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• About Archmere
  Our Mission Archmere Academy is a Catholic, Norbertine college preparatory school, valuing community, respect, zeal, reverence, and wisdom. Nurturing body and soul, mind and heart, Archmere focuses on the whole person through academic excellence, faith reflection, social development, and service to ...

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• Tapestry 2021
  News • 6/28/2021

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• News
  2026 March Archmere Students Shine at Youth in Government Conference 3/31/2026 This past weekend, Archmere Academy students took part in the annual Youth in Government (YIG) Conference in Dover, Delaware, an immersive three-day program sponsored by the YMCA that brings together student delegations ...

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• The Archmerean - Spring 2021
  News • 4/26/2021

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• Calendar
  April 2026 Apr 2 Easter Holiday - School Closed 4/2/2026 to 4/12/2026 Easter Holiday - Offices Closed 4/2/2026 to 4/6/2026 Apr 3 Easter Holiday - School Closed 4/2/2026 to 4/12/2026 Easter Holiday - Offices Closed 4/2/2026 to 4/6/2026 Apr 4 Easter Holiday - School Closed 4/2/2026 to 4/12/2026 Easte ...

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2020
  News • 10/18/2020

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• Tapestry 2020
  News • 6/22/2020
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• Shadow Days
  Schedule Your Shadow Day A Shadow Day Visit is an excellent way for prospective students to experience Archmere's programs and curriculum. During their Shadow Day, 8th Graders will engage in classes, meet students and get to know teachers. Inquire online to schedule your Shadow Day Visit and experi ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 29, 2020
  News • 5/29/2020
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• Golf Outing
  Monday, October 20, 2025   The 38th Annual Golf Outing will take place at the beautiful Hartefeld Country Club in Avondale, PA. Hosted by the Alumni Association, proceeds from this event will support the Archmere Fund as well as the Archmere Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund, which provides much- ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 28, 2020
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• Archmere Academy History
  Before it became a school, Archmere was the beautiful country estate of John J. Raskob, his wife, Helena Springer Green, and their 13 children. On the 48-acre property was The Patio and The Manor, the Raskob's home and servants' quarters, respectively. Raskob sold his property to the Norbertine Fat ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 27, 2020
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• Athletics
  An Inclusive Three Season Program Archmere sponsors a comprehensive program of competitive athletics at the high school level, offering: 11 varsity sports for male students 11 varsity sports for female students 2 co-ed varsity sports Note: Cheerleading (co-ed) is not officially recognized by the DI ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 26, 2020
  News • 5/26/2020
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• Facility Rentals
  The Archmere Academy campus is composed of timeless historical structures, state-of-the-art buildings and all-weather/turf athletic fields situated on 38 beautiful and sprawling acres located conveniently on Philadelphia Pike in Claymont, Delaware. Each facility has a set rental fee and certain pol ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 21, 2020
  News • 5/21/2020
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• Mission and Heritage
  Archmere Academy was founded by the Norbertine Fathers in 1932. Archmere has a relationship with the Norbertine community at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, Pennsylvania. The Norbertine Order was founded in 1121 by St. Norbert in the French village of Prémontré. The Norbertine charism is o ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 20, 2020
  News • 5/20/2020
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• Alumni Council
  The Alumni Council comprises up to 15 voting members of the Alumni Association, including four officers. Reasonable effort is made to include alumni from each decade. All members of the Alumni Association are invited to vote on the slate of nominees each election cycle.    General Duties ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 19, 2020
  News • 5/19/2020
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• AuksConnect
  Archmere Academy’s Mentor & Career Networking Program promotes professional relationships between current students, alumni, parents, and trustees. The purpose of this program is to connect current students and young alumni with professionals in the Archmere community who can provide colle ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 18, 2020
  News • 5/18/2020
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• College Counseling
  College Counseling Philosophy The college admission process can be exciting, daunting, and empowering. Archmere Academy's College Counseling Office is available to all students and their families 12 months of the year and counsels students from their freshmen year through graduation.  The goal ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 15, 2020
  News • 5/15/2020
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• Affording Archmere
  Making It Possible Tuition Tuition for the 2026-2027 academic year is $36,950. Fees included in tuition are library, athletic, and all regular school fees. There is an additional $550 technology fee for Archmere's one-to-one Mac laptop program.  Books and Uniforms Estimates for new books range ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 14, 2020
  News • 5/14/2020
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• Planning Your College Search
  The Four-Year College Plan The college search, application, and selection process is a group effort. Students are encouraged to take the lead with families and counselors, providing guidance, encouragement, and recommendations along the way. A student has the largest stake and most responsibility i ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 13, 2020
  News • 5/13/2020
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• Physicians Society
  Formed in 2017, the primary focus of the  Archmere Physicians’ Society  is to create a resource for Archmere students and young alumni interested in pursuing a career in the field of medicine. Members will also have the opportunity to build and foster relationships with fellow physi ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 12, 2020
  News • 5/12/2020
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• Employment
  Thank you for your interest in working at Archmere Academy! We are seeking candidates for the following opportunities.  List of 3 items. DAIS Executive Director - External The Delaware Association of Independent Schools is looking for qualified candidates for an Executive Director position. Pl ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 11, 2020
  News • 5/11/2020
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• Why Give
  Every gift makes a difference in the Archmere community in a meaningful way. Now more than ever, the world needs empathetic leaders prepared for every good work. Those who have walked the halls of Archmere Academy have always stepped up to have a positive impact, and you can make a difference for A ...

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• Video Announcements - May 8, 2020
  News • 5/8/2020
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• Admissions
  Inspiring Students to Distinction APPLY ONLINE Start your application process today! SCHEDULE A TOUR See our beautiful campus by booking your tour today. VIEWBOOK Check out our Viewbook to learn more about Archmere Academy. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE 7TH GRADE PRACTICE EXAM CLICK HERE TO REGIST ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 8, 2020
  News • 5/8/2020
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• Curriculum
  Academic Philosophy Fostering Growth Through Academics Archmere’s faith-based liberal arts program of studies challenges all students at College Preparatory, Honors, and Advanced Placement levels to advance their critical thinking, sharpen their academic skills, take ownership of their learni ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 7, 2020
  News • 5/7/2020
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• Transportation
  Archmere Academy is Closer Than You Think! Whether you are on the Pennsylvania Mainline, just over the bridge in New Jersey, near Elkton, MD or Dover, DE—Archmere is within your reach.  Archmere is in Claymont, DE, just north of Wilmington about 30 minutes south of Philadelphia. It sits ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 6, 2020
  News • 5/6/2020
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• College Counseling Blog
  College Admissions Aukservations 2026 March Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2026 3/26/2026 Junior Career Day Twenty-three Archmere parents, alumni, and friends, donated their time to talk with juniors during twenty educational sessions and a keynote address on Wednesday, March 26 th . It w ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 5, 2020
  News • 5/5/2020
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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  Archmere’s Commitment to DEI As a community, Archmere strives to create a welcoming and inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of the Auk community. Saint Norbert's vision was to give people a "sense of place" and belonging, and the Archmere Academy community ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 4, 2020
  News • 5/4/2020
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• Admission Process
  Start your application to Archmere Academy today! List of 4 items. Complete an Inquiry Form & schedule a Shadow Visit at Archmere The first step in the admissions process is complete a standard inquiry form and schedule your shadow visit . This can all be done in one, convenient step! Complete ...

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• Video Announcements - May 1, 2020
  News • 5/1/2020
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• Preserving Our History
  In an effort to preserve the historic buildings on campus, Friends of The Patio, Friends of The Manor, and the Archmere Organ Society were created. Each year, Friends of The Patio sponsor The Green Series, educational programming with proceeds benefitting the Patio restoration.   Joining ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - May 1, 2020
  News • 5/1/2020
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• Board of Trustees
  Kristy K. Ambrogi PP ‘04, ‘11 Richard Angiullo PP ’89, ’90, ’95 GP ’19, ’21, ’24, ’25 Clifford L. Anzilotti, Jr., DMD ’85, CP '26, '27 Anne Marie Borneman, Ed.D. '77 Kevin Coghlan ’76   Sean Goodrick, AIA '97 David Hogan ’ ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 30, 2020
  News • 4/30/2020
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• Ways To Give
  There are many ways to make charitable contributions and benefit Archmere Academy. From annual gifts to endowment/scholarship giving, to commemorative and planned gifts, to matching gifts and gifts-in-kind, every contribution helps Archmere Academy thrive.  You can also celebrate or pay tribut ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 29, 2020
  News • 4/29/2020
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• Faculty and Staff Directory
  Faculty and Staff Directory Department Select Department AP Capstone Art & Design Computer Science Driver Education English Health & Wellness History Library Mathematics Music Physical and Life Sciences Theology World Languages & Cultures Special Courses Admissions Athletics Business Fa ...

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• The Archmerean - Spring 2020
  News • 4/28/2020

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• Arts
  Students Are Empowered with Choice and Self-Expression At Archmere Academy, students are empowered with the choice to design an academic schedule that includes a wide range of elective offerings in fine and performing arts. Our educational program extends far beyond traditional academic classrooms. ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 28, 2020
  News • 4/28/2020
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• Alumni
  Welcome home, Auks! If you attended Archmere Academy, you are automatically part of the Alumni Association. As an Archmere alum, you are the school’s living history – you carry with you the traditions and heritage that make Archmere unique. You came here to learn and grow as a young adu ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 27, 2020
  News • 4/27/2020
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• Matching Gifts
  Many companies match employees' and retirees' contributions which can double, or even triple, your gift. Please enter your company name below to see if it matches gifts and to learn more about its matching gift guidelines.

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• Video Announcements - April 24, 2020
  News • 4/24/2020
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• Homecoming
  Let's Go Auks! We are so excited to welcome our alumni back to campus for Homecoming this fall! We have a great list of activities planned starting on Friday, and our sports teams are ready to play. All classes ending in 1 and 6 are all invited to attend their class reunion in the Patio on Satu ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 24, 2020
  News • 4/24/2020
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• International Students
  Start your application to Archmere Academy today! List of 3 items. International Admission Criteria At Archmere Academy, we warmly welcome international students from around the world to experience a transformative education in a nurturing and supportive environment at one of the top private school ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 23, 2020
  News • 4/23/2020
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• Media Gallery
  Archmere Media Gallery Junior Career Day 3/30/2026 Play Powder Puff Game 3/30/2026 Play Winter Dance 3/18/2026 Play Winter Musical 3/12/2026 Play Boys Basketball Candids 2/3/2026 Play Girls Basketball Candids 2/3/2026 Play Indoor Track and Field Candids 2/2/2026 Play Swimming Candids 2/2/2026 Play ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 22, 2020
  News • 4/22/2020
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• Meet the Interview Team
  The interview at Archmere Academy is an important step in the application process, but we want to make it as smooth as possible for all families interested in Archmere. Our interview team is a dedicated group of faculty and staff members who want to ensure that Archmere is a good fit for your stude ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 21, 2020
  News • 4/21/2020
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• Sports Hall of Fame
  2026 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Dinner The Archmere Academy Alumni Sports Hall of Fame was started in 1992 to recognize and honor those Archmere Academy athletes, coaches, managers, and trainers who have made an impact in the field of Athletics at Archmere and beyond. This year, the Sports H ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 20, 2020
  News • 4/20/2020
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• Postgraduate Year
  Postgraduate (PG) Year at Archmere Gap years are gaining popularity among high school seniors. Many students are looking to become more prepared for college academically or athletically. Others choose a gap year to improve an area of concentration, refine their capstone research, or continue a focu ...

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• Video Announcements - April 3, 2020
  News • 4/3/2020
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• Performing Arts Center
  Let's Renovate the House! We are excited and pleased to announce that The Rocco and Mary Abessinio Foundation has made a $3 million  donation to Archmere Academy, two million to underwrite the renovation of the Performing Arts Center and one million to underwrite need-based scholarsh ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 3, 2020
  News • 4/3/2020
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• Summer Camps
  Archmere Academy is hosting camps this summer for kids of all skill levels and ages (kids entering 3rd through 8th grade). Get training from the best in the area. Archmere camps will teach the fundamentals and promote creativity Archmere Academy will offer sessions in basketball and volleyball, as ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 2, 2020
  News • 4/2/2020
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• Global Studies Program
  Students Can Now Earn a Global Studies Diploma Archmere Academy’s Global Studies Program prepares lifelong learners for every good work by building cultural competence and by fostering personal growth and professional success through travel and study. This multidisciplinary academic program p ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - April 1, 2020
  News • 4/1/2020
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• Student Learning & Resource Center
  Overview All students can receive academic support through Archmere’s full-time learning specialist. Students with or without documented learning differences who need assistance with organization, study skills, and tutoring can meet with the learning specialist. This position also serves as a ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - March 31, 2020
  News • 3/31/2020
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• Alumni Council Elections
  Nomination Form Please enter all required information. Invalid text has been entered. Please correct all errors and click submit *Your Name *Your Class Year *Your E-mail Address *Name of Nominee *Class Year of Nominee Mailing Address (Nominee's) City (Nominee's) State (Nominee's) Zip Code (Nominee' ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - March 30, 2020
  News • 3/30/2020
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• Helena Raskob Arts Institute
  Music and Fine Arts Education at Archmere Archmere Academy is home to the Helena Raskob Arts Institute. Founded in 2021, the Institute educates members of the Archmere community and beyond in music and the fine arts in a historic setting. Led by Mary Ellen Schauber, the Helena Raskob Arts Institute ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - March 27, 2020
  News • 3/27/2020
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• Multi-Cultural Alumni Collective
  The Archmere Multicultural Alumni Collective aims to support the excellence and growth of current and new BIPOC students in our community. We strive to prepare them for distinction by providing mentorship and support through modeling the necessity of listening, reflecting and (re)learning.  As ...

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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - March 26, 2020
  News • 3/26/2020
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• A Message to the Senior Class - March 26, 2020
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• Morning Prayer & Kenosis - March 25, 2020
  News • 3/25/2020

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• Kenosis - March 20, 2020
  News • 3/20/2020

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• Kenosis - March 19, 2020
  News • 3/19/2020

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• Kenosis - March 18, 2020
  News • 3/18/2020

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• Kenosis - March 17, 2020
  News • 3/17/2020

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2019
  News • 11/26/2019

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• Tapestry 2018
  News • 9/1/2018
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• The Archmerean - Spring 2018
  News • 3/20/2018

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• The Archmerean - Winter 2017
  News • 12/21/2017

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2017
  News • 9/22/2017

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• Tapestry 2017
  News • 9/1/2017

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• The Archmerean - Winter 2016
  News • 12/21/2016

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2016
  News • 9/22/2016

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• Tapestry 2016
  News • 9/1/2016

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• The Archmerean - Winter 2015
  News • 12/21/2015

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2015
  News • 9/23/2015

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• Tapestry 2015
  News • 9/1/2015

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• The Archmerean - Winter 2014
  News • 12/21/2014

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2014
  News • 9/22/2014

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• Tapestry 2014
  News • 9/1/2014

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• The Archmerean - Winter 2013
  News • 12/21/2013

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2013
  News • 9/22/2013

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• Tapestry 2013
  News • 9/1/2013

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• The Archmerean - Winter 2012
  News • 12/21/2012

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2012
  News • 9/22/2012

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• Tapestry 2012
  News • 9/1/2012

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• The Archmerean - Fall 2011
  News • 9/23/2011

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• Tapestry 2011
  News • 9/1/2011

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• Classes 1932-1939
  News • 2/10/2011

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• The Archmerean - Winter 2010
  News • 12/21/2010

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• Tapestry 2010
  News • 9/1/2010

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• Tapestry 2009
  News • 9/1/2009

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• Tapestry 2008
  News • 9/1/2008

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• Varsity Shop Hours
  News • 12/7/2011
  The Varsity Shop will be open on Tuesdays during lunches, from 10:30- 12:30 and on Friday mornings from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

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• Parents' Textbook Exchange
  News • 5/23/2011
  Click here to view the Wiki site where parents can exchange textbooks.

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• Archmere Wrestler Wins Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 12/29/2025
  Congratulations to Archmere senior wrestler Henry Hahn, the Delaware Online High School Sports Athlete of the Week for Week Two of the winter sports season. The High School Sports Athlete of the Week is presented by Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists. He won an online vote over four other nominees for ...

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• Math League Teams Start Out Strong
  News • 11/19/2025
  Archmere had a record number of 10th-12th grade Math League competitors for the first meet of the year.  The Archmere A, B, and C teams came in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively.  Kevin Gu earned a perfect score of 6 and Kabir Goyal, Zora Zhang, and Kevin Xiao all scored 5/6 to lead a s ...

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• Football Earns #5 Seed in DIAA State Tournament
  News • 11/14/2025
  Archmere closed out the regular football season with a 7-4 record, earning the #5 seed in the DIAA State Tournament. The team will travel to Lake Forest High School on Saturday, November 15th to take on Lake Forest in the Quarterfinals. Kickoff is at 7:00pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance at h ...

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• Archmere Welcomes New Faculty and Staff
  News • 8/27/2025
  Archmere Academy welcomed several new teaching faculty members this year, bringing with them fresh viewpoints and new expertise in the vital fields of Science, History, Theology, World Languages and Culture and Technology.  The newest members of our teaching faculty are:

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/13/2025
  Congratulations to the twelve Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level!

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• Wrestling Team Captures 6 Medals at Quaker Round Robin
  News • 2/3/2025
  On Saturday, February 1st the Archmere wrestling team competed against 11 other teams at the Quaker Round Robin. The all day competition was held at the Wilmington Friends School.

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• Volleyball Players Earn All-Conference Awards
  News • 11/15/2024
  With an impressive record and Quarterfinal run in the DIAA State Tournament playoffs, the Archmere volleyball team had five players earn Diamond State All-Conference awards.

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• 2024-2025 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 11/12/2024
  The newly elected members of the 2024-2025 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony on Tuesday, November 12th.

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• Football Earns #4 Seed in DIAA State Tournament
  News • 11/11/2024
  On the road on November 9th, Archmere closed out the regular football season on a positive note, shutting down a potential game-winning drive in the final minute to defeat Wilmington Friends 20-14. The Auks won for the eighth time and prepare for DIAA state tournament play next weekend. The team, bo ...

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• Volleyball Team Takes Down Ranked Newark Charter School
  News • 10/16/2024
  On Tuesday, October 15, Archmere Academy faced Newark Charter School in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Auks walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Newark Charter School Patriots, with final scores of 25-22, 19-25, 25-19, 25-19. The win made it two in a row for Archmere and bumpe ...

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• Archmere All Time and Class Performances from the New Balance Whippets Invitational
  News • 9/27/2024
  After the New Balance Whippets Invitational at Downingtown High School last week, the Archmere All Time and Class Performances have been updated.   Congratulations to: Richie Angiullo ‘25 - 10th Archmere All Time &; 10th Senior All Time Helen Socorso ‘25 - 10th Archmere All Time &; ...

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• McKayla Hwang '27 Competes at American Viola Society Festival
  News • 6/25/2024
  McKayla Hwang '27 won second place at the American Viola Society Festival 2024 junior solo competition.  The American Viola Society is one of the largest viola societies in the world and runs the prestigious Primrose International Viola Competition. The competition took place at the Colburn Sch ...

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• Brianna Yang '25 Receives Sportsmanship Award for Tennis
  News • 3/11/2024
  Archmere junior Brianna Yang has been named the recipient of the USTA Delaware District's 2023 Junior Sportsmanship Award. Brianna was recognized at the Annual Awards Ceremony on February 25th at Wilmington Country Club. This award is given to a high school boy and girl who play in Delaware tennis t ...

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• Alumni Happy Hour in New York City
  News • 2/29/2024
  Thank you to those who joined us in New York City on February 22nd for a memorable alumni happy hour. Alumni from classes of 1957 to 2020 gathered at Hudson Hound in the West Village to catch up with old friends and make new and meaningful connections.

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• Lucy Oliver '24 Named Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 2/26/2024
  Congratulations to Archmere senior Lucy Oliver, recently named the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week for Week 11 of the winter season. The senior reached 1,000 career points, scoring 31 points and pulling down 10 rebounds in a 51-23 win over Charter of Wilmington. Lucy won an online vote over four ...

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• Valentina Ramos '26 Competes in International Harp Competition
  News • 2/26/2024
  Valentina Ramos '26, was awarded second prize in the prestigious international harp competition,  Concours Francais de la Harpe  in Limoges, France. Valentina was one of 131 contestants representing 20 countries. She wowed the judges with her jazz rendition of Lullabye of Birdland. Congrat ...

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• 9th Grade Math League Team Earns First Place in Region
  News • 2/12/2024
  In the last meet of the year, Archmere's 9th grade Math League team placed first in the meet and first in the region overall, scoring an impressive 72 points.

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• Maryanne Grisz '78 Named President and CEO for Fashion Group International
  News • 1/31/2024
  Fashion Group International has appointed Maryanne Grisz as its new president and chief executive officer.  “I am honored to be working with Chairman James D’Adamo, a collaborative Board of Directors, all leaders in their industries and our amazing New York office team to start this ...

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• Cross Country Racks Up Honors at New Castle County Championship
  News • 11/6/2023
  Last weekend, the Archmere cross country team competed against 31 other teams on the grass hills of the Winterthur Estate at the New Castle County Championship. The varsity girls finished third overall and the varsity boys finished fourth. Both JV girls and boys also finished fourth. 

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• Kelly Hodlofski '21 Joins Field Hockey Coaching Staff
  News • 9/29/2023
  Kelly Hodlofski '21 is a junior at West Chester University. When she is not at school studying for her nursing degree, she is either working at Chester County Hospital or coaching Archmere's field hockey team.  "The Archmere field hockey program was so good to me and was the highlight of my 4 y ...

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• Valentina Ramos '26 Places First in Piano Competition
  News • 8/22/2023
  Valentina Ramos’ 26 won first prize in her age category of the Music School of Delaware Piano Competition in August. She performed at the winners recital and was part of a Master Class given by the adjudicator, international concert pianist Emiko Edwards. Additionally, Valentina is preparing t ...

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• Dr. Caroline Corrigan Eskow '02 Named 2023 Top Dentist by the Washingtonian
  News • 6/13/2023
  Dr. Caroline Corrigan Eskow '02 recently opened Virginia Prosthodontics, a dental office specializing in prosthodontics in Chantilly, Virginia. She helps fix her patients’ smiles by repairing and replacing teeth and was just named a 2023 Top Dentist by the Washingtonian. To visit her site, ple ...

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• Justine Ciarrocchi '06 Celebrates Third Major Production Alongside Jennifer Lawrence
  News • 6/12/2023
  Produced by Justine Ciarrocchi '06 and Jennifer Lawrence under their joint banner Excellent Cadaver, the documentary, Bread and Roses , follows three educated, previously employed women whose lives have been upended by the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. This marks Exc ...

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• Meredith Finger '26 Named Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 5/17/2023
  Archmere 9th grader Meredith Finger was recently named the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week for her outstanding performance on the golf and softball teams. A multi-sport athlete at Archmere, Meredith was named Athlete of the Week for Week 7 of the spring season. The 9th grader shot a combined 1-u ...

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• Medical Lunch & Learn: Dr. John Finley '96, Dr. Katie Sahm '90, and Dr. David Boyajian '96
  News • 4/28/2023
  Dr. John Finley '96, Dr. Katie Sahm '90, and Dr. David Boyajian '96 joined us for a medical "Lunch &; Learn" with 15 current students who are considering a future career in the medical field. Each alumnus spoke about their journey, how they felt Archmere prepared them, and what their typical day loo ...

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• Bill Sickles '79 Teaching Business Course at Fordham University
  News • 4/28/2023
  Bill Sickles '79 retired from Google in January, after more than 15 years of working on a variety of ad sales teams based in the New York Office. In August of 2022, he started as a full-time professor at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business, after two years of teaching as an adjunct profe ...

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• Chris Dougherty '85 Named President of Madonna University
  News • 3/31/2023
  Dr. B. Christopher Dougherty ‘85 will become the eighth president of Madonna University effective July 1, 2023. Chris has over 30 years of higher education experience, currently serving as associate professor of business at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. He and his wife Joanne are exci ...

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• Dr. Drew Fagan '97 Awarded 2023 Teacher of the Year by the TESOL International Association
  News • 2/27/2023
  Dr. Drew Fagan '97 is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education and Coordinator of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was recently named 2023 Teacher of the Year by the TESO ...

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• Zach Losco '05 Persues Law Career
  News • 2/27/2023
  D. Zachary Losco '05 graduated summa cum laude from Delaware Law School in May 2022, passed the Delaware bar exam that summer, and was admitted to practice as a Delaware attorney on December 14, 2022. He handles transactional and municipal matters, with a focus on commercial and residential real est ...

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• Four Alumni from the Class of 2015 Start a Boutique Consulting Firm
  News • 1/31/2023
  A group of four alumni friends: Payas Parab '15, Danny Bannon '15, Matthew Gallagher '15, and Caleb Smack '15 have started a boutique consulting firm called The Handy Point Group LLC.  The Handy Point Group helps small businesses succeed by providing personalized solutions for their unique need ...

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• John Rollins '88 Starts Business to Prevent Catalytic Converter Theft
  News • 12/18/2022
  John Rollins '88 is the co-founder and COO of CATrak Technologies Inc, a mobile software application that continuously monitors a vehicle’s catalytic converter, notifying the owner of a theft in progress, triggering a deterrent alarm and if stolen, assisting law enforcement with its recovery u ...

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• Sofia Alvarez '20 Studies Abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France
  News • 12/15/2022
  Sofia Alvarez '20 is an International Relations major and French minor at University of Delaware Honors College. She spent the last three months studying in Aix-en-Provence, France and recently wrapped up her semester abroad with a class tour at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzer ...

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• Ginny Hill '83 Recognized as 2022 Women of Distinction
  News • 12/8/2022
  Ginny Hill '83, CEO of Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey, was honored by Philadelphia Business Journal as one of this year's Women of Distinction. In this article , each honoree discusses challenges that professional women face in today's society, and Ginny states "With the inner-confid ...

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• 3rd Annual Mark Dombroski 3v3 Bball Tournament Coming Up on Dec 17th
  News • 11/30/2022
  The tournament will take place on Saturday, December 17th at 2PM at Archmere Academy. To register, please contact Andrew Pinto '17 (610-314-3495 or DM @andrewpinto10). Price per team is $75. Cash prize for winner! 

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• Greg Natello '72 Serves as Medical Consultant to NFL Alumni
  News • 11/29/2022
  With 52 percent of NFL alumni considered obese, the Wellness Challenge worked to help NFL alumni implement nutrition and lifestyle changes. Over the course of six months, the former players were supported through a program that was tailored to each person’s unique health conditions. Through th ...

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• Emily Freney '19 Graduates Early from Lehigh University
  News • 11/29/2022
  Taking into account her AP credits from Archmere and extra college coursework, Emily Freney '19 is graduating early from Lehigh’s Computer Science and Business program, which is an interdisciplinary honors program requiring almost a full semester of extra classes. Emily interned at JP Morgan t ...

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• Monique Rollins '98 Special Exhibition Opening: Exquisite Delineation
  News • 10/31/2022
  Be sure to stop by Monique's special exhibition at 1313 Market St (Wilmington, DE) from October 17, 2022 - January 5, 2023. Artist Monique Rollins will be present and painting live from November 7-10, with the opening and gallery talk on Thursday, November 10th from 5pm to 7pm. 

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• Christy Misogianes Limbach '03 Publishes Children's Book
  News • 10/29/2022
  Christy recently released her first children's picture book, Asher the Dino: Mommy Goes to Work .  Inspired by her son's struggle with her post-pandemic return to the office, Asher tells the story of a young dinosaur who experiences separation anxiety when his mom goes to work.   Asher is ...

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• Kate Singley '14 Opens CupKate's Bake Shop in Greenville
  News • 9/29/2022
  Kate Singley '14 turned her love and passion for baking into a business. The bakery storefront opened in September 2022, but until then she was fulfilling orders placed through her website and social feeds. “I’m pretty booked up and I know my mom is excited for me to get out of her kitch ...

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• Nicole Witherell '19 Partakes in "Bottles to Bricks" Project
  News • 9/29/2022
  Nicole Witherell '19 is currently a junior at Vanderbilt University, majoring in civil engineering.  She and a fellow classmate are collaborating with the University of Alabama on the “Bottles to Bricks” project, which aims to use recycled glass to enhance building materials and inf ...

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• Alisa Yakovenko '18 Lands Job at Microsoft
  News • 9/29/2022
  Alisa Yakovenko ‘18 graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering this past May, and started her career in a rotational program with Microsoft's Devices Supply Chain teams, based in Redmond, WA. Alisa is currently a Fulfillment and Logistics Program Manager, where she works ...

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• 2022-2023 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 9/26/2022
  The newly elected members of the 2022-2023 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater on Wednesday, September 21. Mr. Mike Johnson is the Student Council Moderator.

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• Josh Sapienza '91 Launches App Called Course
  News • 8/30/2022
  Josh Sapienza ‘91 created an app called Course Restaurant Guide, which matches users with restaurants that suit their personal taste. The app utilizes deep machine learning to understand its members' preferences and then calculates each person's individual compatibility with restaurants and ba ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/18/2022
  Congratulations to the nine Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level!

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• Field Hockey Defeats Delaware Military Academy
  News • 10/19/2021
  It took only two minutes for the Archmere field hockey team to score in a Diamond State Athletic Conference match up on October 13, claiming a 5-0 victory at Delaware Military Academy. The team is undefeated in the DSAC conference.   The Auks had a 34-3 edge in shots and 15-4 in penalty corners ...

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• 2021-2022 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 9/30/2021
  The newly elected members of the 2021-2022 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater on Wednesday, September 29. Mr. Mike Johnson is the Student Council Moderator.

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• Chris Albero '23 Named Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 9/21/2021
  Archmere junior Chris Albero was recently named the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week for his outstanding performance on the football field. In the first game of the season against Tatnall, the quarterback passed for 174 yards and three touchdowns, ran for a score and kicked four extra points in a ...

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• Archmere Goalie Maura Smeader '21 Celebrates 300 Lacrosse Saves
  News • 5/3/2021
  Archmere goalkeeper Maura Smeader '21 collected 12 saves, including the 300 th  of her career with the Auks, in a 10-6 victory in girls lacrosse over Dover on April 26. Maura took control early, reaching 300 on her first stop of the game, which came about five minutes into the match. Maura will ...

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• Varsity Baseball Defeats Wilmington Friends 4-2
  News • 4/20/2021
  Archmere seniors Danny Storm and Michael Mallamaci combined on a two-hitter, as the Auks scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings in a 4-2 victory in a non-conference baseball game on April 19 at home against Wilmington Friends. With the win, the Auks improved to 3-4 on the season. Archmere ...

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• National Honor Society Leaders for 2021-2022 Announced
  News • 4/19/2021
  Congratulations to  Archmere's   National Honor Society leaders for 2021-2022:   President: Timothy ( TJ )  Tomaszewski Vice-President:  Simi   Edeki   Class Officers Ella  Arcari Alexandra Harrington  Ryana   Rajesh

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• Archmere Seniors Raise Money for A.I. duPont Healthcare Workers
  News • 8/24/2020
  Written by Gabriella Gildea ‘21 This summer, seniors Tyler Allison, Abigail Jones, Michael Acierno, Seamus Morgan, and Gabriella Gildea worked together to raise over $1,000 to support local restaurants and health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. They created a Go-Fund Me page ca ...

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• Nate Andrisani '88 Helps Free Innocent Man After 31 Years in Jail
  News • 7/16/2020
  In 1989, Andrew Swainson was convicted of a murder that he didn't commit.  In February 2020, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said his case should be overturned.  Andrew was represented by Nate Andrisani '88.  Click here to read the full story.

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• Noah Niumataiwalu '16 Joins Australian Rugby Team
  News • 7/16/2020
  Noah Niumataiwalu '16 recently graduated from St. Joseph's University and is off to join his brother on the Australian rugby team, Manly Marlins.  Noah played for SJU Hawks in the US Collegiate League, and was picked for the Collegiate All Americans. Click here to read the full story.

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• Stephanie Welch Silverman '00 Wins 1st Place in DE Today's Photo Contest
  News • 7/15/2020
  Stephanie Welch Silverman '00 won First Place in the "Quarantine Life" photography contest sponsored by Delaware Today magazine, in the DIY category.  Her work was featured in their July 2020 "Best of Delaware" Issue, on page 39.  Stephanie has most recently been appointed Art Departm ...

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• William Mulhearn '08 Accepts Position at NASA
  News • 7/15/2020
  William Mulhearn '08 has accepted a position as a Materials Engineer AST for NASA at the Goddard Space Center in Maryland. He just completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

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• Emily Rosato '18 Wins Aspiring CPA Award
  News • 7/13/2020
  Belfint, Lyons &; Shuman, CPAs has awarded Emily Rosato '18 with the 2020 BLS Aspiring Delaware CPA Award.  University of Delaware surprised this year's award recipients at the Lerner College of Business &; Economics Honor's Day.  Emily earned herself a spot in the BLS Externship Program.

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• Alumnae Named Global Scholars at College of Charleston
  News • 6/10/2020
  Caroline Buck '16 graduated this spring as a Global Scholar after studying Spanish &; Communications in Czech Republic, Austria and Italy. Presley Conaty '16 graduated this spring as a Global Scholar after studying Hospitality &; Tourism in Spain.

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• Introducing the NHS Leadership Team for 2020-2021
  News • 5/29/2020
  Congratulations to the  National Honor Society  Leadership Team for the 2020-2021 academic school year:   President : Max  Iacono Vice President:   Camron  Kaiser   Senior Officers: Margaret Atkins, Brian  Carbajal , Norah  Prendergast The members of the ...

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• Danielle Cuoco '18 Leads Elon University's Oldest A Cappella Group
  News • 5/29/2020
  Danielle Cuoco '18, a rising junior at Elon University, is the Music Director for the school's oldest a cappella group, Twisted Measure. Her responsibilities include running weekly rehearsals, publishing music on streaming sites, coordinating the group's recording schedule and choosing which music t ...

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• Auks on Air Podcast
  News • 5/28/2020
  Archmere's Podcast Club was just gaining traction when Covid-19 hit &; Archmere transitioned to a virtual learning model. This episode is a retrospective of our first week in quarantine, before we had all of the information that we do now on the pandemic.  Stay tuned for fresh, new content in t ...

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• Administrative Update - 05/26/2020
  News • 5/26/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,   As this is the last week of classes for the school year, and the last school year with Mr. Jordan '80 as principal, I will wait to share with you my "weekly" update in our last monthly school newsletter of the year on Friday. Be well and be safe!   ...

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• Legends Behind the Lens: George Wensel '75
  News • 5/6/2020
  In his tragically short, 15-year career, George Wensel did more to advance sports production than most people achieve in a lifetime. A technical wizard, he had an unmatched passion for engineering and a can-do attitude that built the foundation for the mobile broadcast industry.

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• Archmere Offers Virtual Course Fair
  News • 4/21/2020
  The annual Course Fair (usually the opening of the course registration process) was originally scheduled for April 2, but instead opens virtually on Tuesday, April 21, in the form a Flipgrid, a series of movies explaining most one-semester courses and several AP course offerings; these movies were c ...

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• Gabriella Vasile '09 Creates Clothing Line to Support Those Affected by COVID-19
  News • 4/11/2020
  Gabriella Vasile '09, a Dermatology Resident at Larkin Community Hospital just outside of Miami, has created a clothing line to help support those affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The line is fittingly titled [together.] as this crisis is a time that she feels everyone should come together to help s ...

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• Alumni Join Forces to Help Hospitals In Need
  News • 4/2/2020
  Dr. Mike Gioffre ’90 organized an effort by the Delaware Dental Foundation and Platinum Dining Group to deliver 80 meals from Capers and Lemons to the Christiana and Wilmington Hospitals. Along with the meals, he and Dr. Rob Penna ’85 delivered posters of support made by kids in the loca ...

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• Medical Students for Masks
  News • 4/2/2020
  Bradley Bakst ’13 , a current medical student at PCOM, is collecting donations for hospitals facing severe Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) shortages in Philadelphia. He and a large group of medical student volunteers have helped to raise over $37,000 and allocated over 7,000 N-95 masks to ...

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• Florida Alumni Gatherings
  News • 3/27/2020
  Dr. Michael Marinelli '76 recently hosted two alumni receptions in Boca Raton and Naples, Florida. Regional alumni gatherings are a great way to reconnect with the School and reinvigorate your Auk pride! If you are interested in hosting or organizing a regional alumni gathering, please contact Ainsl ...

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• Special Thanks to Class Representatives
  News • 3/27/2020
  On March 3rd, sixteen of our Alumni Class Representatives met in the Patio for an important school update directly from Headmaster Michael Marinelli '76. The group then discussed best practices of keeping in touch with classmates. This fall, class years ending in 5 &; 0 will celebrate a reunion year ...

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• Katie Yakovenko '21 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 3/23/2020
  Archmere art student Katie Yakovenko '21 has been named the recipient of the annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist scholarship award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. This award, funded in memory of Michael P. Curcio '06, is award ...

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• Madison Stewart '20 Named Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 3/22/2020
  Archmere senior Madison Stewart was recently named the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week for her outstanding performance on the basketball court this year. Madison had 14 points and 6 assists in a 52-43 win over Woodbridge in the DIAA Girls Basketball Tournament. The senior basketball standout won ...

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• Monique Rollins '99 Exhibiting New Artwork at Delaware College of Art & Design
  News • 2/21/2020
  Artwork by Archmere alumnus Monique Rollins '99 will be on  display at the Toni &; Stuart B. Young Gallery at the Delaware College of Art &; Design (DCAD), beginning this evening. Monique will exhibit nine works comprised of five new oil paintings, two new acrylic and paper collages, and two ch ...

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• Archmere Stage Band Performs in San Francisco
  News • 2/18/2020
  Over President’s Day weekend, the Archmere Stage Band performed in San Francisco, showcasing their talent at multiple locations throughout the city. They held mini-concerts at Pier 39 on Fisherman’s Wharf and The California Academy of Natural Sciences. Additionally, the students toured G ...

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• 5k Running Club Competes in the Cupid's Chase Race
  News • 2/10/2020
  Archmere 5K Club runners competed this past weekend in the Cupid's Chase 5K at the Philadelphia Zoo. Each member, including club moderator Mrs. Kathy Wright, placed in their age group. Congratulations to all of the Archmere runners!    Taylor Fallers '23 - 3rd in her age group Raphael Coro ...

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• Catherine Lawless '17 Named to the University of Delaware's Dean's List for the Fall 2019 semester
  News • 1/31/2020
  2017 Archmere graduate Catherine Lawless has been named to the University of Delaware's Dean's List for the Fall 2019 semester. To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean's List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester. Cat i ...

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• Archmere Science Olympiad Team Takes Home First Place
  News • 12/9/2019
  The Science Olympiad team participated in an Invitational at the Girls School of Philadelphia on Saturday, December 7. The Archmere teams finished in 1st and 4th places. The two Archmere teams shared eleven 1st or 2nd place event finishes. Congratulations to all members of both the Green and Wh ...

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• Emily Maceda and Jack Riveros Recognized by National Hispanic Program
  News • 10/9/2019
  Each year the National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) recognizes about 7,000 academically outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students who take the PSAT/NMSQT. Archmere Academy seniors Emily Maceda and Jack Riveros were recognized for scoring in the top 2.5% among Hispanic and Latino P ...

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• Archmere Boys and Girls' Lacrosse Players Earn Academic and All-American Awards
  News • 7/9/2019
  Congratulations to the following Archmere lacrosse players who have earned All-American Accolades: The 2019 Delaware US Lacrosse Girls’ All-America ns: Caroline Donovan  The 2019 Delaware US Lacrosse Girls’  Academic All-Americans Tullis Lui  Caroline Donovan  Megan R ...

