Sixty Archmere Academy Art Students Recognized with 134 Individual Awards & 8 Portfolio Awards in 2026 Scholastic Art Competition, winning the most awards of any school in the State of Delaware for the 6th Consecutive Year!
Tapestry 2025, the Archmere Academy Student Literary Magazine, has been recognized as a First Class magazine by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Published annually, Tapestry is a student run literary and fine arts magazine, supported and advised by Archmere English Teacher Mr. Stephen Klinge. 2025 senior editors were Caileigh Crane, Lilian Domenico, Elisa Small and Meredith Victoria. This year, schools in 44 states and five countries nominated 456 student magazines.
Both the 9th grade and 10th-12th Math League teams finished very strong in the regional competition!
Delaware Secondary Math League concluded this year's regular season on Wednesday, January 21st, after four regional meets held once a month from October to January.
On Friday night, January 15th, the Archmere track and field team competed at the Steve Borbet Invitational, held at The Armory in NYC. Three school records fell as Marlise Harris lowered the 200m mark with a 27.03 (10th overall), while Riley Horsey shattered two long-standing records—placing 4th in the 800m (2:21.48) and breaking a 15-year-old record in the mile with a 5:10.69. Capping off the night, Kindred Ballard claimed the win in the girls shot put with a throw of 36-01.75—now 2-for-2 at The Armory this season!
The Helena Raskob Arts Institute congratulates six Archmere students who auditioned for and were accepted to the Delaware All State Orchestra, sponsored by Delaware Music Educators Association. Avkaash Chevli ‘29 placed in first chair for Violin II, and Kathrine Wang ‘27 will serve as first chair for Viola. McKayla Hwang ‘27 is second chair for Violin I, with Joseph Zhang ‘29, Allison Qu ‘27, and Elizabeth Guo ‘29 also in the violin sections.
On January 3, 2026, Raphael Lombardi '29 competed in a major chess tournament held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square, New York City. The event attracted more than 1,400 registrants from across the tri-state area. Raphael earned first place overall in the Under 1200 High School Section, finishing with a perfect 5–0 score.
Cecil College's Green and Gold High School Holiday Basketball Tournament brought together local basketball programs for two days of high school basketball over Christmas. Beginning with bracket play on December 29th, followed by consolation and championship match ups, the tournament was broken down between "gold" and "green" brackets across both boys’ and girls’ tournaments. The Archmere boys’ basketball team competed in the green bracket.
Last weekend at the 32nd Annual Hispanic Games, the Archmere winter track and field team recorded nine new Archmere All-Time Top 10 Performances and one new school record! Congratulations to Kindred Ballard, who set a NEW SCHOOL RECORD and took 1st overall in the Shot Put (37-03.5).