March 2024
Global Studies Trip to Iceland
The Global Studies Program is announcing another international travel opportunity for Archmere students: to Iceland, from April 11-18, 2025! Mr. Dougherty will be holding a one-hour informational meeting for students and parents in the SLC Tuesday, April 16, at 6:30PM. Open this link, enter Dougherty-3179, and click on "I'm interested" for reminders about the April 16 meeting.
The Global Studies Program is announcing another international travel opportunity for Archmere students: to Iceland, from April 11-18, 2025! Mr. Dougherty will be holding a one-hour informational meeting for students and parents in the SLC Tuesday, April 16, at 6:30PM. Open this link, enter Dougherty-3179, and click on "I'm interested" for reminders about the April 16 meeting.
Interest Meeting for Nicaragua Trip in November
On Thursday, March 14, Chuck Selvaggio, founder of the Wilmington-based Neighbors to Nicaragua, spoke to students who are interested in traveling to Nueva Esperanza, Nicaragua, to tutor students in Spanish at Centro de Oportunidad, the school Mr. Selvaggio built in 2011. Mr. Dougherty, head of the Global Studies Program, is hoping to travel to Nicaragua with 8-12 students (grades 10-12) over Thanksgiving break in 2024. With the support and guidance of the school's staff, Archmere students would teach basic reading skills to the children in the barrio of Nueva Esperanza and likely join them on a day-long excursion, perhaps to a waterpark. The March 14 tag day raised $800 for Mr. Selvaggio's organization. Contact Mr. Dougherty for more details.
Student Council Participates in the Siegfried Youth Leadership Program
Led by Mr. Johnson, members of our Student Council participated in the Siegfried Youth Leadership Program this month at the Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware. They were able to meet other young leaders in an exciting environment while gaining a better understanding of individual leadership and how to build character ethic. Juniors Brianna Yang and David Pinto even presented to the whole conference.
The Siegfried Youth Leadership Program (SYLP) is a unique leadership development program designed specifically for students in grades 8 through 12, as well as their teachers and mentors. The higher purpose of SYLP is to help young people transform themselves into better individual leaders to enrich their lives and inspire positive change in their communities.
Mrs. Vinita Lobo Writes Article About Fellow Math Teacher, Mrs. Catie Chinn
Included in this month's DCTM (Delaware Council of Teachers of Mathematics) March newsletter was an article written by Archmere Math teacher Vinita Lobo. Mrs. Lobo wrote about Catie Chinn's crocheting club and connections to Math. Per the newsletter, "This article tells the inspirational story of how math teacher, Catie Chinn, shares her love of crocheting with students and faculty at Archmere Academy." Read the article here.
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On Thursday, March 14, Chuck Selvaggio, founder of the Wilmington-based Neighbors to Nicaragua, spoke to students who are interested in traveling to Nueva Esperanza, Nicaragua, to tutor students in Spanish at Centro de Oportunidad, the school Mr. Selvaggio built in 2011. Mr. Dougherty, head of the Global Studies Program, is hoping to travel to Nicaragua with 8-12 students (grades 10-12) over Thanksgiving break in 2024. With the support and guidance of the school's staff, Archmere students would teach basic reading skills to the children in the barrio of Nueva Esperanza and likely join them on a day-long excursion, perhaps to a waterpark. The March 14 tag day raised $800 for Mr. Selvaggio's organization. Contact Mr. Dougherty for more details.
Student Council Participates in the Siegfried Youth Leadership Program
Led by Mr. Johnson, members of our Student Council participated in the Siegfried Youth Leadership Program this month at the Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware. They were able to meet other young leaders in an exciting environment while gaining a better understanding of individual leadership and how to build character ethic. Juniors Brianna Yang and David Pinto even presented to the whole conference.
The Siegfried Youth Leadership Program (SYLP) is a unique leadership development program designed specifically for students in grades 8 through 12, as well as their teachers and mentors. The higher purpose of SYLP is to help young people transform themselves into better individual leaders to enrich their lives and inspire positive change in their communities.
Mrs. Vinita Lobo Writes Article About Fellow Math Teacher, Mrs. Catie Chinn
Included in this month's DCTM (Delaware Council of Teachers of Mathematics) March newsletter was an article written by Archmere Math teacher Vinita Lobo. Mrs. Lobo wrote about Catie Chinn's crocheting club and connections to Math. Per the newsletter, "This article tells the inspirational story of how math teacher, Catie Chinn, shares her love of crocheting with students and faculty at Archmere Academy." Read the article here.
HRAI Student Wins Harp Competition
Valentina Ramos '26 was named the winner by unanimous decision in the senior division of the Hampton Roads Harp Competition, held last week in Virginia. According to Dr. Anastasia Pike, Director of the competition, Valentina was the youngest winner in the senior division in the history of the competition. She will be featured in Harp Column Magazine and receive a cash prize.
Valentina Ramos '26 was named the winner by unanimous decision in the senior division of the Hampton Roads Harp Competition, held last week in Virginia. According to Dr. Anastasia Pike, Director of the competition, Valentina was the youngest winner in the senior division in the history of the competition. She will be featured in Harp Column Magazine and receive a cash prize.
Junior Portfolio 3D Design in the Building Phase of Three Week Project
Junior Portfolio 3D Design students have been hard at work building their site-specific architectural models and constructing their found object apparel design projects. In this course, students are given a choice of which project they would like to create and the building phase is the culmination of a carefully sequenced design thinking process. Students were challenged to either elevate, transform, or recontextualize an everyday undervalued material into a wearable work of apparel, or to design a site-specific architectural model of a client of their choosing, incorporating green and solar energy features and other environmentally-sensitive materials.
After completing prototypes, material investigations, and scaled technical drawings, students have now shifted into the creation and building phase of the 3-week project. The final design solutions will be on display at our upcoming student Fine Art Festival showcase, Friday April 26th from 5-8pm. Register for our Fine Arts Fest here!
Junior Portfolio 3D Design students have been hard at work building their site-specific architectural models and constructing their found object apparel design projects. In this course, students are given a choice of which project they would like to create and the building phase is the culmination of a carefully sequenced design thinking process. Students were challenged to either elevate, transform, or recontextualize an everyday undervalued material into a wearable work of apparel, or to design a site-specific architectural model of a client of their choosing, incorporating green and solar energy features and other environmentally-
After completing prototypes, material investigations, and scaled technical drawings, students have now shifted into the creation and building phase of the 3-week project. The final design solutions will be on display at our upcoming student Fine Art Festival showcase, Friday April 26th from 5-8pm. Register for our Fine Arts Fest here!
2024 Summer Driver Education Program at Ursuline Academy and Charter School of Wilmington
Ursuline Academy and the Charter School of Wilmington are offering Driver's Education programs this summer that includes 30 hours of classroom instruction along with the 14 hours of in-the-car driving instruction and observation.
Ursuline Academy will hold 2 classes this summer:
Dates:
- June 10-13 8am-2pm
- July 8-11 8am-2pm
*Cost is $648. Driving will be scheduled according to availability. Please contact Chanteea.Harmon@sussexvt.k12.de.us or call 302-853-1448.
Charter School of Wilmington
Charter's dates and times are not yet available. Contact Jason Casper at jcasper@charterschool.org. There are 4-5 different weeks of class.
Charter's dates and times are not yet available. Contact Jason Casper at jcasper@charterschool.org. There are 4-5 different weeks of class.
For questions or additional information, please contact Archmere teacher Mr. Mike Walsh at: mwalsh@archmereacademy.com.
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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