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• Girls' Soccer Ends Successful Season with Delaware All-State Honors
  News • 6/6/2019
  The Archmere Academy Girls’ Varsity Soccer team had a successful season, boasting a 13-2 record this spring. After a first round bye, the Auks took on Newark Charter in the Quarterfinals of the DIAA Tournament, falling 2-1. The following players have received 2019 Delaware All-State recognitio ...

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• Abby Kates ’20 Wins DIAA High Jump Championship!
  News • 5/20/2019
  Archmere junior Abby Kates participated in the 2019 DIAA Track and Field Championships, hosted at Dover High School on Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18th. Abby finished 1st in the High Jump, clearing 5'2" .  The Archmere Girls' Track and Field Team finished 10th overall. Twenty-one te ...

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• Christopher Corsi '13 Builds Successful Startup Company
  News • 5/17/2019
  Christopher Corsi ’13, Co-Founder of Cassian Solutions, and his team have developed a phone case that interacts with an app to increase medication adherence. They are currently working with a nationally-ranked hardware accelerator, AlphaLab Gear, based out of Pittsburgh, PA. 

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• Beau Biden Foundation Hosting Event in NYC on May 1st
  News • 4/26/2019
  Josh Alcorn '99, Chief Operating Officer at the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, is helping to host a "Friendraiser" in New York city on May 1st. The event will take place at Il Gattopardo at 6 pm.  "Please join the Beau Biden Foundation board and staff for cockta ...

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• Seniors Cole Bauer, Nolan Collins, Zane Fracek and Brian Neill Selected to All-Star Team
  News • 4/25/2019
  Congratulations to Archmere seniors Cole Bauer, Nolan Collins, Zane Fracek and Brian Neill who have been selected to represent the North's Blue Team in the 2019 Delaware Senior All-Star Lacrosse Game, to be held June 11, 7:00 pm, at Dover High School.  2018 US Lacrosse All-American and DSAC Pla ...

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• 2019 Math League Awards
  News • 4/11/2019
  This month, at the Math League Invitational competition in Dover, Archmere's 9th grade team earned 2nd place in the State. The team consisted of freshmen Nick Zhu, Ben Wei, Simi Edeki, Ryana Rajesh and Mandy Jiang. Nick Zhu '22 also won First Place as an individual at the Invitational.  In ...

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• Meghan Presta '20 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 4/10/2019
  At the 2019 Fine Arts Festival held on March 23rd, Archmere art student Meghan Presta '20 was named the recipient of the annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist scholarship award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. This award, funded ...

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• Caroline Quinn '17 Cast as Lead in "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
  News • 4/4/2019
  Caroline Quinn '17 has been cast as the lead (Millie) in Thoroughly Modern Millie, which will open at the Broadway Theater of Pitman in Pitman, NJ this June.  The musical comedy tells the story of a small-town girl who comes to NYC in 1922, excited to enter the workforce.  Reviewed as " Ov ...

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• Boys' Lacrosse Defeats Wilmington Charter in Second DSAC Victory
  News • 4/1/2019
  Archmere seniors Mitchell Moyer, Cole Bauer, and Brian Neill each scored hat tricks as Archmere powered past DSAC rival Wilmington Charter 15-1 in boys lacrosse on Thursday, March 28. The Auks had a 4-1 lead after the opening quarter, and kept the momentum up throughout the game.  Archmere ...

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• Abby Kates '20 Wins High Jump at the DIAA Indoor Track Championships
  News • 2/5/2019
  Congratulations to Abby Kates ’20 for placing first in the 2019 DIAA Indoor Track State Championship! Abby won gold in the high jump with a height of 5 feet 2 inches!

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• Seniors Mitch Moyer, Darren DiRenzo and Brady Dalton Receive Football Awards
  News • 1/31/2019
  The 15th Annual Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association (DIFCA) All-State Banquet was held on January 28, 2019 at Dover Downs. The 2018 All-State, Sportsmanship, and Maxwell Club Recipients were recognized that evening, including Archmere seniors Darren DiRenzo, Mitch Moyer, and Brady ...

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• Alexander Regas '21 Named Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 12/27/2018
  Archmere sophomore Alexander Regas was recently named  the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week  for his outstanding performance on the wrestling mat, particularly in the the first two matches of the season. Alex pinned both of his opponents at 126 pounds as the Auks defeated Conrad an ...

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• Archmere Basketball Defeats Red Lion in Season Opener
  News • 12/10/2018
  On December 7th the boys' basketball team took on Red Lion at home, winning 40-35 in the first matchup of the season. Darren DiRenzo '19 scored twelve points during the game, while Louis Rosato '19, Michael Albero '20 and Matt DiGregorio '20 each had six. To read the Dialog article for ful ...

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• Dr. McKenna Healy '00 Teaching Confidence Through Sports
  News • 11/26/2018
  Dr. McKenna Healy '00 is working hard as a Board Member of the Nashville based non-profit organization, Play Like a Girl, to ensure that every girl reaches her full potential. The foundation believes that girls given the opportunity to play on a team become women with confidence to stand on their ow ...

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• Andrew Rosenbaum '20 Top XI Player of the Year; Soccer Players Named to All -State Team
  News • 11/14/2018
  Archmere junior Andrew Rosenbaum earned the 2018 Top XI Delaware Boys Soccer Player of the Year honor, in voting conducted by the Delaware High School Soccer Coaches Association. The following soccer players earned All-State honors: 2018 DELAWARE BOYS SOCCER FIRST TEAM ALL - STATE Andrew Rosenb ...

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• Rohit Mathur '21 Launches Archmere Podcast
  News • 10/30/2018
  Archmere sophomore Rohit Mathur recently launched a Podcast on Apple iTunes. His first episode, "Flying with the Auks", features school president George Mantakounis '19 and highlights the Archmere Robotics program. To listen to "Flying wth the Auks" and receive updates about new episodes,  ...

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• Sydney Niumataiwalu '19 Named Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 10/26/2018
  Archmere senior Sydney Niumataiwalu was recently named  the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week  for her outstanding performance on the volleyball court, particularly in the games last week.  Sydney had 26 assists, five kills and six digs in a 3-0 win over St. Mark’s, then had 2 ...

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• Speech and Debate Club Competes in Big Questions Debate
  News • 10/1/2018
  On Saturday, September 29, the Archmere Academy Speech and Debate Club competed in junior and senior divisions of the Big Questions debate at Tall Oaks Classical School in Bear, DE. Freshman Abigail Ryan, in her first competition for Archmere, took third place in the junior division. Congratulations ...

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• 2018-2019 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 9/4/2018
  The newly elected members of the 2018-2019 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater today. Executive Officers George Mantakounis ’19 - President Lewis MacMillan ’19 - Vice President Alexandra Maloy ’19 - Administrative Officer Meghan Reill ...

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• Hardcastle Gallery Opening Reception Featuring Terry Newitt
  News • 8/31/2018
  Friday, September 7, from 5:30 to 8:30 Six artists, including Archmere's own Terry Newitt, are showcasing their original paintings, from traditional to contemporary, including watercolor, oil, acrylic, and mixed media. The show will continue through October 6, 2018.

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• Abby Kates '20 Wins High Jump at NCC Championships
  News • 5/14/2018
  Archmere sophomore Abby Kates participated in the New Castle County Track and Field Championships, hosted at Charter School on Friday, May 11th. Abby  finished 1st in the High Jump, clearing 5'5" .  The Archmere Girls' Track and Field Team finished 11th overall. Twenty-one teams competed a ...

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• Abby Kates ’20 Ties Archmere Girls' High Jump Record
  News • 4/23/2018
  Archmere sophomore Abby Kates participated in the 8th Annual Art Madric Hall of Fame Invitational, hosted at Caravel Academy on Saturday, April 21st with the Archmere Track and Field team. Abby won the girls' high jump at the meet and  t ied the Archmere girls' school record of 5 feet 3 inches. ...

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• Greg McCord '16 Awarded Academic All Ivy for Rugby at Princeton University
  News • 3/6/2018
  Gregory McCord '16 was one of five Princeton Rugby players awarded Academic All-Ivy for the Fall 2017 season. In order to qualify for this honor, a player must appear in two Ivy Rugby Conference A-side matches and maintain an at least 3.7 GPA. Selections were made by vote of the 8 coaches of th ...

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• Abby Kates ’20 Wins DIAA High Jump Championship!
  News • 2/22/2018
  Congratulations to Abby Kates ’20 for placing first in the DIAA indoor track state championship! Abby won first in the high jump with a height of 5 feet 2 inches!

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• Seniors Experience Career Day
  News • 12/1/2017
  On November 30, 2017, 133 senior students traveled to 80 employers to shadow professionals in their career of interest. Some students traveled as far as New York City and Washington DC. Many of the hosts were alumni, current and past parents, spouses of faculty and staff, and friends within the Arch ...

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• Archmere Community Service Offers "Trunk or Treat" with Knollwood
  News • 10/30/2017
  The Archmere Community Service group hosted a "Trunk or Treat" for local families at Knollwood Community Center on Saturday, October 28th. Over 50 Archmere students decorated 25 cars and parked them in the lot. Kids came dressed up to walk around and trick or treat by visiting each car. The idea was ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 Wins Grand Prize in the 2017 Brighter World Art Contest
  News • 9/12/2017
  This year's Grand Prize Winner of the The Brighter World Art Contest is Archmere senior Lauren Chua. The contest, sponsored by  Sargent Art, the leading supplier of quality art materials to the educational and retail markets throughout the United States, is an annual contest that highlights stu ...

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• 2017-2018 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 9/5/2017
  The newly elected members of the 2017-2018 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater today.

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• Archmere Kicks Off Year - End Fund Drive
  News • 6/22/2017
  The Archmere Fund helps finance academic programming, financial aid, athletics, visual &; performing arts, clubs &; activities, and facilities. We need YOUR help to reach our goal! With one week remaining and $55,900 left to raise, our operational goal for the Archmere Fund is within reach! ...

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• Ben Creekmore '14 Inducted Into Nation's Oldest College Honorary Society
  News • 4/25/2017
  Ben Creekmore '14 has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most honored college honorary society at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Requirements include maintaining a 3.85 or higher GPA with at least 75 credit hours at UNC . Click here to read the full press rele ...

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• Eileen Filliben Edmunds '84 to Lead Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition
  News • 4/21/2017
  The board of trustees of the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition announced that Eileen Filliben Edmunds, JD/MBA, became the new executive director of the statewide nonprofit organization in January. Edmunds, a two-time breast cancer survivor and a former volunteer and board member of the coalition, is ...

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• Chelsey Liu ’20 - State Champion for the 100 Free
  News • 3/1/2017
  Chelsey won the State Champion for the 100 Free in swimming this past weekend. In addition to the championship, Chelsey was  named to the First Team All State for Archmere swimming.

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• Tory Sylvestre '13 Recognized for Developing Type 1 Diabetes Research Program
  News • 12/14/2016
  As a University Scholar in her senior year, Tory has risen to the challenge of developing a research program by rigorously pursuing her area of inquiry - investigating how people with type 1 diabetes straddle the line between ability and disability. Recognized as one of the most exciting undergradua ...

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• Aaron DaCosta '13 Named Northeast- 10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll
  News • 11/1/2016
  Saint Michael's College men's soccer seniors Aaaron DaCosta (Newark, Del./Archmere Academy) and Taylor Wallace (Bedford, N.H./Bedford) were both named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on Sunday, Oct. 23. Click here to read more.

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• Carly Ciarrocchi ’04 of ‘Sunny Side Up’ Shares Love for Home State of DE
  News • 7/7/2016
  Delaware native Carly Ciarrocchi has made her way to stardom in New York City, but she will never forget the state that contributed to her status.

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• Sprout TV Show "Sunny Side Up", Starring Carly Ciarrocchi '04, Receives Emmy Nomination for Best Pre-School Children’s Series
  News • 6/16/2016
  Carly Ciarrocchi '04 stars in kid's hit TV show "Sunny Side Up". The show was recently nominated for a Day-Time Emmy Award for Best Pre-School Children's Series . 

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• Food Blogger Skylar Bouchard '11 Gains Attention from Food Network
  News • 6/16/2016
  Skylar Bouchard has leveraged her love of social media into a multiplatform brand that’s caught the attention of the Food Network and popular food companies.

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• Alumni Art Night with Terry Newitt
  News • 5/20/2016
  On April 15th, the Alumni Association hosted an art night in the Manor with lessons from our very own Terry Newitt.

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• Meghan Lee '97 Opens Restaurant in Lewes, DE
  News • 5/18/2016
  Heirloom, a magnificent restoration of an 1899 home in Lewes, is the dream of owner Meghan Lee, a Chadds Ford transplant with previous restaurant experience at Sovana Bistro in Kennett Square and Talula’s Garden in Philadelphia. The mansion’s transformation from weather beaten to wunderb ...

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• 5K Run/Walk for Service
  News • 5/16/2016
  On Saturday April 30th, the Archmere Alumni Association welcomed alumni, faculty/staff, students, and friends of the Archmere community for a cross country style 5K on campus with proceeds benefiting the Day of Service, which took place the following day.

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• Allison Newitt Hilley '95 Competes in "Battle of the Bands" at Wilmington Flower Market
  News • 4/29/2016
  Alison Newitt Hilley '95 and her band AlyCat will compete against 4 local bands for a grand prize at Battle of the Bands on Wednesday, May 4th from 5-8pm at the Wilmington Flower Market (Rockford Park). Click here to read more.

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• Archmere Student Receives Michael P. Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 3/21/2016
  At the 2016 Fine Arts Festival held on March 19th, Archmere art student Catherine Falkenstein '17 was named the recipient of the third annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist scholarship award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. This ...

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• Three Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
  News • 2/23/2016
  Three Archmere Academy seniors were named National Merit Scholarship Competition finalists based upon their junior PSAT scores and application for the competition.  Gregory McCord, Rahul Subbaraya, and Caleb Wang were three of 15,000 students nation wide that were chosen as finalists from an in ...

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• Archmere Robotics Team Takes First Place in PA Tournament
  News • 1/11/2016
  On Saturday , the Archmere Robotics team, the "Robauktics", won the First Place Alliance Captain Award at the Southeastern PA Qualifier Tournament at the Pennsylvania FIRST Tech Challenge. FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics program for middle and high school students who use the power, exciteme ...

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• 10 Auks Chosen as NHS Scholarship Candidates
  News • 12/17/2015
  Each year the National Honor Society sponsors a competitive scholarship competition for NHS members who have excelled in their schools. This year, 10 students have been chosen as our candidates for the NHS scholarship program.  Each one will apply independently for the scholarship awards.   ...

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• Shawn Witt ’97: Real Life in Reality TV
  News • 12/17/2015
  Shawn Witt '97 develops reality shows such as Alone, Pawn Stars, Tiny House Nation and many others. As senior vice president of programming, he juggles projects, fields calls and learns. To read his full interview, click here.

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• Auks Named to All - State Soccer Team
  News • 12/14/2015
  The boys' soccer season has now come to a close, but not without much to celebrate. The following Archmere soccer athletes were named to the Delaware All - State Soccer team: Matt McCurnin '16 and Sean Murray '17 were named to first team, and Alex Schultz '16 was named to second team.  ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Top Spots in Vocal Competition
  News • 12/2/2015
  Archmere juniors Caroline Quinn, Alexander Weir and Keelin Reilly competed at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS-NYC) vocal competition at Columbia University last weekend. They had the opportunity to sing before a panel of judges in an extremely competitive environment. Keelin pl ...

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• Archmere Students Earn All-State Choir
  News • 11/30/2015
  Congratulations to the following students who auditioned for the All-State Vocal Ensembles this past Saturday in Smyrna and were chosen based on their audition scores.   MIXED CHORUS SI - Bella Abbrescia '19 SII - Danielle Cuocco '18 AII - Leah Anne Malangyaon '16 BI - Keelin Reilly '17 (highes ...

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• Archmere Community Service Corps Offers "Trunk or Treat" with Knollwood
  News • 11/9/2015
  Archmere Community Service Corps hosted a "Trunk or Treat" for local families at Knollwood Community Center on Monday, November 2. Over 50 Archmere students decorated 25 cars and parked them in the lot. Kids came dressed up to walk around and trick or treat by visiting each car. The idea was to prov ...

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• All Alumni Social
  News • 10/24/2015
  Alumni of all years were invited to celebrate Homecoming 2015 at the All Alumni Social following the home games on October 24th. Over 100 alumni and friends joined us at the Social after cheering on the Auks. Guests enjoyed refreshments, cocktails, and live music from Geoff Giordano ‘93. This ...

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• Golden Alumni Luncheon
  News • 10/23/2015
  The Golden Alumni Luncheon was celebrated on Friday, October 23rd in The Patio. 120 alumni and guests participated in this annual social event that recognizes our alumni who have graduated from Archmere over 50 years ago. Guests were entertained by a performance from the Archmere Academy Mastersinge ...

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• Ecology Club Cleans Up at Fox Point Park
  News • 9/21/2015
  On Saturday, September 19, the ecology club participated in the  29th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup at Fox Point Park in Wilmington. This was Archmere's 9th year in a row participating in the clean up.  Sponsored by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, ...

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• Amanda Phelan '06 Launches New Fashion Line
  News • 9/11/2015
  Amanda Phelan ’06 debuts her clothing line at La Mama, a performing-arts theater in the East Village on September 12, 2015. Amanda is one of six new designers to debut their collection at New York Fashion Week 2015. Amanda currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and holds a degree in Textiles fr ...

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• Artwork by Thomas Diamanty '15 Selected for Traveling National Art Exhibit
  News • 8/20/2015
  The Art.Write.Now.2015 National Exhibition features the most creative visual and literary art by teens from across the country, identified through the prestigious Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards. In March, Thomas Diamanty ’15 received a Gold Key award from Scholastic for his digital submissio ...

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• Alumni in Philadelphia Social
  News • 6/25/2015
  On Thursday, June 18th, Auk alums gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel bar in Center City, Philadelphia. This particular evening event gave everyone the opportunity to catch up with some old friends and make new Archmere connections. We had representation from the 70’s through the 2000’s a ...

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• Five Archmere Boys' Lacrosse Players Awarded 2015 Delaware All-State Accolades
  News • 6/16/2015
  Congratulations to the Auks on another exciting Lacrosse season! The following players have received recognition for their play this year: Colin Duffy ( All-State First Team, Attack) Ben Revak ( All-State Second Team, Midfield) Patrick Udovich (All-State Second Team, Defense) Robbie Baxter, ( All-St ...

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• Congratulations to the Class of 2015!
  News • 6/9/2015
  Best wishes to the graduating seniors of the Class of 2015 as they prepare over this summer to embark on the next chapter of their lives!  Click here  to view the College Matriculation List for the Class of 2015 and photos from the Commencement Exercises.

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• Colleen Carney '15 Named State Champion, Team Placed 7th in Championships
  News • 5/19/2015
  The Archmere track and field team competed in the DIAA State Championship Meet on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 at Dover High School. The girls' team placed 7th overall in Division II. Archmere senior Colleen Carney '15 was named a State Champion after winning both the 3200 meter and the ...

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• Alumni/Student Day of Service
  News • 5/14/2015
  The 2nd Annual Alumni/Student Day of Service was held on Saturday May 2nd. Approximately 20 alumni, faculty/staff volunteers, and 36 current students participated in this program working together to serve the community. Venues included: Knollwood Community Center, Nativity Prep School, the Bethesda ...

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• Young Alumni Social at Morgan's Pier
  News • 5/14/2015
  The Young Alumni Social was held on Saturday, May 9th at Morgan's Pier in Philadelphia, PA. Designed for classes from 2000 through 2012, twenty-five young alums registered to attend the event. Alumni attendees had the opportunity to catch up with friends and network with fellow young alums. It was a ...

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• Colleen Carney '15 Wins Gold at the New Castle County Track Championships
  News • 5/14/2015
  The Archmere track and field team competed in the 2015 New Castle County Championship meet held at Baynard Stadium on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9. With a time of 10:45.24, Archmere senior Colleen Carney captured first place in the 3200m. In the 1600m, she  finished second with a time of 4 ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Their Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/8/2015
  Pictured are the Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level.  Matt Bastian College of Charleston Colleen Carney University of Richmond Katie Dempsey Columbia University Colin Duffy St. John's University Pat Fallon University of New Hampshire M ...

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• Raylin Xu '15 Named Finalist for National Honor Society Scholarship
  News • 5/7/2015
  Each year, Archmere nominates 3 students for the highly competitive National Honor Society Scholarship. This year, Archmere senior Raylin Xu was selected as one of the 200 national finalists. On the national level, these finalists earn a $1000 scholarship. Out of the 200 student finalists, Raylin wa ...

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• Archmere Math League Has Another Successful Year
  News • 5/5/2015
  Archmere's 9th grade Math League team took second place in the regional competition, and the 10th-12th grade team took third! Archmere student Ashish Mahuli '18  placed fourth in the state in the 9th grade individual competition, and Mark Melvin '15 received a perfect score in the 10th-12th gra ...

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Honored at St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation
  News • 4/24/2015
  The Diocese of Wilmington St Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". Archmere had 10 seniors presented awards: Emily Dentinger, Sean Devine, My'Kelya Dickerson, N ...

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• Charlotte Rath ’13 Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team
  News • 4/22/2015
  Charlotte Rath ’13 of the Lafayette College women's lacrosse team was named to the All-Patriot League Second Team. Charlotte was third on the team in scoring with 22 goals and five assists for 27 points on the year. In her other responsibilities, she was first on the team in ground b ...

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• Maddie Buckley '11 Embraces B+ Message
  News • 4/20/2015
  When Wilmington resident Madeline Buckley packed up and moved to William Smith College in Geneva, New York, for her freshman year in 2011, her personal belongings included a compelling message. She brought her enthusiasm for the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, which aims to help children battling ca ...

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• Archmere Student Receives Michael P. Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 3/30/2015
  At the 2015 Fine Arts Festival in March, Archmere junior Barbara Boylan was named the  recipient of the second annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist scholarship award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. This award, funded in me ...

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• Girls' Swimming Relay Wins State Championship
  News • 3/2/2015
  Junior Ellie Jogani, Freshman Sarah Mousley, and Sophomores Lilly Quinn and Sally Stockett won the Girls 200 meter Medley Relay on Saturday at the University of Delaware. Ellie also won the 100-yard freestyle and Sally won the 100-yard backstroke. Congratulations to our State Champs!

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• Junior Jess Yuschak's Logo Chosen for the 21st Century Fund
  News • 2/12/2015
  Archmere Junior Jess Yuschak's logo design was chosen as this year's winner for the 21st Century Fund.  During the fall semester, the Digital Art and Design class was commissioned to design a logo for the Fund, which is a public/private partnership to address the special needs of at-r ...

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• Rachel Gillen '11 Named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week
  News • 2/11/2015
  As a redshirt junior on the Fordham softball team, Rachel Gillen was named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week. Gillen started two of three games she played in the circle and went 2-1 with a 0.76 ERA to go along with 20 strikeouts and four walks while scattering 14 hits in 18.1 innings. Click here t ...

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• Vincent J. Filliben '47 Inducted Into the Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame
  News • 1/23/2015
  Vince Filliben coached Archmere's boys basketball team for more than 30 years. When he stepped down in 1985, his 378 wins were the most of any Delaware high school coach. In addition to basketball, Filliben coached football and baseball, and he served as athletic director. The court at the Moglia Fi ...

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• Art Students Win Gold at Regional Scholastic Art Competition
  News • 1/19/2015
  Archmere art students won over 60 awards at this years Regional Scholastic Art and Writing competition. Their pieces included a wide variety of photography, sculpture, painting, and digital art. Gold Key winners were: Elise Bastian '17 Barbara Boylan '16 Meredith Capuli '17 Megan Clements '15 Thomas ...

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• Matt Gallagher '15 Receives the 2014 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award
  News • 12/21/2014
  Archmere Senior Matt Gallagher was named a recipient of the 2014 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award.   The award, which has been given for 43 years, goes to a player “who has exemplified outstanding performance, attitude and character on and off the field.”   Matt was also nam ...

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• Matt McCurnin '16 Named The News Journal's Athlete of the Week
  News • 12/16/2014
  After winning three matches at the Yellowjacket Invitational at Newark on Saturday, December 13, Archmere wrestler Matt McCurnin is this week's News Journal High School Athlete of the Week. Read the story and interview with Matt here.

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• Archmere Students Earn WordWright Honors
  News • 12/2/2014
  A team of Archmere students won high honors at this year's national WordWright Challenge, a competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry.

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• Daniel Kim '17 Named Finalist in National String Competition
  News • 12/1/2014
  Archmere sophomore cellist Daniel Kim won the Pennsylvania Music Teachers National Association Competition, and has been named a Division Finalist in the Music Teachers National Association Senior String Competition, representing Pennsylvania. Daniel will travel to Washington D.C. in January to comp ...

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• Mastersingers Named to All-State Chorus
  News • 11/25/2014
  Several members of the Archmere Mastersingers choir were selected to the All-State Chours. Claire Caverly '15 (soprano) and Sarah Burton '17 (alto) were named to the All-State Women's chorus. Claire was the highest scoring soprano in the state. Danielle Cuoco '18 (soprano), Keelin Reilly '17 (bass) ...

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• Colleen Carney '15 Named WDEL Athlete of the Week
  News • 11/16/2014
  After winning the title of State Champion in the DIAA Division II race on Saturday, November 8, with a time of 19:18 at the White Clay Creek 5K course, Archmere cross country runner Colleen Carney is named this week's WDEL High School Athlete of the Week.   Read the story and see an interview w ...

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• Maddie Buckley '11 Selected Player of the Year
  News • 11/13/2014
  Madeline Buckley sits atop the Liberty League in goals (11), goals per game (.611) as well as points (27) and points per game (1.5). She is tied for second in game-winning goals with four and she netted a career-high three goals in a game against Vassar. Buckley was also named Liberty League Offensi ...

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• Archmere Sophomore Places in Two Music Competitions
  News • 11/12/2014
  Archmere sophomore and student muscian Conor McAvinue competed in the Newark Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition on Sunday, November 9, placing third for playing the viola. Conor was the youngest musician in both the High School and College Division to place in this competition.  On Fr ...

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• Archmere Academic Bowl with Two Impressive Wins
  News • 11/6/2014
  The Archmere Academic Bowl team defeated Padua in their contest last night - in the JV match by a score of 300 to 110 and in the Varsity match by 250 to 95. The team's Catholic League record is 2-0. Natasha Gengler, Caleb Wang, Matt Oslin, Alec Giakas, Natasha Gengler are members of the Archmer ...

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• Archmere Community Service Corps Offers "Trunk or Treat" with Knollwood
  News • 10/31/2014
  Archmere Community Service Corps hosted a "Trunk or Treat" for local families at Knollwood Community Center on Thursday, October 30th. Over 50 Archmere students decorated 25 cars and parked them in the lot. Kids came dressed up to walk around and trick or treat by visiting each car. The idea was to ...

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• Student Artist Wins Watercolor Competition
  News • 10/28/2014
  Senior Katie Maurer won the top prize of $1,000 this past Saturday for a watercolor painting that she created on location at the Winterthur Museum. The competition, sponsored by Plein Air Brandywine Valley and the Children's Beach House, Lewes, invited all high school seniors yo spend 5 ho ...

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• Golden Alumni Luncheon - October 10, 2014
  News • 10/21/2014
  The Golden Alumni Luncheon was celebrated on Friday, October 10th in The Patio. 115 alumni and guests participated in this annual social event that recognizes our alumni who have graduated 50 or more years ago from Archmere. Guests were entertained by a performance from the Archmere Academy Mastersi ...

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• All Alumni Social- October 11, 2014
  News • 10/21/2014
  Alumni of all years were invited to celebrate Homecoming 2014 at the All Alumni Social following the homegames. Over 100 alumni and friends joined us at the Social after cheering on the Auks. Guests enjoyed live music, refreshments and cocktails. This event is becoming one of our most popular alumni ...

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• Archmere Seniors Chosen for NHS Scholarship Program
  News • 10/21/2014
  Each year, Archmere can select three seniors to participate in the NHS scholarship program, a very competitive, national scholarship program. This year, the NHS scholarships candidates are Meibin Chen '15, Matthew Oslin'15, and Raylin Xu '15. For more information about this program, click here.

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• David Sang '11 Traveled to New Zealand with KPMG
  News • 9/29/2014
  Dave Sang '11 was one of only 20 students from across the United States selected to participate in KPMG’s Global Internship Program. He spent four weeks interning for the company in Auckland, New Zealand during his senior year at the University of Delaware. David worked for KPMG’s i ...

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• Archmere Alumnus Opens Chadds Ford Tavern
  News • 9/29/2014
  The Chadds Ford Tavern, closed for two years, re-opened on September 24, 2014 under new ownership. The new owner, Kevin Bradley '93 spent 14 years in the wholesale wine industry, and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware. He attended Philadelphia Restaurant School t ...

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• Student Volunteers "Clean the Coast"
  News • 9/23/2014
  On Saturday, September 20, 14 students took time out of their weekend to volunteer for the "Coastal Cleanup" at Fox Point State Park in Wilmington, DE, with Ecology Club moderator, Mr. Bill Mulhearn. One of the student volunteers, senior Lexi Fields, said that the project was like a "religious ...

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• Caroline Quinn '17 to Perform at Carnegie Hall
  News • 9/5/2014
  Archmere sophomore Caroline Quinn '17 won distinguished first place at the American Protégé International Singing Competition, a program designed for singers who would like to challenge themselves in a very competitive environment. Carline will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York on ...

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• Tom Coyne '93 Writes About Being A Writer
  News • 8/5/2014
  Read this great feature piece written by Archmere alum Tom Coyne '93. The article, recently published in Notre Dame Magazine , addresses the question of what it is to be a "writer." Tom currently teaches creative writing at St. Joseph's University.

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• Senior Goaltender Anna D'Eramo Leads No. 1 Lady Auks To Championship Game
  News • 6/2/2014
  Goaltender Anna D'Eramo '14 came up big when it mattered most for the Lady Auks, preventing the Quakers from scoring the game-winning goal then scoring the game winner herself as Archmere defeated Wilmington Friends 4-2 (2OT/SO) on Friday night, to advance to the 2014 DIAA Division II Girls' Soccer ...

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• Freshman Conor McAvinue '17 Awarded Viola Scholarship
  News • 5/29/2014
  Violist/violinist Conor McAvinue '17 recently auditioned at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia for a viola scholarship in their Advanced Study Program. He ranked first overall among all violists who auditioned for the program. As a result, Conor has the choice of playing viola for one year ...

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• Young Alumni Social at Twin Lakes Brewing Company
  News • 5/28/2014
  The Young Alumni Social was held on Wednesday April 30th at Twin Lakes Brewing Company in Greenville, Delaware.  Designed for classes from 1999 through 2011, thirty-five Young Alums registered to attend the event. Alumni attendees had the opportunity to catch up with friends and network wi ...

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• Alumni/ Student Day of Service
  News • 5/28/2014
  The Alumni/Student Day of Service  was held on Saturday May 3rd. Approximately 30 alumni volunteers, 30 current students, and 6 faculty/staff members participated in this new program working together to serve the community. Venues included: Claymont Elementary School, Ministry of Caring, Knollw ...

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• Senior Kate Payne '14 Scores 100th Career Goal
  News • 5/13/2014
  Senior lacrosse player Kate Payne '14 recorded her 100th career goal for the Lady Auks, as the Girls' Varsity lacrosse team steamrolled Concord High School 18-3, in their final regular season game. The No. 2 ranked Lady Auks enter the State Tournament this weekend with a stellar 13-2 record. Payne, ...

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• Archmere Senior Recipient of Widener University High School Leadership Award
  News • 5/7/2014
  Senior Nicole Kushner '14 was awarded the Widener University High School Leadership Award. The accolade recognizes high school students within the Delaware Valley region that demonstrate courage and leadership by standing up for what is right, finding a way to address a wrong, or making a positive d ...

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• First Archmere Student to Receive Concord Township Scholarship Award
  News • 5/7/2014
  Archmere senior Emily Fulginiti '14 is the first Archmere student to receive the Concord Township Scholarship Award, a scholarship awarded to a Concord Township resident who demonstrates leadership and a strong committment to community service. Archmere alum and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors ...

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• Archmere Rugby Player Named Athlete of the Week
  News • 5/6/2014
  Archmere senior Chris Curcio was named the News Journal's Athlete of the Week for his outstanding performances this rugby season. Curcio was recruited by Arizona and Kutztown, one of the nation's top 15-man rugby programs, before committing to St. Joseph's two weeks ago. He received a scholarsh ...

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• Archmere Drama Students Take Home Awards at WCU Competition
  News • 5/1/2014
  Archmere's cast and crew of the West Chester University Drama Club Competition play Asylum , took home three awards at Wednesday's competition. Freshman Keelin Reilly was named "Best Actor," and the crew was awarded "Best Scenic Design" and "Best Show at Competition."   

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• Drama Students Nominated for Cappies
  News • 4/30/2014
  Archmere's fall production of  The Curious Savage received three nominations for Cappie awards this year: Best Comedic Actress in a Play:  Savannah Quinn '15 Best Actress in a Play :  Anna South '15 Best Costume Design:  Claire Caverly '15   The winners will be announced at ...

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• Archmere Sophomore Places First in German Exam
  News • 4/30/2014
  Archmere student Mareike Van Wie '16 received recoginiton from the Delaware Saengerbund and Library Association for her outstanding performance in the written German exam. Mareike placed first among all of the students in Delaware to take the exam.

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• Archmere Welcomes French Exchange Students
  News • 4/29/2014
  Fifteen French exchange students are visiting Archmere and attending classes from Monday April 28, until Friday May 2. The exchange students are staying with local families, will accompany host students throughout their entire school day. Dr. Marinelli, Archmere's Headmaster, and members of the Lang ...

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• Caroline Quinn Won Central New Jersey Productions Talent Show
  News • 4/28/2014
  Archmere freshman Caroline Quinn won first place in the teen division of the Central New Jersey Production's talent show at Open Arts Stage on Sunday, April 27 with her rendition of "Gimme Gimme." Click here to watch a YouTube video of her performance.

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• Archmere Math League Has A Successful Year
  News • 4/21/2014
  Archmere's 9th grade Math League team took second place in the regional competition, and the 10th-12th grade team took first! Archmere student Idana Tang tied for first in the 9th grade individual competition, and Mark Melvin took first first in 10th-12th grade competition. Click here to read more.

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• Archmere Swimmers Named to All-State
  News • 4/11/2014
  Members of the Archmere swim team were named All-State for this past season. For the girls' team, Ellie Jogani '16 and Sally Stockett '17 were named to first team, and Laura Jogani was named to second team, and Lily Quinn '17 was named Honorable Mention. For the boys' team, Ben Creekmore '14 an ...

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• Archmere Juniors Earn Science Awards
  News • 4/7/2014
  Each year, Archmere Academy awards the Rensselear Medal to one junior that excels in science, math and technology, which is presented at graduation. This year's recipient of this award is Matt Oslin. Similarly, Archmere awards the Bausch and Lomb Science Award each year to one junior that excels in ...

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• Mastersingers Head to National Invitational Choral Festival in Orlando
  News • 4/3/2014
  The Archmere Academy Mastersingers make their way to Orlando, Florida this week for the National Invitational Choral Festival, where they will compete against other invited chours from across the nation. Students will have a chance to attend workshops and participate in clinics with members of Disne ...

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• Archmere Students Receive Inaugural Michael P. Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Awards
  News • 4/3/2014
  At the 2014 Fine Arts Festival this past March, Archmere senior Kelcey Hutchinson and junior Katie Maurer were named the first recipients of the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist scholarship awards for for their commitment to the study of art, their outstanding portfolios, and originally conceived ...

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• Archmere Junior Named 2014 Carson Scholar
  News • 3/25/2014
  Junior Emily Dentinger has been selected as the 2014 Carson Scholar this year for Archmere.  Emily will receive a $1,000 scholarship award.  She is among over 6,200 gifted students from across the country that have been named Carson Scholars.  Their academic achievements and service t ...

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• Archmere Students Receive High Honors in WordWright Challenge
  News • 3/19/2014
  In the year's third WordWright meet, held in February, Archmere juniors Megan Clements and Matt Oslin, each of whom made only two mistakes, placed among the 101 highest-scoring eleventh graders in the entire country. Senior Michael Bannon was one of the highest-scoring twelfth gradesr nationwide. Mo ...

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• Archmere Athletes Participate in Blue/Gold All-Star Game for Charity
  News • 3/7/2014
  Archmere seniors Kate Payne, Amanda Olsen and Tyler Burns will participate in the Blue Gold All-Star Basketball games at the Bob Carpenter Center next Saturday, March 15. The game benefits Best Buddies Delaware. The athletes will attend Best Buddies Blue-Gold Basketball Day with the Attorney General ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 3/7/2014
  Five Archmere seniors: Zixin Cao, Mercedes Chartier, Jonathan Lobo, Brian Zhang and Justine Zhang, were named National Merit Finalists because of their high scores on the PSATs, taken in their junior year. Only 8,000 students nation-wide are named finalists and are eligible for Merit Scholarship awa ...

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• Archmere Freshmen Place at 2014 Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians
  News • 3/4/2014
  Archmere freshman Conor McAvinue won first in the 13 to 15 age division of the 2014 Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians. He played the viola and performed the Hoffmeister Concerto in D Major: I. Allegro. Fellow Archmere freshman and cello player Daniel Kim was named the runner-up for 1 ...

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• Chinese Club Celebrates the New Year
  News • 2/10/2014
  The Chinese Club held a Chinese New Year Celebration on February 7, 2014. As part of the festivities, they made decorations depicting the Chinese character for 'Spring.' The Chinese year 4712 (the year of the Horse) began on January 31, 2014.  

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• Archmere Students Named Presidential Scholar Candidates
  News • 1/31/2014
  Seniors Zixin Cao, Jonathan Lobo, Michael Bannon and Rebecca Peet were named candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.   The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our nation's most distinguish ...

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• A Team of Students Won Highest Honors at the 2014 WordWright Challenge
  News • 1/30/2014
  Archmere's eleventh grade WordWright team placed eighth in the nation, participating with 596 school teams from all across the country. Archmere's twelfth grade team placed fifth in the nation. Students who won highest individual honors included juniors Meibin Chen, and Anna South and seniors Emily ...

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• Student Musicians Named to All-State Band
  News • 1/26/2014
  Archmere seniors Raylin Xu (flute) and Justine Zhang (clarinet) were named to Delaware's 2014 All-State Senior Band. Juniors Charlotte Brown (clarinet) and Idana Tang (clarinet) were named to Delaware's 2014 All-State Junior Band. Members of the All-State bands are selected by The Delaware Music Edu ...

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• WDEL: "Archmere's Burns heats up in 2nd half to secure conf. win"
  News • 1/16/2014
  WDEL posted a video with highlights from Archmere's win against Delaware Military Academy in its seventh victory of the season in a Diamond State Conference game on Friday evening. Tyler Burns '14 scored 23 points of the team's 65 in an exciting and tight game. Click here to see the video and read m ...

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• Freshman Give Back at Emmanual Dining Hall
  News • 1/6/2014
  On Friday, December 13, freshman Kaylie LeClerc, Grace Merritt and Jayniah Rothwell volunteered to gather the already collected non-perishable food items (12 bags total), loaded them into a school van and headed to the Emmanuel Dining Hall with Theology teacher, Ken Kropp.  There they unloaded ...

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• Nicole Kushner '15 Receives Widener University High School Leadership Award
  News • 12/20/2013
  Archmere junior Nicole Kushner received the Widener University High School Leadership Award. This awards program is designed to recognize high school students like you in the region who embody the university’s commitment to develop and inspire leaders to affect positive change.  Nicole wi ...

