Archmere Welcomes New Faculty Members

 

Alexandra has been excited about history since taking her first Latin class at a tiny all-girls high school in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Since then, she has studied International Relations and Political Science with the help of inspirational mentors at Hobart and William Smith College. Most recently, she earned her Master’s Degree in Secondary Education at Wilmington University. She has been teaching and learning with students at A.I. DuPont in Wilmington for the past year. Alexandra and is looking forward to bringing history alive for Archmere students and will be teaching both World and European History. 

 

Mrs. Carly Pisani - Mathematics  

Carly Pisani will be joining the Mathematics Department, teaching Algebra 1 and Honors Math Analysis. She holds a B.A. in Secondary Mathematics Education from the University of Delaware, and is currently earning her Master’s Degree in Applied Technology for Education at Wilmington University. Carly has previously taught at Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf, MD, and has spent the last eleven years teaching Math at the Delaware Military Academy. 

 

Joseph comes to Archmere after eight years of teaching English and Film at his alma mater, Regis High School, in New York City. He studied History and Literature at Harvard, where he hosted a radio show and wrote poems for the literary magazine. After a stint as a paralegal he came back to Regis and taught while finishing a Masters in Humanities at NYU. He’s keen on getting to know Archmere’s sophomores and seniors and encouraging them to play music, make movies, and write. Mr. Quinn will be teaching American Literature and Honors American Literature to tenth graders and Short Fiction and Outcasts & Demons, both senior electives.

 

Janna holds an M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania, and will be teaching Spanish I and II. While completing an undergraduate degree at Gordon College in Modern Foreign Languages and Modern European Studies, Scheflen spent semesters in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands. She has taught Spanish for 6 years and previously taught English as a Foreign Language in Slovakia for 5 years. In her free time, she volunteers with a local dog rescue, sails with the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, teaches Immigration Citizenship classes, and enjoys native plant gardening and forest restoration. 

 
Sandra Vieyra - World Languages, Spanish

Sandra graduated from the University of Delaware in the Spring of 2019 with an MA in Spanish Literature and Pedagogy. Sandra taught Spanish and also served as a tutor for UD’s Language Proficiency Center. Sandra completed her undergraduate work at the University of Delaware, where she double majored in Spanish Studies and Latin American and Iberian Studies. Her Anthropology minor granted her the opportunity to travel to her dream country Brazil, where she further developed an interest and passion for the country's culture and language. Sandra will be teaching Spanish 3, Spanish 3 Honors and a Multicultural Literature & Film course. During her spare time, Sandra enjoys spending time with family, friends and taking long walks with her dog. 

 

From a young age, Dr. Matthew Wilcox remembers having an interest in Science. It wasn’t until he had a fantastic high school teacher (in a baking class no less) that he considered teaching as a career. Matthew attended the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and received a BS in Physics. Matthew then earned his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Matthew previously taught at Ursuline Academy and will be teaching Physics and AP Computer Science Principles.