Swimming & Diving Championship Finals on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The State Preliminaries were held during the week, with Finals taking place all day Saturday at the University of Delaware. The State Championship Meet is a qualifying meet, and twelve team members of the Archmere team competed in the Prelims, at which four members of the boys team and four members of the girls team earned a spot in Finals. Elizabeth Maher ’24 and Kathryn Pyne ’25 qualified for individual events for the girls, along with Annamaria DeCamp ’23 and Aoife McGurk ’25 who competed in the relays. Nate Bustard ’23 and Logan Bustard ’25 both qualified for individual events at Finals, along with Luca Anerino ’26 and Quinn McCormick ’25 who qualified for the relays.

Mrs. Silverman’s Junior Portfolio 2D Design students and AP Studio Art students created original works of art for inclusion in the 2023 12x12 Youth Art Exhibition, held at the Delaware Art Museum. The 12x12 Youth Art Exhibition showcases art by young artists during National Youth Art Month. The exhibition engages local schools, organizations, community centers, and education networks, and invites young artists ages 13 to 18 to bring one two - dimensional work of art. The art must be no larger than 12 inches in height or width. 

Twelve swimmers on the Archmere swim team qualified for the DIAA State Championship Meet, held Wednesday, February 22 through Saturday, February 25. Girls prelims will take place on Wednesday, February 22 at University of Delaware Carpenter Sports Building with the boys prelims on Thursday, February 23. Finals are slated for Saturday, February 25. 

Archmere announced this week a new Head Coach for the Boys Soccer Team, Joe Manlove. Joe has spent the last 20 years coaching soccer in Delaware in various forms, including high school, club, and ODP teams. After 10 years as a member of the Archmere Boys Soccer staff from 2003-2011, Joe made the move to A.I. du Pont to take over as Head Coach. After 10 seasons at the helm of A.I., he made a move from Head Coach at A.I. to Varsity Assistant Coach at Salesianum.  

Archmere seniors Rui (Leo) Chang, Alexander Chen, Natalie Gildea, Clare O’Dwyer, and Richard (Richie) Smith have met all requirements to advance to the Finalist standing of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) after being named Semifinalists in September 2022. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered to the winners. The selection of approximately 7,250 Merit Scholarship award winners from the group of nearly 16,000 will be decided in March.

Archmere senior Helen Qi was chosen as one of three "Best In Show" award recipients by the Delaware Art Education Association (DAEA). Each year, the Executive Board of DAEA convenes at the Delaware State University's Arts Center Gallery in Dover, Delaware to choose the three "Best of Show" pieces from among the Scholastic Art Awards Gold Key winners on view in the exhibition. 

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, Mr. Brian Manelski, has similarly left his indelible mark on the Archmere community.

On Tuesday, February 7th, Sophia Chen '24, Kabir Goyal '26 and Alex Chen '23 sat for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). The American Invitational Mathematics Examination is a selective and prestigious 15-question, 3-hour test given since 1983 to those who rank in the top 5% on the AMC 12 high school mathematics examination, and starting in 2010, those who rank in the top 2.5% on the AMC 10. 

In a tribute to Catholic Schools Week, six musicians from the Helena Raskob Arts Institute presented a recital to the residents of Foulk Living Retirement community on February 2, 2022.

 

Angela Zhang ’26 was awarded individual and group honors at the Artists Simply Human (ASH) dance convention, held this past weekend in Philadelphia. Angela dances for the American Dance Academy. Dancers and programs from all over the area performed for the industry’s top choreographers, dancers and teachers from the commercial, concert and university worlds. The American Dance Academy received the Studio of Excellence award the same weekend. 

The Archmere Academy Drama Club is proud to present its Winter Musical, the classic, "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka". This nostalgic musical was originally a movie starring Gene Wilder and later rebooted starring Johnny Depp. The classic songs "Pure Imagination", "Candyman", "Golden Ticket", "I Want it Now!", and of course the Oompa-Loompa songs are all part of a fun night of theater.

On January 9, the Archmere swim team competed against Delaware Military Academy at the Charter High School pool. The girls defeated DMA by 4 points to improve their record to 3-0, their best start since 2016-17.

Last weekend, the Archmere indoor track team once again traveled to the New Balance Track and Field in New York to participate in the 28^th 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.

Over Christmas break, the Archmere girls basketball team won the Hope Bracket at the Viking Invitational. The tournament, hosted by Saint Elizabeth's High School, welcomed twelve women's basketball teams and eight men's teams to their gym from December 28th through December 30th. Founded in 2020, the Viking Invitational Foundation made it their mission to bring a very competitive tournament to the St. E Center over the holidays that raises awareness and funds for the Leukemia Research Foundation of Delaware, which was founded by Archmere parent Denni Ferrara.

On January 3 at Brandywine, the Archmere men's basketball team took home a victory, but it was a 42-40 nailbiter that came down to the final seconds. From the first quarter, the game went back and forth. The Auks trailed, 10-7, late in the first quarter when Matt McCarthy '24 drained a long three-point attempt to tie it up. Before the first quarter ended, Matt Malloy '24 and McCarthy added threes, giving the Auks a 16-10 lead heading into the second. The long-distance accuracy continued and Archmere’s advantage grew to 25-10, but that point cushion came to end by halftime as the Bulldogs scored the final six points and trailed by just one, 26-25, at the break.