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• Caleb Wang '16 to Perform at Carnegie Hall
  News • 12/18/2013
  Archmere sophomore Caleb Wang was accepted into the Honors Orchestra for the 2014 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall, after a competitive audition and application process. The performance date will be on February 9, 2014.  Click here for more information.

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• Keelin Reilly '17 Sings National Anthem at 76ers Game
  News • 12/13/2013
  Archmere freshman Keelin Reilly sang the national anthem for the crowds at the Wells Fargo Center prior to the December 7th Philadelphia 76ers game against teh Denver Nuggets. Click here to watch a YouTube video of his performance.

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• Archmere Mastersingers Named to All-State Choir
  News • 12/2/2013
  Congratulations to Claire Caverly '15 who was chosen to be a member of the Delaware All-State Choir and who ranked 4th in the state for Soprano I and to Keelin Reilly '17 who also was chosen to be a member of the Delaware All-State Choir and who ranked 2nd in the state for Bass I.

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• Mary Tobin '13 Named AVCA All-Region
  News • 11/18/2013
  Stevens Instituite of Technology freshman Mary Tobin was one of six student-athletes to be named to the honorable mention team within the New York region, while 14 others were voted to the region's first-team. She helped lead Stevens to a 27-7 overall record and a trip to the Empire 8 Conference Cha ...

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• Archmere Senior Anna D'Eramo Named Wendy's HS Heisman State Finalist
  News • 11/6/2013
  Anna D'Eramo was named a Wendy's High School Heisman State Finalist, because of her relentless effort to consistently reach higher. This award recognizes the most well-rounded and accomplished high school seniors in the country. To learn more, click here: www.wendysheisman.com

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• Big Wins for the AUKS this Weekend: Volleyball and Football Bring Home Victories
  News • 11/4/2013
  Saturday, Nov. 2 was a great day for Archmere Athletics: the Archmere volleyball team defeated No. 15 Wilmington Friends 3-0 in the opening round of the DIAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday while the football team defeated DMA 14-7, bringing their record up to 6-3. Click here to read more about th ...

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• Golden Alumni Luncheon
  News • 10/29/2013
  The Golden Alumni Luncheon was celebrated on Friday, October 18th in The Patio. 103 alumni and guests participated in this annual social event that recognizes our alumni who have graduated 50 or more years ago from Archmere. Guests were entertained by a performance from the Archmere Academy mastersi ...

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• All Alumni Social- Homecoming 2013
  News • 10/29/2013
  Alumni of all years were invited to celebrate Homecoming 2013 at the All Alumni Social following the homegames. Over 100 alumni and friends joined us at the Social after cheering on the Auks. Guests enjoyed classic dixieland music, refreshments and cocktails. This event is becoming one of our most p ...

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• Students Place in Model UN Competition
  News • 10/29/2013
  The Model UN delegation represented itself fairly well at the Ridley High Conference. The delegation was led by Preet Bhaidaswala '15, who earned best position paper. Whereas, rookie delegates Nick Xiao '15, Max Beck '17, and Kathryn Slomski '17 all earned best novice certificates and Akhil Bollu '1 ...

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• AUK Volleyball Finishes Regular Season Strong
  News • 10/29/2013
  Archmere's volleyball team defeated Concord in the season finale game on Monday, Oct. 28. The Auks ended their regular season with a 12-3 record and a 7-game winning streak. To read more about the game and to see video highlights, click here.

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• AUK Football Defeats Lake Forest
  News • 10/28/2013
  WDEL Reports: "Jack Malloy's three touchdowns helped Archmere triumph 30 - 8 in division match-up over Lake Forest at Coaches Field on Saturday afternoon." "The first quarter started off slow with Archmere scoring the first and only touchdown of the half. Brian Rogers connected with Nicholas Udovich ...

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• Niko Karolidis '11 participates in Global Leadership Program in Barcelona
  News • 10/25/2013
  Archmere graduate and Widener University student Niko Karolidis '11 of Woodbury, NJ, is currently studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Karolidis, a hospitality management major, is participating in the school's Global Leadership Program, which was created to ...

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• Zixin Cao '14, Brian Zhang '14 and Justine Zhang '14 Nominated for NHS Scholarship Competition
  News • 10/24/2013
  Each year, Archmere can select three members of the senior class that have excelled academically and in leadership to participate in the NHS scholarship competition.  This year, the seniors that have been selected are Zixin Cao, Brian Zhang, and Justine Zhang.  Congratulations to these stu ...

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• Runner John Mascioli '13 Named Atlantic 10 Men's Rookie of the Week
  News • 10/22/2013
  On October 21, Archmere alumnus and Saint Joseph's University Runner John Mascioli '13 was named Men's Rookie of the Year by the Atlantic 10. Mascioli posted a time of 25:12 (8k) at the Princeton Invitational as the Hawks recorded a fourth place team finish. Click here to read more.

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• Karla Senior '05 to Release Cookbook this Nov.
  News • 10/22/2013
  Archmere graduate Karla Senior, who studied pastry arts at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan (now the International Culinary Center) and worked at the Hotel du Pont’s Green Room, is the author of a cookbook featuring recipes using Lékué silicone pans. Karla demonstrated some ...

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• Archmere Swimmer Ben Creekmore '14 Commits to UNC
  News • 10/8/2013
  Archmere senior Ben Creekmore, a talented freestyler and butterflier from Wilmington, Delaware, recently committed to the University of North Carolina to join the top-ranked Tar Heels swim team. Click here to read an article about his impressive swimming career and decision to attend UNC in the Fall ...

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• Archmere Senior Earns 2013 National Recreation Foundation Award
  News • 10/1/2013
  Avery Jamison '14 was selected to receive the 2013 National Recreation Foundation Award. Presented each year to one graduating male and one graduating female Russell Byers Charter School alum, this award is presented every year at RBCS's Founder's day celebration.  

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• Archmere Art Teacher to Hold One-Man Exhibition
  News • 9/30/2013
  Longtime art teacher, Terry Newitt, will host a one-man exhibition that opens this Friday, October 4, at the Darlington Art Center in Garnet Valley, PA. The opening reception will be on October 4 form 6 to 8 p.m. Watercolors, acrylics and drawings will be among his work on display, including recent ...

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• Swimmer Ben Creekmore '14 Named Scholastic All-American
  News • 9/30/2013
  USA Swimming recently announced the Scholastic All-America Team for 2012-2013.  Senior Ben Creekmore qualified for this honor in several events. More information is available in the September 23, 2013 announcement on maswim.org .

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• Father McLaughlin Receives 'Magis' Award
  News • 9/26/2013
  Father McLaughlin was recently honored by his alma mater, St. Aloysius Academy for being and doing "the greater" in the Magis Award. Father graduated from St. Aloysius in 1957. Click here to see a video from the awards ceremony.  

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• Archmere Senior Named Semifinalist in National Achievement Scholarship Program
  News • 9/26/2013
  N'Dea Yancey Bragg '14 is a Semifinalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. The program recognizes academically talented black American high school students who were among the 1,600 highest-scoring participants on the PSAT last October.  N'Dea is eligible to receive an Achievement ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Defeats Ursuline 3-2
  News • 9/25/2013
  "Archmere's Amanda Olsen '14 slammed home her 14th kill of the night on match point, giving the Auks a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Ursuline Tuesday night," WDEL reports. Click here to check out the full article and see a video from the game.

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/25/2013
  Archmere seniors Zixin Cao, Mercedes Chartier, Jonathon Lobo, Brian Zhang and Justine Zhang were named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSATs, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.5 million) achieve this honor and are invited to apply f ...

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• Archmere English Teacher Writes Features for Philadelphia Inquirer
  News • 9/24/2013
  Longtime Archmere English teacher, Mr. Steve Klinge, has been a feature writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer for a number of years. This past week, Steve had two articles published in the Entertainment section: " David Bromberg, thanks to Dylan, is a triple threat Read more at http://www.philly.com/ ...

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• Caroline Rath'14 Named Athlete of the Week
  News • 9/10/2013
  Archmere senior field hockey athlete Caroline Rath was named the News Journal's "Athlete of the Week" (September 10, 2013) after scoring a goal and making two assists as the Auks opened the season with a 4-1 victory over Concord on Friday. “I love scoring; I love hearing the ball hit the back ...

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• 2013-2014 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 9/3/2013
  The newly elected members of the 2013-2014 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater today.

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• Archmere Senior Named Scholastic All-American Swimmer
  News • 8/23/2013
  Archmere senior Ben Creekmore '14  swam at the 2013 US Open in Irvine in  California from July 30th through August 2nd. Very few high school swimmers were invited to the meet. Ben placed 68th in the 200 butterfly and 88th in the 200 freestyle, and qualified to be a Scholastic All-American ...

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• Scott Thomson '08, Facebook Engineer, Visits India
  News • 8/6/2013
  Scott Thomson '08 is an engineer with Facebook at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park,California. This summer, he spent a week in India with six colleagues investigating the use of Facebook on mobile devices in the country. The trip was featured in a recent article in The Economic Times. ...

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• Senior Boys' Camping Trip
  News • 8/2/2013
  This summer, a large group of rising senior boys went on volunteer a camping trip in the spirit of fostering rapport, spirituality and team-building. July 27-31st, the boys headed to Shenandoah with Mr. Jordan, Mr. Dougherty, and Mr. Cocco. This is the fourth year for the event which includes hiking ...

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• Camryn Hicks '14 and Gillian Sweeney '13 Make First Team All State for Soccer
  News • 6/27/2013
  Archmere junior Camryn Hicks and sophomore Gillian Sweeney were named to First Team All-State for girls soccer, while the Auks head coach, Mike Finizio, was named coach of the year. Go AUKS!

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• Girls' Soccer Players, Coach Earn All State Recognition
  News • 6/12/2013
  The Delaware High School Girls Soccer Coaches Association named Archmere Head Coach Mike Finizio 'Coach of the Year' and five of his AUKS earned All-State recognition. Allison Sullivan '14, Gillian Sweeney '15 and Camryn Hicks '14 were named to first team All-State, goal keeper Anna D’Eramo '1 ...

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• News Journal Posts Archmere Graduation Photos
  News • 6/3/2013
  Delware Online, The News Journal's Web site, posted a photo gallery from Sunday's commencement exercises. Check out the photos here.

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• Archmere Junior Named to First Team All-State for Baseball
  News • 5/28/2013
  Sean Deely '14 was selected as a first team all-state pitcher and an honorable mention all-state first basemen for baseball. For more, click here.

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• Senior Uniform Collection
  News • 5/22/2013
  Beginning today, the Archmere Mother's Guild will be collecting senior uniforms for the Garage Sale in the front office.

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• TEAMS Students Headed to National Competitions
  News • 5/16/2013
  The 9th and 10th grade TEAMS ( Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science ) team and the 11th and 12th grade TEAMS teams have both been invited to the National competition. 16 students will represent Achmere at the National competition from Jun 28 to Jul 2 in Orlando, FL. To learn more ...

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• Students Place in State Chemistry Test
  News • 5/16/2013
  Two students from Archmere participated in the state chemistry test: Matt Oslin '15 and Justine Zhang '14. Matt's performance in the test earned him first place in the state of DE.

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• Students Earn National Recognition in WordWright Competition
  News • 5/8/2013
  A team of students representing Archmere Academy recently won highest honors in the year-end standing of this year's WordWright Challenge. A team of seniors from Archmere were 13th in the nation overall, with the juniors tying for 11th place in the nation. Individual competitors Brian Zhang '14 and ...

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• Junior Career Day 2013
  News • 4/29/2013
  This year's Junior Career Day saw a record number of alumni speakers who took time out of their day to come to campus and talk to students about their careers and their career paths. 17 of our 23 speakers were alumni, including keynote speaker Julie Kubacki '96, who is the Regional Promotions Manage ...

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Honored with St. Francis de Sales Medal
  News • 4/26/2013
  Last night (4/25) at Holy Angels Church in Newark, ten Archmere seniors were honored and awarded the St. Francis de Sales Medal for recognition of their excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership, and citizenship. The Archmere recipients were Jason Andrechak, Teresa Ceballos, ...

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• Archmere Launches New Planned Giving Program and Site
  News • 4/22/2013
  Did you know there are creative ways to support Archmere Academy? Ways in which Archmere Academy, you and your loved ones all benefit at the same time? Such giving techniques are called "planned gifts," because with thoughtful planning, you create win-win solutions for you and Archmere Academy. To l ...

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• National Honor Society Leaders Named
  News • 4/19/2013
  Congratulations to the following students for being elected as the senior officers of the National Honor Society for next year: President--Olivia Arasim '13 Vice-President--Colton Takata '13 Senior Officers--Margaret Bree '13, Emily Fulginiti '13, and Andrew Hahm '13

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• Senior Cross Country Co-Captain Signs Letter of Intent with Loyola
  News • 4/17/2013
  Tom Porth '13, co-captain of the Archmere cross country team this year, has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross country at Loyola University Maryland.

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• Sophomores Spread Easter Cheer
  News • 4/9/2013
  On Holy Thursday, several Sophomore Morality students hosted an Easter party at Anna's Place neighborhood center in Chester, funded by tips they had earned caroling at Christmas. The students included Anna Baxter '15, Alana Bradley '15, Michelle Bolner '15, Katie Dempsey '15, Maddie Guido '15, Kassi ...

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• Archmere Senior Earns 1st Place in Singing Competition
  News • 3/19/2013
  Katie Christenbury '13 placed first in the High School Women's Division at the 2013 Eastern Region National Association of Teachers of Singing Student Auditions that were held on March 15-17, 2013 at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. The Eastern Region is composed of six districts: Delaware, New Jersey, P ...

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• Archmere Students Named Semifinalists in Biology Olympiad
  News • 3/19/2013
  The following students are semifinalists in the Biology Olympiad Program: Meibin Chen '15, Mark Melvin '15, Raylin Xu '15, Brian Zhang '14, and Justine Zhang '14. They will be taking the semifinal exam during periods 1, 2, and 3 on F Day (Wednesday, March 20)

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• Archmere Students Named Carson Scholars
  News • 3/7/2013
  Kurt Hill '13 and Lucy Barr '14 were named 2013 Carson Scholars, recognized for their academic achievements and service to their communities. Kurt and Lucy are among 5,600 gifted students from across the country who were awarded this honor. Both students will receive a monetary scholarship to be app ...

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• Archmere Students to Perform at International Dance Festival
  News • 3/7/2013
  Olivia Garcia '13 and Alison Hopkins '14, both students of the Anna Marie Dance Studio in Wilmington, were selected to represent the State of Delaware at the International Dance Excellence Festival in Los Angeles, California from April 1 - 5, 2013. The students will be participating in workshops wit ...

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• Archmere Junior named Semifinalist for the 2013 U.S. Physics Olympics Team
  News • 3/1/2013
  Junior Brian J. Zhang was namd a Semifinalist for the 2013 U.S. Physics Olympics Team by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The U.S. Physics Team each year to compete in the IPHO Competition. This selection process begins in early January when high schools register their students to parti ...

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• Sophomore Raylin Xu Wins Essay Contest
  News • 2/28/2013
  Archmere sophomore Raylin Xu who was awarded a $1,000 scholarship for winning The Lincoln Cub of Delaware's Essay Contest. Raylin's essay was selected as the best amongst all Delaware entries. She was honored at the annual Lincoln Club Black Tie Dinner on February 20.  

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• Director of Technology Carl Campion '76 Interviewed on Education & Technology Blog
  News • 2/20/2013
  Archmere's Director of Technology and Alumnus Carl Campion '76 was interviewed by Technology and Education Blog Site, "Out of School." He speaks to the blogger about our 1:1 MacBook Pro laptop program, which came to Archmere in 2011. Check it out! http://outofschool.net/2013/02/20/25-carl-campion-wi ...

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• Lt. Col. Austin T. Appleton '89 in SuperBowl Spot
  News • 2/5/2013
  Archmere Alumnus Lt. Col. Austin T. Appleton '89 appears in this CBS Sports short that played on TV during halftime of the SuperBowl. Lt. Col. Appleton is a Engineer Plans Officer in the United States Army, currently stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the video, he is on the Ravens troop team. http ...

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• Mrs. Witte's Class Vists Prohibition Exhibit
  News • 12/17/2012
  Mrs. Witte's Law and Legal Issues class took a field trip to the Prohibition Exhibit at the National Constitution Center on December 12. Created by the National Constitution Center, American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition spans from the dawn of the temperance movement, through the Roaring ...

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• Football Ends with Semi finals & a Great Season
  News • 11/26/2012
  Archmere football (8) took on #2 Hodgson Tech in the DIAA Division II Semi-finals on Saturday at Hodgson. It was a tough loss for the AUKS, who were up 7-0 at the half, and had defeated #1 St. George's in the opening round of the tournament 19-13. The final score of the Archmere v. Hodgson game was ...

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• AUK Football Heads to DIAA Semifinals
  News • 11/18/2012
  The Archmere football team defeated Saint George's in round I of the DIAA Division II Football Tournament on Saturday, November 17. Archmere (8-3) will face second-seeded Hodgson in the semifinals at 11 a.m. next Saturday. Read the full story on the News Journal Website here. GO AUKS!

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• Edward Gomes '13 Receives Leadership Award
  News • 11/15/2012
  Ed Wright, Director of Admissions at Widener visited campus this month to present a plaque to Edward Gomes'13, who is a 2011 High School Leadership Award recipient.

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• Runner John Mascioli '13 Wins State Championship
  News • 11/11/2012
  The News Journal Reports: Refusing to lose command even after losing the lead, John Mascioli of Archmere overtook Tatnall’s Jack Hagood on the final hills to win the Division II state championship in the fastest time ever run at Brandywine Creek by a Delaware boy. In a breakthrough performance ...

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• Three Archmere Seniors Qualify for NHS Scholarship Competition
  News • 11/6/2012
  Congratulations to the following students for being selected as Archmere Academy's candidates for the National Honor Society Scholarship competition: Jason Andrechak '13 , Edward Gomes'13 , and Kurt Hill'13. NASSP, the parent organization of the National Honor Society, has awarded the NHS Scholarshi ...

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• Hillary Fitts '10 Scores Big for Fairfield Field Hockey
  News • 10/23/2012
  2010 Archmere graduate Hillary Fitts scored just 18 seconds into overtime to lift the Fairfield University field hockey team to a 3-2 win over Vermont, giving the Stags a berth in the America East tournament for the first time in school history. The tournament will take place on November 2 and 4 wit ...

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• Archmere Football Ends Perkiomen's Winning Streak
  News • 10/22/2012
  The AUKS' (5-2) defense stymied the Panthers of Perkiomen with six sacks and a two-touchdown lead by halftime; final score 28-7. To read more in an article from 'The Mercury,' click here.

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• Archmere Learning Specialist Earns ADHD Coaching Certificate
  News • 10/10/2012
  Archmere's Learning Specialist, Ms. Deborah Oleck, finished a course in ADHD Coaching for Teens and College Students, facilitiated by JST Coaching LLC. At the completion of her training, she was awarded a certificate for completion of ICF approved training.

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• Archmere Staff and Students Earn Recognition from the National Wildlife Federation
  News • 10/10/2012
  Grounds Manager Dan Lutz, Science Teacher Dr. Jennifer Christy, and Archmere students were awarded a Certificate of Achievement for the establishment and maintenance of an official wildlife habitat, from the National Wildlife Federation. The NWF recognizes schools and communities who protect and nut ...

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• Recent Archmere Graduate Recognized for Achievement on National Spanish Exam
  News • 10/9/2012
  Archmere alumna from the Class of 2012, Chandler Hicks, was a third place recipient of the 2012 Senior Scholarship for her achievement on the National Spanish Examination.

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• "Auks Remain Unbeaten" - Girls Volleyball Ranked #3
  News • 10/4/2012
  From The News Journal : ...The Auks (7-0) blew away Caesar Rodney in the third and fourth sets of their matchup Tuesday evening to earn a 3-1 victory. Set scores were 25-8, 23-25, 25-12 and 25-3. Read more.

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• 2011 Alumna Scores Game-Winning Goal for College Soccer Team
  News • 9/26/2012
  Maddy Buckley '11 made the game-winning goal for Wlliam Smith College's Women's Soccer Team. Buckley leads William Smith with seven goals this season, and Jensen leads the team with eight assists. Read more here: http://www.hwsathletics.com/news/2012/9/19/WSSC_0919125254.aspx

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semi-finalists
  News • 9/13/2012
  Seniors Jason Andrechak, Edward Gomes, and Patrick Reilly were named National Merit Semifinalists based on their high scores on the PSAT test taken last October. Ten seniors were also named Commended Scholars: William Bauer, Priya Bhaidaswala, Thomas DePietro, Kathryn Fosbenner, Evan Guein, Stephen ...

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• Archmere Senior Named Semi-finalist in National Achievement Scholarship Program for Black American HS Students
  News • 9/12/2012
  Aaron DaCosta was named a Semi-finalist in National Achievement Scholarship Program for Black American HS Students, based on his performance on the PSAT. The National Achievement® Scholarship Program is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding Black Ame ...

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• Archmere Football Players Praised in Daily Times
  News • 9/11/2012
  " Rogers, Mattern pitch in as Archmere routs Chichester" From the Delco Times: "Over the years, Archmere Academy has had a number of excellent football players as well as some outstanding coaches who called Delaware County home. Saturday afternoon at the Auks’ Coaches Field, a pair of players ...

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• Archmere Librarian completes eBooks course
  News • 9/1/2012
  Rosemary Conway-Bauer, Librarian, completed a four-week online course offered by the American Association of School Librarians this summer: "From 0 to 60: Implement eBooks in Your Library Program." Richard Hasenyager, Director of Library Services for the New York City Department of Education facilit ...

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• Archmere Senior Teresa Ceballos named National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
  News • 8/27/2012
  Archmere Senior Teresa Ceballos has been named a National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar by the College Board. She is one of 5,000 Hispanic/Latino students selected from a pool of over 253,000 who took the 2011 PSAT testing.

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• Rising Senior Katie Christenbury Shines in WNO Opera Institute's Summer Program
  News • 7/16/2012
  Katie Christenbury '13 completed three weeks with the WNO Opera Institute at American University this summer as one of the top students in the program. She also was one of the students chosen to perform on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center on Saturday, July 14. A clip of Kati ...

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• Archmere Sophomore wins T-shirt Design Contest
  News • 7/9/2012
  Thomas Diamanty '15 submitted the winning t-shirt design in the North Brandywine Swim League's (NBSL) annual design competition. His design will be featured on NBSL t-shirts, available for purchase at the Classic Meet on July 14, and the Championship Meet July 20-21. Thomas is a member of Elks Swim ...

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• The News Journal Features Junior Patrick Reilly and His First Place Essay
  News • 6/11/2012
  Archmere Academy junior Patrick Reilly’s essay, “Governor Russell Peterson: Loyal to Future Generations,” won the “John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students,” held by the JFK Presidential Library and Museum. His beat 2,077 essays from 50 ...

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• Archmere Band Students Earn All-State Honors
  News • 6/6/2012
  Archmere students Justine Zhang, Beth Burton, and Patrick Rielly were named All-State Band. Raylin Xu was named to junior All State Band. The Delaware Music Educators Association, a body of professional music educators, organizes the All-State programs in Delaware and selects tho ...

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• Class of 2012: College Decision Information
  News • 6/6/2012
  Congratulations to the Class of 2012! These new graduates are headed off to college in the Fall, many with scholarships and honors! A summary of this information is available on the College Counseling &; Guidance Porta l (please log in to view) and will be posted to the Young Alumni Webpage . It wil ...

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• The News Journal's Photo Coverage of Graduation
  News • 6/6/2012
  Click on this link to check out some snapshots of graduation featured on DelawareOnline: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=BL&;Date=20120603&;Category=PHOTOS14&;ArtNo=306030059&;Ref=PH&;odyssey=mod

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• 4x8 Team Sets New School Record
  News • 5/29/2012
  The Boys' Outdoor Track 4x8 relay team set a new Archmere school record at the Meet of Champions held at Dover HS. Evan Guerin '13, John Mascioli'13, Connell Donaghy '12, and Colton Takata '14 earned a time of 8:02 in the meet that brings the runners with the best times from the state together ...

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• Archmere "Guest Bartending" Event - May 10, 2012
  News • 5/17/2012
  The Fathers' Club and Alumni Association co-hosted a " Guest Bartending" Event on Thursday May 10th at the Brandywine Brewing Company. The event attracted more than 175 attendees from the Archmere community representing faculty, administration, alumni as well as current and former parents. All "tips ...

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• Freshmen Religion Classes Organize Food Drive
  News • 5/16/2012
  Mr. Kropp's freshman religion classes organized a food drive to benefit the Emmanuel Dining Hall, which provides 2 meals a day to the homeless, unemployed and underemployed. It is also a shelter for families who need temporary housing due to circumstances beyond their control. Marie Donovan '15, Kel ...

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• 2012-2013 Community Service Leaders Announced
  News • 5/15/2012
  The following juniors have been chosen as Community Service Leaders for the 2012-2013 school year: President -- Kayla Varela, Vice-president -- Evan Turek, Directors of Outreach -- Melissa Cirillo, Amelia Kruse, Stephen Haley, Lexi Drass, Christina Reilly, Amelia Altoe.

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• Archmere Seniors Open for Alumna's Band at World Café
  News • 5/10/2012
  Seniors Erica Dillman and Christine Holmes will be opening for Aly Paige Newitt '95 and her band, AlyCat at  World Café in Wilmington on May 12, 2012. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $9.

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• Archmere Drama Students Nominated for Cappies
  News • 4/24/2012
  Archmere's production of Cinderella was nominated for three Cappies Awards for a Winter Musical. Congratulations to Christina Lawless and Karen Shantz (Choreograpy), Sam Ciarrocchi (Female Comic Actress in a Musical) and Liam Freeh (Male Supporting Actor in a Musical)! The Cappies Award Ga ...

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• Local Ice Cream Establishment Thanks Archmere Students for Their work in Avery County, NC
  News • 4/16/2012
  Several Archmere students spent time over spring break working with Habitat for Humanity in Avery County, NC. A local ice cream establishment in NC, Bob's Dairyland, posted a "thank you" to them for their hard work on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bobs-Dairyland/250214834283

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• Archmere to Host 8 French Students
  News • 4/12/2012
  Archmere will host 8 students from the Lycée Saint Vincent in Senlis France from April 21st - May 7th, 2012. Our students spent two weeks in Senlis last June. Ms. Julia Howes, one of their English teachers and Ms. Gillian Osborn will accompany the French students as they explore the local sit ...

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• Art Students Receive National Medals
  News • 4/4/2012
  Ali Hazel '12 received two national silver medals for sculpture and Chris Newton '12 received one national silver medal for digital design in the National Scholastics Scholarship Art Awards Program. Only 800 silver medals are awarded nationally. They will be honored onstage at Carnegie Hall in New Y ...

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• Freshmen Religion Classes Provide Meals for Those In Need
  News • 4/4/2012
  On Friday, March 30, non-perishable Food Items that were collected over a 2 week period from freshmen Religion classes were delivered to the Emmanuel Dining Hall in Wilmington that feeds two meals daily to those in need (homeless, underemployed, unemployed, etc.). Four freshmen who assisted with the ...

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• YouTube: Mastersingers Perform at Disney Invitational
  News • 4/2/2012
  The Mastersingers performed a national choral competition in Orlando, Florida where they received high acclaim from a panel distinguished panel of judges. Parents, students and fans posted videos of the performances on YouTube. Check them out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vegJjwJetw http://w ...

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• Archmere graduate, Soprano Meagan Miller '92 Praised by NY Times
  News • 3/20/2012
  The New York Times praises Archmere graduate and opera singer Meagan Miller '92 in a March 6 article titled "Young Soprano Turns Out to be Pro." The article reviews Meagan's recent performance at the Morgan Library &; Museums' Gilder Lehrman Hall. Meagan Miller is a 2008 George London Foundation Awa ...

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• Archmere Freshman Mark Melvin Qualifies for American Invitational Mathematics Competition
  News • 3/20/2012
  Forty-seven students from Archmere took part in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) this year. Freshman Mark Melvin got in the honor roll of AMC 12 and he has qualified to go on to the next level of the competition, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) which was held on M ...

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• Three Archmere Students Named Semifinalist for Biology Olympiad
  News • 3/15/2012
  Edward Gomes, Brian Zhang, and Justine Zhang qualified as semifinalists for the biology olympiad, a very rigorous detail-oriented competition. About 10,000 of the best AP biology students in the country have participated in the open exam. Of that group, only 500 are invited to participate in the sem ...

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• Incoming Archmere Student Sings National Anthem at A10 Championship
  News • 3/12/2012
  Michaela Harrington, who will be a freshman at Archmere in the fall, performed the national anthem this week for the Atlantic 10 Women's and Men's Basketball Championship Games at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia and The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. In addition, she performed for th ...

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• Erica Jackey '08 Received UAA Accolades for Track & Field
  News • 3/1/2012
  The Newark Post reports: "Washington University in St. Louis senior Erica Jackey, Newark, Del. (Archmere Academy) was named the University Athletic Association (UAA) Women’s Indoor Track &; Field Most Outstanding Runner, while head coach Jeff Stiles and his assistants were selected as the UAA ...

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• Senior Sarah Long Earns First Place in Statewide Art Scholarship Competition
  News • 2/28/2012
  Sarah Long '12 received a first place award in a statewide portfolio scholarship competition sponsored by the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts. Her portfolio of drawings and paintings received a $1,500 scholarship award . She will be honored on Sunday, March 18 at the University of Delaware.

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• Junior Katie Christenbury Accepted to Washington National Opera Institute Summer Program
  News • 2/27/2012
  Katie Christenbury '13 has been accepted into the highly competitive 2012 summer program of the Washington National Opera Institute at the Kennedy Center. This summer training program is for highly motivated high school singers and accompanists age 15-18.  Students participate in master classes ...

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• Six Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/24/2012
  Congratulations to the following seniors who have moved from Semi-Finalist to Finalist status in the National Merit Scholarship competition: Alexa Hazel, Kathy Huang, Daniel Parshall, Nina Reed, Sarah Waldis, Kerith Wang. These seniors are now eligible for National Merit Scholarships.

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• Archmere Students Raise Funds for Charities in Lieu of Birthday Gifts
  News • 2/15/2012
  On January 28th, Brandan Bree, Maggie Bree, Camryn Hicks, and Laura Jogani celebrated their 16th birthdays with a joint celebration and instead of keeping the focus on themselves, decided to give back. They asked their guests to make donations to either the Creative Arts Center of the B+ Foundation ...

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• Community Pub Photo Gallery: Archmere defeats A.I. Dupont in Meet
  News • 2/9/2012
  Archmere boys swimming beat AI duPont 89-81 while the Archmere girls won 94-76 over AI duPont during a dual meet at the Walnut Street YMCA. A photo gallery can be found here.

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• Edward Gomes '13 recieves Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
  News • 1/30/2012
  Each year, Archmere selects a junior that has excelled at science to earn the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award. This year the award recipient is Edward Gomes. Congratulations to Edward for his achievement. This award qualifies Edward for a scholarship program at the University of Rochester.

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• Archmere Forensics Students Earn Top Spots in Tournament
  News • 1/30/2012
  On Saturday, January 28, the Archmere Forensics Speech team competed in a tournament here on campus. Sophomore Olivia Arasim and Junior Tori Kaloudis placed first in their duo event and earned a certificate of intimidation. Junior Danni Lumpkin placed third in her prose reading event.

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• "Auks for Life" March on Washington
  News • 1/27/2012
  Archmere's pro-life club, "Auks for Life" traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Life on Monday, January 23.

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• Archmere Girls' Basketball Defeats St. Thomas More
  News • 1/24/2012
  Archmere Academy won a close game against Saint Thomas More Preparatory Academy, 43-42, on Saturday, Jan. 21 - Community Pub posted the photo gallery online.

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• Archmere Academic Bowl Team Heads to Championship
  News • 1/24/2012
  Archmere’s academic bowl teams soundly defeated Ursuline last night (Jan 23) with JV winning 235-140 and Varsity 290-70. The varsity is undefeated and will play in the Championship match of the Catholic League next Thursday.

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• Archmere Students Named NHS Scholarship Candidates
  News • 1/10/2012
  Congratulations to Sarah Waldis '12, Kerith Wang '12, and Kevin Zhao '12 for being selected as the National Honors Society scholarship candidates for Archmere for 2012.

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• Fathers' Club Meeting Rescheduled to 1/10
  News • 1/3/2012
  The Archmere Fathers' Club meeting originally scheduled for 1/3 at 7:00 p.m. has been rescheduled to next Tuesday night January 10th, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

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• Varsity Shop: Holiday Hours
  News • 12/14/2011
  To accomodate Christmas shopping, the Varsity Shop will offer extended hour Friday, Dec. 16  through Tuesday, Dec. 20. 

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• Varsity Shop Now Online!
  News • 12/13/2011
  Looking for a green and white gift to place under your tree? Order some of your favorite Archmere favorites online through the Varsity Shop ! (www.archmereacademy.com/varsityshop.)

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• Archmere Junior: 1st Soprano, 2nd Overall in State Music Compeition
  News • 12/12/2011
  Katie Christenbury '13 attended the 2012 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) state competition at the University of Delaware on Novemeber 12th, and finished the competition as the top placed soprano. Katie was also 2nd overall.

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• Archmere Students Bring Christmas Cheer to Claymont Community Center
  News • 12/9/2011
  Archmere students invovled in Community Service visted the Claymont Community Center with Christmas crafts, decorations and Santa's helpers to ring in the holiday season for the children of Claymont. The Community Service Club at Archmere frequently provides assistance to the center.

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• Senior Career Experience Day
  News • 12/8/2011
  Thursday, December 1st was the 16th Annual Career Experience Day for Archmere Seniors coordinated by Marc Albero ’91 of the Alumni Council, the Office of Institutional Advancement and the Guidance Department. This program provides the students with the opportunity to “shadow” a pro ...

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• Boys' Soccer Players recognized by the Delaware High School Soccer Coaches Association
  News • 12/7/2011
  On Sunday, December 4, 2011 seven Archmere players were recognized by the Delaware High School Soccer Coaches Association (DHSSCA) for earning all-state honors.

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• Archmere students Selected for Delaware All-State Choir
  News • 12/6/2011
  The following students were selected after auditions to be members of the following Delaware All-State groups: Claire Caverly '15 - All-State Women's Choir; Ashley Graef '14 - All-State Women's Choir; Katie Taggart '13 - All-State Women's Choir; Christina Lawless '12 - All-State Mixed Choir.

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• Erin Arvedlund'88, Finance Reporter for Philadelphia Inquirer
  News • 11/29/2011
  Read articles from Archmere graduate and finance reporter Erin Arvedlund on Philly.com.

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• Archmere Girls Earn All-State Volleyball Team Accolades
  News • 11/18/2011
  Three Archmere Volleyball players earn All-State spots; Senior Cara Eppes named Player of the Year.

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• Boys Soccer Players Earn All-State Honors
  News • 11/8/2011
  Several Archmere juniors and seniors were named to All-State teams for Varsity Boys' Soccer.

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• Archmere Earns Top Seed in State Field Hockey Tournament
  News • 11/6/2011
  The State Field Hockey Tournament bracket was announced. Archmere Cape Henlopen, Archmere and Delmar are the top three seeds. Check out the full bracket here.

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• Archmere Named Top Seed in 16-team Volleyball Bracket
  News • 11/6/2011
  Top-ranked Archmere was named the top seed for the Delaware High School Volleyball Tournament when the 16-team bracket was released this week. The Auks beat St. George's in the first round of the tournament over the weekend, taking their record to 17-1. To read more from Delaware Online, Nov. 2 clic ...

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• 9th Grade Religion Holds Seder Meals
  News • 11/4/2011
  Ms. Gerber and Mrs. Rogers held seder meals for their 9th grade religion classes this Fall.

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• Freshman Student Council Officers Announced
  News • 11/4/2011
  The Freshman class voted and selected their officers for the 2011-2012 school year.

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• November Mothers' Guild Meeting Moved
  News • 10/31/2011
  The next Mothers' Guild Meeting will be held on Monday, November 7.

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• The Dialog Features Archmere's 1:1 Program
  News • 10/26/2011
  October 14: "Knowledge now falling into the laptops of Archmere students"

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• Archmere Shadow Days have Begun!
  News • 10/20/2011
  Calling all 8th Graders! Come and visit campus for a day, shadowing an underclassman. To schedule your visit, you can call the admissions office at 302-798-6632 ext. 718. To learn more about Archmere's Admissions, click here.

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• Alumni Happy Hour
  News • 10/18/2011
  The Alumni Happy Hour is sponosored by the Alumni Council each year. This year's Happy Hour kicked off the Homecoming activities on Thursday, October 13 at LIME Tequila Bar &; Grill in Wilmington. Over 30 alumni spanning 5 decades enjoyed drinks, conversation and reuniting with fellow Auks.

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• Archmere's Homecoming Weekend 10/14 - 10/15
  News • 10/15/2011
  Check out pictures from the pep rally and golden alumni luncheon here!

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• Fathers' Club Meeting & Brick Sales
  News • 10/3/2011
  The next Fathers' Club Meeting will be Tuesday, October 4 at 7 p.m. in The Patio. Meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The Fathers' Club is also announcing the start of brick sales for the year. Forms are available under Parents' Club Downloads here .

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• Archmere holds Activity Fair for Students
  News • 9/23/2011
  September 21, 2011 Archmere's 3rd Annual Activity Fair was held in the quad during and assembly schedule to introduce students to the many clubs Archmere has to offer. This provided students with the opportunity to meet the club's moderators, both peer and faculty, as well as encouraged them to beco ...

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• DelcoNewsNetwork Reports: Internet Safety Talk at Archmere
  News • 9/19/2011
  The Delaware County News Network featured the upcoming Learning Lecture Series event hosted by Archmere Academy and St. Edmond's Academy. DE Attorney General Beau Biden (Archmere class of 1987) will offer students and parents tips on Internet safety, as well as discuss the dangers of cyberbulling an ...

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• WDEL: "Archmere High kicks Auks to Victory"
  News • 9/11/2011
  From WDEL: Archmere's Austin High kicked a 22-yard field goal with 2:10 left to give his Auks a 22-20 season opening victory at Chichester (Pa.) Friday night. The Auks led 13-0 in the first quarter on a pair of rushing touchdowns by Charles Witsil. Read more here.

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• Matt Fallis'08 highlighted for work in Haiti by The Dialog
  News • 9/1/2011
  Archmere graduate highlighted in Dialog July 21 article, "University of Delaware students brining health care to Haitians"

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• REMINDER - Upcoming Garage Sale Drop Off
  News • 7/11/2011
  Just a reminder, the first drop off date for the Mothers' Guild Garage Sale is this Wednesday, July 13 from 5:00-8:00 pm. Items can be dropped off at the maintenance building by the lacrosse field at the bottom of Manor Ave.

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• Rachel Gillen '11 named Player of the Year, All-State Softball
  News • 7/5/2011
  Recent Archmere grad Rachel Gillen '11 was named The News Journal Softball Player of the Year for the third straight season.

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• Four Archmere Seniors named to Gold Roster for Baseball
  News • 6/17/2011
  Four Archmere seniors were selectedto play in the Delware Blue/Gold baseball game.

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• Jack Donnelly '11 selected First Team All-State Baseball
  News • 6/17/2011
  Archmere's first baseman was selected for First Team All-State for the second year in a row.

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• The Dialog Highlights Archmere Graduates
  News • 6/10/2011
  The Graduation Issue of The Dialog featured an exerpt from Archmere Valedictorian Chris McCord's speech, as well as mention of some of the medal winners (page 23.) The issue also contained a congratulations ad to the entire class (page 25.) Click here to read this issue.

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• Delaware Online Covers Archmere Academy's 2011 Graduation
  News • 6/8/2011
  Delaware Online posted pictures from Archmere Academy's 2011 Commencement Ceremony as part of their graduation segment. Click here to view the pictures.

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• Archmere Girls' Soccer Players named All-State
  News • 6/3/2011
  The Archmere Girls' Soccer Team had an athlete named to each of the First, Second and Third All-Statate Teams this season.

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• Mothers' Guild Needs Volunteers to Collect Books June 2-3
  News • 5/24/2011
  The Mother's Guild is seeking volunteers to help collect PA books on June 2 and 3 from 11am -1pm in the SLC. If you are willing to assist, please contact Mary Alice Gallagher at mag721@yahoo.com .

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• Alumni Barbecue - May 19, 2011
  News • 5/20/2011
  Despite the rain, the Archmere Alumni BBQ, held on The Patio terrace on May 19, had a nice showing and proved to be a fun event. Archmere graduates from a variety of classes, members of the Alumni Council, and Office of Instiutional Advancement staff members enjoyed hamburgers, hotdogs, beer, wine, ...

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• Tory Sylvestre '13 and Priya Bhaidaswala '13 selected for Governor's School for Art
  News • 5/17/2011
  Tory Sylvestre '13 and Priya Bhaidaswala '13 have been selected as two of a dozen students across the state to attend the University of Delaware this summer as part of the Governor's School for Art.

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• Archmere Class of 2015 Welcomed at Freshmen Orientation
  News • 5/16/2011
  Archmere welcomed the Class of 2015 at the Freshman Orientation on May 3, 2011.

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• Volunteers Needed for Baccalaureate Reception
  News • 5/16/2011
  The Mothers' Guild is looking for volunteers to help set-up and serve refreshments for the Baccalaureate Reception in the Patio on Saturday evening, June 4. Please contact Maria Schatzman at mschatzman@verizon.net if you are able to help.

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• College Admissions Panel Discussion on Tuesday, May 24
  News • 5/13/2011
  All parents and students are invited to attend a discussion with panelists who represent years of experience in the college admissions field. For complete information, please click here .

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• Archmere Garage Sale Hits Record-Breaking Totals!
  News • 4/15/2011
  The Archmere Garage Sale raised a record-breaking amount in support of the faculty educational "wish list". Thanks go to the boys lacrosse team and the community service club volunteers, as well as the Archmere staff and faculty. A special thanks goes to Jean O'Neill, Sylvia Adams, Pam Kushner and t ...

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• Mothers' Guild Retreat was a success!
  News • 4/15/2011
  The Mothers' Guild Retreat was led by Fr. McLaughlin on Wednesday March 16, 2011 with more than 30 mothers, grandmothers and alumni in attendance. Dr. Marinelli joined the group and provided accompaniment for the Mass. Photos are available on the Web site.  

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• Archmere Wrestlers Earn Academic All State Honors
  News • 4/8/2011
  The following wrestlers made the Academic All State: Second Team (3.6 to 3.89 GPA) Brannock Furey '11 for the the third time, Ethan Robinson '12 for the third time and Sam Mester '11 Third Team (3.25 to 3.59 GPA) Mike Ambrogi '11, Brian Gallagher '13, and Nate Beatson '14

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• Katie Weber - Class of 2006
  News • 4/6/2011
  Katie is currently doing service work in Bolivia. She spoke with us via Google Chat, an online video chat, from an internet cafe in Bolivia. To watch the video, click on the headline.

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• Matt McNeill '14 to Recieve Governer's Youth Volunteer Service Award
  News • 4/5/2011
  Matt McNeill ’14 was recently named the recipient of the 2011 Governor’s Youth Volunteer Service Award. He will meet the Governor on April 21 for an awards ceremony along with a dozen or so awardees in several categories from around the state.

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• Nagle '93 elected President of Chester County Bar Foundation
  News • 4/4/2011
  Brian Nagle '93 was elected President of the Chester County Bar Foundation . A Director of the firm and member of the Land Use department with the law firm of MacElree Harvey, Brian (pictured) will lead the charitable arm of the organization which provides funding and programs to schools and individ ...

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• Archmere Senior Presents on Childhood Cancer Awareness
  News • 4/1/2011
  At an assembly on Wednesday, March 30, Maddy Buckley '11 spoke to the student body about Childhood Cancer Awareness. The presentation was part of Maddy's Gold Award project for Girl Scouts. To see pictures from the assembly and workshops, click here , or visit our Media Gallery.

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• Mastersingers Place Second in the Nation
  News • 3/31/2011
  Archmere Academy's talented singers placed second at the Heritage Festival of Gold National Invitational Choral Festival.

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• Paul Pomeroy '88 promoted to Managing Partner of Aloysius Butler & Clark
  News • 3/29/2011
  Featured in Philly Ad Club Magazine and on PhillyAdClub.com: Aloysius Butler &; Clark (AB&;C), a full-service marketing communications agency, has promoted Paul Pomeroy to managing partner.

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• Ecology Club to Produce Compost
  News • 3/28/2011
  The Ecology Club has purchased a worm bin for vermicomposting in the Student Life Center. Chef Andy and his kitchen crew will add appropriate food scraps each day and the resulting compost will be used in the Lepidopteran garden (between Manor and Science buildings) and as more and more compost is p ...

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• Archmere Alumna and Recent Law School Graduate Recieves Fellowship
  News • 3/31/2011
  Boston College Law School 2010 graduate Margaretta Homsey '00 was recently awarded a prestigious Skadden Fellowship. A total of 29 fellowships were given out this year to law students and recent graduates around the country. To read the full article, click here

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• Joe Biden '61 visits Delaware, re-connects with Greg Jasani '10
  News • 3/21/2011
  Vice President Joe Biden '61 and his wife Jill were in Delaware this week for a fundraiser. The Delaware News Journal captured Vice President Biden making a phone call to fellow Archmere alumni, Greg Jasani '10 who worked on Biden's campaign. Read more here.

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• Chris McCord '11 qualified for AIME competition
  News • 3/10/2011
  Senior Chris McCord qualified for the next level of the AMC compeition, the American Invitational Mathematics Examiniation.

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• Archmere Teams Place in DE Science Competition
  News • 3/7/2011
  Archmere teams claim 3rd and 5th place in Delaware Science Olympiad.

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• Miles Bonner '11 Awarded NSCAA Award
  News • 3/3/2011
  Miles Bonner, senior captain, was awarded the NSCAA High School Senior Excellence Award.

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• Archmere Boys' Soccer Team Awarded Academic Honor
  News • 3/3/2011
  Archmere Academy was awarded the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award for the 2010 season.

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• Ben Creekmore '14 qualifies for YMCA Swim Team
  News • 2/28/2011
  Freshman Ben Creekmore, a member of the Brandywine YMCA Swim Team, a year-round competitive swim team that participates in both YMCA and USA swimming competitions, qualified to compete in the YMCA National Championship Meet. The meet is held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from April 5-8.

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• The Dialog profiles Archmere Senior Evi Lowman
  News • 2/23/2011
  “An inquisitive mind with a heart for service: Archmere honor society president brings an ecumenical perspective to student retreats"

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• The Dialog covers Julia Laird’s ’13 selection to perform in the American High School Honors Performance Series
  News • 2/23/2011
  "Teen discovers how to get to Carnegie Hall"

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• Archmere Junior Runs Marathon for Blood, Tissue and Organ Donor Awareness
  News • 2/23/2011
  Caroline “Cricket” Slattery ’12 ran the "Five Points of Life" Marathon on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville on Sunday, February 20, 2011. This was her first marathon and "Five Points of Life" raises awareness for the need of blood, tissue and organ donors.  ...

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• Archmere Seniors Advance to Finalist standing in the National Merit Scholarship Program
  News • 2/22/2011
  Evi Virve Lowman ’11, Christopher G. McCord ’11, Michael Christopher McGurk ’11, Abigail L. Messer ’11 and David Q. Sang ’11 have been named 2011 National Merit Finalists, recognized for their distinguished performance and high potential for future academic accomplishme ...

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• Theresa Fasullo ’11 Earns a Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship
  News • 2/22/2011
  Theresa Fasullo received a $1,000 scholarship from the Comcast Foundation in recognition of her commitment to community service, academic achievement and demonstrated leadership. To learn more about this scholarship, click here.

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• Emily Zhang ’11 and Lindsey Olivere ’11 have been named candidates for the Presidential Scholar Program
  News • 2/22/2011
  Seniors Emily Zhang and Lindsey Olivere have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholar Program under the Department of Education. Students selected as candidates for this honor must complete an application process for the chance to be one of the 140 U.S. Presidential Sch ...

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• Archmere Junior Recognized for Role in Haiti Family Initiative
  News • 2/22/2011
  Junior Megan Stellini participated as a volunteer for the Haiti Family Initiative, an organization dedicated to promoting the health and wellness of families in the community of Jacmel, Haiti, a town devastated by the earthquake in 2010. Megan worked at the initiative’s summer camp held at a S ...

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• Archmere Students to Perform in in the American High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall on February 19.
  News • 2/22/2011
  Kerith and Julia were selected among students from all over the country and Canada who auditioned with a recording last year and underwent a nomination and selection process. Kerith will paricipated as a violinist, and Julia as a soprano vocalist. The finalists will be meeting in New York City from ...

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• The Mastersingers to Compete in the Heritage Festival of Gold
  News • 2/22/2011
  The Mastersingers will strive to retain their national ranking at this year's Heritage Festival of Gold. The Festival is being held in New York City at St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue and runs from March 24 – March 28. Read more.  

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• Archmere Seniors Earn Roster Spots in Blue-Gold Game
  News • 2/22/2011
  Christopher ‘11 and Michael Ambrogi ‘11 and Brannock Furey'11 were named to the Blue team roster for the Delaware High School Annual Blue &; Gold game set for June 18. Read more.

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• Archmere Basketball Players Named for Blue & Gold Games
  News • 2/22/2011
  Mike Lyon ’11 and Erin Moffit ’11 were named to the respective boys’ and girls’ Blue Teams for the Blue and Gold Basketball Games. Congratulations Auks!

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• Mothers' Guild Looking for Volunteer Leaders
  News • 2/22/2011
  The Archmere Mother’s Guild is seeking leaders for the 2011- 2012 Executive Board and Committee Chair Offices. The slate of officers will be presented for the next Mother’s Guild meeting on February 28.  If you are interested, please contact Anne Buckley at ajbuckley@comcast.net

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• Mothers' Guild Looking for Volunteer Leaders
  News • 2/22/2011
  The Archmere Mother’s Guild is seeking leaders for the 2011- 2012 Executive Board and Committee Chair Offices. The slate of officers will be presented for the next Mother’s Guild meeting on February 28.  If you are interested, please contact Anne Buckley at ajbuckley@comcast.net

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• Varsity Shop Volunteers Needed
  News • 2/22/2011
  As part of our efforts to benefit the Archmere community, the Mother's Guild is now operating the Varsity Shop.  We would like to have the shop open on a weekly basis and are looking for volunteers to staff the shop during these times:   Tuesdays (during lunch)   10:30am - 12:30pm Fri ...

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• Jack Zylkin '02 featured on Martha Stewart Show
  News • 2/10/2011
  Jack Zylkin'02 was recently featured on a segment of the Martha Stewart Show titled "Ingenious Inventions". Zylkin was able to use an old typewriter as a keyboard for portable devices and computers. Read the full story.

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• Dan Madinabeitia '88 Completes 50 Mile Can Lake Run
  News • 2/10/2011
  Dan Madinabeitia '88 recently completed the 50 mile Can Lake Run, running to raise awareness for children in poverty, AIDS, and war in Congo. Dan chronicled his training in a blog, which he updated frequently on his status and distances that he ran. Visit his website . Congratulations Dan!

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• Kathryn Cunninghman Hall '04 efforts "Power Up Gambia" Featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer
  News • 2/10/2011
  Read the full story in The Inquirer.

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• Former Football Coach Joe Moglia Highlighted by Omaha Paper
  News • 2/10/2011
  In an article titled "TD Ameritrade's Joe Moglia bucks tradtion" this former coach's professional rise and successful business career as well as his coach mentality. Read the full story.

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• Archmere Academy’s Student Literary Magazine Given High Ranking by NCTE, American Scholastic Press
  News • 2/10/2011
  Tapestry, the Archmere Academy Literary Magazine, received the Second Place Award in the American Scholastic Press Association’s annual magazine competition.

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• Lindsey Olivere '11 Signs Letter of Intent to Duke
  News • 2/10/2011
  Tuesday, February 2, 2011 - Senior Lindsey Olivere signed her a letter of intent to run track at Duke University. At the ceremony, Lindsey was joined by her parents, as well as her coach Mr. Jordan, Dr. Doyle and Mr. Depew.

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• Lindsey Olivere '11 and Sebastian Oja '11 named to Bellevue Park's "All Time" Lists
  News • 2/10/2011
  Archmere cross country runners Lindsey Olivere and Sebastian Oja were named to the Bellevue Park's Girls &; Boys "All Time" Lists, respectively. Both runners made record time when running the cross country course at Bellevue - Lindsey (17:23); Sebastian (15:30). View full lists.

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• Chris Thomson '11 commits to Swarthmore College's Division III Lacrosse Team
  News • 2/10/2011
  Archmere's senior attackman, Thomson has committed to playing lacrosse for the Swarthmore Eagles next Fall. Thomson chose Archmere not only for the opportunity to play lacrosse, but for the school's top academic reputation. Read more.

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• Matt McNeill '14 Wins Kindness Hero Award
  News • 2/10/2011
  Freshman Matt McNeill, a Success Won't Wait literacy volunteer, was one of four winners of the Kindness Hero Award from Heart Jam. Read full story.

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• Kelsey Kushner ’12, Caroline Lawless ’12 named 2011 Miss Teen Delaware Semi-finalists
  News • 2/10/2011
  Kelsey and Caroline finished in the top 10 out of 52 contestants.

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• Former Archmere Coach and CEO of TD Ameritrade Joe Moglia named President and Head Coach of the UFL team, the Virginia Destroyers
  News • 2/10/2011
  TD Ameritrade Chairman Joe Moglia was announced as President and Head Coach for the expansion team that will commence play as the 6th United Football League franchise in 2011. Read more.

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• Dr. Katherine Sahm '90 named St. Francis Hospital's First General Surgeon
  News • 2/10/2011
  Dr. Katherine (Katie) Sahm '90 was featured in The Dialog, featuring her appointment as the first general surgeon at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, her time in Iraq as a member of the Army Reserves, and her experiences at Archmere Academy. Read the full story here.

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• Sebastian Oja '11 Earns Gatorade Cross Country Honor
  News • 2/10/2011
  Congratulations to Archmere's Sebastian Oja '11 who has been named the Gatorade Delaware Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year!

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• Chris Ambrogi ’11 named "WDEL Athlete of the Week"
  News • 1/1/2011
  Wedensday, December 31, 2010: Quarterback Chris Ambrogi has been named the inaugural WDEL High School Athlete of the Week for the 2010-2011 season. Chris led the Auks to a 33-0 victory over Chichester (Pa.) in December. Ambrogi accounted for 4 touchdowns, 2 passing, and 2 rushing. Read more and watc ...

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• Golf Wins DSAC Tournament, Ty Brinker '20 Individual Champion
  News • 5/23/2018
  On May 22nd at Cavaliers Country Club, the Archmere Golf Team competed in the 2018 DSAC Golf Tournament, winning with a score of  146. The tournament was hosted by  Conrad School. Six schools participated, including Charter School, Delaware Military Academy, MOT Charter, Newark Charter, an ...

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• Olivia O'Dwyer '17 Named Bank of America Student Leader
  News • 5/20/2016
  Every year, the Bank of America Student Leaders program helps connect community-minded high school juniors and seniors to employment, skills development and service. Archmere junior Olivia O'Dwyer  has been chosen as this year's Bank of America Student Leader. She is one of 200 students fr ...

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• Six Auks Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
  News • 2/26/2015
  Six Archmere Academy seniors were named National Merit Scholarship Competition finalists based upon their junior PSAT scores and application for the competition. Meibin  Chen, Andrew Hurst, Mark Melvin, Matt Oslin, Payas Parab, and Raylin Xu were six of 15,000 students national wide that were c ...

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• Indoor Track and Field Team Continues to Shatter Records
  News • 2/17/2026
  It was aother great night under the lights at The Armory in the Big Apple at hte Purple Champion High School Invitational! The Archmere record book was rewritten by Josh Cox in the Shot Put with a throw of 47-2.5, which was good enough for 3rd overall and a qualifier for Indoor Nationals. Marlise Ha ...

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• Archmere Girls' Basketball Defeats Ursuline 45-36
  News • 2/4/2026
  At Ursuline's Laffey-McHugh Gymnasium on February 2nd, the Archmere girls basketball team took on the Raiders in an exciting matchup in front of a spirited crowd. Ursuline took a three-point lead over Archmere seconds into the second half, but the Auks responded with the next 10 points and went on t ...

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• Six Archmere Students Selected for All-State Orchestra
  News • 1/20/2026
  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 fi ...

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• Record Breaking Night at the Armory for Track and Field Team
  News • 1/20/2026
  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& ...

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• Raphael Lombardi '29 Wins First Place in Chess Tournament
  News • 1/9/2026
  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 Secti ...

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• Boys Basketball Wins Cecil Green and Gold Holiday Tournament
  News • 1/8/2026
  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 ...

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• Winter Track Team Records Nine All Time Performances and Another School Record
  News • 1/5/2026
  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).

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• Winter Track Team Opens Season with 32 Personal Best Times
  News • 12/16/2025
  The Winter Track &; Field season kicked off last weekend with a Quad Meet, held at Tower Hill. The team recorded a combined 32 personal "bests" and took wins in the Girls Shot Put (Kindred Ballard), Girls 1600m (Riley Horsey), Girls 3200m (Ella Taggart), and Boys 800m (Owen Parsons).

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• Girls Basketball Head Coach Dan Pisani Celebrates 200 Wins
  News • 12/15/2025
  On December 9th at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse, a packed crowd watched as our girls basketball team defeated Tower Hill 63-19, recording Head Coach Dan Pisani's 200th win, and marking a significant milestone in an already distinguished coaching tenure. The team had just defeated Villa Maria for th ...

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• Five Football Players Added to All-Class Team
  News • 12/3/2025
  This week, Delaware's top football players in each of the three classifications were honored by the state's coaches. Since going to a three-class system, the Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association elected to name All-Class Teams, which act as All-State Teams for 3A, 2A, and 1A. All Fi ...

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• Model UN Competes at Princeton
  News • 12/2/2025
  On November 20th-23rd Archmere's Model UN team competed at Princeton's annual conference. Our five delegates, Valentina Ramos '26, Andres Ramos '26, Omar Hefnawi '26, Michael Hagerty '26, and Ben Yi '28, spent the weekend before Thanksgiving debating issues related to the Gold Coast, the Suez Crisis ...

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• Four Archmere Seniors Sign National Letter of Intent
  News • 11/14/2025
  Congratulations to the four Archmere senior athletes who signed their National Letters of Intent on November 12, 2025. The NLI is a document used to indicate a student athlete's commitment to participating in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I or II colleges and universities ...

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• Girls Cross Country Earns Second in State, Boys Place Third Overall
  News • 11/14/2025
  Our cross country runners closed out the regular season at Killen Pond competing in the DIAA Cross Country State Championships last weekend. The girls finished 2nd overall with a team average of 20:09, the fastest since 2009, and the boys finished 3rd overall with a team average of 17:06, the fastes ...

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• Riley Horsey '28 Wins Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 11/6/2025
  Archmere sophomore Riley Horsey '28 was recently named the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week for her outstanding performance on the cross country course. The High School Sports Athlete of the Week is presented by Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists. Riley won an online vote over four other nominees. ...

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• Boys Cross Country Places Second at Counties, Girls Take Third
  News • 11/6/2025
  Last weekend, the Varsity Boys Cross Country team finished 2nd at the New Castle County Championship, and according to the team, that was "the best team finish since Coach Creekmore and Mr. Corsini ran in 2009!" The Varsity Girls placed 3rd, the best finish since 2023. Additionally, the JV Girls pla ...

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• Project Engineers for the State of Delaware Speak to Engineering and Design Classes
  News • 11/6/2025
  Last week, Mr. Creekmore's Engineering &; Design Practicum and Mrs. Silverman's AP3D Design classes enjoyed a lecture by Marie Burns, Paul Huhn, &; Nick Dean, Project Engineers for the State of Delaware, and specialists in bridge design projects of the Delaware Department of Transportation.

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• Girls Cross Country Wins Diamond State Athletic Conference, Boys Place Second
  News • 10/30/2025
  Led by a 1st place finish by Riley Horsey in the Varsity Girls race, the girls won the DSAC Cross Country Championship on October 23. Held at Bellevue State park, the team’s first five runners finished in the top 10.

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• Volleyball Captures Diamond State Conference Title, Earns #2 Seed
  News • 10/30/2025
  After an exciting four match contest against Newark Charter, Archmere has captured the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship and earned the second seed in the 2025 DIAA volleyball tournament, along with a first-round bye. That win gave them the tiebreaker over the Patriots for the second ov ...

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• Boys Soccer Records Highest Score of the Season
  News • 10/20/2025
  Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better. On Tuesday, October 14th, the Archmere soccer team shut out the MOT Charter Mustangs, defeating them 8-0. The victory bumped their record up to 4-6-1. Six different players scored for the Auks, with Ethan Beach '26 addin ...

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• Danyele Dove ’93 Awarded Dorothy Height Justice Award
  News • 10/14/2025
  This month, Danyele Dove ’93, Archmere Academy Director of Counseling and DEI, was presented with the Dorothy Height Justice Award in honor of her remarkable dedication to the YWCA of Delaware. The award, named for the iconic racial justice revolutionary Dorothy Height, is specifical ...

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• Cross Country Competes at Six Flags Wild Safari Invitational
  News • 9/29/2025
  With two big meets under their belt, the Archmere cross country team traveled to Jackson Township, NJ to participate in the Six Flags Wild Safari Invitational this past weekend. The team boasted 21 new personal best times at the Invitational, scoring high amongst the top teams in the area. Following ...

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• Volleyball Rallies for Five Set Win over DMA
  News • 9/22/2025
  Archmere’s volleyball team faced its longest match of the season on September 16th on the road at Delaware Military Academy. Despite losing a two-set advantage, they bounced back for the win in a five-set thriller against the Seahawks. Set scores were 25-22, 25-14, 23-25, 20-25, and 15-11.

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• Football Bounces Back with Win over DMA
  News • 9/22/2025
  At home on Coaches' Field on September 20, the Archmere defense came up with necessary stops as the Auks defeated Delaware Military Academy, 21-6. This game included a pregame ceremony to recognize those First Responders in our local communities who have served and protected. Archmere improved to 3- ...

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• Cross Country Competes at Whippets Invitational
  News • 9/22/2025
  On Saturday, September 20th, the Archmere cross country team posted strong performances at the Whippets Invitational hosted by Downingtown West High School. The team collectively had 28 personal best times. The Varsity Girls finished 6th out of 40 teams from Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and ...

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• Design Thinking in Action: Spotlight on Architecture & Industrial Design
  News • 9/22/2025
  Archmere's Art &; Design Program offers students hands-on technology-infused creative opportunities in architecture and industrial design for students interested in developing a design portfolio for college admissions and as an opportunity for focused exploration of creative career pathways in these ...

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• Soccer Opens Season with Win over Caravel
  News • 9/15/2025
  On September 12th, the Archmere soccer team defeated Caravel 5-3 on the road in their season opening match. Brendan Quinn '27 and Ethan Beach '26 each scored two goals, and Tiernan Matthews '26 added another, leading Archmere to a 5-3 win over Caravel in the Auks’ soccer opener.

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• 2025-2026 Archmere Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/11/2025
  Congratulations to the members of the 2025-2026 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group:

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• Volleyball Opens Season with Win over Wilmington Friends
  News • 9/8/2025
  On September 3rd, the Archmere volleyball team traveled to Wilmington Friends for their first game of the season, defeating the Quakers 3-0. Set scores were 25-12, 25-11 and 25-11. Lilly Guzevich '27 led the Auks to the first six points of the set, and with help from Bridget Malloy '26 and Grace Mah ...

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• Mastersingers to Perform at Christmas Spectacular
  News • 9/2/2025
  On December 5, 2025, the Mastersingers will once again travel to Radio City Music Hall in New York to perform as the pre-show entertainment for the 7:00 pm show of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular.  They were invited back after their 2024 performance at Radio City for t ...

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• Volleyball Team Spends Their Weekend Giving Back
  News • 8/27/2025
  Last weekend several members of our volleyball team helped out at a local blood drive, timing volunteers after their donations and p roviding drinks and snacks. Their philanthropic efforts at the Claymont Fire Department were even highlighted by ABC News on the evening of Sunday August 24th.

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• Archmere Hosts Pre-College Artificial Intelligence Program
  News • 7/8/2025
  From June 16-27, Archmere hosted a pre-college AI program, hosted by Inspirit on campus, taught by Shreya Parchure, BSE, MSE and MD/PhD candidate from the University of Pennsylvania. In the first half of the program, students learned AI’s core technologies including applications, foundational ...

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• Seamus Naughter '25 and Cullen Peterson '25 Win Rugby Delaware Scholarship
  News • 6/9/2025
  Seamus Naughter '25 and Cullen Peterson '25 were co-winners of the Rugby Delaware scholarship this year. Rugby Delaware awards annual scholarships to graduating high school seniors who will be joining the rugby program at their college or university of choice.

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• Seniors Aidan Mahoney, Jack Chesman Earn All-American Lacrosse Awards
  News • 6/9/2025
  Head Coach Pete Duncan led the Archmere lacrosse team to an 11-6 record this season, Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship for the fifth year in a row, and a quarterfinal appearance in the DIAA State Tournament. The team once again pushed themselves this year outside of the state and their ...

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• Track Team Shatters Record, Posts Best Times at Meet of Champions
  News • 6/3/2025
  The Meet of Champions offers all runners, throwers and jumpers from the State of Delaware an opportunity to showcase their respective talents in a head-to-head competition with the best of the best culled from their performances at the State Track &; Field Championships. On Tuesday, May 20, several ...

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• Girls Tennis Team Places Second in State, Boys Place Fourth
  News • 6/2/2025
  On May 21st, the 2025 Tennis State Championship finals were moved to the indoor facil­ity at DuPont Coun­try Club to escape a day-long rain, and six singles and four doubles cham­pi­ons were crowned after five hours of ten­nis.   This year’s championships featured ...

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• Girls Soccer Soars Past Wilmington Friends, Moves on to Semifinals
  News • 5/27/2025
  The girls soccer team played in a rain soaked Quarterfinal match up against Wilmington Friends on Thursday, May 22nd at the Salesianum fields. The Auks' 3-1 win over the Quakers pushed them on to the DIAA Semifinals, where they will take on the Buccaneers on the road at Caravel Academy. Senior Marin ...

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• Rugby Wins Mark Dombroski Cup and the Delaware 7’s State Title
  News • 5/20/2025
  On Thursday evening, May 15th, the Archmere Rugby team once again took on Salesianum on the Fusco Fields for the Rugby Delaware State Championship Cup. The match was named the Mark Dombroski Cup, in honor of Mark Dombroski, a 2017 Archmere graduate and rugby player who lost his life in March 2018 wh ...

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• Archmere Academy Defeats Odyssey Charter School in First Round of DIAA Boys Volleyball
  News • 5/16/2025
  On May 13th at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse, the boys volleyball team defeated Odyssey Charter in a "hard-earned 3-0 sweep" in the First Round of the DIAA State Tournament. Set scores were 25-16, 26-24, and 25-22. The Auks reached the State Tournament for the first time after their second season as ...

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• Track and Field Competes at New Castle County Championships
  News • 5/16/2025
  Last weekend the track and field team competed at the New Castle County Championships, held at Saint Mark's High School.

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• Girls' Soccer Record Six Wins in a Row
  News • 5/14/2025
  On the road on May 12th, Archmere built an early lead that didn’t last, but the Auks responded when challenged in the second half and captured an exciting 5-4 girls soccer win at Wilmington Friends. It was their sixth consecutive win in a row. Archmere came out fast and furious, building a 3 g ...

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• Vivian Lehman '25 Earns Sons of the American Revolution Eagle Scout of the Year
  News • 5/13/2025
  On Sunday, April 13, Vivian Lehman '25 received the Sons of the American Revolution Eagle Scout of the Year award from the Cradle of Liberty Council of Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts). Media VFW Post 3460 Commander Mike Baker presented the Scout of the Year award to Vivian of Troop 2019 in Wa ...

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• Josh Hanson '26 Wins First Place at New Castle Science Fair, Advances to Delaware Valley
  News • 5/6/2025
  Archmere junior Josh Hanson won First Place at the 30th Annual New Castle County Science Fair, in the high school category of Zoology for his project titled, “Decomposers and Plastics”. Josh’s research project focused on the effect of plastics on the environment that decomposers su ...

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• Girls Track Team Wins DSAC Championship, Boys Place Second
  News • 5/2/2025
  On Wednesday, April 30th, the Track and Field Diamond State Athletic Conference Championships were held at the Robert Gore Stadium at Newark Charter High School. The Archmere girls team won their fourth consecutive conference title while the boys came in second! In addition, Caden-Cole McKinney tied ...

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Named St. Francis de Sales Award Winners
  News • 5/2/2025
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". The Convocation was held on Wednesday evening, April 30, at Holy Angels Church in Newark, De ...

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• Juniors Michael Liu and Selena Yang Advance to Delaware Valley Science Fair
  News • 4/10/2025
  Archmere juniors Michael Liu and Selena Yang participated in the 30th Annual New Castle County Science Fair, where they took third place in the high school team category for their project titled “Assessing the Impact of Lifestyle on Glucose Levels Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring.”
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• Three Archmere Students Named Regional Scholastic Writing Awards Winners
  News • 4/1/2025
  Valentina Ramos ’26, Rebecca Wang ’26 and Brianna Yang ’25 have been named this year’s Gold Key Scholastic Writing award regional winners. Rebecca and Valentina received their gold keys and certificates on Sunday, March 30th, at the Oliver’s Golf Club in Wilmington. The ...

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• Ava Milewski '28 and Juliet Polsky '28 Lead Softball Team to Season Opening Win
  News • 3/28/2025
  In their season opener on March 26, Archmere freshman Ava Milewski pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts, and classmate Juliet Polsky went three for three and drove in four runs in a 13-2 five-inning victory over MOT Charter. The Auks scored all of their runs in the first three innings.

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• Jace Walker Selected as Governor’s Volunteer Service Award Recipient
  News • 3/27/2025
  The Governor’s Youth Volunteer Service Awards recognize and celebrates outstanding volunteers in our community. Jace Walker '25 has been selected to receive the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award, and will be honored on Thursday, May 1st in Dover, DE. Jace was nominated by Archmere Art & ...

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• Daniel Qi '26, Isabelle Kim ‘27 Win Big at the MTNA Senior Performance Competition
  News • 3/17/2025
  Two members of our Helena Raskob Arts Institute competed in Minneapolis at the Music Teachers National Association Senior Performance competitions this month. Isabelle Kim ‘27 was one of seven national finalists winning a merit award for Senior Voice Performance. Daniel Qi ‘26 was named ...

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• Archmere Wrestling Ends Successful Season, Jason Suydam '25 Heads to Individual Championship
  News • 2/26/2025
  The Archmere Academy Wrestling team finished 10th out of 18 teams at the 2025 DIAA Independent Qualifier on Saturday, February 22. Seven wrestlers navigated through tough brackets and placed in the top 8 of their weight class. Senior Jason Suydam placed 5th at the 132-pound weight class and qualifie ...

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• Emily Mayo '25 Recipient of Platt Evans Scholarship
  News • 2/19/2025
  Archmere senior Emily Mayo is one of five students from the Philadelphia area recently named a recipient of the Platt Evans Scholarship – a full housing and tuition college grant awarded to golf caddies. The result of a partnership between the Western Golf Association’s (WGA) Evans Schol ...

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• HRAI String Ensemble Earns Superior Plus Rating
  News • 2/10/2025
  Congratulations to the HRAI String Ensemble, who earned a  Superior Plus  rating at the Delaware State Music Teachers Association Ensemble Festival on February 2, 2025. The judge commented that the group played with  "Excellent energy and vitality... Fantastic ensemble, ...

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• Kellyn Williams Receives Widener University High School Leadership Award
  News • 2/4/2025
  Widener University, in partnership with NBC10 and Telemundo62, recently announced Archmere junior Kellyn Williams as one of the recipients of the 13th annual Widener University High School Leadership Awards. For the past 14 years, Widener University has partnered with high school administrators in P ...

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• Model UN Students Fare Well at Ivy League Conference
  News • 2/3/2025
  Last weekend, 13 members of our Model UN club attended the 2025 Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (ILMUNC), hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Students gathered with over 2,000 other delegates from across the United States and other parts of the world to address global issues, both p ...

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• Bridget Malloy '26 Scores 31 Points in Win over MOT Charter
  News • 1/24/2025
  On January 23rd in the Moglia Fieldhouse, Archmere junior Bridget Malloy scored 31 points in three quarters of action in a 65-38 girls basketball win over MOT Charter. Bridget is only the second person to score over 30 points in the last 15 years at Archmere. This was the Auks’ second consecut ...

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• Another Weekend of Rewriting the Archmere Record Books!
  News • 1/14/2025
  On January 11, 2025 the Archmere indoor track and field team participated in the High School Invitational at Tower Hill with 16 other teams. The team boasted another successful weekend with several new Archmere All-Time top performances.

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• Wrestling Team Starts Season off with Five Wrestlers in Top 8 at Milford Invitational
  News • 12/16/2024
  On December 9th, the wrestling team opened their season with a Tri-Meet at home against Saint Elizabeth's and Newark Charter. The team was victorious over both teams, with scores against St. Elizabeth 63-12, and Newark Charter 48-30.

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• Michael Liu ’26 Wins Harry Hammond Scholarship
  News • 12/5/2024
  The Harry Hammond Scholarship is an award given to the top three boys and girls in the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour. This year’s first place Harry Hammond Scholarship Award winner is Michael Liu ’26. The scholarship is given in honor of Harry Hammond, a Master Professio ...

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• Five Archmere Seniors Sign National Letter of Intent
  News • 11/15/2024
  Congratulations to the five Archmere senior athletes who signed their National Letters of Intent on November 14, 2024. The NLI is a document used to indicate a student athlete's commitment to participating in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division ...

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• Girls Cross Country Earns Third in State, Boys Place Sixth
  News • 11/14/2024
  Our cross country runners closed out the regular season at Killen Pond competing in the DIAA Cross Country State Championships last weekend. The girls finished 3rd overall and the boys finished 6th.

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• Field Hockey Players Earn All-Conference, All-Class Awards
  News • 11/14/2024
  With a 12-5 season and Quarterfinal playoff appearance behind them, nine members of the Archmere field hockey team have been named to the Diamond State All-Conference team. In addition, Maura Read '25 earned First Team All-State and Bernadette Patino '28 earned Second Team All-State recognition. Con ...

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• Football Players Earn All-District, All-Class Honors
  News • 11/14/2024
  Congratulations to all of our football athletes who were named to the All-District team for football.  Archmere football has earned the #4 seed, and will take on #5 Woodbridge High School at home on Coaches' Field on Saturday, November 16th at 1:00pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance at: ht ...

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• Cross Country Competes at New Castle Championships, Gears Up for States this Weekend
  News • 11/6/2024
  At the New Castle County Cross Country Championships last weekend, the varsity girls team finished 5th, while the varsity boys finished 7th. The JV teams also had a great team effort as the girls finished 4th and the boys 5th. The meet, held at Winterthur Estate, hosted 25 teams from the New Castle ...

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• Volleyball Sweeps Conrad in First Round of State Tournament
  News • 11/1/2024
  On Halloween night, the Auks’ volleyball team recorded a 3-0 sweep of Conrad in the first round of the DIAA State Tournament at home in the newly renovated Moglia Fieldhouse. Set scores were 25-17, 25-18, and 25-14. The Red Wolves took a 3-1 lead out of the gate, although for the rest of the m ...

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• Field Hockey Defeated Concord in First Round, Advanced to Quarterfinals
  News • 10/31/2024
  Archmere, the sixth seed, defeated No. 11 Concord at home on October 30th in the first round of the State Tournament. The field hockey team finished the regular season at 11-4, with wins over Division II tournament qualifiers Saint Mark’s, Tower Hill and Tatnall, along with Division I particip ...

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• Cheer Team Volunteers with "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer"
  News • 10/29/2024
  The Archmere Cheerleading team brought the Auks spirit as featured volunteers to the 22nd annual  American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, October 27, 2024, held at Bellevue State Park. Our cheerleaders warmed up the crowd in line dances and activities leadin ...

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• Cross Country Competes in Joe O’Neill Invitational
  News • 10/23/2024
  On Friday, October 18th, the cross country team traveled down to Fenton, DE for the Joe O’Neill Invitational at Killens Pond. The JV Girls placed 3rd, while the Varsity Girls placed 5th. The JV Boys-A finished 5th, while both the JV Boys-B and Varsity Boys finished 8th.

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• Jace Walker '25 Selected for First Ever National Art Honor Society Student Council
  News • 10/22/2024
  Senior Jace Walker was selected from a national pool of student candidates in National Art Honor Societies across the United States to serve on the first ever National Art Honor Society (NAHS) Student Council. In her role, Jace will help advise the National Art Education (NAEA) leadership on strateg ...

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• Angela Zhang '26 and Ethan Flores '26 Attend Student Leadership Summit
  News • 10/1/2024
  This weekend, Angela Zhang '26 and Ethan Flores '26 had the incredible honor of attending the 2024 Business Professionals of America (BPA) Student Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. Alongside BPA leaders from across the nation, they engaged in impactful workshops and advocacy efforts.

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• Cross Country Team Places 2nd, 4th at Carlisle Invitational
  News • 9/30/2024
  The Archmere cross country team was on the road this weekend, competing at the Carlisle Invitational. The varsity girls took home second place in the Champions race, while the varsity boys finished fourth. In addition, there were seven new personal best times.

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• Over 100 Pieces of Student Art to be on Display at Delaware Art Museum
  News • 9/25/2024
  Students in Archmere Academy's nationally recognized Art &; Design program created artwork in response to the museum's collection. Parents and friends are invited to see their final pieces on display, and to learn about the work that inspired the show. The exhibition will be on view at the Delaware ...

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• Cross Country Competes at New Balance Whippets Invitational
  News • 9/23/2024
  The New Balance Whippets Invitational was held at Downingtown West High School on September 21st. Cross country runners from 41 different schools spanning NJ, MD, PA and the state of DE competed in the one day event. The Archmere team boasted strong performances on Saturday, with the JV girls finish ...

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• 2024-2025 Archmere Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/11/2024
  Congratulations to the members of the 2024-2025 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group: 2024-2025 MASTERSINGERS

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• Cross Country Team Competes in Unionville Two Mile Bash
  News • 9/9/2024
  Last weekend our cross country runners successfully opened their season in Kennett Square at the Unionville Two Mile Bash. The 6th annual run was held at Unionville High School and includes races for each grade, with both overall results and results by graduation year. The Archmere girls team finish ...

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• Volleyball Defeats Defending State Champions in Season Opener
  News • 9/9/2024
  On September 5, the Archmere volleyball team traveled to Smyrna High School to take on the Eagles at home. All three teams: the freshman, JV and Varsity, recorded wins on the road. Varsity was led by Ava Beach '25, who recorded 10 kills, 5 digs, and 10 aces in the 3-0 win over defending champion Smy ...

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• Creative Technology & Entrepreneurship in AP3D Design Class
  News • 9/9/2024
  Rebranded as the Art &;  Design Department in 2022 to better represent the vast array of career-oriented and design-based electives offered, students in Archmere's program regularly have the opportunity to apply their creative problem solving to design real world solutions for products and manu ...

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• Archmere Academy has been designated an Apple Distinguished School
  News • 8/28/2024
  From the Apple Distinguished Schools team press release: Recognized for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence using technology. September 1, 2024 — Archmere Academy is pleased to announce it has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for the 2024–2027 program term. ...

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• Max Kelleher '24 and Connor Victoria '24 Win Rugby Delaware Scholarship
  News • 6/25/2024
  Max Kelleher '24 and Connor Victoria '24 were co-winners of the Rugby Delaware scholarship this year. Rugby Delaware awards annual scholarships to graduating high school seniors who will be joining the rugby program at their college or university of choice. Each student was awarded $3,000.

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• 9th Graders Honored with Marinelli Athletic Award
  News • 6/5/2024
  The Marinelli Athletic Award is named in honor of Pat Marinelli, an Archmere student who tragically passed away in a car accident on June 3, 1988 while attending the Academy. This recognition is awarded to a 9th grade male and female athlete who best exemplify what it means to be an Archmere student ...

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• “Matilda” Wins Two Cappies Awards
  News • 6/3/2024
  Earlier this spring, the Archmere winter musical,  Matilda,  was nominated for eleven Cappies Awards, which is the most nominations that Archmere has ever received for a production.

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• Boys Lacrosse Holds Wilmington Friends to Two Goals, Heads to Semifinals
  News • 5/29/2024
  The Auks defense held the Quakers to one goal in the final three quarters of the DIAA State Tournament Quarterfinals on Saturday, May 25. Defeating Wilmington Friends 10-2 on the road, Archmere dominated possession for most of the game, securing their place in the Semifinals. Archmere will play #1 s ...

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• Track and Field Members Compete at Meet of Champions
  News • 5/29/2024
  The Meet of Champions offers all runners, throwers and jumpers from the State of Delaware an opportunity to showcase their respective talents in a head-to-head competition with the best of the best culled from their performances at the State Track &; Field Championships. On Wednesday, May 22 several ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Defeats Caravel, Heads to Quarterfinals
  News • 5/23/2024
  Drew Duncan scored 45 seconds into the game on Tuesday, May 21, on the way to a 15-2 win over Caravel in the Lacrosse DIAA State Tournament first round. Archmere will travel to play Wilmington Friends on Saturday, May 25 for the Quarterfinal round. The Archmere team has won their last 10 games in a ...

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• Rugby Wins Mark Dombroski Cup and the Delaware 7’s State Title
  News • 5/22/2024
  On Friday evening, May 17th, the Archmere Rugby team once again took on Salesianum at Abessinio Stadium for the Rugby Delaware State Championship Cup. The match was named the Mark Dombroski Cup, in honor of Mark Dombroski, a 2017 Archmere graduate and rugby player who lost his life in March 2018 whi ...

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• Varsity Golf Wins Diamond State Athletic Conference, Earns All-Conference Honors
  News • 5/21/2024
  On Monday, May 20th, the Archmere golf team traveled to Delcastle Country Club to compete in the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championships. Boasting a 14-2 regular season record, the team won the day and earned an automatic bid to the State Tournament, which will take place on May 28 and May 2 ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Defeats Cape Henlopen
  News • 5/16/2024
  The Archmere boys lacrosse team defeated Cape Henlopen on Friday, May 10 at Legends Stadium in Lewes, Delaware. The team played Cape in the rain and wind, coming out of the match victorious. This was the first time in eight years the Auks have defeated the Vikings. They led 6-1 after the first quart ...

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• Grace Koch '24 Named Recipient of the 2024 Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship
  News • 5/7/2024
  Sponsored by the "I Could Do Great Things Foundation", the Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship honors college-bound seniors “who embody the virtues of Beau Biden: qualities of leadership, community, civility, respect, and who demonstrate a strong moral compass.” The Foundation announced this ...

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• Softball Celebrates Senior Day with Victory over Ursuline
  News • 5/7/2024
  On Friday, May 3rd Archmere senior softball players Ruby Merenda and Isabelle Ferris were honored at the game against Ursuline Academy. The Auks scored three times in the first inning, and they kept the bats swinging on their way to a 9-3 win at home.

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/2/2024
  Congratulations to the twenty-three Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level!

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Named St. Francis de Sales Award Winners
  News • 4/29/2024
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". The Convocation was held on Wednesday evening, April 24, at Holy Angels Church in Newark, De ...

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• Grace Yang ‘25 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 4/29/2024
  Archmere art student Grace Yang ‘25 has been named the recipient of the annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. Grace was selected for the award by several art alumni who hel ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Team Defeats Wilmington Charter
  News • 4/29/2024
  On April 25th the Archmere boys lacrosse team defeated Wilmington Charter 17-3, at home on the lower turf. The victory puts the Auks in control of the Diamond State Athletic Conference. Breandan Marley '24 led all scorers with six goals, Drew Duncan '24 and Aidan Mahoney '25 each scored four goals, ...

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• Juniors Ivy Adams and Arlene Chiu Take National Chemistry Olympiad Exam
  News • 4/19/2024
  On Wednesday, April 17, Archmere hosted the Delaware National Chemistry Olympiad Exam sponsored by the Delaware section of the American Chemical Society. The top chemistry students across the state competed for a spot on the US National Olympiad Team based on their chemistry problem-solving skills a ...

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• Tori Conner '23 Earns North Coast Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week
  News • 4/17/2024
  First-year pitcher Tori Conner '23 led The College of Wooster softball team to three wins last week and earned herself North Coast Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week honors. Tori pitched for the Scots to wins over John Carroll (2-0), Denison (6-0), and Oberlin (3-2). During Conner’s ...

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• Men's Volleyball Defeats St. Mark's in Five Thrilling Sets
  News • 4/15/2024
  The men's volleyball team entered their match April 12 against Saint Mark’s having played three five-setters in their first five contests. With a 2-0 lead on the Spartans, they looked to complete their first sweep. The Spartans, however, had other ideas, and they roared back to take the third ...

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• Girls Soccer Remains Undefeated With Win Over Conrad
  News • 4/12/2024
  On April 10th on the road against Conrad, the Archmere girls soccer team defeated the Red Wolves 5-0, recording their third win in a row this season. It didn’t take long for the Auks to get on the board, with Marina Mahon '25 scoring two first-half goals, and a goal and two assists by Hannah S ...

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• Math League Teams Earn Second in State Invitational
  News • 4/8/2024
  On Wednesday, March 27, two teams of Archmere students competed at the State Math Meet Invitational, held in Dover. In order to qualify for the State Meet, Archmere's Math League teams competed in 4 regular season meets from October to February this year, earning excellent results. The 9th grade tea ...

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• Edward Dolphin '04 Set to be Ordained This Spring
  News • 3/26/2024
  The Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers announces the ordination of eight men to the priesthood. The ceremony will occur on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. EDT, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the University of Notre Dame campus. Rev. Mr. Edward Ja ...

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• Students Participate in Second Annual World Language Showcase
  News • 3/21/2024
  Spanish teachers Sandra Vieyra and Janna Scheflen accompanied twenty-eight Archmere students to compete in the DECTFL World Language Showcase at the University of Delaware on Saturday, March 16. The competition is organized by the Delaware Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages to give student ...

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• College Counseling Hosts "Why Engineering" Program
  News • 3/14/2024
  On Wednesday, March 13th, the Archmere College Counseling Office hosted an informative "Why Engineering" night. Led by Director of College Counseling Mr. Chris Boehm, a panel of r epresentatives from Georgia Tech, Swarthmore, the University of Delaware and the infrastructure consulting company, AECO ...

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• Jack Maister '24, Alaina Thomas '27 Compete at Nationals
  News • 3/12/2024
  Last weekend, two track and field members traveled to compete at different Nationals meets. Congratulations to Alaina Thomas '27 and Jack Maister '24 on their impressive performances. Alaina competed at the Nike Indoor Nationals meet, held in New York City. She ran the mile, finishing 18th overall w ...

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• Michelle Zhang ’24, Daniel Qi ’26 Perform at All-State Orchestra
  News • 3/11/2024
  Delaware Music Educators Association presented the All State Orchestra on March 9 at Milford High School. The concert was directed by James Allen Anderson, director of orchestral activities at the University of Delaware. Two students from the Helena Raskob Arts Institute auditioned and were were acc ...

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• Archmere Science Olympiad Team Medals in Ten Events
  News • 3/5/2024
  On Saturday, March 2, the Science Olympiad team competed at the Delaware State Tournament, held at Delaware State University. With two teams of 15 students, they competed against 43 other teams throughout the day. Of the competing 30 Archmere students, 24 were 9th and 10th graders.

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• Jace Walker '25 Selected to Co-Host National Webinar
  News • 2/26/2024
  Junior Jace Walker was selected as a student co-host for a national webinar sponsored by the National Art Education Association on February 22nd. Jace was selected by NAHS Sponsor Stephanie SIlverman '00 to represent Archmere Academy's National Art Honor Society Chapter to lead the conversation for ...

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• Wrestling Competes at DIAA Independent Conference Championship
  News • 2/26/2024
  Last weekend the Archmere wrestling team competed at the DIAA Independent Conference Championships, held at Saint Mark’s. This meet was a State Qualifying Meet for the upcoming DIAA State Championships. Ten teams participated in the weekend long event.

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• Boys Basketball Honors Seniors, Ends Regular Season With Win over Concord
  News • 2/22/2024
  On Tuesday, February 20, the Archmere boys basketball team took on Concord High School at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse. This was the last regular game of the season, and the Auks took the opportunity to honor their seven seniors with a 52-49 win. The team is led by seniors Miles Kempski, Drew Dunca ...

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• Swim Team Sends Fourteen to State Meet
  News • 2/21/2024
  Fourteen swimmers on the Archmere swim team qualified for the DIAA State Championship Meet, held Wednesday, February 21 through Saturday, February 24. Boys prelims will take place on Wednesday, February 21 at the University of Delaware Carpenter Sports Building with the girls prelims on Thursday, Fe ...

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• HRAI String Ensemble Earn Superior Plus Award
  News • 2/13/2024
  Congratulations to the six members of the Helena Raskob Arts Institute String Ensemble, who were awarded Superior Plus, which is the highest grade possible, at the  Delaware State Music Teachers Association  Ensemble Festival, held last Sunday at the Music School of Delaware. The Ense ...

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• 10th-12th Grade Math League Team Wins Every Meet, Kabir Goyal Has Perfect Score
  News • 2/8/2024
  After four Math League meets this year, the Archmere team qualified to participate in the State Invitational, held in in Dover, Delaware. The 10-12th grade Math League team played in 4 rounds of online competition, from November to January, winning every single match and then the region with an impr ...

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• Five Wrestlers Reach the Podium at Quaker Classic
  News • 2/5/2024
  The Wilmington Friends Quaker Classic Wrestling Invitational took place on Saturday, February 3 rd . Ten teams participated in the meet, with five Archmere athletes reaching the podium. Participating schools included Howard HS of Tech, John Dickinson School, Mt. Pleasant HS, Newark Charter School, S ...

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• McKayla Hwang '27 Selected to Compete at American Viola Society Festival Solo Competition
  News • 1/30/2024
  McKayla Hwang '27 has been named one of six finalists invited to compete at the American Viola Society (AVS) 2024 Festival Solo Competition this summer. The 2024 AVS Festival Competitions will include live final rounds and featured performances at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, Califor ...

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• Girls Basketball Scores Early and Fast Against St. George's
  News • 1/29/2024
  Archmere jumped out to a 15-1 lead after one quarter, and the Auks were never in trouble in a 49-17 girls basketball win over St. Georges on January 26th at the Moglia Fieldhouse. Archmere’s defense kept the Hawks from getting good looks, and they limited St. Georges to a single shot on most p ...

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• Boys Basketball Records Fourth Straight Win
  News • 1/17/2024
  On January 13th in the Moglia Fieldhouse, the boys basketball team took on Indian River High School, recording their fourth straight win in a row. Senior Miles Kempski had 24 points in the 59-28 win.

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• Zimo Liu '25 Advances to MTNA National Level
  News • 1/11/2024
  Congratulations to Zimo Liu '25, who advanced to the national level of the Music Teachers National Association student competition as winner of the Eastern Division Piano Duet Competition. Zimo and his partner Jessica Li will compete for the national title at the association convention in Atlanta, G ...

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• Michelle Zhang '24, Daniel Qi '26 Selected for All-State Orchestra
  News • 1/11/2024
  Congratulations to Michelle Zhang '24, who earned the second seat for Violin II in the Delaware All-State Orchestra, and Daniel Qi '26, who was awarded the first chair for Violin I, and will therefore serve as Concertmaster  for the March 9th performance. This was the first time ...

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• Boys Swim Team Defeats Tower Hill, Girls Take Second
  News • 1/8/2024
  Archmere earned a split with Tower Hill when the teams met in the pool on January 4th at the Walnut Street YMCA in Wilmington. The boys team won the meet in an exciting match up with a final score of 83-81, while the girls finished 97-71. 

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• Track and Field Team Marks Another Successful Meet at the Armory
  News • 1/8/2024
  The indoor track and field team traveled to NY again last weekend to compete in the Hispanic Games at the New Balance Track and Field at the Armory. Competing against 14 other combined teams, our Auks recorded several personal bests and one school record.

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• Wrestling Season Kicks Off with Invitational Meets
  News • 1/5/2024
  The 2023-2024 wrestling season kicked off on December 9th with the Milford Invitational. With sixteen students on the roster this year, the Archmere team came out strong in multiple weight classes. Jimmy Buggy '26 made the podium at 138 pounds, placing third. Jason Suydam '26 took fifth at 126 pound ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2023
  News • 12/21/2023
  Upcoming Spring 2024 College Counseling Programs:

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• New Head Coach Nick Sanna '98 Records First Win
  News • 12/14/2023
  In the boys basketball season opener for both Archmere and Wilmington Christian on December 12 at the Moglia Fieldhouse, the Auks seized momentum and the lead with a 19-0 run on the way to a 59-33 victory. It was the first win at Archmere for new head coach Nick Sanna '98, an assistant for the Auks ...

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• Miles Kempski '24 Nominated for Athlete of the Week
  News • 11/30/2023
  Archmere senior and football standout Miles Kempski rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 171 yards and two more touchdowns in a 56-28 Class 2A semifinal win over Woodbridge last weekend. He has been nominated by Delaware Online for Athlete of the Week. The quarterback has lead th ...

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• Stuart Zimble '84 Working for World Health Organization
  News • 11/22/2023
  Stuart recently spent two years in Ukraine working with the World Health Organization's emergency response team. The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. He began as the Operations Support &; Logistics unit lead supporti ...

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• Football Team Defeats Red Lion 35-16, Moves to Semifinals
  News • 11/20/2023
  The road to the football State Championship began on Saturday, November 18th for Archmere. The Auks took on Red Lion at home on Coaches' Field in front of an energetic crowd. The opening drive set the tone for the game - Archmere took a quick 7-0 lead with seven minutes left in the first quarter. Th ...

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• Seven Archmere Seniors Sign National Letter of Intent
  News • 11/16/2023
  Congratulations to the seven Archmere senior athletes who signed their National Letters of Intent on November 8, 2023. The NLI is a document used to indicate a student athlete's commitment to participating in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division ...

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• American Composer Dr. Michael John Trotta Visits Archmere Mastersingers
  News • 11/14/2023
  The Mastersingers of Archmere Academy will be premiering a new Christmas work that was commissioned for them by American composer Dr. Michael John Trotta. On Monday, November 13, the American composer visited Archmere to work with the Mastersingers on the specially commissioned piece, "There Is No R ...

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• Katie Kuehl '24 Signs to Play Volleyball at Bloomsburg University
  News • 11/13/2023
  Katie Kuehl, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join the Bloomsburg University volleyball team on November 8, 2023. Bloomsburg University is a Division II athletic program located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Katie has been a varsity athlete since her freshman year.& ...

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• Soccer Team Heads to Playoffs
  News • 11/7/2023
  On Tuesday night at 6:30pm the Archmere soccer team will travel to Saint Mark's to compete in the first round of the DIAA State Championship. Coming off a 7-0 win over MOT Charter, the team enters the twelve team D2 tournament with an 8-7 record. Led by seniors Colin Arcari, Karol Diaz, Matthew Guar ...

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• Model UN Club Awarded Best Small Delegation
  News • 11/6/2023
  Thirteen Archmere students participated in the 6th Annual St. Andrews Model United Nations Competition this past weekend. The Archmere team, represented by every class from 9th to 12th grade, engaged in a day of debate, cooperation, and diplomacy in Middletown, Delaware. The goal of the Model UN con ...

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• Maura Read '25 Nets Another Hat Trick, Leads Field Hockey to Quarterfinals
  News • 11/3/2023
  Archmere junior Maura Read recorded her first goal with 9:04 remaining in the first half of the DIAA State Tournament on November 1. The Auks, seeded sixth in a round of twelve teams, defeated Delaware Military Academy at home on the lower turf. Maura went on to score two more in that half to notch ...

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• Helena Raskob Arts Institute Student Recital Set for November
  News • 10/30/2023
  The Helena Raskob Arts Institute Student Recital features performances of Archmere students engaged in music lessons through the HRAI or separately with a private music teacher. Seven pianists, two harpists, six singers, two violinists and the wonderful HRAI String Ensemble will present their best p ...

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• EJ Dealy '91 Receives Star of Delaware Award
  News • 10/27/2023
  On September 28th, EJ Dealy ‘91 was honored with the Star of Delaware Award by the Make a Wish Delaware Foundation on September 28th. The Star of Delaware recognizes people that are very committed to the organization and aligned to the core mission of creating life-changing wishes for children ...

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• Penn Hospital Recognizes Dr. John S. Brooks, Jr. '66
  News • 10/27/2023
  A portrait of Dr. John S. Brooks, Jr. ‘66 was unveiled on June 12, 2023 at Pennsylvania Hospital. Jack’s portrait joins the gallery of several distinguished individuals dating back to the 18th century recognized for their contribution to Pennsylvania Hospital, its staff and the patients ...

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• Maura Read '25 Nominated for Athlete of the Week
  News • 10/25/2023
  Varsity field hockey player Maura Read '25 notched two hat tricks and an assist in victories over MOT Charter and The Charter School of Wilmington last week. She has been nominated by Delaware Online for Athlete of the Week. Maura has been an integral part of last year's State Championship team sinc ...

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• Jon Corsini '05 Opens Corsini Laser Eye Center
  News • 9/29/2023
  Jonathan Corsini, MD is a military-trained, board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in the most advanced techniques in corneal refractive surgery. He served eight years in the United States Air Force and performed thousands of refractive surgery procedures on pilots, special forces, and active- ...

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• September 2023
  News • 9/25/2023
  Students Attend Hispanic Heritage Festival On September 17th, Archmere students traveled to Bellevue State Park to attend the Hispanic Heritage Festival. The Festival is held every year in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The students had an amazing time, enjoying folk dances, beautiful craft ...

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• 2023-2024 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 9/20/2023
  The newly elected members of the 2023-2024 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater on Tuesday, September 19th. Mr. Mike Johnson is the Student Council Moderator and Director of Student Life and Culture. Executive Council President: Ceci Connolly David Cui ...

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• 2023 - 2024 Archmere Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/19/2023
  Congratulations to the members of the 2023 - 2024 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group:

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• Cross Country Team Competes in Unionville Two Mile Bash
  News • 9/13/2023
  Last weekend our cross country runners successfully opened their season in Kennett Square at the Unionville Two Mile Bash. The 5th annual run was held at Unionville High School and includes races for each grade, with both overall results and results by graduation year. The Archmere girls team finish ...

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• Giovanna Clemente '26 Competes in International Jiu-Jitsu Competition
  News • 9/5/2023
  In July, Archmere sophomore Giovanna Clemente competed in the 2023 Pan Kids, known as the most premier youth jiu-jitsu tournament in the world. With an astounding 2,700 competitors ranging from the Mighty Mite to the Teen divisions, the event was a testament to the growing popularity of jiu-jitsu am ...

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• World Language and Cultures Students Travel to France
  News • 7/12/2023
  Annual trips offered by Archmere include the French Exchange Program, offering a chance for Archmere students to immerse themselves into the French world, to live with a host family, and spend two weeks touring and enjoying the richness of French culture. Last month eighteen Archmere students travel ...

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• Jessica Lattanzi '23 Named Recipient of the 2023 Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship
  News • 6/21/2023
  Sponsored by the "I Could Do Great Things Foundation", the Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship honors college-bound seniors “who embody the virtues of Beau Biden: qualities of leadership, community, civility, respect, and who demonstrate a strong moral compass.” The Foundation announced this ...

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• Girls Track and Field Place Third at States, Highest Finish in Ten Years
  News • 6/1/2023
  On May 19 and 20, the Archmere track and field team competed at Dover High School for the DIAA State Track &; Field Championships. The girls finished 3rd in Division 2, the highest team finish in more than a decade. The boys battled through some injuries and setback to finish 14th, respectively ...

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• Baseball Closes Out Season with All-Conference Honors
  News • 5/31/2023
  Congratulations to the Archmere baseball team for a successful 11-7 season! The team qualified for the DIAA State Tournament after a resounding 14-4 win over Conrad, but fell in the first round to Appoquinimink. Notable matches this season also included wins over Concord High School, Tower Hill and ...

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• Golf Team Takes Home First Place at DSAC Championships
  News • 5/25/2023
  On May 22, the Archmere golf team participated in the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championships at Frog Hollow Golf Club. The team took home first place, and sophomore Danielle Higbee was the overall champion with a score of 69 for the second year in a row.    

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• Class of 2023 Valedictorian and Salutatorian Announced
  News • 5/22/2023
  Archmere Academy recently announced the most distinguished awards for the Class of 2023: the Valedictorian is Alex Chen, and Class of 2023 Salutatorian is Helen Qi. The Class Valedictorian and Salutatorian earn these distinctions through their superior academic achievement, which directly correlates ...

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• 9th Graders Honored with Marinelli Athletic Award
  News • 5/22/2023
  The Marinelli Athletic Award is named in honor of Pat Marinelli, an Archmere student who tragically passed away in a car accident on June 3, 1988 while attending the Academy. This recognition is awarded to a 9th grade male and female athlete who best exemplify what it means to be an Archmere student ...

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• Richie Smith '23 Receives the National Merit Siemens Scholarship
  News • 5/22/2023
  Archmere senior Richie Smith is one of approximately 840 high school seniors from across the country to earn corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship award. Corporate sponsored awards are financed by about 107 different corporations, company foundations and other business organizations. Richie ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/17/2023
  Congratulations to the seventeen Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level!

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• Girls Track and Field Take Home DSAC Championship; Boys Place 2nd
  News • 5/8/2023
  The Diamond State Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships were held on Monday, May 1 at the Charter School of Wilmington. For the second year in a row, the Archmere girls team took home the title with 187 points. The boys finished 2nd in the DSAC and look to improve upon both individu ...

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• Bella Hughes ‘24 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 5/1/2023
  Archmere art student Bella Hughes ‘24 has been named the recipient of the annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. Bella was selected for the award by Archmere’s Fi ...

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• Matt DiGregorio '20 Studies at USC and Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  News • 4/28/2023
  Matt is currently a junior at the University of South Carolina, pursuing a double major in International Business and Finance, with a minor in Spanish.  While studying at Darla Moore School of Business (which has the #1 International Business program in the country) he has started his own asset ...

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Named St. Francis de Sales Award Winners
  News • 4/27/2023
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". The Convocation was held on held on Wednesday evening, April 26, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton ...

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• Brian McGlinchey '87 as 2023 Grand Marshal of Wilmington St. Patrick's Day Parade
  News • 3/31/2023
  Brian McGlinchey ’87 served as the 2023 Grand Marshal of the Wilmington Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by the Irish Culture Club of Delaware. Brian was appointed as Ireland’s first Honorary Consul to the State of Delaware a year ago, in recognition of his “outstanding ...

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• Isabelle Hanlon '21 Assists Tulane University in Glass Recycling Initiative
  News • 3/31/2023
  Isabelle Hanlon ‘21 serves as the Executive President for the Residence Hall Association at Tulane University, serving all undergraduate students. Through her position, she works directly with a nonprofit organization, Glass Half Full, and the Board of Directors at Tulane University to enact c ...

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• Math League Competes at State Invitational, Three Receive Perfect Score
  News • 3/30/2023
  Our Math League teams competed at the state invitational meet in Dover on Wednesday, March 29th. Three of our students received perfect scores on individual questions: Leo Chang, Alex Chen, and Kabir Goyal. Kabir additionally was the first place individual across the entire state for 9th grade compe ...

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• Archmere Stage Band Performs in Seattle
  News • 3/28/2023
  Over Saint Patrick's Day weekend, the Archmere Stage Band performed in Seattle, Washington, showcasing their talent at multiple locations throughout the city and at the Seattle Music  Festival. Two outdoor concerts were held; one at The Center for Wooden Boats Dockside on Lake Union, and l ...

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• Angela Zhang ’26 Competes at Ticket to Broadway
  News • 3/6/2023
  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 r ...

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• Karl Boettcher '88 Chosen to Perform in United Ukranian Ballet
  News • 2/27/2023
  Karl Boettcher '88 is currently performing the role of Chief Nobleman onstage at Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, in United Ukrainian Ballet's production of the classic "Giselle". Both Karl and his brother Tom Boettcher '81 have performed several productions previously at the Kennedy with Mariinsky ...

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• Swim Team Sends Twelve to State Meet
  News • 2/22/2023
  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, Feb ...

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• Daniel Qi ’26 Wins High School Division Concerto Competition
  News • 2/13/2023
  Helena Raskob Arts Institute member Daniel Qi ’26 has been named winner of the Betsey L. Kent Youth 2022 High School Division Concerto Competition, sponsored by the Newark Symphony Orchestra. Daniel, a violinist, will perform the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor with the orchestra under the ...

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• Musicians from the Helena Raskob Arts Institute Perform at Foulk Manor
  News • 2/6/2023
  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.  

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• Caroline Donovan '19 Travels to Hawaii & Tahiti for Archeaology Conferences
  News • 1/31/2023
  Caroline Donovan '19 is finishing her anthropology honors thesis at William &; Mary and about to enter her senior season on the women’s lacrosse team. Her research focuses on recent gendered publishing patterns and occupational trends in Oceania Archaeology. This fall, she presented at both th ...

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• Lisa Hilyard Christian '03 Writes Children's Book The Little Airplane's Big Adventure
  News • 1/31/2023
  Lisa Christian '03, currently working as a nurse anesthetist in Delaware, just wrote and self-published her first children's book titled "The Little Airplane's Big Adventure: Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride". This charming rhyming book has a clear message about slowing down in this fast-paced world and ...

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• Indoor Track and Field Breaks Their Own Records
  News • 1/30/2023
  After successfully competing in big races at the Armory in New York, the Archmere winter track team participated in their last meet of the duel season at Tower Hill this past weekend. Once again, the team put up multiple personal bests and smashed a few school records. They will compete in the DIAA ...

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• Swim Team Defeats DMA
  News • 1/13/2023
  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.

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• Full "STEAM" Ahead: Innovative 3D Printed Jewelry Designs by Kelsey Joyce '23
  News • 12/19/2022
  Senior Kelsey Joyce '23 recently designed and 3D printed a pair of wearable 3D printed earrings in her AP Studio Art class. After completing a series of drawings and models in air dry clay, Kelsey then translated her design concept into TinkerCAD, a free open source 3d modeling s ...

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• Indoor Track and Field Team Starts Their Season Smashing Records
  News • 12/19/2022
  The indoor track and field team has successfully completed their first two meets of the season, making waves as the team racked up some school records. Most recently, the team traveled to the Armory in New York for the Coaches Hall of Fame Invitational.

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• Archmere Athletes Earn DIAA All-State Awards
  News • 12/15/2022
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-State teams.

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• Senior Caroline Berl '23 Designs Original Wallpaper
  News • 12/6/2022
  Students in Archmere's nationally recognized art program have the opportunity to explore traditional fine arts as well as applied art and industrial design. Advanced Placement Studio Art 2D Design student Caroline Berl '23 experienced the thrill of having her original artwork reproduced on ...

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• Celebrating 50 Years Since the Start of Joe Moglia's Coaching Career
  News • 11/30/2022
  Joe Moglia is the former CEO and Chairman of TD Ameritrade, Former Head Football Coach at Coastal Carolina University and currently the Chair of Athletics and Executive Advisor to the President at Coastal Carolina University. In 1971, at age 22, Joe began his coaching career at Archmere, making him ...

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• Lori Falkenstein '84 Co-writes Book About the Bond Between Two Mothers
  News • 11/29/2022
  Renee M. Reed and Lori Ann Falkenstein '84, both married to their high school sweethearts and mothers of four, met working at a clinical laboratory. They quickly realized that even though they look different on the outside, their similarities as mothers weigh far greater. The love they teach to and ...

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• Archmere Field Hockey Punches Ticket to State Championship
  News • 11/18/2022
  On Wednesday night the Archmere field hockey team defeated Tatnall 1-0 in the Semifinal round of the DIAA State Championship Tournament. Played under the lights at the Rullo Stadium at the University of Delaware, the Auks pressured early, scoring within the first quarter. Bella Hughes '24 scored the ...

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• Model UN Club Racks Up Awards at UN Competition
  News • 11/7/2022
  Sixteen Archmere students participated in the 5th Annual St. Andrews Model United Nations Competition this past weekend. The Archmere team, represented by every class from 9th to 12th grade, engaged in a day of debate, cooperation, and diplomacy in Middletown, Delaware. The goal of the Model UN conf ...

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• Archmere Students of the Helena Raskob Arts Institute Compete at Regional Level
  News • 11/7/2022
  Archmere students of the Helena Raskob Arts Institute recently participated in competitions and received the following awards:

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• Six Cross Country Runners Earn Diamond State Athletic Conference Awards
  News • 11/3/2022
  On October 25, the Diamond State Athletic Championships for cross country were held at Bellevue State Park. The girls varsity team earned 62 points, placing second overall. The boys also placed second overall. The JV teams also placed high, with the girls taking second overall and the boys team once ...

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• Bill DiNardo '76, Sallies Head Football Coach, Celebrates 300 Wins
  News • 10/30/2022
  Bill DiNardo's football career ended on Sept. 30, 1974, his 16th birthday. An awkward tackle ruptured his spleen and injured a kidney. Surgery was required and Archmere’s reliable junior halfback missed the rest of the season. When he wasn’t medically cleared to resume playing the next f ...

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• Abby Kates '20 Lands Internship at Bucknell's Small Business Development Center
  News • 10/29/2022
  Abby Kates '20, a junior at Bucknell University majoring in Markets, Innovation, and Design in the Freeman College of Management. Abby competes on Bucknell’s Division I Track and Field team, while serving part-time interning at Bucknell's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) since the fall ...

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• Soccer Team Celebrates Senior Night With Overtime Win
  News • 10/28/2022
  On Saturday, October 22nd, the Archmere soccer team celebrated Senior Day with a game against Newark Charter at home. An exciting defensive match, the game remained scoreless through regulation and was forced into overtime. At the 99th minute, Jason Lotkowski '24 scored the lone goal, with an assist ...

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• Volleyball Defeats Appoquinimink in Four Sets
  News • 10/25/2022
  Archmere defeated Appoquinimink with little doubt in the first two sets of their volleyball match on October 22. The Auks recovered from that third-set loss with a strong finish, taking the match, 3-1. Set scores were 25-14, 25-17, 18-25, and 25-17. The win capped a successful day for Auks athl ...

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• Cross Country Team Posts 29 Personal Best Times
  News • 10/19/2022
  On October 14, the cross country team competed in the Joe O'Neill Invitational at Bellevue State Park. Thirty seven teams participated in the Invitational, with the Archmere team posting 29 personal best times from our runners. The girl's varsity team finished 3rd overall, (1st among D2 teams), whic ...

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• Girls Cross Country Team Wins White Clay Classic, Boys Place Second
  News • 9/19/2022
  On September 16th, the cross country teams traveled to White Clay Creek State Park, competing against 15 other teams. The girls took home first place in their division, scoring 124 points. The boys came in second place in their division, scoring 101 points. Girls team lead runner Maddie Priest '24 w ...

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• 2022 - 2023 Archmere Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/13/2022
  Congratulations to the members of the 2022 - 2023 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group: 2022-2023 MASTERSINGERS  

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• Chris Albero '23 Nominated for Athlete of the Week
  News • 9/13/2022
  Archmere quarterback Chris Albero '23 completed 12 of 15 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score and kicked six extra points in the first game of the season last week. He has been nominated by Delaware Online for Athlete of the Week. The defending State Champs opened their s ...

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• Football Opens Season With 42-0 Win Over Tatnall
  News • 9/12/2022
  On September 8th at home on Coaches Field, the defending State Champions claimed a 42-0 victory over Tatnall in the season opener. Archmere quarterback Chris Albero '23 completed 12 of 15 passes for 259 yards and the three scores. He also rushed for 28 yards with a touchdown. Gavin Lee '24 led the r ...

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• Cast Announced for Archmere Fall Play, "The Brightest Thing"
  News • 8/29/2022
  Auditions for the Archmere fall play production, The Brightest Thing ( or  The Squonk Play) ,   were held this summer on campus. The play is regarded as an American Fable that's tinged with sadness about a girls' imaginary journey in a hot air balloon to rescue her mother. Along the way sh ...

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• Stephanie Silverman to Exhibit Two Pieces in Rehoboth Art League's 10th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition
  News • 8/26/2022
  Two pastel drawings created by Art &; Design Department Chair Stephanie Silverman ‘00 were selected for the 10th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition at the Rehoboth Art League. Open to all artists living in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washing ...

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• Stephanie C. Silverman ’00 Presents to Design Interest Group
  News • 7/12/2022
  Art &; Design Department Chair Stephanie C. Silverman ’00 was invited to present a national webinar sponsored by the National Art Education Association’s Design Interest Group on July 12, 2022.  The primary objective of the Design Interest Group (DIG) is to fulfill the compelli ...

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• Archmere TEAMS Place First in Delaware, Second Nationally
  News • 7/5/2022
  Archmere students took home first place for this year's Delaware state Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) competition. Members include Andy Zhu, Michelle Zhang, Sophia Chen and David Cui. The goal of TEAMS is to have students work collaboratively to develop practical and ...

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• Two Students Invited to DE Governor's School for Arts
  News • 6/28/2022
  Congratulations to Jane Chen '24 and Elizabeth Xu '24 for earning spots in this summer's very prestigious Governor's School for Excellence for the Visual Arts. This is the second consecutive year both of Archmere's candidates were accepted into this very prestigious program. The Delaware Governor's ...

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• Girls Soccer Defeats Ursuline, Heads to Semifinals
  News • 5/31/2022
  On May 26th the #2 ranked Archmere girls soccer team defeated #10 Ursuline 1-0 in the quarterfinal game of the DIAA State Tournament. Played at home, the game was a tight battle up until the end of the second half, when Marina Mahon '25 sent a corner kick right to Emma Gioffre '23, who was able to k ...

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• National Art Honor Society Spearheads Creative Fundraising Project for Humanitarian Relief in Ukraine
  News • 5/31/2022
  Led by NAHS President Jocelyn Zavala Garcia ‘22 and Vice President Helen Qi ‘23, students in Archmere’s National Art Honors Society created artwork featuring sunflowers, a symbol of peace in Ukraine, on the final Archmere Green Day of the school year. The students then designed sta ...

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• Danielle Higbee '25 Wins DSAC Golf Tournament, Team Takes 1st Place
  News • 5/18/2022
  At the Golf Diamond State Athletic Conference Championships at Frog Hollow Golf Club on Monday May 16, Danielle Higbee '25 shot a 71, winning the individual title. Ranked #1 in the state, the Archmere golf team also took home the DSAC team championship.

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• Natalie Gildea '23 Selected for Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference
  News • 5/17/2022
  Natalie Gildea '23 has been selected to represent the state of Delaware at the 2022 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference this summer. Each year, one high school junior from every state and the District of Columbia is selected to attend the (all-expenses-paid) co ...

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• Josephine Calder '25 Places Second at NHD State Level Contest
  News • 5/17/2022
  Each year more than half a million students participate in the National History Day Contest. Students select a historical topic related to a chosen annual theme, and then conduct primary and secondary research. Josie Calder ’25 placed second at the state level contest for Delaware for her ...

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• Girls Soccer Notches Another Win
  News • 5/9/2022
  On May 2 the Archmere girls soccer team came out fast and strong, scoring three times in the first 10 minutes on the way to a 9-0 shutout of Wilmington Friends at home on Coaches Field. Emma Gioffre '23 and Julianna Witherell '24 each recorded hat tricks.

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Named St. Francis de Sales Award Winners
  News • 5/5/2022
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". The Convocation was held on held on Wednesday evening, April 27, at St. Margaret of Scotland ...

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• Helen Qi '23 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 5/3/2022
  Archmere art student Helen Qi ‘23 has been named the recipient of the annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. Helen was selected for the award by Archmere’s Fine A ...

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• Kelsey Joyce '23 Wins Sargent Art Youth Month Contest
  News • 4/27/2022
  Archmere junior Kelsey Joyce won first prize and was recognized as the Best in State for the secondary (high school) level of the Sargent Art Youth Month Contest for her painting, "Luminous," a self portrait created in acrylic on canvas panel. Only student art featured during Youth Art Month wa ...

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• Boys Head Lacrosse Coach Pete Duncan Records 200th Win
  News • 3/29/2022
  On Friday, March 25, the Archmere boys lacrosse team traveled to the Gunston School in Centreville, Maryland for their second game of the season. The boys not only won 17-2, they celebrated Head Coach Pete Duncan's 200th Archmere career win.

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• Baseball Defeats Defending Champion DMA, 2-1
  News • 3/25/2022
  The Archmere baseball team opened its season on Tuesday, March 22 at home against defending state champions and #1 ranked Delaware Military Academy. According to Jason Winchell, "the game was an old-fashioned pitching duel as Auks sophomore Carsten Kaiser outdueled the Seahawks’ Tyler August i ...

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• Alex Harrington ’22 Nets 100th Lacrosse Goal
  News • 3/24/2022
  On March 22 nd  the Archmere girls lacrosse team took on Delaware Military Academy in their first game of the spring season, notching a dominant 19-3 win on the road. Minutes into the game, senior captain Alex Harrington started her barrage on the net, and within the first half, recorded her 10 ...

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• Archmere's Winter Musical "Once Upon a Mattress" Receives Acclaim
  News • 3/15/2022
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Brandon Carr '25, Luke Kryka '22, Conor France '22 Compete in DIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament
  News • 2/27/2022
  The DIAA Individual Wrestling Tournament kicked off at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Delaware on Friday night, where the top wrestlers from across the state began their journey to become State Champion. Last weekend, six Archmere wrestlers finished in the top 8 in their weight class, including ...

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• Model UN Club Competes at Harvard Model United Nations Conference
  News • 1/31/2022
  This weekend, ten Archmere students from the Model UN Club attended a three day conference at Harvard University. Model UN was represented by students Alex Chen '23, Tony Liu '23, Andy Zhu '24, David Konitzer '22, Richie Smith '23, Brendan McGuire '23, Leo Chang '23, David Cui '24, Brianna Yang '25 ...

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• Carrie Wiig '24 Recognized as American Visions Nominee
  News • 1/26/2022
  Carrie Wiig's '24 painting,  Encircled , was selected as one of the Delaware Regional Scholastic Art Awards' American Vision Nominees. Each region selects five works to nominate for the American Vision award, the five  best in show  awards in the state of Delaware. One ...

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• Alicia Chu '24 Named National Finalist in the MTNA Vocal Competition
  News • 1/25/2022
  Congratulations to Alicia Chu ’24 on being named a National Finalist in the Delaware MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) Vocal Competition "Senior Performance".  Alicia participated in the Eastern Region Competition in December as a Division Finalist and won, and will move on to
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• Vincent J. Filliben Mid Atlantic Turkey Shootout
  News • 12/28/2021
  The inaugural Vincent J. Filliben Mid Atlantic Turkey Shootout took place over Thanksgiving break on the Archmere campus. The tournament, named after legendary Archmere teacher, athlete, coach and Hall of Fame member Mr. Vince Filliben, featured 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams from Delaware ...

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• Archmere Football Scores 15 Members on DIAA 2A All-Class Team
  News • 12/20/2021
  The champion football team also finished the season with an impressive 15 spots in the 2021 DIAA 2A All Class Team.

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• "Friends" Show Artist Jeff Schaller Presents to Junior Portfolio 2D Design Class
  News • 12/1/2021
  Commercial artist and painter Jeff Schaller delivered a 2-hour workshop with Mrs. Silverman’s Junior Portfolio 2D Design students earlier this month. Jeff's paintings are featured on the permanent set of the show  Friends,  and he has been commissioned to create paintings f ...

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• Archmere Soccer Advances to Second Round of State Tournament, Falls in Quarterfinals
  News • 11/14/2021
  "The seventh-seeded Archmere soccer team opened the first round of the DIAA Division II soccer tournament against the No. 10 Sussex Academy on November 9, and the game almost lasted until the 10th. Eighty minutes wasn’t enough, and it wasn’t until sophomore Karol Diaz scored the golden g ...

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• Cross Country Competes in DSAC Championship, Earns Conference Honors
  News • 10/28/2021
  On October 26, the Archmere Cross Country team competed in the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championships at White Clay Creek State Park. The varsity girls team finished in 3rd place, while the varsity boys team finished in 5th. At the junior varsity level, the Archmere girls team finished in s ...

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• Archmere Hosts First Annual Multicultural Open House
  News • 10/17/2021
  On October 13, 2021, Archmere Academy hosted its inaugural Multicultural Open House on campus. The Archmere Admissions team, along with Mrs. Danyele Dove ’93, Director of Equity and Inclusion, welcomed prospective students and their families in the Learning Commons, and spoke about the di ...

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• 2021 - 2022 Archmere Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/21/2021
  Congratulations to the members of the 2021 - 2022 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group:

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• Soccer Defeats Sanford 3-1
  News • 9/20/2021
  At home on September 17, the Archmere boys soccer team took on a tough Sanford team, winning 3-1. The team was leading 1-0 within the first few minutes, thanks to a goal by Ben Meredith '22. Sanford kept the pressure on Archmere goalie Kyle Zahnow '23 for the remainder of the first half, limiting po ...

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• Soccer Wins Home Opener in Thrilling Overtime Victory
  News • 9/15/2021
  On September 13, the Archmere soccer team hosted MOT Charter in their first home game of the season, an exciting back and forth match that ended up in overtime. After an early goal from Ben Meredith '22, Archmere senior Mark Chua took a cross from Weston Gansler '23 and hit the lower 90 to the right ...

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• Two Sophomores Invited to DE Governor's School for Arts
  News • 6/16/2021
  Congratulations to sophomores Abby Garcia and Helen Qi for earning spots in this summer's very prestigious Governor's School for Excellence for the Visual Arts. The Delaware Governor's School for Excellence is a one-week summer program that brings together academically and artistically talented ...

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• Freshman Andy Zhu Wins DIAA Tennis First Singles Championship
  News • 6/4/2021
  Archmere freshman Andy Zhu went 6-2, 6-2 to take the First Singles Tennis State Championship against Charles Sternberg of Sanford on May 27th at St. Andrew's School. Andy, seeded third, won first singles going 4-0 in the State Tournament and 11-0 during the season. He defeated the 1st and 2nd s ...

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• Stephanie Silverman '00 Named RISD Art + Design Educator Award Winner
  News • 5/27/2021
  The Alumni Awards Committee of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Alumni Association Leadership Council recently named Stephanie Silverman '00, Archmere's Art Department Chair and Art Teacher, the recipient of the 2021 RISD Art + Design Educator Award. This award is one of the highest offered ...

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• Class of 2021 Valedictorian and Salutatorian Announced
  News • 5/26/2021
  Archmere Academy recently announced the most distinguished awards for the Class of 2021: the Valedictorian is Alex Lu, and Class of 2021 Salutatorian is Camron Kaiser. The Class Valedictorian and Salutatorian earn these distinctions through their superior academic achievement, which directly correla ...

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• Rugby Wins Mark Dombroski Cup and the Delaware 7’s State Title
  News • 5/24/2021
  On Friday evening, May 21st, the Archmere Rugby team once again took on Salesianum at Abessinio Stadium for the Rugby Delaware State Championship Cup. The match was named the Mark Dombroski Cup, in honor of Mark Dombroski, a 2017 Archmere graduate and rugby player who lost his life in March 201 ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Their Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/12/2021
  Congratulations to the eleven Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level!

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• Sophia Tobin '23 Scores Winning Goal over Ursuline
  News • 5/7/2021
  The Archmere girls soccer team, ranked fourth in the Delaware Live Division II poll, got an early goal and made it stand up in a 1-0 defeat of No. 3 Ursuline in a key girls soccer showdown on May 5th at Ursuline. Archmere struck in the 19th minute as sophomore Sophia Tobin took a pass from Emma Giof ...

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Named St. Francis de Sales Award Winners
  News • 5/4/2021
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". Ten Archmere seniors have been recognized as award winners this year: Margaret Atkins, ...

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• Anna Garcia '21 Scores Four Goals as Girls Soccer Defeats Wilmington Friends
  News • 4/20/2021
  Archmere senior and Lafayette College soccer recruit Anna Garcia scored four goals and "was a thorn in the Quakers’ side all afternoon" as the Auks notched a 7-1 win against Wilmington Friends on April 19th. Emma Gioffre '23, Christina Rosenbaum '23 and Julianna Witherell '24 also added a goal ...

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• Boys and Girls Lacrosse Teams Boast Big Wins
  News • 4/16/2021
  Last week, the Archmere girls lacrosse team took on Polytech, winning 19-5. Archmere scored seven of the first eight goals. Bridget McGonigle '21 and Alexandra Harrington '22 each scored seven times for the Auks. Archmere, now 4-1 after another victory against St. Andrew's, will face Wilmington Frie ...

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• Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia '22 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 4/6/2021
  Archmere art student Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia '22 has been named the recipient of the annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. Jocelyn was selected for the award by Archmere’ ...

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• Alex Chen ’23 Named American Voices Medal Winner for the 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
  News • 3/22/2021
  In January, Archmere sophomore Alex Chen was one of five students in the Delaware Writing Region chosen as an American Voices Nominee for the prestigious 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The American Voices nominees are “Best in Show” awards that most exemplify originality, techni ...

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• Camron Kaiser, Margaret Atkins Win Top Art Scholarship Awards
  News • 3/8/2021
  Two Archmere artists were recognized with the two top scholarship awards at the March 7, 2021 regional Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards program. The event was held virtually. Senior Camron Kaiser, who is taught by Jody Hoffman, was awarded the first place scholarship from the Delaware Art ...

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• Amanda Treston '22 Qualifies for National Speech and Debate Competition
  News • 3/4/2021
  Junior Amanda Treston, representing Archmere Academy, qualified for the National Catholic Forensic League's national tournament in Oral Interpretation by taking first place in the Delaware chapter's competition this past weekend in a virtual event. Amanda will vie for national standing in the organi ...

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• Sophia Chen '24 Takes 1st in the State for Math League
  News • 2/24/2021
  The State Math League competition was held online this year in the form of four, 30-minute timed competitions. This was followed by a March Madness style "Math Madness" tournament among the teams that emerged as the Elite 8 at the end of the regular season.  Sophia Chen '24 place ...

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• Alex Lu, James D’Elia, and Michael Mallamaci Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/12/2021
  Archmere Academy seniors Alex Lu, James D’Elia, and Michael Mallamaci  were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) Finalists based upon their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the comp ...

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• Wrestling Defeats Newark Charter in Exciting Comeback
  News • 2/4/2021
  On Wednesday, February 3, the Archmere wrestling team came back to defeat Newark Charter after trailing them by 10 points. They picked up six points on a pin, plus another six on a forfeit to lift them to victory. With the team down going into the last few matches, senior Sanjay Long snagged a ...

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• 9th Grade Math League Moves On To Elite 8 Bracket
  News • 2/3/2021
  The Archmere 9th Grade Math Team placed 2nd in the state and moves on to the Elite 8,  a bracket tournament over the next 3 weeks. This year they participated in four online, statewide meets - a different format from previous years. Sophia Chen secured 1st place and Gavin Nguyen ...

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• Stephanie Silverman Awarded Grant for Innovative Design Thinking STEAM Curriculum
  News • 1/27/2021
  Art Department Chair Stephanie Silverman '00 NBCT was awarded the 2021 Dr. Martin Rayala Grant from the National Art Education Association's (NAEA) Design Issues Group (DIG) for an original curricular unit. The DIG Dr. Martin Rayala Grant Awards recognize dedicated NAEA Art and Design ...

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• Girls Basketball Remains Undefeated After Win Over DMA
  News • 1/26/2021
  On January 25, the Archmere girls basketball team took on DMA in a regularly scheduled Diamond State Athletic Conference game, defeating them 37-18. After a first quarter tie, the Auks went into halftime with a small lead. Heading into the second half they were unstoppable, led off by a three point ...

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• Math Madness Wins Final Four, Heads to Championship Match
  News • 12/19/2020
  On December 9th, by a 47-second margin, Archmere's Fall Math Madness upset their opponents, the Franklin Regional High School Panthers (Murrysville, PA), earning Archmere a spot in the Final Four. Math Madness is an online, team-based competition event that takes place each fall and spring, ena ...

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• Archmere Football Earns Top Seed for Playoffs
  News • 12/9/2020
  On December 5, the Auks turned a 14-6 lead after three quarters into a comfortable win with three fourth-quarter touchdowns. The Auks defeated Conrad, 35-6, and completed an undefeated 7-0 regular season. Archmere senior Michael Mallamaci had five receptions for 101 yards, with 12 carries for 6 ...

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• Cross Country Teams Earn 5th in State Championships
  News • 12/7/2020
  Congratulations to both the Men's &; Women's Cross Country teams for their 5th place finish in the State Championships on December 5. Maddie Priest '24 and Jack Flanagan '21 were the Archmere top runners. Maddie placed 13th overall as a freshman and Jack 18th in the state. The women's team ...

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• Archmere Field Hockey Wins Diamond State Conference
  News • 11/29/2020
  On Saturday, November 28, Emma Gioffre '23 scored the only goal for Archmere field hockey as they took on Wilmington Charter in a thrilling overtime win. It was the final regular season field hockey game for the 11-1 Auks, and the win clinched the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship.

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• Football Remains Undefeated With Big Win Over DMA
  News • 11/29/2020
  On Saturday, November 28, Archmere held the DMA Seahawks to two rushing touchdowns while scoring touchdowns three different ways themselves in a 21-12 victory at home on Coaches Field. The Auks improved to 6-0 with the win.

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• Amanda Treston '22 Takes First in Delaware Speech and Debate Association State Tournament
  News • 11/5/2020
  Archmere junior Amanda Treston won the Delaware Speech and Debate Association State Tournament last month, held virtually on October 31. Amanda took first place across  22 total entries in 7 divisions.

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• Archmere Community Service Offers "Trunk or Treat" with Knollwood
  News • 11/5/2020
  On Friday, October 30, Archmere students held the annual “Trunk or Treat” event at the Knollwood Community Center. While this event is typically held in the Knollwood parking lot where kids can dress up in their Halloween costumes and walk from car to car and collect candy, this year stu ...

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• Elise Angiullo '21 Nets Hat Trick, Leads Field Hockey to Win Over Padua
  News • 11/2/2020
  Playing before spectators for the first time in 2020, the Archmere Field Hockey team extended their winning streak to five on Friday, October 30th. Senior Elise Angiullo scored three times, helping the Auks to a 4-0 win at home. Elise's first goal came within six minutes of the start of the gam ...

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• October 2020
  News • 10/28/2020
  Día de los Muertos To celebrate el Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), students in Michelle Midgley's and Janna Scheflen's Spanish I classes will complete a virtual escape room in which they try to catch a criminal mastermind stealing precious ofrenda items from the local habitants of Me ...

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• Field Hockey Defeats Concord in Season Opener
  News • 10/23/2020
  On Monday, October 19, the fall sports season kicked off with a key field hockey game against Concord. Played at home, the Auks outshot the Raiders, 18-8, and had a 5-2 advantage on penalty corners.  Senior Sophia Castro lead the team with four goals as the Auks defeated the Concord Raiders, 8- ...

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• Archmere Soccer Opens Season with Win Over Red Lion
  News • 10/23/2020
  The 2019 defending State Champions opened their fall season and made headlines with a win on October 21.  Archmere traveled to Red Lion Christian Academy for their first game, defeating the Lions 8-0. Senior Sam  Gattsuo opened the scoring in the 11 th  minute and followed up with ano ...

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• Greg Tomb '96 Presents Glass Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser
  News • 10/5/2020
  Glass has been a passion of Greg's since childhood, but his journey of working with glass began in 1997 where he studied art at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. In 2014, he began participating in juried art shows nationwide. He has been awarded "Best in Glass" and has been the featured artist ...

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• Seniors Sanjay Long and Maura Smeader Named 2020 DE Historical Society Junior Fellows
  News • 9/10/2020
  The Harry N. Baetjer III Junior Fellows Program is a paid summer internship for students entering the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades offered by the Delaware Historical Society. This summer, Archmere seniors Sanjay Long and Maura Smeader were chosen for the program. 

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• Cast Announced for Archmere Fall Play, Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  News • 8/19/2020
  Auditions for the Archmere fall play production, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream were held on Monday, August 17th. Eighteen students auditioned outside in the Meditation Garden, including three freshmen. A Midsummer Night's Dream will be performed outdoors, on campus with ...

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• Hannah Wright '21 Named to 2020 Volleyball Under Armour All-America Watch List
  News • 8/17/2020
  Archmere senior Hannah Wright has been identified by the American Volleyball Coaches Association ( AVCA) as an elite rising high school senior, recognized on the 2020 Under Armour All-America Watch List. The Under Armour All-America Watch List is for the top rising seniors who have received external ...

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• Archmere History Teacher Tara Rodack Partners with Delaware Historical Society to Create Virtual Field Trip
  News • 7/23/2020
  This summer, Archmere history teacher Tara Rodack partnered with the Delaware Historical Society to create a virtual field trip centered around World War II and the historical society’s Minker Collection. The Minker collection is a series of 650 letters that detail the experience of B-17 pilot ...

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• Alexis Rendel ’21 Receives Cappies Award
  News • 6/17/2020
  Earlier this spring,  Archmere's Winter Musical,  Chicago High School Edition,  was nominated for six Cappies Awards. On Sunday, June 7th, the cast and crew attended the virtual Cappies Gala, an end of season celebration that highlights all nominated high school shows, and presen ...

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• Luke Fracek '20 Chosen for National Youth Science Foundation
  News • 6/5/2020
  Archmere senior Luke Fracek  has been chosen as one of two Delaware delegates for the National Youth Science Foundation's Science Camp.  The National Youth Science Camp is a residential science education program for young scientists the summer after they graduate from high school. Students ...

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• Archmere Features Visual Art Exhibition
  News • 6/4/2020
  The Archmere Art department assembled an end-of-year virtual art exhibition, featuring the artistic accomplishments of our amazing art and design students over the course of the year.  This virtual exhibition features artwork from both Introductory and Advanced Fine Art and ...

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• A Tribute to Departing Faculty and Staff
  News • 5/31/2020
  Following the End of Year Mass that streamed live from the Oratory in St. Norbert Hall on Sunday morning, Dr. Marinelli acknowledged four staff members who are leaving Archmere at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. A tribute video filled with photographs and testimonials from alumni, current stud ...

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• Gabriella Gildea '21 Receives Carson Scholarship
  News • 5/26/2020
  The Carson Scholars Fund awards $1,000 college scholarships to students in grades 4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities. Scholarship winners receive the honor of being named “Carson Scholars” and are awarded an Olympic-sized medal and a trophy fo ...

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• Ben Revak '16 Receives CACC Men’s Lacrosse Top XVI Award
  News • 5/18/2020
  The CACC Top XVI Awards are presented annually to the student-athletes with the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) competing at the Finals-Site for each of the CACC Championships; due to the COVID-19 pandemic all student-athletes competing within the sport were eligible for the honor.  ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Their Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/14/2020
  Congratulations to the thirteen Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level!

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Named St. Francis de Sales Award Winners
  News • 5/13/2020
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". Ten Archmere seniors have been  recognized as award winners this year:  Sofia Alva ...

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• Tori Mock '17 Inducted Into Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
  News • 4/29/2020
  Tori Mock '17, a junior on the volleyball team at Rowan University, has been inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society. Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes college student-athletes who excel both on and off the field of competition. The honor society was founded in 1996 by then DePauw University head f ...

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• Jessica Pei '20 Recipient of National Honor Society Scholarship
  News • 4/23/2020
  Each year the National Honor Society sponsors a competitive scholarship competition for NHS members who have excelled in their schools. Archmere senior Jessica Pei has been named a NHS Scholarship recipient for the 2019-2020 school year. Jessica  was chosen from nearly 7,000 applicants and ...

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• Margaret Atkins '21 Creates PPE Components Using 3D Printer
  News • 5/7/2020
  Over the break, Archmere junior Margaret Atkins has made it her mission to protect those helping people with COVID-19 by printing away the shortage of equipment. Margaret worked with a student from Strath Haven High School to help arm health workers in their fight against the virus. She sp ...

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• "The Archmerean" Takes First Place in Communications Contest
  News • 4/6/2020
  Archmere's biannual Magazine,  The Archmerean , was recently recognized as a First-Place Winner in the Delaware Press Association Communications Contest. The contest, open to all professional communicators in Delaware and nearby out-of-state communities, encourages and rewards excelle ...

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• Seniors Earn Fourteenth in the Nation at WordWright Challenge
  News • 3/24/2020
  In this year's third meet of the WordWright Challenge, Archmere students won high honors. Held in February, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 686 school teams from across the country. Archmere's  ...

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• Seniors Stephen D'Antonio, Sophie Moosberg, and Lauren Wilson Earn National Art Awards
  News • 3/17/2020
  The Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth since 1923. In 2019, s tudents across America submitted nearly 340,000 original works that were blindly judged by leaders in the visual and literary arts. In January, Archmere seni ...

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• Mastersingers to Perform in Canada
  News • 3/9/2020
  This month, the Mastersingers of Archmere Academy will be traveling to Canada to complete a concert tour of Montreal and Quebec City. While in Montreal, the group will perform at Notre Dame de Montreal. In Quebec, they will be performing at L’école secondaire La Camara ...

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• Girls Basketball Moves on to Quarterfinals of State Tournament
  News • 3/9/2020
  On Friday night, March 6th, the Archmere girls basketball team traveled to Woodbridge High School to play the Blue Raiders at home in the second round of the DIAA State Tournament. After a 10-point deficit at halftime, the Auks pulled away, ending the night with a 52-43 victory.

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• Joe McDonough Kicks Off Archmere B+ Fundraiser
  News • 3/6/2020
  Archmere is once again partnering with the B+ Foundation to help fund research and support families of kids with cancer nationwide. On Wednesday, February 12th, Joe McDonough visited the school and spoke to our students not only about his work, but about how they can help spread the word leading up ...

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• Archmere Community Service Club Volunteers at Animal Shelter
  News • 3/4/2020
  Written by Gabriella Gildea ‘21 This past Friday, February 28, I volunteered at the Faithful Friends Animal Shelter in Wilmington, Delaware with the Community Service Club. The community service club provides a different site every day of the week for students to volunteer after school. I ...

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• Isabella Gioffre, Fiona Teaney, and Madison Stewart Selected to Play in Blue/Gold Basketball Game
  News • 2/25/2020
  Archmere seniors Isabella (Izzy) Gioffre, Fiona Teaney, and Madison Stewart have been selected to play on the Blue team in the 22nd annual Blue-Gold basketball game on March 21 at the 76ers Fieldhouse. The games will feature 30 girls and 30 boys, with the Blue teams representing schools primari ...

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• Record Numbers for Green and White Spirit Night
  News • 2/20/2020
  Written by Ryan Hsieh '22 Recently the entire Student Council led by Michael Johnson successfully carried out the first annual Archmere Green and White Night. The two teams battled it out in games such as Human Carry, Dodgeball, and even an Obstacle Course.

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• Math League Teams Qualify for State Invitationals
  News • 2/13/2020
  After four Math League meets this year, both Archmere teams qualified to participate in the State Invitational, held in in Dover, Delaware in April.

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• Spanish IV Students Participate in Conference of Inventions
  News • 2/11/2020
  On Friday February 7th, the Archmere Spanish IV students held a Conference of Inventions. The students presented their inventions, which were designed to solve a specific environmental problem, and then requested funding from “investors” in the Archmere Science Lecture Hall. 

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/11/2020
  Archmere Academy seniors  Bailey Larmore and Andrew Shi  were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) Finalists based upon their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for Nat ...

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• Boys Swim Team Defeats Conrad
  News • 2/10/2020
  On February 6th, the boys swim team made headlines for their win over Conrad, 113-48. The team  had one double winner, Nate Hendrixson '21, who captured both the 100 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. Their record is now 6-2, and they compete Tuesday against Sanford School at the Walnut Street ...

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• Chinese Students Celebrate New Year
  News • 2/7/2020
  Students studying Chinese at Archmere celebrated the Chinese New Year together the week of Jauary 25th. They cooked and ate "Family Reunion Dinner" together, wrote Spring Festival couplets, and created folk art. Some required dishes for Family Reunion Dinner are fish, chicken, noodles, dum ...

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• Girls Basketball Makes Headlines with Strong Defense
  News • 1/15/2020
  On January 13, the Archmere girls basketball team defeated McKean 58-17, making headlines for their strong defensive game.  Archmere improved to 6-4 and plays today Thursday at home at 6:15 p.m. against Delaware Military Academy. From the Dialog article: "Archmere’s girls basketball team ...

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• Girls Basketball Makes Headlines for Diamond State Classic Win
  News • 12/30/2019
  On December 28th the Archmere Girls Basketball team took on Caravel, currently ranked #4 in the state, in the Diamond State Classic Tournament.  After defeating them by a score of 70-52 in the first round, the team has advanced to the finals of the First State Orthopedics Cup at ...

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• Full STEAM Ahead in Archmere's Art Department
  News • 12/16/2019
  Archmere's Art program just acquired a Muse Laser cutter to support student design and innovation in our award-winning, nationally recognized visual art program. Dedicated makerspace and Mac lab facilities in our art department create opportunities for students to seamlessly integrate and apply ...

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• Archmere Wrestling Wins in Season Opener
  News • 12/12/2019
  Archmere earned six wins for a 60-18 victory over Diamond State Athletic Conference foe Conrad on December 11th at home. It was Archmere’s first dual meet of the season.

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• 9th Grade Math League Starts Out Strong
  News • 12/10/2019
  Yesterday, our 9th grade team won the 2nd Math League meet of the year. Alex Chen had a perfect individual score of 6 and Helen Qi tied with one other student for the next highest score of 5.  

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• Seniors Participate in Career Experience Day
  News • 12/6/2019
  Yesterday, 116 senior students spent the day shadowing professionals in a variety of fields for our annual Senior Career Experience Day! We were fortunate to have over 60 different hosts including 16 Archmere Academy alumni and 20 current or past Archmere parents. 

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• Seniors Jessica Pei and Alexandra Williamson Named Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Semifinalists
  News • 12/5/2019
  Archmere seniors Jessica Pei and Alexandra Williamson have been named Coca-Cola Scholars Program Semifinalists, chosen from among more than 93,000 applicants due to outstanding leadership, academics, and dedication to the Archmere community. The Coca-Cola Scholars Program scholarship is an achieveme ...

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• Mike Hare '79 to Receive 2020 Reese Award from Catholic Charities of Diocese of Wilmington
  News • 11/21/2019
  The award, created in 1989 in memory of Msgr. Thomas J. Reese, community activist and longtime director of Catholic Social Services, the forerunner of Catholic Charities, recognizes exemplary individuals who have demonstrated a deep commitment to promoting and restoring the well-being of people R ...

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• November 2019
  News • 11/18/2019
  Speech and Debate Tournament Congratulations to Amanda Treston and Rohit Mathur, who earned first-place prizes in Oral Interpretation and Declamation, respectively, on Saturday at the season's first Speech and Debate tournament held here at Archmere. Rohit also came in second in Oral Interpr ...

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• Juniors Alexandra Cuoco and Elle Nash Receive Youth in Philanthropy Award
  News • 11/18/2019
  Archmere juniors Alexandra Cuoco and Elle Nash are members of the  Young Friends of ChristianaCare  organization, a group of  50 high school student volunteers  from around the state who were honored this month at the DuPont Country Club. The volunteers collected more t ...

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• Archmere Soccer Headed to Championship
  News • 11/15/2019
  After trailing No. 4 Newark High School, 1-0, at the half in their DIAA Division II semifinal match, Archmere junior Gavin Fanning scored off an assist from senior Andrew Rosenbaum in the 76 th  minute to send the Auks to the state championship game on Saturday. Archmere will play Wilmington Fr ...

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• Archmere Students Earn High WordWright Honors
  News • 11/14/2019
  A team of Archmere students won high honors at this year's national WordWright Challenge, a competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry. Participating with 686 schools from across the country, Archmere's twelfth graders ...

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• Archmere Soccer Wins Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship
  News • 10/30/2019
  The boys soccer team took on Newark Charter on October 26th, defeating them 1-0 and also taking ownership of the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship title. The Auks, now with an undefeated 14-0 record, had ten shots to Newark Charter's two, and six corner kicks. Senior Andrew Ro ...

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• Archmere Honors Norbert Award Winners
  News • 10/30/2019
  Since 1973, Archmere has conferred the Alumnus/a of the Year Award to an outstanding alumnus or alumna who significantly enhanced the quality of life in their families and communities, and/or made a positive impact on others by their philanthropic spirit. 

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• Andrew Rosenbaum '20 Selected to Compete in High School All American Soccer Game
  News • 10/29/2019
  Archmere senior Andrew Rosenbaum is one of forty of the nation’s elite high school soccer players who have been selected to take part in the seventh Annual High School All-American Game sponsored by Bimbo, Adidas and Continental Tire on December 7, 2019 in Orlando, FL. 

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• Archmere Community Service Offers "Trunk or Treat" with Knollwood
  News • 10/29/2019
  On Friday, October 25th, 75 Archmere students participated in an annual "Trunk or Treat" with the community members of Knollwood. Our students decorated their cars, even the Archmere service van, and handed out candy to the children in the Knollwood neighborhood right down the street from ...

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• Marissa Quercetti '21 and Cate Brown '20 Raise Money for Go 4 the Goal Foundation
  News • 10/9/2019
  For the 3rd year in a row during the month of September, football team managers Marissa Quercetti '21 and Cate Brown '20  spearheaded a fundraiser for the foundation Go 4 the Goal. 

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• Brian Burns '20 Leads Undefeated Archmere Past Caravel
  News • 10/4/2019
  The Archmere soccer team took on Caravel, the defending Division II State Champion, at home on Tuesday, October 1st.  The Auks out-shot the Buccaneers, 14-6, and had a 6-2 advantage on corner kicks. Archmere goalie Nico Triantafillou '22 stopped three Caravel shots...

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• Volleyball Team Defeats Tower Hill
  News • 10/4/2019
  The Archmere volleyball team traveled to Tower Hill on Wednesday, October 2nd, defeating the Hillers in 3 sets.  Set scores were 25-16, 25-23 and 25-13. The win boosted the Auks record to 6-2.

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• Ben Wei '22 Competes in Rubik's CubingUSA Nationals
  News • 10/2/2019
  Archmere sophomore Ben Wei participated in the National Rubik's Cube competition, CubingUSA Nationals 2019, in Baltimore this summer. The competition spanned August 1st-4th and was held at the Baltimore Convention Center.

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• Andrew Rosenbaum '20 Nets Hat Trick as Auks Defeat St. Mark's
  News • 10/1/2019
  Archmere senior Andrew Rosebaum scored three second-half goals to lead second - ranked Archmere past fifth - ranked Saint Mark’s, 3-0, on September 28th on the Archmere turf field. T he Auks out-shot the Spartans, 13-4, while having five corner kicks.

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• 2019 - 2020 Archmere Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/13/2019
  Congratulations to the members of the 2019-2020 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group: Soprano   *Ava Courtney (I) ‘23 Madison Downey (1) ‘20 *Maile Gutsche (I) ‘23 *Amanda Treston (I) ‘22 Gianna Abbrescia (II) ‘ ...

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• Brian Burns '20 Leads Soccer Team to Victory with Hat Trick
  News • 9/11/2019
  On September 10th, the Archmere Boys Soccer team took on St. Elizabeth's at home, defeating them 4-1. Senior Brian Burns made headlines with his "hat trick", scoring three goals for the team, the initial goal in the first minute of the game.  The Dialog writes, "The Auks outshot the Vikings, 21 ...

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• Seniors Lauren Edmiston and Julia Kochie in the News as Volleyball Notches Another Win
  News • 9/11/2019
  In a non-conference volleyball game on September 10th, seniors Lauren Edmiston and Julia Kochie led the Auks in a three set sweep of St. Elizabeth's,  25-17, 25-12 and 25-10. Boasting a combined number of 31 kills, Lauren  finished the game with 19, while Julia added 12. The Archmere ...

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• Artwork by Sophomores Elena Proctor, Jocelyn Zavela-Garcia, Bella Reeves and Kiara Cornell on Display
  News • 9/11/2019
  Sophomores Elena Proctor, Jocelyn Zavela-Garcia, Bella Reeves and Kiara Cornell were chosen to display their artwork at The Delaware Contemporary as part of the Pacem in Terris fourth annual Visionary Peace Youth Art Exhibition. Their artwork will be on display at The Delaware Contemporary on the Ri ...

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• Jacob Gehrt '20 in Spotlight for EDiS Company Internship
  News • 9/4/2019
  Archmere senior Jacob Gehrt has been highlighted by the EDiS Company as their  2019 Summer Intern Spotlight . Jacob spent this past summer as an intern for the company, working on their  project management team.  The EDiS Company  provides planning, building and operation ex ...

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• 2019-2020 Student Council Officers Installed
  News • 9/3/2019
  The newly elected members of the 2019-2020 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater today. Mr. Mike Johnson is the Student Council Moderator. Executive Officers Andrew Shi '20 - President Abigail Kates '20 - Vice President of Marketing Alexander Steltz ...

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• Gillen Curren ‘18 Named Beckman Scholar
  News • 8/13/2019
  Gillen Curren ‘18 has been named a Beckman Scholar at Villanova University. Each year, 10-12 universities are selected by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, a nonprofit established for the purpose of supporting basic scientific research.

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• Mr. Matthew Chominski Presents at Academic Bonaventure Conference
  News • 7/25/2019
  The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University offers master classes, programs and conferences throughout the summer. Archmere Academy  Theology Department Chair and Theology Teacher,  Mr. Matthew Chominski, was invited to present at the Academic Bonaventure Conference the wee ...

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• Popular Blog Post Praises Archmere Students in Wisconsin
  News • 7/22/2019
  Re: Salvage &; Artifacts, a division of Drury Designs, out of Green Bay, Wisconsin, recently wrote a blog article about their work with the St. John's Homeless Shelter, praising the effort of the high school volunteers that they worked side by side with. Those high school students were none oth ...

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• Alyssa Noval '21 and Cameron Noval '20 Present Check to Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
  News • 6/18/2019
  Last week, Alyssa Noval '21 and Cameron Noval '20, founders of the first ever Archmere Academy club, "Kids Count", presented a $3000 donation to The Department of Child Life, Creative Arts Therapy &; School Programs at the Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. The Child Life program h ...

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Wins 2019 DIAA Golf Championship Title
  News • 5/30/2019
  Archmere junior Phoebe Brinker started the day four strokes back after an opening-round 73, but jumped into a tie for the lead after nine holes. She then claimed a four-stroke victory with a 3-under 33 on the back nine to win the 2019 DIAA Golf Championship Wednesday at Cripple Creek Country Cl ...

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• Last Minute Goal by Senior Brian Neill Moves Auks on to Lacrosse Semifinals
  News • 5/29/2019
  In the DIAA State Tournament quarterfinal game on May 25th, Archmere scored with nine seconds remaining to defeat Sanford, 14-13. Senior Brian Neill scored the winning goal. It was Brian's fifth goal of the afternoon, tying him with senior Cole Bauer for scoring honors for the fifth-seeded Auks. Jun ...

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• Anna Garcia '21 Named Delaware Online Athlete of the Week
  News • 5/29/2019
  Archmere sophomore Anna Garcia was recently named  the Delaware Online Athlete of the Week  for her outstanding performance on the soccer field this year.  The sophomore soccer standout won an online vote over five other nominees.  Anna scored two goals in a 3-0 win over MOT Char ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Wins in Semifinals, Will Play for State Championship
  News • 5/22/2019
  Congratulations to the Archmere Girls' Lacrosse team for defeating Padua in the semifinal round of the DIAA State Tournament! The Auks won 9-3,  with sophomore goalie Maura Smeader shutting out the Pandas in the second half.  The News Journal wrote,  "They took care of business emphat ...

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• "The Addams Family" Wins Two Cappies Awards
  News • 5/20/2019
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews. Getting published earns a critic points towards that critic award. Archmere's winter ...

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• Conor McAvinue ’17 To Spend Summer at the Aspen Music Festival & School
  News • 5/17/2019
  Conor McAvinue ’17 was recently accepted into the New York String Orchestra Seminar, joining them to celebrate their 50th anniversary season. They performed at Carnegie Hall on Christmas Eve and December 28 th . Conor has also been busy playing with the Canton and Firelands Symphony Orchestras ...

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• Girls ' Soccer Earns Second Seed Heading into DIAA Tournament
  News • 5/16/2019
  "Archmere earned the No. 2 seed in the Division II girls soccer tournament, the highest seed among the three Catholic schools in the two postseason brackets. The Division II tournament, which includes 12 teams, opens on Saturday with four first-round matches." Archmere finished the regular seas ...

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Honored at 2019 St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation
  News • 5/16/2019
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". Archmere had 10 seniors presented awards this year: Isabella Anguillo, Seth Bale,& ...

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• Rugby Wins Mark Dombroski Cup and the Delaware 7’s State Title
  News • 5/15/2019
  On Saturday, May 11th, the Archmere Rugby team once again took on Salesianum at the Alapocas Woods Fields for the Rugby Delaware State Championship Cup. The match was named the Mark Dombroski Cup, in honor of Mark Dombroski, a  2017 Archmere graduate and rugby player who lost his life ...

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• Stephanie Welch Silverman '00: Featured Artist of 2019 Wilmington Flower Market
  News • 5/10/2019
  Stephanie Welch Silverman '00 has been named the Featured Artist of the 2019 Wilmington Flower Market. Her award-winning artwork will be featured at this year's Wilmington Flower Market on May 10th &; 11th.  Stephanie is also the newest member of Archmere Academy's Advancement Team. Her main fo ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Team Defeats Ursuline in Thrilling Match
  News • 5/6/2019
  On Friday, May 3, the Archmere girls' lacrosse team took on a previously undefeated Ursuline, claiming a 15-14 victory and improving their record to 10-2. The win came down to the last 15 seconds.  The News Journal wrote of senior Kate Olsen: "Honestly, It was really difficult to keep ...

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• Freshmen Compete in Delaware National History Day Contest
  News • 5/6/2019
  This past Saturday, five 9th grade students, Eddie Zhang, Carter Kowalski, Simi Edeki, Ryana Rajesh, and Kenzie Fleming competed in the Delaware National History Day Contest. Simi Edeki's research paper on Trials and Tragedy: The Polio Vaccines of the 20th Century , was a 2nd place senior divis ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Their Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/2/2019
  Pictured are the 2019 Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level.  Tommy Alexander   Franklin &; Marshall College Baseball Cole Bauer   Washington College Lacrosse Jade Bryant The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia ...

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• Andrew Chappelle of Broadway Hit "Hamilton" Holds Dance Workshop at Archmere
  News • 4/30/2019
  On Monday April 29th, the Drama Club sponsored a Broadway Dance workshop with Andrew Chappelle. Mr. Chappelle is the current chief principals understudy for the smash Broadway hit Hamilton . He has played the roles of Aaron Burr, Jefferson/Lafayette, Hercules Mulligan and others in his four years wi ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Wins Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship
  News • 4/24/2019
  On April 17th, the Archmere girls' lacrosse team took on Newark Charter, winning 15-8 on Newark Charter's home field. With the win, the Auks clinched the Diamond State Athletic Conference championship and the state tournament bid that comes with it. It was Archmere’s final DSAC game of the sea ...

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• Rohit Mathur '21 Earns First Place at Speech and Debate Championships
  News • 4/15/2019
  This weekend Archmere sophomore Rohit Mather took first place honors in two categories: Declamation and Lincoln-Douglas Debate, at the 2nd Annual First State Speech and Debate State Championships, held at  A. G. Waters Middle School  in Middletown, DE. Up  until last year, Delawa ...

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• Mike Dellose '19, Jack Nielsen '20 Lead Auks Baseball to Victory
  News • 4/10/2019
  The Archmere baseball team boasted a 4-0 lead early in the game against Conrad at home on April 9th. Senior Mike Dellose, a lefty, cleared the bases with a "no-doubt-about-it grand slam in the bottom of the third to get the Auks started in their 13-3 win over the Red Wolves in six innings in Di ...

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• Baseball Defeats St. Elizabeth at Frawley Stadium
  News • 4/1/2019
  The Archmere baseball team defeated St. Elizabeth 6-3 on March 30th at Frawley Stadium. The Auks, now 2-1, picked up momentum in the second inning, scoring two runs before adding two more in the third.  They added two insurance runs in the sixth on a Mike Dellose '19 triple to deep right field, ...

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• Mark Dombroski '17 Remembered at St. Joseph's University Event
  News • 3/28/2019
  On Sunday, March 24th, family members and rugby teammates of Mark Dombroski '17, a St. Joseph's student at the time of his death one year ago, hosted events on Hawk Hill to remember Mark and help raise money for the Mark Dombroski Foundation.  A Mass was held in Mark's honor at the Chapel of St ...

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• Nicholas Zhu ’22 and Andrew Shi ’20 Score High at American Mathematics Competition, Move on to Next Level
  News • 3/27/2019
  In February, forty nine  Archmere  students participated in the American Mathematics Competition ( AMC ) by taking a math test (non-calculator) focused on improving the problem solving skills of our nation’s students. Students who score in the top 2.5% on the  AMC -10 test and i ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Makes Headlines with Season Opener
  News • 3/27/2019
  The Archmere girls' lacrosse team opened their season strong, claiming a 14-2 victory over Diamond State Athletic Conference rival Delaware Military Academy on March 26th. The number 2 ranked Auks dominated offensively from the start, scoring 11 of their goals in the first half.  "The Auks scor ...

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• Tullis Liu '19 Recipient of National Honor Society Scholarship
  News • 3/26/2019
  Each year the National Honor Society sponsors a competitive scholarship competition for NHS members who have excelled in their schools.  Archmere senior Tullis (Tully) Liu has been named a National Semi-Finalist NHS Scholarship recipient. She will receive a scholarship award of $3,200. NHS ...

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• Speech and Debate Team Set to Compete at National Level
  News • 3/25/2019
  The Speech and Debate team competed at Cab Calloway last weekend for the opportunity to represent Delaware at the NCFL's (National Catholic Forensic League's) National Championship in Milwaukee over Memorial Day weekend. Five of the seven Archmere students competing earned that right:   Seth Ba ...

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• Nick Salameda '17 Earns Dean's Award for Academic Excellence at Colgate University
  News • 3/25/2019
  2017 Archmere graduate Nicholas Salameda, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2021, has earned the fall 2018 Dean's Award for Academic Excellence. Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses earn the fall 2018 Dean's Awar ...

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• Archmere Students Win Awards at Annual Science Fair
  News • 3/19/2019
  The 24th Annual Science Fair Serving New Castle County Middle and High School Students at Delaware Technical Community College was March 12-14, 2019.  Thirty Archmere students participated in the Science Fair. Eight Archmere students won awards at the event, and six students were invited to par ...

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• 2019 Student/Faculty Blood Drive Donates 51 Units
  News • 3/11/2019
  On Wednesday, February 27, Archmere held a student-faculty Blood Drive to benefit the Blood Bank of Delmarva. The Blood Bank of Delmarva serves the community by meeting the needs of patients, hospitals, and members for safe, high quality blood products and related services. They provide bl ...

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• Boys' Swimming Places 5th in the State
  News • 3/8/2019
  The Archmere Swim Team competed in the 2019 DIAA Swimming &; Diving Championship Finals on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The State Preliminaries were represented by 27 girls and boys from the swim team, with just 6 members of the Boys' Team earning a spot in Finals on the 23rd. Congratulations go out ...

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• Archmere Choir to Give Performance at Carnegie Hall
  News • 3/5/2019
  On Friday, March 8 th , the Mastersingers of Archmere Academy will travel to New York to prepare to sing with The National Youth Choir under the direction of Anton Armstrong, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir of St. Olaf College in Minnesota. The Mastersingers will have two days of rehearsal with ...

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• Girls' Basketball Advances to Second Round of DIAA Tournament
  News • 2/28/2019
  Congratulations to the Archmere girls' basketball team for defeating  Mount Pleasant on February 27 in the opening round of the DIAA basketball tournament.  The Auks advance to a second-round game with third-seeded Sanford on Friday night at 7:00pm in Hockessin. Juniors Madison Stewar ...

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• Joe McDonough Kicks Off Archmere B+ Fundraiser
  News • 2/28/2019
  Archmere is once again partnering with the B+ Foundation to help fund research and support families of kids with cancer nationwide. On Thursday, February 28th, Joe McDonough visited the school and spoke to our students not only about his work, but about how they can help spread the word leading up t ...

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• Junior Career Day 2019
  News • 2/26/2019
  This year's Junior Career Day on Thursday, February 14th saw a record number of alumni speakers who took time out of their day to come to campus and talk to students about their careers and their career paths. Eighteen different presenters, including ten alumni, five current or past parents, and thr ...

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• Julia Freney '20 Wins National American Vision Award
  News • 2/22/2019
  This month, Archmere junior Julia Freney received the 2019 distinguished National American Visions Award for her photograph titled Haunting Reflections.  The American Vision is the highest award at the regional level, a “Best in Show” award that most exemplifies originality, technic ...

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• Broadway Teacher Spends the Day with the Cast of "The Addams Family"
  News • 2/19/2019
  This week, rehearsal for Archmere's winter musical, The Addams Family , was joined by Allison Lee, a Broadway teacher and actress who has been in  Tarzan ,  In the Heights , as well as the original Broadway production of  The Addams Family.  Allison offered the fifty Archmere stu ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/15/2019
  Archmere Academy seniors Tullis Liu, William Liu, and Parker Vakili  were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) Finalists based upon their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition ...

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• Exciting News from Archmere Academy and The Independence School
  News • 2/11/2019
  The leadership of Archmere Academy and The Independence School is excited to announce that the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS) has awarded the schools an ADVIS - Edward E. Ford grant designed to fund innovative, collaborative projects between our schools.   The grant ...

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• Girls' Basketball Uses Defense to Defeat Tatnall
  News • 2/8/2019
  On February 7th, the Archmere girls' basketball team defeated Tatnall  41-26, at Tatnall. Jason Winchell, write for The Dialog, states of the game:  "The Auks’ defense was all over the Hornets to start the second quarter, and Catherine McGonigle and Bella Angiullo each hit a thr ...

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• Drama Club Visits NYC
  News • 1/30/2019
  Last Saturday 44 students and 5 chaperones went to New York City for the annual Drama Club Broadway trip. They saw two shows,  Frozen  and  The Prom . The Club also got a backstage tour of the New Amsterdam theatre, the original home of the Ziegfeld Follies and the current home of the ...

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• Boys' Swimming Undefeated, Makes Headlines With Win Over St. Mark's
  News • 1/28/2019
  On the afternoon of January 22nd, the Archmere boys' swim team raced against St. Mark's at the Walnut Street YMCA, defeating the Spartans 108-62. Archmere came out strong, beginning with a first place in  the 200 medley relay. The members of that team were Joseph Marino '21, Jacob Piretti '21, ...

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• Boys' Basketball Make Headlines with Comeback Win over Tatnall
  News • 1/14/2019
  The Archmere boys' basketball team overcame a slow first half, defeating Tatnall 60-47 on January 11th. It was the Auks’ third straight win. The Auks came out strong in the fourth quarter, finally putting some distance between themselves and the Hornets after being either behind or tied m ...

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• Girls' Basketball Makes Headlines With Win Over DMA
  News • 12/21/2018
  Archmere took an early lead on December 17th, resulting in a 62-19 win over Delaware Military Academy in their fourth Diamond State Athletic Conference girls' basketball game.  Fiona  Teaney '20 and Sydney Niumataiwalu '19 each scored nine points to lead the Auks; 12 players registered at ...

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• December 2018
  News • 12/19/2018
  World Language Classes Team Up With Food Chemistry Dr. Escobar’s Food Chemistry class joined forces with the World Languages &; Cultures Department to plan a week-long culinary experience. Students had the opportunity to learn about and create international takes on a similar theme: ...

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• Seniors Mitch Moyer, Darren DiRenzo Named to Delaware All-State Football team
  News • 12/6/2018
  Archmere seniors Mitch Moyer and Darren DiRenzo have recently been named to the 2018 Delaware High School Football All-State Team. Mitch is one of three players in the state who made the All-State First Team on both sides of the ball. He played both guard and defensive tackle for Archmere. ...

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• Dr. Jay Storm '86 Receives Healthcare Hero in the field of Cancer Award
  News • 12/4/2018
  On Monday, November 19th, t he National Liberty Museum hosted the first " Healthcare Heroes Awards", sponsored by TEVA Pharmaceuticals. 1986 Archmere graduate Dr. Phillip "Jay" Storm, Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedici ...

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• Seniors Experience Career Day
  News • 11/30/2018
  On Thursday, November 29th, 119 seniors visited over 70 hosts, many of whom are Archmere alumni or parents, for our annual Senior Career Experience Day. Members of the Class of 2018 went everywhere from Washington, DC to Philadelphia, PA. They were shadowing in courtrooms, the ER, offices, operating ...

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• Juniors Julia Kochie, Lauren Edmiston Earn All-State Volleyball Honors
  News • 11/27/2018
  The Delaware Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association recently named Archmere juniors Julia Kochie and Lauren Edmiston to the 2018 DIVCA All-State Team. Julia was one of four juniors who earned top honors and was named to the DIVCA All-State First Team. Lauren was one of three j ...

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• Archmere Football Players Named to DSAC ALL-Conference Teams, Players of the Year and Coach of the Year
  News • 11/18/2018
  Congratulations to the following Archmere football players for being selected to the DSAC All-Conference Team: First Team: Devin Houston ‘19, QB Cole Bauer ‘19, FB Mitch Moyer ‘19, OG Mike Marino ‘19, OT Brett Kwoka ‘22, DE Mitch Moyer, DT Darren DiRenzo ‘19, LB J ...

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• Colleen Carney '15 Named University of Richmond's Scholar Athlete of the Year
  News • 11/7/2018
  The University of Richmond Department of Athletics hosted their annual Scholar Athlete Breakfast on Monday, November 5, where they honored fifty-nine student-athletes for their academic accomplishments, including the top scholars from each team and the teams with the top cumulative GPA from the 2017 ...

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• Fall Teams Head Into Playoffs/State Championships
  News • 11/6/2018
  It's a big week for Archmere sports!  The Auks have multiple teams advancing in their playoffs/championships. Starting tonight with volleyball, the girls' team takes on St. Mark's in the quarterfinals of the DIAA State Tournament at 6:00pm at St. Elizabeth's. The first round of the tournament b ...

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• Archmere Soccer Wins Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship
  News • 10/30/2018
  The boys' soccer team took on Newark Charter on October 29th, defeating them 5-1 and also taking ownership of the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship title. The Auks, 13-1, made headlines with their win. Archmere had 14 shots to the Patriots’ five, and they earned 11 penalty co ...

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• Cate Brown '20 and Marissa Quercetti '21 Raise Money for Go 4 the Goal
  News • 10/30/2018
  For the month of September, varsity football team managers Cate Brown '20 and Marissa Quercetti '21 spearheaded a fundraiser for the foundation Go 4 the Goal. They provide financial support to families of children who are battling cancer. Along with the help from the Archmere cheerleaders, they prov ...

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• Alexander Weir '17 Sings at World Series
  News • 10/26/2018
  Former Mastersinger and Archmere Academy graduate Alexander Weir '17 sings with the Tanglewood Festival Choir, performing throughout the year with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. Alexander was part of a small group of choir members, who, together with a few Boston Symphony Childre ...

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• John Yasik '77 to Join Delaware Track & Field Hall of Fame
  News • 10/26/2018
  John Yasik '77 set Archmere's record 4:16.8 in 1,500 meters at 1976 New Castle County Championships and anchored Auks’ record-setting two-mile relay foursome. Other scholastic accomplishments included state Junior Olympic mile title, two runner-up finishes in county cross country meet and thir ...

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• Varsity Football Shuts Out St. Elizabeth's
  News • 10/23/2018
  The Archmere special teams played a big part in the Auks’ 36-0 win over St. Elizabeth in a key Division II football game Oct. 19 at Baynard Stadium. Seniors Mitch Moyer and Darren DiRenzo  led the way, blocking two punts that were returned for touchdowns. Archmere defeated St. Elizab ...

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• Boys' Soccer Defeats Charter in Double Overtime at Talen Stadium
  News • 10/11/2018
  In a thrilling overtime victory, the Archmere boys' soccer team took on conference foe Wilmington Charter at the Talen Energy Stadium on Tuesday evening. The Auks, ranked third in Division II, can credit the win to senior  Will Schatzman, who scored in the second minute of the second overtime. ...

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• Hunter Rzaca '19 Named to Delaware Community Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Board
  News • 10/11/2018
  The Delaware Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Boards, one in each of Delaware’s three counties, are composed of students from public, independent and diocesan high schools throughout the state. Archmere senior Hunter Rzaca was recently named to the Board.  Every year, each ...

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• Auks Led to Victory by Seniors Cole Bauer, Darren DiRenzo and Devin Houston
  News • 10/9/2018
  On Saturday, October 6th, the Archmere football team recorded another win with a 41-20 margin over Caravel. The victory bumped Archmere Academy's record up to 4-1. The team was lead by a strong effort from their seniors: Cole Bauer ran 15 times for 111 yards and scored twice, Darren DiRenz ...

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• Volleyball Remains Undefeated after Win Over St. Mark's
  News • 10/9/2018
  The Archmere girls' volleyball team remains undefeated after a three set sweep of St. Mark's on Monday, October 8th. The team, now boasting an 11-0 record, won the sets  25-17,  25-23 and again,  25-23.  Archmere junior Julia Kochie and senior Theresa Chua each had 10 of Arc ...

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• Will Schatzman '19 Hat Trick Leads To Win Over St. Mark's
  News • 10/1/2018
  Archmere senior Will Schatzman scored three goals to lead Archmere, the No. 3 team in Division II soccer, past fourth-ranked St. Mark’s, 3-1, on September 29th. Will's first goal came in the second minute of the game, thanks to an assist by Andrew Rosenbaum '20. It was the Auks’ ...

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• Archmere Students Volunteer at Faith Victory Christian Center
  News • 9/25/2018
  This summer, several Archmere students helped to fill and give bags of groceries to families in need, disabled veterans and seniors for the Faith Victory Christian Center in Claymont, Delaware . Faith Victory Christian Center's "On Your Way Back With A New Pack" is a community outreach project that ...

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• Soccer Makes Headlines With Win over St. Elizabeth's
  News • 9/13/2018
  On Tuesday, September 11th, the Archmere soccer team took on St. Elizabeth's at home after their away game was moved to the Archmere turf field due to heavy rain. The game was at a standstill until the 35th minute, when Will Schatzman '19 put the Auks on the board with an assist from Andrew Rosenbau ...

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• Volleyball Wins Big in Season Opener
  News • 9/10/2018
  Archmere took on a "determined" Smyrna squad in their volleyball season opener on September 7th. The Auks won the game 3-0 with set scores of 25-14, 25-17 and 26-24. The Dialog headline reads, "Kochie, Edmiston Lead Archmere Volleyball to Sweep of Smyrna", due to the combined efforts of juniors ...

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• 2018-2019 Archmere Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/10/2018
  Congratulations to the members of the 2018-2019 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group: 2018-2019 MASTERSINGERS   Soprano Bella Abbrescia (I) ‘19 Gianna Abbrescia (II) ‘21 Katherine Alberta (I) ‘19  *Katie Yakovenko (II ...

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• Jared Etzrodt '20 Participates in National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Medicine Program
  News • 8/28/2018
  This summer, Archmere junior Jared Etzrodt participated in the   National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Medicine program   on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. During the ten day program, Jared learned some basic medical procedures from taking blood pressure and performing CPR, to l ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 Receives National Gold Key Award at Carnegie Hall
  News • 7/5/2018
  2018 Archmere graduate Lauren Chua has been awarded a National Gold Key Award for her acrylic painting "Reflections". Only about 150 national Gold Keys are awarded by  the National Scholastics Scholarship Art Awards Program. Lauren was honored onstage at Carnegie Hall this month, and her painti ...

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• Restaurant Owned by Meghan Lee '97 Garners Rave Reviews
  News • 7/3/2018
  Heirloom Restaurant in Lewes, DE, owned by Meghan Lee '97, was recently reviewed by  restaurant critic and food writer Craig LaBan. The restaurant, located in  a downtown Lewes mansion that dates back to 1899, was opened by Meghan in late 2015.  Meghan, a Chadds Ford native, has ...

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• Archmere Students Chosen to Compete in National TEAMS Conference in Atlanta
  News • 6/14/2018
  Archmere will be sending one 9/10 grade team to compete in the National Technology Student Association's Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Conference in Atlanta, GA this month. The goal of TEAMS is to have students work collaboratively to develop practical and creat ...

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• Jessica Pei '20 Finishes in Third Tier of Mandelbrot Math Competition
  News • 6/12/2018
  Archmere sophomore Jessica Pei placed in the Third Tier of the Dogwood Region in this year’s Mandelbrot Math Competition. The Mandelbrot Competition is a series of five rounds of challenging mathematical problem solving questions that take place throughout the school year. Each round cons ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Wraps Up a Successful Season With 2018 Delaware All-State Honors
  News • 6/12/2018
  The Archmere Academy Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team had a successful season, boasting a 12-3 record this spring. The Auks took on Polytech in the Quarterfinals of the DIAA Tournament, winning 12-9. The team made it into the semifinal round, falling to eventual state champions Cape Henlopen.  ...

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• Noah Niumataiwalu '16 Named to Rugby "Dream Team"
  News • 6/5/2018
  2016 Archmere graduate and current St. Joseph's University student athlete Noah Niumataiwalu was recently named to the 2018 Penn Mutual College Rugby Championship "Dream Team" by Rugby Today. The  list includes "exceptional players that shined on the pitch" while competing at the USA ...

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• Tully Liu '19 Receives Carson Scholarship
  News • 6/4/2018
  The Carson Scholars Fund awards $1,000 college scholarships to students in grades 4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities. Scholarship winners receive the honor of being named “Carson Scholars” and are awarded an Olympic-sized medal and a trophy fo ...

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• Abigail Kates '20 Wins the State Championship in High Jump
  News • 5/23/2018
  Due to wet, rainy conditions, the DIAA Track and Field Championships  were postponed to this past Monday and Tuesday in Dover, DE. The change of schedule did not deter Archmere sophomore Abby Kates from pursuing her goal - a gold in the high jump. This year, Abby has won the high jump at the
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• Sophia Liston '20 to Compete in Forensics League Grand Nationals
  News • 5/18/2018
  Sophia Liston '20 will represent Archmere Academy at the National Catholic Forensics League Grand Nationals in Washington, DC, over Memorial Day Weekend. Sophia, the first Delaware State Champion in the newly formed Delaware chapter National Speech and Debate Association, will be competing in the ca ...

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• Mackenzie Popp '20 Organizes Special Art Day
  News • 5/16/2018
  On Saturday, May 7th, Mackenzie Popp '20 organized a "Special Art Day" at Archmere.  She invited local families who have children with intellectual disabilities to come and create art with Mr. Terry Newitt, who instructed them and even taught them them some new "techniques".  The kids had ...

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• Jack Nielsen '20 Leads Auks in Win Over Milford
  News • 5/14/2018
  On Saturday, May 12th, the Archmere baseball team shut out Milford, 5-0. Sophomore Jack Nielsen posted nine strikeouts, throwing a complete - game four hitter on Archmere Senior Day. Mike Lang writes of Jack's performance, " Nielsen set the tone early, striking out the first batter he faced ... He & ...

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• David Bondi '18 Named Diamond State Merit Scholar
  News • 5/11/2018
  Senior David Bondi ’18 has been named a 2018-19 Diamond State Merit Scholar by the Delaware Department of Education. David was selected by the Delaware Higher Education Office for overall academic achievement, service to the community, and participation in extracurricular activities. The Diamo ...

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• Shreyas Parab '18 Wins Better Business Bureau of Delaware Education Foundation Scholarship
  News • 5/10/2018
  Archmere senior Shreyas Parab has been selected as the winner of the 2017-2018 Better Business Bureau of Delaware Education Foundation Video Scholarship. The competition invited high school seniors to produce a short film that helps to promote the  mission and values  of the Bett ...

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• Men's Lacrosse Wins Diamond State Athletic Conference
  News • 5/10/2018
  On Wednesday night the Auks defeated MOT Charter 19-4, clinching the Diamond State Athletic Conference Title and securing a State Tournament bid. Archmere raced out to a 10-1 lead early, setting the stage for seven different players to score. Brian  Neill '19 led the game with six goals, M ...

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• Lauren Wilson '20 Wins Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research Contest
  News • 5/8/2018
  The Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR)  is a non-profit science education organization formed in 1990 by universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical firms, and professional societies in Pennsylvania and Delaware to foster a better understanding of the benefits of biomedi ...

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• Grace Zhang '18 Recipient of National Honor Society Scholarship
  News • 5/8/2018
  Each year the National Honor Society sponsors a competitive scholarship competition for NHS members who have excelled in their schools.  Archmere senior Grace Zhang has been named a National Semi-Finalist NHS Scholarship recipient. She will receive a scholarship award of $2,850. NHS schola ...

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• Theatre Student Kyla McAvinue '19 Nominated for Cappies Award
  News • 5/7/2018
  Archmere junior Kyla McAvinue '19  received a nomination last week by the Cappies Program for Awards for the 2017-2018 season.  Kyla was nominated for "Comic Actress in a Musical" for her role as  Pippin's grandmother, "Berthe", in Archmere's  winter musical  Pippin. Ar ...

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• Ten Archmere Seniors Honored at St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation
  News • 5/4/2018
  The Diocese of Wilmington St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation for Catholic High School Seniors recognizes students for "excellence in faith development, scholarship, service, leadership and citizenship". Archmere had 10 seniors presented awards: Maddi Larmore, Anna Martino, Connor Smeader, ...

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• Class of 2018 Celebrates Their College Decisions
  News • 5/2/2018
  On May 1st, National Candidate Reply Date, the senior class gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and excitement about their decisions. Every senior wore their college apparel and enjoyed refreshments provided by the College Counseling Department. The senior class college list includes nationa ...

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• Baseball Participates in Community Service Game Honoring Veterans
  News • 4/27/2018
  On Saturday, April 21st, the Archmere Baseball Team held a "Day of Service", in which the team honored community veterans during their regularly scheduled game against Newark Charter. Archmere parent and grandparent Don Small, a member of the 101st division of the US Airborne Screaming Eag ...

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• Anna Garcia '21 Leads Girls' Soccer to Victory
  News • 4/24/2018
  With a 7-1 record, the Archmere Girls' Soccer team is off to a strong start, making headlines after a 9-0 shutout against Red Lion on Tuesday, April 23rd. Archmere freshman Anna Garcia led the game with four goals, three of which were achieved in a span of four minutes. Archmere finished the ga ...

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• Jessica Pei ‘20 and Andrew Shi ‘20 Take National Chemistry Olympiad Exam
  News • 4/23/2018
  On April 21st, Archmere Academy hosted the 2018 National Chemistry Olympiad Exam (USNCO) for the state of Delaware. The top chemistry students across the state competed for a spot on the US National Olympiad Team based on their chemistry problem-solving skills and laboratory technique ...

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• Dr. Tom Brady Addresses the AP Environmental Science Classes
  News • 4/16/2018
  On Wednesday, April 11th, Dr. Tom Brady V.M.D., father of Dan (‘08) and Laura ('09) spoke to the AP Environmental Science Classes about the principles of toxicology as they apply to both animals and humans, and the connections between them. This is the twelfth year he has presen ...

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• Lauren Wilson '20 Showcased at Delaware Art Exhibit
  News • 4/11/2018
  The Delaware Fun-A-Day is a free, all-ages, all skill sets &; experience, non-juried, community-centric art project. Participants choose a project and produce one piece of artwork every day for the entire month of March. The resulting pieces create a narrative outlining each artist’s jour ...

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• Luke Fracek '20 Wins National Spanish Exam Global Citizen Scholarship
  News • 4/10/2018
  Archmere sophomore Luke Fracek was recently awarded a National Spanish Exam Global Citizen Scholarship. The National Spanish Examination (NSE) offers fifteen Global Citizen Scholarships each year for Underclassmen. Recognizing student achievement and language proficiency in the study of Spanish ...

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• Archmere Students Spend Spring Break in Spain
  News • 4/9/2018
  Sixteen Archmere students enjoyed a ten-day exchange program in Zaragoza, Spain over Spring Break. This exchange program provides invaluable cultural, linguistic, and social experiences for all students involved. While in Zaragoza, the students attended class with their host families at Co ...

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• Boys' Lacrosse Wins Big in Opening Games
  News • 3/28/2018
  On Saturday, March 24th, the Archmere Boys' Lacrosse team opened their season with a big win against Polytech, defeating them 17-2. The fifth-ranked Archmere team raced out to a lead early on and couldn't be stopped. Multiple news outlets called the team's opener "impressive". Archmere scores were l ...

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• Archmere Choir Participates in Tour of Italy and Performs For Papal Audience
  News • 3/28/2018
  During Easter Break, Archmere Academy’s award-winning choir, the Mastersingers, took the stage during a Tour of Italy that included concerts for the cities of Rome and Naples as well as a concert at an Italian music conservatory near Pompei. They also performed for the Papal Audience on April ...

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• Andrew Shi ’20 Scores in Top 2.5% of Students on National Math Exam
  News • 3/19/2018
  The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) offers a series of annual competitions. The primary focus of the organization is to foster a love of math and to improve the problem solving skills of our nation’s students. In February, 44 Archmere students joined approximately 350,000 students na ...

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• Archmere Students Place Fourth at 2018 Science Olympiad Competition
  News • 3/13/2018
  The Archmere Science Olympiad Team competed in the Delaware state meet last weekend and placed 4th overall. Over 60 teams and a thousand high school students competed as their creativity mixed with formula and theory and covered just about every discipline across the science spec ...

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• Cassie Paterson '18 Wins First Place at Delaware State Employees Art Exhibition
  News • 3/13/2018
  Cassie Paterson '18 was awarded 1st place in the teen division of the National Arts Program Delaware State Employees Art Exhibition held at Delaware State University.  Her piece was titled "Where does she belong".  Sponsored by The National Arts Program in support and cooperation with the ...

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• Archmere Students Raise Money for Charity on the Courts
  News • 3/12/2018
  On March 10, Archmere students helped the fight against childhood cancer just by having fun on the court! The 5th Annual B+ Volleyball Tournament was held on Saturday in the Moglia Fieldhouse. Over 100 students, faculty, and staff participated in the Tournament, which featured teams of six, pla ...

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• Dr. Sharon Archer Named High School Teacher of the Year
  News • 3/9/2018
  Archmere’s AP and Honor’s Chemistry teacher, Dr. Sharon Archer, has been named the High School Teacher of the Year by the Executive Committee of the Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society. This achievement recognizes Dr. Archer’s “hard work and dedication to the fi ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 Receives Scholarship at the Delaware Dance Festival
  News • 3/6/2018
  The Delaware Dance Festival (DDF) is dedicated to promoting the art of dance in Delaware and the surrounding area, by providing performance opportunities for dancers and scholarships for dance students. An annual, three-day event, the DDF took place in late February at the Grand Opera House in Wilmi ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 Named DFVA Portfolio Winner
  News • 2/21/2018
  The Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts (DFVA) student connection was initiated to stimulate interest in the arts and to give recognition to the Delaware high school artist. Beginning in 2018, the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts partnered with the nationally acclaimed Scholasti ...

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• Archmere To Host Fifth Annual Charity Soup Event: "The Soup is Pippin' Hot!"
  News • 2/21/2018
  On Saturday, March 3, from  5:30-6:45  in the Student Life Center,   Archmere Academy presents a unique charity event in advance of the closing night of the Winter Musical Production,  Pippin.  For a $10 per person donation to the  Anthony Penna Foundation , guests will ...

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• Seven Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/15/2018
  Seven Archmere Academy seniors were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) Finalists based upon their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships worth more ...

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• 9th Grade Math League Team Earns First Place
  News • 2/14/2018
  In the last meet of the year, Archmere's 9th grade Math League team placed first in the meet and first in the region overall, tied for both with the team from Salesianum. Freshman Alex Lu secured 3rd place in our region and Rohit Mathur is in 4th place for their individual scores. Archmere's team co ...

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• Nicole Kelly '18 Nominated for National American Vision Award
  News • 1/30/2018
  Archmere senior Nicole Kelly has been nominated for the 2018 distinguished national American Visions Award for her sculpture titled Abstract Figure . The American Vision is a “Best in Show” award that most exemplifes originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or ...

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• Archmere Wrestling Defeats DMA for First Time Since 2010
  News • 1/25/2018
  On Wednesday, January 24, the undefeated Archmere wrestling team took on DMA, also without a loss, at home. In an exciting back and forth match, the Auks defeated DMA 37-36,  their first win over their conference foe since 2010.  Archmere entered the final two contests of the evening ...

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• January 2018
  News • 1/22/2018
  Art Students Win Awards at Regional Scholastic Art Competition Archmere students won over 61 awards at the Delaware Regional Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, the nation’s most prestigious and competitive contest for excellence in fine art. The Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards have recogn ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 Competes in Youth America Grand Prix for Dance
  News • 1/18/2018
  Archmere senior Lauren Chua recently performed in the Youth American Grand Prix for Dance held in Philadelphia on January 6th with the First State Ballet Theatre. Her ensemble placed second in the Semi-Finals with "Hope", choreographed by Viktor Plotnikov, who also won the award for Outstanding Chor ...

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• Riley DeBaecke '19 Writes Article Featured on "TeenLife" Website
  News • 1/16/2018
  TeenLife provides an online comprehensive directory of STEM, gap year, pre-college, overnight summer and community service programs for students in grades 7-12. Their print and online content helps teens, parents, and educators make strong enrichment-program decisions. Archmere junior Riley DeB ...

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• Archmere Senior Signs To Play Baseball At Lackawanna College
  News • 1/12/2018
  Collin Jensen, senior at Archmere Academy, signed his letter of intent to join Lackawanna College’s baseball team on January 10, 2018.   Collin began playing baseball at the age of 3 years old with the Brandywine Youth Club (BYC). He joined the Maplezone Sports Institute team when he was ...

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• Joseph DiGregorio '18 Recipient of the 2017 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award
  News • 12/27/2017
  Archmere senior Joseph DiGregorio has been named co-winner of the 2017 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a senior football player from a Delaware Catholic high school. The award is presented to a player who has exemplified outstanding performance, attitude and char ...

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• Archmere Soccer Head Coach Bob Bussiere Named United Soccer Coaches Regional Coach of the Year
  News • 12/18/2017
  Founded in 1941 and based in Kansas City, Mo., United Soccer Coaches has grown into the world’s largest soccer coaches organization that serves members at every level of the game. Every year they recognize not only All-American and All-Regional soccer athletes, but also exceptional regional co ...

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• Girls' Basketball Wins Big in Season Opener
  News • 12/8/2017
  The girls' basketball team made headlines with a 52-38 win against St. Mark's on December 7th. This was their first game of the season, and they opened strong against the Spartans. It took up until the fourth quarter to attain a big lead, though, with 20 points scored by the Auks in the last few min ...

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• Jim Malseed to be Inducted into the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame
  News • 12/1/2017
  Archmere Athletic Trainer Jim Malseed was recently  named to the 2018 EATA Hall of Fame '49 Club for the 70th Annual Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium. The meeting will be held  January 5 - 8, 2018  at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Bosto ...

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• Paul Henjes '16 Attends German Climate Conference in Bonn
  News • 11/27/2017
  2016 Archmere Academy graduate Paul Henjes recently attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's 23rd Conference of the Parties as a delegate, on behalf of the Tufts University Institute of the Environment. The conference, held November 6-17, was hosted in ...

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• Matthew Witterholt '19 Named Alternate Winner at MTNA
  News • 11/20/2017
  Matthew Witterholt '19 , competed in the Delaware State level of Music Teachers National Association Senior Voice Competition, on Saturday November 18th at the Amy DuPont Music Center at the University of Delaware and was named alternate winner. He sang four songs with piano accompani ...

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• Honors Linear Algebra Class Featured on FiveThirtyEight.com for 100th Column
  News • 11/17/2017
  Every Friday, the website  fivethirtyeight.com , a sub-website of ESPN that features statistical articles on politics, sports, etc, publishes a column called The Riddler .  The Riddler is a very challenging math problem that readers try to solve and submit their an ...

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• Archmere Students Earn High WordWright Honors; Rhianna Zaher '19 and Amanda Denning '18 Earn Perfect Scores
  News • 11/16/2017
  Two teams of Archmere students won high honors at this year's national WordWright Challenge, a competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry. Participating with 647 schools from across the country, Archmere's eleventh graders tied for seventh plac ...

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• Julia Kochie '20, Lexie Kelly '18 Earn All-State Volleyball Honors
  News • 11/15/2017
  The Delaware Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association recently named Archmere sophomore Julia Kochie and senior Lexi Kelly to the 2017 DIVCA Second Team All-State. The Auks, with a final record of 10-5, defeated Smyra in the second round of the DIAA State Tournament but lost in a close, b ...

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• Math League Starts Out Strong
  News • 11/14/2017
  In the first Math League meet for the year, Archmere's 9th grade team earned first place, and the three 10th-12th grade teams earned 2nd, and 4th (2 teams in 4th) place in our region. Sponsored by DCTM, the Delaware Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the purpose of the Delaware Secondary School Mat ...

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• Boys' Cross Country Takes 3rd in the State
  News • 11/14/2017
  On November 7th at Killens Pond State Park, the Archmere Boys' Cross Country team earned third place in Division II at the  DIAA Cross Country State Championship. With a combined score of 149 points, Archmere had two boys break the 17 minute mark. Danny Storm '21 came in 11th place with a ...

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• Julia Kochie '20 Helps Advance Girls' Volleyball to Quarterfinals
  News • 11/6/2017
  In the second round of the  DIAA  Volleyball  State  Tournament on November 4, Archmere's volleyball team defeated Smyrna in four close sets. Led by sophomore Julia Kochie, t he eighth-seeded Auks won by scores of 24-26, 25-20, 25-17, and 25-18.  News reporter ...

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• Girls' Field Hockey and Boys' Soccer Wins Diamond State Conference
  News • 11/1/2017
  With a 2-0 win over Conrad on October 26th, the Archmere girls' field hockey team clinched the Diamond State Athletic Conference championship title. The Auks have an 11-3-1 record heading into the State Tournament.  The boys' soccer team took on Newark Charter on October 30th, defeating them 2- ...

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• October 2017
  News • 10/19/2017
  Spring Break in COSTA RICA! The Science Department trip this  Spring break  is to Costa Rica. A $250 deposit is due by  November 1 . Students can return enrollment forms and a deposit to Dr Christy in S32.  Make checks to  Archmere Academy with Costa Rica in the memo line. I ...

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• Matthew Witterholt '19, Sophia Liston '20 and Danielle Cuoco '18 Win Awards at Singing Competition
  News • 10/17/2017
  The National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with nearly 7,000 members in the United States, Canada, and nearly 30 other countries. T he Association celebrates the art of singing through a series of comp ...

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• Andrew Cocco '04, Director of Archmere Admissions, Presents at the NAIS-SSS Financial Aid Conference
  News • 9/11/2017
  Archmere Academy's Director of Admissions, Mr. Andrew Cocco '04, has been chosen to present this week at the 6th Annual NAIS-SSS Financial Aid Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The NAIS-SSS Financial Aid Conference brings together hundreds of financial aid professionals from around the coun ...

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• Ariana Abbrescia ´17 Recipient of the 2017 National Spanish Exam Senior Scholarship
  News • 8/29/2017
  The National Spanish Examinations are a motivational contest to recognize student achievement in the study of Spanish and to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of Spanish. They   are  online, standardized assessment tools  for Grades 6 -12, given vo ...

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• June 2017
  News • 6/20/2017
  2017 Brighter World Art Contest This year's Grand Prize Winner of the The Brighter World Art Contest is Archmere junior Lauren Chua. The contest, sponsored by  Sargent Art, the leading supplier of quality art materials to the educational and retail markets throughout the United States, is an an ...

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• Archmere Baseball Players Compete in 2017 Delaware Carpenter Cup
  News • 6/13/2017
  The 32nd annual Carpenter Cup, a baseball tournament for sixteen high school All-Star teams from Eastern Pennsylvania, South and Central Jersey and Delaware, expose the region’s high school players to college recruiters and professional scouts, with playing rules that encourage coaches to ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Wraps Up a Successful Season With 2017 Delaware All-State Honors
  News • 6/8/2017
  The Archmere Academy Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team had one of its best seasons ever, boasting a 14-1 record this spring. With only one loss to St. Mark’s in the regular season, the Auks took on Padua in the Quarterfinals of the DIAA Tournament, winning 17-8. The team made it into the semi ...

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• Madyson McDougal '18 Receives Carson Scholarship
  News • 6/2/2017
  The Carson Scholars Fund awards $1,000 college scholarships to students in grades 4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities. Scholarship winners receive the honor of being named “Carson Scholars” and are awarded an Olympic-sized medal and a trophy fo ...

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• Abby Podolski '17 Wins Tennis Title, Auks Take Second in the DIAA State Tournament
  News • 5/30/2017
  On May 26 at St. Andrew’s School, the Archmere Girls' tennis team competed in the finals of the DIAA State Tennis Tournament. Senior Abby Podolski defeated her Caesar Rodney opponent in second singles  6-2, 4-6, and 6-4 for the win. The state title  capped an undefeated season f ...

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• Claymont Train Station Design Competition
  News • 5/25/2017
  On May 24, 2017, several prominent members of the Delaware architectural community came to campus to critique, judge and award cash prizes to our Architectural-Environmental Design students' who have been working on designs for a brand new Claymont Train Station. Judges included New Castle Coun ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Earns Top Seed Heading into DIAA Tournament
  News • 5/16/2017
  With a 19-9 win over Tatnall yesterday, the Archmere Girls' Lacrosse team earned the top seed for the 2017 DIAA Tournament, which begins on Thursday. Their impressive record is now 14-1. Top goal scorers from yesterday's game were: Caroline  Donovan '19 with 6, Delaney Dearing '18 with 5, Kate ...

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• Girls' Tennis Aims for 13-0 This Week
  News • 5/11/2017
  Currently boasting an undefeated record this season, the Archmere girls' tennis team looks to make headlines with an additional win this week.  Tennis 1-2 punch standouts Grace Dignazio '18 and Abby Podolsky '17 are leading the Lady Auks to a record 12-0 season so far, with one more match on de ...

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• Keelin Reilly '17 Receives National Merit FMC Corporation Scholarship
  News • 5/9/2017
  Archmere senior Keelin Reilly has been named a National Merit FMC Corporation Scholarship recipient as a part of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.  Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Their Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 5/9/2017
  Pictured are the 2017 Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level.   Nick Salameda  Colgate University  Lacrosse  Pat Udovich  Drexel University  Lacrosse  Lillian Quinn  La Salle University  Swimmin ...

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• Alison Newitt Hilley '95 Starts Music Program for Kids: Jump, Jive & Jam
  News • 5/8/2017
  Alison Hilley and Vicki Spaeth Nyce love music and love kids. When they put the two together, they created Jump, Jive &; Jam early childhood music classes. “After working for most of the childhood music programs in the Philadelphia area, we both felt a passion for taking all of our experience ...

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• Rugby Competes For State Championship Title This Weekend
  News • 5/4/2017
  Just five years after starting its rugby program, Archmere once again looks to reach the pinnacle of the sport this week. This Saturday, May 6th, at Baynard Stadium, Archmere and Salesianum will compete for the Rugby Delaware State Championship Cup. The match will be the second a ...

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• Tully Liu '19 and Emily Lugg '19 PSBR Essay Contest Winners
  News • 5/3/2017
  The Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR) aims to educate the public, including students and teachers in grades K-16, about biomedical research and the vital role the responsible use of animals plays in improving the quality of both human and animal health. PSBR seeks to prov ...

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• Natasha Gengler '18 and Anna Zdunek '18 Recipients of Archmere Science Awards
  News • 5/2/2017
  Each year, the Archmere Science Department selects two juniors for science awards.  The first award is called the Rensselaer Medal. It is awarded to a student that has excelled in math and science in the class and extracurricularly.  It includes a scholarship to Rensselaer Tech. Natasha Ge ...

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• Class of 2017 Celebrates Their College Decisions
  News • 5/2/2017
  On May 1st, National Candidate Reply Date, the senior class gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and excitement about their decisions. Every senior wore their college apparel and enjoyed refreshments provided by the College Counseling Department. The senior class college list i ...

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• Two Honey Bee Hives Installed on Archmere's Campus
  News • 5/1/2017
  On April 24th, students in the (not yet named) Bee Club helped to install two hives on the Archmere campus under the direction of Dan Houston, Director of Facilities and an experienced bee keeper. Bees are critical pollinators, but for a variety of environmental reasons, their populations have decli ...

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• Janssen's Market Named Country's Top Independent Grocer
  News • 4/12/2017
  Janssen’s Market, which is run by Joseph Janssen Jr. '57 who works alongside his wife Eileen and daughter Paula, has been a Greenville landmark for more than 50 years and was recently named the country’s most Outstanding Independent Grocer.   Janssen’s Market has been run by t ...

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• Auks Lifted to Victory with Homeruns by Sophomores Tommy Alexander and Mike Dellose
  News • 4/12/2017
  Yesterday the Archmere varsity baseball team took on Concord High School for their first game at home. Sophomores Tommy Alexander and Mike Dellose came through both on the field and behind the plate as the Auks defeated Concord 10-3. Dellose was Archmere's starting pitcher and Alexander catcher. Bot ...

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• Mastersingers Place Second at the Festival of Gold
  News • 3/28/2017
  This past week the Archmere Mastersingers were in Chicago to compete in the Festival of Gold Competition held in Chicago’s Orchestra Hall. Festival of Gold is the most prestigious high school music competition in the United States.  Competing against five other choirs, the Archm ...

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• Archmere Students Raise Money for Charity on the Courts
  News • 3/16/2017
  This month, Archmere students helped the fight against childhood cancer just by having fun on the court!  The 4th Annual B+ Volleyball Tournament was held on March 11th in the Moglia Fieldhouse. Over 100 students, faculty, and staff participated in the Tournament, which featured teams of six, p ...

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• 2017 Student/Faculty Blood Drive Donates Record Numbers
  News • 3/15/2017
  On Wednesday, March 8, Archmere held a student-faculty Blood Drive to benefit the Blood Bank of Delmarva. The Blood Bank of Delmarva serves the community by meeting the needs of patients, hospitals, and members for safe, high quality blood products and related services. They provide blood ...

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• Review Written By Cappies Critic Kyla McAvinue '19 Published
  News • 3/7/2017
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/24/2017
  Four Archmere Academy seniors were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) Finalists and thirteen were named Commended Students based upon their 2015 PSAT test scores.     Seniors Alison Lobo, Olivia O’Dwyer, Keelin Reilly, and Makala Wang were named Semifinalists in Octo ...

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• Former Archmere Coach Joe Moglia Inducted into Vince Lombardi Hall of Fame
  News • 2/17/2017
  Last weekend, Coastal Carolina head football coach Joe Moglia became a member of the Vince Lombardi Hall of Fame. Joe was a former Archmere teacher and football coach, and the building on campus that houses the Auks' gymnasium as well as weight and exercise rooms is named The Moglia Fieldhouse in hi ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2017
  News • 2/17/2017
  Rising Seniors College Counseling has begun family meetings with the Class of 2018 to discuss college searches and plans moving forward. They will continue into April.    Upcoming Programs We will be offering an Academy Admissions program after school on  March 3rd . Mary O'Connor, Ac ...

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• Matthew Witterholt '19 Places Second in Voice Competition
  News • 2/16/2017
  The National Association of Teachers of Singing celebrates the art of singing through a series of competitions and programs that are designed to showcase the talented singers and performers who are soon to be rising stars in the profession. Events are held annually or biennially, many in conjun ...

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• Archmere To Host Fourth Annual Charity Soup Event: "Welcome to Avenue SQUP!"
  News • 2/7/2017
  On Thursday, February 23rd, Archmere Academy presents a unique charity event in advance of the opening night of the Winter Musical Production,  Avenue Q School Edition.  For a $10 per person donation to Faith Victory Christian Center in Claymont, guests will be served a dinner of soup and ...

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• Terry Newitt and Students To Exhibit Artwork at The Darley House
  News • 1/13/2017
  The Darley House, located across the street from Archmere Academy, has invited Art Teacher Terry Newitt to exhibit his artwork, along with selected works by his Archmere students.  The reception is  Friday, February 24th  beginning at  5 PM  with refreshments and live violin ...

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• Kevin Jasani '18 Awarded President's Volunteer Service Award
  News • 1/10/2017
  The president’s volunteer service award (PVSA) is the premier volunteer awards program, encouraging citizens to live a life of service through presidential gratitude and national recognition. Last month, Archmere junior Kevin Jasani  was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award in ...

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• Girls' Basketball Makes Headlines With Win Over Mt. Pleasant
  News • 1/10/2017
  The Archmere girls' basketball team took on Mt. Pleasant this weekend and claimed a 36-28 victory, boosting their record to 8-2. The Auks, lead by sophomore  Emma McCann who scored 12 points during the game, went into halftime only up by two points.  It was during the third quarter that Ar ...

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• Archmere Basketball Defeats DMA in Double Overtime
  News • 1/6/2017
  Last night Archmere's varsity basketball team took on DMA at home, overcoming an 11 point deficit and double overtime for the win.  At halftime, DMA led Archmere 26-15. It wasn't until the fourth quarter that  Archmere would go on a 13-2 run to tie the game at 38.  At the end of the f ...

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• Da'Naziah Brown '17 Named Athlete of the Week
  News • 12/20/2016
  Archmere senior Da'Naziah ("Nay") Brown has been named The News Journal's Athlete of the Week for her outstanding performance on the basketball court, particulary in the game against Conrad last Tuesday. Da'Naziah had  fifteen points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals i ...

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• Pat Udovich '17 Receives 2016 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award
  News • 12/20/2016
  Archmere senior Pat Udovich   has been named co-winner of the 2016 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a senior football player from a Delaware Catholic high school. The award is presented to a player who has exemplified outstanding performance, attitude and character on ...

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• Noah Niumataiwalu '16 and Chris Curcio '14 Named Among Top 50 Backs in DI-AA College Rugby
  News • 12/19/2016
  Goff Rugby Report, the definitive rugby ranking website at the high school and collegiate levels,  has released its top 50 backs of the DIAA Rugby fall season. Archmere graduates Noah Niumataiwalu '16 and Chris Curcio '14 are two collegiate rugby players named to the top 50. Both Chri ...

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• Archmere Seniors Experience Career Day
  News • 12/19/2016
  On December 1, 2016, 123 senior students traveled to 73 employers to shadow professionals in their career of interest. Some students traveled as far as New York City and Washington DC. Out of the 73 employers who hosted students, 22 were alumni ranging from Classes of 1987 to 2007. The other hosts w ...

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• Archmere Soccer Coach Jon Jezyk Named Assistant Coach of the Year
  News • 12/8/2016
  Founded in 1941 and based in Kansas City, Mo., the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) has grown into the world’s largest soccer coaches’ organization that serves members at every level of the game. Every year they recognize not only All-American and All-Regi ...

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• Archmere Seniors Win Awards at MTNA Vocal Competition
  News • 12/1/2016
  Archmere senior Caroline Quinn won first place at the Music Teachers National Association vocal competition “Senior Performance” for the state of Pennsylvania. Caroline sang an art song in French, an art song in English and a Broadway song. The Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association is ...

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• Archmere Students Earn WordWright Honors; Leah DaCosta '17 Earns Perfect Score
  News • 11/15/2016
  Two teams of Archmere students won high honors at this year's national WordWright Challenge, a competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry. Participating with 640 schools from across the country, Archmere's eleventh graders earned seventh place ...

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• Archmere Academy Fall Open House Set For Sunday, November 13th
  News • 11/8/2016
  Archmere Academy Admissions will host a fall Open House for prospective students on Sunday, November 13, beginning promptly at 1 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.   The Open House will include a tour of campus as well as brief presentations from faculty and staff about academics, activities, ...

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• Volleyball Defeats Newark Charter to Advance in DIAA Tournament
  News • 11/8/2016
  Archmere volleyball (currently ranked no. 2) took down Newark Charter in four sets on Saturday. This was the second  round of the 2016 DIAA Volleyball Tournament.  Newark was able to take the first set, but were unable to keep up with the Auks' momentum by the second set. Freshman Julia Ko ...

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• Conor McAvinue '17 and Daniel Kim '17 Chosen as Principal Players in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
  News • 10/28/2016
  Archmere seniors Conor McAvinue and Daniel Kim were recently selected as principal players for this year's season in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. Conor will play principal viola and Daniel the principal cello. All members of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra have to participate in an annual seat ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 To Perform in Swan Lake This Weekend
  News • 10/20/2016
  Archmere junior Lauren Chua has been asked to be in the First State Ballet Theater's production of Swan Lake this weekend. She has been chosen to dance in all four acts with the professional company members, which is a distinct honor that not many dancers are privileged to experience. The performanc ...

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• Ms. Jody Hoffman Named 2017 High School Art Educator of the Year
  News • 10/20/2016
  Archmere Art Department Chair and Fine Arts Teacher Jody Hoffman has been selected as the 2017 High School Art Educator of the year by the Executive Board of the Delaware Art Education Association. The Delaware Art Education Association Awards Program highlights the leadership, excellence, and servi ...

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• Archmere Certified as a Monarch Waystation Site
  News • 10/18/2016
  Each fall, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies migrate from the United States and Canada to overwintering areas in Mexico and California where they wait out the winter until conditions favor a return flight in the spring. The monarch migration is truly one of the world's greatest natural won ...

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• Archmere Coaches Reach Milestones
  News • 10/13/2016
  Last week, the Archmere boys' soccer coach Bob Bussiere reached 400 career victories with a 7-2 win over Conrad on Oct. 4, and the girls' volleyball coach Mary Pat Kwoka hit 300 career wins with a 3-0 victory over Ursuline on Friday.  Dave Oswinkle, Archmere Athletic Director, states to The New ...

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• Katherine Alberta '19 Performs at Acclaimed Walnut Street Theatre
  News • 10/7/2016
  After spending four weeks training through the Walnut Street Theatre's intensive summer program and performing in an intimate theatre in August, Archmere sophomore Katherine Alberta was given the opportunity to perform on the prestigious mainstage of the oldest theatre in America in Disney's classic ...

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• Caroline Quinn ’17 sings at The Purnell Center for the Performing Arts
  News • 10/7/2016
  Archmere senior Caroline Quinn had the privilege of singing in The Purnell Center for the Performing Arts' showcase at Carnegie Mellon University. The performances for the showcase where selected by audition. Caroline spent six weeks at Carnegie Mellon University this summer after being accepte ...

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• Lexi Kelly Named Athlete of the Week
  News • 10/4/2016
  Archmere junior Alexis (Lexi) Kelly was named WDEL's Athlete of the Week for her outstanding performances on the volleyball court.  A multi-sport athlete, Lexi competes on both the volleyball and soccer teams for Archmere Academy, and consistently rises to each new challenge. In a thrillin ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Scholars
  News • 10/4/2016
  Four Archmere Academy seniors were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) Semifinalists and thirteen were named Commended Students based upon their 2015 PSAT test scores.     Seniors Alison Lobo, Olivia O’Dwyer, Keelin Reilly, and Makala Wang were named Semifinalists, me ...

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• Alex Weir ’17 Places Twice in North American Province Irish Music Competition
  News • 10/4/2016
  This summer Archmere senior Alex Weir took part in the 2016 North American Province, Mid-Atlantic Fleadh (pronounced “flah”) Irish music competition in Parsippany, NJ, and brought home two first place trophies for Fiddle Slow Airs and Men’s Singing, which qualified him to compete o ...

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• Archmere Boys' Soccer Makes Headlines With Win Over DMA
  News • 9/29/2016
  On Tuesday the Archmere soccer team took on a tough DMA opponent and prevailed 1-0 at home, improving to 5-1 for the season. The Auks battled the entire first half with  11 shots and 6 corner kicks, but it wasn't until s enior Sean Murray finally broke through in the 56th minute with a shot fro ...

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• Olivia O'Dwyer Receives People to People Exchange Award
  News • 9/29/2016
  After being named a finalist by the Confucius Institute U.S. Center for their annual student award, Archmere senior Olivia O'Dwyer received the People to People Exchange Award for her experience and study of the Chinese language. A student in the Honors Chinese class, Olivia attended ...

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• Girls Cross Country Teams Place First in Washington DC Invitational
  News • 9/27/2016
  On Saturday, the Archmere  Cross Country  teams competed in the Washington DC Cross Country Invitational held in  Kenilworth Park .  The Senior/Junior girls team took first place in the Varsity B race, with medals going to Hannah Nash '18, Emily Disabella '17, Makala Wang '17, Ma ...

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• Olivia O'Dwyer '17 Selected as Finalist for the Confucius Institute's Annual Student Award
  News • 9/16/2016
  The Confucius Institute U.S. Center has named Archmere senior Olivia O'Dwyer a finalist in their annual Student Award. As a selected finalist, Olivia will attend the Institute's 2016 Washington Gala on  September 24th. The Gala, held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, ...

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• Leah DaCosta '17 Boosts the Auks Past DMA in Overtime
  News • 9/16/2016
  In an exciting overtime match on Thursday afternoon, Archmere field hockey defeated Delaware Military Academy with a score of 4-3, boosting their record to 2-1. Senior  Leah DaCosta translated Archmere's 21st penalty corner of the game into an overtime-winner as the Auks took on DMA at home. WD ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2016
  News • 9/8/2016
  It was a busy summer in College Counseling, preparing the 2016-17 College Counseling calendar, evaluating data from the Class of 2016, visiting colleges, working with students on applications and essays, and presenting at conferences and workshops.   The College Counseling Office has begun to p ...

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• Archmere Students Perform in Wilmington Drama League's "High School Musical"
  News • 9/8/2016
  Archmere senior Keelin Reilly and sophomores Katherine Alberta and Kyla McAvinue are set to perform in t he 2016-17 Wilmington Drama League season opener, High School Musical: On Stage . In the modern classic, Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with first love, friends and famil ...

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• 2016-2017 Student Council Members Sworn Into Office
  News • 9/8/2016
  The newly elected members of the 2016-2017 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater on Tuesday, September 6. After some words of welcome from Principal Jordan, Father McLaughlin led the assembly in opening prayer. Mr. Donnelly swore in the 2016-2017 Student ...

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• Leah Lightcap Awarded Centennial Medal by Philadelphia University
  News • 9/6/2016
  On August 18th, Mrs. Leah Lightcap, Archmere's  Director of Enrollment &; Admissions,   was awarded the Centennial Medal by Philadelphia University. The award is given to outstanding educators nominated by incoming Philadelphia University freshman. Mrs. Lightcap was nominate ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: June 2016
  News • 8/25/2016
  Congratulations to the Class of 2016 The Class of 2016 will be enrolling at 60 different colleges and universities across the country. Twelve are enrolling in honors programs and more than ten are matriculating at a university that an Auk has not enrolled at in more than five years.  Collective ...

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• June 2016
  News • 8/25/2016
  AP Testing Update  Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the AP Program. This year, 205 students took 426 written exams or art portfolios. That number consisted of 92 seniors who completed 224 exams and art portfolios, 60 juniors who completed 127 exams, and 53 sophomores w ...

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• Students Inducted into 2016 Science National Honor Society
  News • 8/2/2016
  The Science National Honor Society is a prominent scientific organization that aims to create a new group of young thinkers who will be the future of industry, research, and scientific exploration for America. The Archmere Academy chapter of SNHS recognizes students that have excelled in scienc ...

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• John Vaile '16 Recipient of 2016 National Spanish Exam Senior Scholarship
  News • 7/22/2016
  The National Spanish Examinations are a motivational contest to recognize student achievement in the study of Spanish and to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of Spanish.

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• Matt Etzrodt '17 Selected for American Legion Boys Nation
  News • 7/14/2016
  Matthew Etzrodt, Jr., a rising senior at Archmere Academy, has been selected as a senator for American Legion Boys Nation in the Washington, D.C. area, July 22-29 .  Boys Nation is an annual American Legion program that includes civic training, leadership development and a focus on Am ...

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• Archmere Baseball Players Compete in Delaware Carpenter Cup
  News • 6/14/2016
  The 31st annual Carpenter Cup, a baseball tournament for sixteen high school All-Star teams from Eastern Pennsylvania, South and Central Jersey and Delaware, expose the region’s high school players to college recruiters and professional scouts, with playing rules that encourage coaches to ...

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• Ben Revak '16 Named Player of the Year, All American and Leads Lacrosse All State Team
  News • 6/6/2016
  Class of 2016 graduate Ben Revak has been named Lacrosse Player of the Year and High School All-American.

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• Rugby Plays For National Title This Weekend
  News • 6/3/2016
  As the current Delaware State Rugby Champions in 7's and 15's, and the Subaru Sevens Tournament Champions, the Archmere Rugby team will once again compete in the National High School Rugby Challenge this year. The Challenge, or HSRC, is the nation’s premier High School Sevens Rugby Tourna ...

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• Former Archmere Coach Nancy Keiper Inducted into Delaware Sports Hall of Fame
  News • 5/26/2016
  On May 24th, retired Archmere Tennis coach Nancy Keiper was among ten people inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame during the organization’s 41 st  annual banquet at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. A native of Haverford, PA, Nancy spent six decades in the spor ...

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• Varsity Baseball Makes Headlines With Big Win Over Appoquinimink
  News • 5/24/2016
  On Monday, Archmere's Varsity Baseball team scored five runs over the game’s final three innings to run away with a 7-1 upset victory over defending champs, number 5 Appoquinimink, in the second round of the DIAA Baseball State Tournament. The Auks had a slim one run lead after three innings, ...

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• Spring Teams Head Into Conference/State Championships
  News • 5/23/2016
  This week Archmere has multiple teams advancing in their playoffs/championships. Starting with Tennis,  all three singles and two doubles advance to the 3rd round of DIAA State Tournament for both the men's (#5) and women's (#2) teams and will play today at 3:30. T he Golf team also plays today ...

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• Senior Daniel Bondi Named Diamond State Merit Scholar
  News • 5/19/2016
  Daniel Bondi ’16 has been named a 2016-2017 Diamond State Merit Scholar by the Delaware Department of Education. Recipients of this state merit scholarship are selected by the Delaware Higher Education Office (DHEO) as outstanding examples of academic strength, participation in extracurricular ...

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• Rachel Gillen '11 Named Most Outstanding Player
  News • 5/18/2016
  Coming off a tough one-run loss to Saint Joseph's on Friday, the Fordham University softball team needed four consecutive wins over 32 hours to retain its Atlantic 10 crown and that's exactly what they did. The Rams knocked off #2 Dayton, 1-0, in an epic 1-0 marathon match-up on Saturday in between ...

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• Archmere Theatre Students To Star in "Titanic"
  News • 5/16/2016
  Delaware All State Theatre (DAST) will present the five-time Tony Award-winning TITANIC THE MUSICAL in the Laird Performing Arts Center at the Tatnall School for two weekends in June. Among the principal roles are TITANIC designer Thomas Andrews, played by Keelin Reilly '17. Other cast members inclu ...

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• 3rd Annual Alumni/Student Day of Service
  News • 5/16/2016
  The 3rd Annual Alumni/Student Day of Service was held on Sunday, May 1st. Approximately 15 alumni, faculty/staff volunteers, and almost 40 current students participated in this program working together to serve the community.

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• Rugby Competes For Championship Title
  News • 5/11/2016
  Just four years after starting its rugby program, Archmere once again looks to reach the pinnacle of the sport this week. On Saturday, May 7th, t he Auks' rugby team won the first of two state championships. The team competed in sevens rugby against Salesianum  for the cup and prevailed 39-0.&# ...

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• Danielle Cuoco '18 and Lauren Chua '18 Selected For Governor's School for Excellence
  News • 5/9/2016
  Archmere sophomores Danielle Cuoco and Lauren Chua  were recently selected for the Governor's School for Excellence Program. The program, a  one-week summer residential program that brings together academically and artistically talented Delaware high school students who have completed thei ...

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• Caleb Wang '16 Earns National Honor Society Scholarship
  News • 5/9/2016
  Each year, Archmere nominates students for the highly competitive National Honor Society Scholarship. Since 1921, NHS has been recognizing the highest achieving students in grades 10-12.  This year, Archmere senior Caleb Wang was selected as one of 300 national semi-finalists. On the national l ...

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• Class of 2016 Celebrates Their College Decisions
  News • 5/9/2016
  On May 2nd, National Candidate Reply Date, the senior class gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and excitement about their decisions. Every senior wore their college apparel and enjoyed refreshments provided by the College Counseling Department. The senior class college list i ...

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• Archmere Hosts French Exchange Students
  News • 4/27/2016
  This month, Archmere welcomed ten students and two teachers from our French Exchange program with the Lycée Saint Vincent in Senlis, France. The group spent two weeks living with their American host families, attending classes and traveling the east coast. The group also connected wit ...

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• Girls' Tennis Aims For 10-0 This Week
  News • 4/25/2016
  Currently boasting an undefeated record this season, the Archmere girls' tennis team looks to make headlines with an additional three wins this week. Tennis 1-2 punch standouts Grace Dignazio '18 and Abby Podolsky '17 are leading the Lady Auks to a record 7-0 season so far, with 3 more matches on de ...

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• Conor McAvinue '17 Wins Young Artists' Competition
  News • 4/25/2016
  Archmere junior Conor McAvinue was recently named the winner of the  2016 Irving Ludwig Young Artists' Competition. Conor performed on the viola , playing Hindemith Der Schwanendreher Mvt. III and competed with thirty other students.  The Competition is well-known in the Delaware Valley an ...

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• Review Written By Cappies Critic Lea Harlev '18 Published
  News • 4/20/2016
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Annie Martino '18 and Shreyas Parab '18 Earn Science Essay Awards
  News • 4/15/2016
  The DuPont Challenge, North America’s premier science essay competition, encourages students to delve into their interests in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and express themselves with creativity and purpose. This year, two Archmere students were recognized out of the severa ...

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• Junior and Senior Students Earn WordWright Honors
  News • 4/15/2016
  In this year's third meet of the WordWright Challenge, two teams of Archmere students won high honors. Held in February, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 631 school teams from all across the country ...

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• Rachel Grant '18 Earns Chinese Immersion Program Scholarship
  News • 4/13/2016
  The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students and recent high school graduates to learn less commonly taught languages in summer and academic-year overseas immersion ...

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• Mastersingers Bring Home the Gold in National Competition
  News • 4/13/2016
  This weekend, Archmere's Mastersingers competed in the Heritage National Music Competition in Seattle, WA, and brought home several first place awards. They not only won first place in their Chamber Choir division, they also won the Outstanding Choral Group Award as well as the Adjudicators Award, w ...

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• Makala Wang '17 Selected For Rensselaer Medal
  News • 4/8/2016
  For more than 100 years, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in conjunction with high schools around the world, has awarded the Rensselaer Medal to promising secondary school students who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science. Archmere junior Makala Wang is this year's recipient. Th ...

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• Ben Revak '16 Named Delaware Sports Digest Athlete of the Week
  News • 4/8/2016
  Archmere senior Ben Revak was named this week's Delaware Sports Digest Athlete of the Week after opening his final lacrosse season with the Auks with over 20 goals already. Archmere is currently 3-1 after defeating Friends last night.  A varsity lacrosse player since freshman year, Ben has stat ...

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• Barbara Boylan '16 Named DFVA Portfolio Winner
  News • 4/4/2016
  The Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts (DFVA) student connection was initiated to stimulate interest in the arts and to give recognition to the Delaware high school artist. Archmere senior  Barbara Boylan, whose Fine Art portfolio was judged as 4th best in the state in the Delaware Fo ...

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• Archmere Senior Joe Singley Hits A Home Run
  News • 4/1/2016
  Joseph Singley '16 caught the attention of the Delaware Sports Zone when he hit a long home run on Tuesday against Milford High School. Joe, a catcher for the Auks, sent his ball  about 20 feet beyond the five-foot high fence in left field, giving the Auks a 1-0 lead over fellow playoff team fr ...

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• 27th Annual Alumni Memorial Mass
  News • 3/31/2016
  The Archmere community gathered to celebrate the 27th Annual Memorial Mass in The Patio on February 28, 2016. This annual tradition is held in honor of all alumni, faculty and staff of Archmere who have died. Over 100 people attended the Mass, which was celebrated by Rev. Joseph McLaughlin, O.Praem. ...

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• Archmere Students Spend Ten Days in Spain
  News • 3/30/2016
  Sixteen Archmere students are enjoying a ten day  exchange program in Zaragoza, Spain over Spring Break.  During their visit, they participated in the famously known Semana Santa traditions, and also joined in on a cultural and historical tour of both Barcelona and Madrid. During one of th ...

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• Girls' Soccer Makes Headlines With Season Opener
  News • 3/23/2016
  In an exciting overtime match against last year's champions, the Archmere girls' soccer team defeated Caravel 1-0. It wasn't until the second period in overtime that Archmere senior  Sully Bolden connected with sophomore Dara Dawson for the winning goal. Caravel  claims fame to the last tw ...

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• Archmere Art Students John Vaile '16 and Meredith Capuli '17 Earn National Awards
  News • 3/18/2016
  The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program gives thousands of students throughout America the opportunity to broaden their creative horizons while earning local and national recognition. The objective is to foster the confidence of young artists and give them the opportunity to be recognized for ...

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• Keelin Reilly '17 and Claire Caverly '15 Win Awards At Singing Competition
  News • 3/17/2016
  The National Association of Teachers of Singing celebrates the art of singing through a series of competitions and programs that are designed to showcase the talented singers and performers who are soon to be rising stars in the profession. Events are held annually or biennially, many in conjun ...

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• Amanda Phelan '06 Hosts Trunk Show in Philadelphia
  News • 3/15/2016
  New York runway designer Amanda Phelan presented her fall 2016 collection at an exclusive trunk show at Drexel University on Saturday, March 11th. Phelan, who is from Chaddsford, debuted her part-space age, somewhat-cozy and all the way artsy Spring 2016 womenswear collection to the fashion industry ...

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• Archmere Wrestlers Honored For Excellence
  News • 3/14/2016
  This year Archmere Academy had eight wrestlers and two managers named to the Academic All - State Team for the 2015/2016 season. Recognized for their strength both on the mat and in the classroom by the Delaware Wrestling Alliance, the student athletes will be honored at a banquet on Friday, April 1 ...

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• Alison Lobo '17 Wins Bausch + Lomb Honorary Science Award
  News • 3/14/2016
  Every year since 1933, Bausch + Lomb honors outstanding high school science students with the Bausch + Lomb Honorary Science Award. This year's recipient is Archmere Academy junior Alison Lobo. Selection for this award is competitive and is based upon the overall strength of the student's applicatio ...

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• Archmere Robotics Team Competes in State Championship
  News • 3/7/2016
  After winning the First Place Alliance Captain Award at the Southeastern PA Qualifier Tournament at the Pennsylvania FIRST Tech Challenge in January, the Archmere Robotics team, the "RobAuktics", advanced and competed in the state championship on Saturday. FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics pro ...

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• Archmere Senior Noah Niumataiwalu selected for High School Rugby All American Team
  News • 3/4/2016
  The Boys' High School All-Americans, sponsored by Aircraft Charter Solutions, are the best Junior Varsity (U17) and Varsity (U19) male rugby players from across the country, and compete as both 15s and Sevens squads . Archmere senior Noah Niumataiwalu is one of sixteen players chosen from the U ...

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• Jamie Newitt '02 Prepares to Play Ardmore Music Hall with Band The Heavy Pets
  News • 2/26/2016
  Jamie Newitt and his band, The Heavy Pets, will be playing the Ardmore Music Hall on April 9, 2016. The show will include a Beatles' set. Jamie is also the drummer for the band, Pink Talking Fish. A Hybrid Tribute Fusion Act honoring Pink Floyd, The Talking Heads, and Phish. The Pink Talking Fish wi ...

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• Dr. Phillip "Jay" Storm '86 Launches Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine
  News • 2/25/2016
  Phillip B. “Jay” Storm, M.D., Chief of Neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, also serves as the Co-Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine. The center’s goal is to advance precision medicine helping to match the most appropriate treatmen ...

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• Conor McAvinue '17 To Perform A Solo With The Newark Symphony
  News • 2/24/2016
  The Newark Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has performed as a community orchestra since its founding in 1966. NSO performs at least eight concerts per season, four of which are in the Symphony Series, which feature a themed program that mixes familiar repertoire and other exciting orchestral gems ...

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• 2016 Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Banquet
  News • 2/23/2016
  The 2016 Archmere Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Banquet was held on Friday, February 19th in The Patio. Four individuals who have made incredible impact on Archmere's sports' history were inducted to the Hall of Fame: Harry Chaykun '64, Joe Clark '77, Maria Cole Rappucci '94, and Nick Sanna '98. Two te ...

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• Archmere Sends Six Wrestlers To State Tournament
  News • 2/22/2016
  As the Independent Conference Wrestling Tournament came to a close Saturday afternoon at Sanford School, Archmere placed 5th overall and had six members qualify for the State Tournament. The following wrestlers placed at the Independent Conference and will be competing at the championships: 3rd Plac ...

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• Archmere Students Celebrate The Chinese New Year
  News • 2/19/2016
  On February 9th and 10th, Archmere students celebrated the Chinese New Year on campus. Chinese language students and club members gathered to make New Year’s dumplings and to try traditional Chinese New Year cake. In addition, they visited several classes to sing the New Years song in Chinese, ...

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• Lady Auks Put An End to Charter's Winning Streak
  News • 2/12/2016
  The Archmere girls basketball team, now 10-7, held Charter to just sixteen points as they captured another victory on Wednesday. The Auks were led by Amanda Denning '18 and Maggie Malloy '17, who had eight points each. The 26-16 win by  Archmere put an end to Charter’s five ...

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• WHYY's "Friday Arts" Showcases Art Teacher Terry Newitt
  News • 2/8/2016
  In December, Philadelphia's WHYY Television brought a camera crew into Archmere Academy and filmed one of Mr. Terry Newitt's painting classes, which was aired as a segment on WHYY's show Friday Arts this weekend. The segment will also be aired tonight, February 8, at 5:30 pm.   Friday Arts  ...

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• Student/Faculty Blood Drive Donates Record Numbers
  News • 2/8/2016
  On February 4, Archmere held a student-faculty Blood Drive to benefit the Blood Bank of Delmarva. The Blood Bank of Delmarva serves the community by meeting the needs of patients, hospitals, and members for safe, high quality blood products and related services. They provide blood and bloo ...

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• Model UN Delegation Earns Commendations
  News • 2/8/2016
  Earlier this month, Archmere's Model UN delegation attended its second conference of the year. The Model UN program fosters debate and argumentative skills while exploring past, present and future foreign policy. The conference was held at DMA and the keynote speaker was US Senator Christo ...

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• Devon Malfitano '12 Named ECAC DIII Men's Soccer South All-Star Team
  News • 1/13/2016
  Devon Malfitano was one of only three F&;M field players to start all 21 of the team's games, registering three goals and two assists on the year. The senior midfielder notched a pair of game-winners during the regular season, including a 92nd minute overtime marker against Alvernia in a 1-0 win on ...

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• Terry Newitt's Art Chosen For Display in Chadds Ford Gallery's "Brandywine Romantics" Exhibition
  News • 1/8/2016
  The Chadds Ford Gallery features a wide selection of Andrew Wyeth prints as well as original works of art by regional artists of the Brandywine Valley, Chester and Delaware...

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• Alumni Mastersingers Reunion Concert
  News • 12/20/2015
  On Sunday December 20th, alumni from the award-winning Mastersingers group performed a selection of Christmas Carols as part of the "Helen Springer Raskob Green Concert Series." This was the third annual performance of an Alumni Mastersingers chorus. Approximately 25 alums ranging from Class Years 1 ...

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• Young Alumni College Panel & Open House
  News • 12/17/2015
  We were very excited to welcome back to Archmere, our alums from the Classes of '15, '14, '13, and '12 on December 17th to speak to current Juniors and Seniors regarding their college transition and application process. A group of recent graduates participated in an interactive panel in the Student ...

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• Girls Basketball Victorious Over Conrad
  News • 12/16/2015
  Archmere junior Elise Bastian was the leading scorer of the night with nine points on Tuesday as the Auks (3-2) defeated Conrad 31-22 . WDEL even called the game a "defensive struggle", as neither team scored more than two points in the first quarter.  However, after Conrad took a brief lead, A ...

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• Christmas at Archmere
  News • 12/11/2015
  On Friday December 11th, we celebrated the holiday season on campus with our annual "Christmas at Archmere" celebration. This is the fourth year that the Archmere community has gathered together in the spirit of the holiday season. Over 100 alumni families, current and past parents, faculty and stud ...

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• Archmere Soccer Head Coach Bob Bussiere Named NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year
  News • 12/9/2015
  Founded in 1941 and based in Kansas City, Mo., the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) has grown into the world’s largest soccer coaches’ organization that serves members at every level of the game. Every year they recognize not only All-American and All-Regi ...

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• Terry Newitt's Painting Class to Air on "Friday Arts"
  News • 12/9/2015
  On December 2, Philadelphia's WHYY Television brought a camera crew into Archmere Academy and filmed one of Mr. Terry Newitt's painting classes. His class will air as a segment on WHYY's show Friday Arts in either January or February. Friday Arts showcases the arts, entertainment, and dining in the ...

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• Career Experience Day for Seniors
  News • 12/5/2015
  On December 5, 2015, 102 senior students traveled to 56 employers to shadow professionals in their career of interest. Some students traveled as far as New York City. Out of the 56 employers who hosted students, 24 were alumni ranging from Classes of 1979 to 2007. The other hosts were comprised of p ...

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• Caroline Quinn '17 Grants a Princess Wish
  News • 12/4/2015
  Three year old Maddy O’Malley, who is suffering from leukemia, wanted to come to the Walnut Street Theatre to see the musical Shrek this fall, but her parents knew that with her compromised immune system, crowds are off limits for Maddy. Maddy also had a wish to meet Princess Fiona. Her p ...

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• Archmere Students Earn WordWright Honors
  News • 12/2/2015
  A team of Archmere students won high honors at this year's national WordWright Challenge, a competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry. Participating with 631 schools from across the country and more than 63,000 students, Archmere's eleventh gr ...

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• Archmere Critics Team Receives Honors
  News • 11/30/2015
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post , Cincinnati Enquirer , Dallas Morni ...

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• Alex Beatson '12 Shines Through
  News • 11/24/2015
  Flash back to 2012. Alex Beatson was a reserved freshman looking to do anything she could to help the team. Today, you will find someone who has blossomed into her true self - a confident leader, both on and off the field. "In high school, I knew who I was, but when you come to college as a freshman ...

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• Archmere Academy Athletes Sign National Letter of Intent
  News • 11/20/2015
  Three Archmere seniors signed letters of intent last week:  Ben Revak signed his letter of intent to join the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s lacrosse team. Ben is a multi-sport athlete who has participated in football, basketball and lacrosse for the Auks. He has earned A ...

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• Auk Talks: Politics and Leadership
  News • 11/19/2015
  On November 19 th , over 35 guests joined us for “Auk Talks: Politics and Leadership”. The fourth series of the Auk Talks program was held in The Patio and featured panelists included alumni and parents of current/past students: Josh Alcorn ’99, Joe DiPinto ’50, Greg Lavelle, ...

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• Archmere Soccer Defeats No. 1 Seeded St. Andrew's
  News • 11/18/2015
  On Saturday night, the Archmere Soccer team took on No. 1 seeded St. Andrew's in the DIAA second round game of the State Tournament. With notable plays by Alex Schultz '16 and Kenan Wursthorn '18, Archmere was able to tie up the match with less than one minute left to play, forcing the game int ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Advances in State Tournament
  News • 11/11/2015
  Following a 3-0 victory over Charter, the Archmere volleyball team is headed to the semi-finals of the DIAA State Tournament on Thursday, November 12th, with a game at St. Marks vs. Padua. WDEL covered the Auks' last victory and their rise in the tournament, writing:   Zoe Akoto led the Au ...

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• Auks Football Defeat DMA
  News • 11/9/2015
  On Saturday afternoon Archmere took on an undefeated DMA football team and made headlines with a 17-2 win, boosting their own record to 5-4. It was Archmere's defense that commanded the game at Baynard Stadium, leaving DMA's offense scoreless, while intercepting five passes. With the win, ...

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• Reunion Reception for Classes Ending in 0 and 5
  News • 10/25/2015
  On Saturday, October 24th, Archmere Academy celebrated Homecoming.  The day started off with Auk homecoming games (Football defeated Conrad 42-14, Volleyball lost to Padua Academy 2-3, Field Hockey lost to Caravel Academy 1-3 and Boys' Soccer defeated Dover 6-0).  After the games ended, th ...

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• RJ Malseed '08 Turns His Love for Horticulture Into a Career
  News • 10/21/2015
  Upon graduation with a degree in horticulture and greenhouse management, RJ had several job offers, including one from Burpee Seed. However, it was a phone call from Jerry Ambrogi ‘76, RJ’s high school football coach and owner of Ambrogi Foods in Paulsboro, New Jersey, that truly capture ...

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• Patrick Udovich '17 Leads Auks to Victory with Four Touchdowns
  News • 10/21/2015
  On Friday night, the Archmere football team made headlines with a 41-21 win over Delmar.  The Auks took an early lead after junior Patrick Udovich scored with a touchdown run from the 1 yard line. Following a run by Delmar, Daniel Bark '18 scored from 18 yards out, ending the short lived Delmar ...

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• 28th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing
  News • 10/19/2015
  The 28th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing was held on Monday October 19th, 2015 at the beautiful DuPont Country Club in Wilmington. This year's outing sold out once again with almost 150 golfers! The golfers enjoyed an ideal fall day on the golf course, followed by a cocktail reception and dinner ...

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• Leah DaCosta '17 Leads Auks to Victory with Goal in Overtime
  News • 10/14/2015
  The Archmere field hockey team made headlines on Friday when they won a tight match against Mount Pleasant. Junior Leah DaCosta scored early in overtime, boosting the auks to a 3-2 win. The first half of the game belonged to Archmere, who scored  two goals within a minute and 16 seconds. The fi ...

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• Connor Dennewitz '16 Named The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Student of the Year
  News • 10/14/2015
  Archmere senior Connor Dennewitz was named the 2015 Student of the Year by the Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society. The campaign is a six-week initiative in which nominated high school students participate in a fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Delaware Chapt ...

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• Shreyas Parab '18 Featured on Fox 29 News
  News • 10/14/2015
  Local young entrepreneur and Archmere Academy sophomore Shreyas Parab, CEO of NovelTies, was featured on Fox 29 news after being recognized by national chain Walmart for his business success at such a young age. Early this fall, Shreyas was invited to Bentonville, Arkansas, the corporate headqu ...

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• Walmart Blogs About NovelTies' CEO Shreyas Parab '18
  News • 10/9/2015
  Local young entrepreneur and Archmere Academy sophomore Shreyas Parab, CEO of NovelTies, was selected as a national finalist by the Young Entrepreneurs Academy this summer. The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a year-long program that teaches middle and high school students how to start and run ...

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• Keelin Reilly '17 Performs in Tony Award Winning Production
  News • 10/1/2015
  The Wilmington Drama League presents the hit show  Memphis , a winner of many Tony awards, including Best Musical. Set in the 1950’s, it is a story about the power that love and music has on the soul. Archmere junior Keelin Reilly '17 performs in this much acclaimed production. Memphis wa ...

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• Three Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/28/2015
  Archmere seniors Gregory McCord, Rahul Subbaraya, and Caleb Wang were named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSATs, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.5 million) achieve this honor and are invited to apply for the National Merit Schol ...

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• Freshman Girls Cross Country Team Place First at Briarwood Invitational
  News • 9/21/2015
  On Saturday, the cross country teams competed in the Briarwood Invitational at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia, one of the major annual cross country meets in Southeastern Pennsylvania.  The freshman girls team r ang up a convincing team victory and  took home the first place tro ...

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• Archmere Soccer Shuts Out Sanford
  News • 9/21/2015
  Archmere junior Liam Delaney scored the only goal on Friday as the Auks varsity soccer team took on Sanford at home. In an intense and physical match, the Auks were able to get on the board early and shut out Sanford 1-0.  Mike Lang, reporter from The Examiner, covered the game, writing:  ...

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• Volleyball State Champs Sweep Newark Charter
  News • 9/16/2015
  Archmere volleyball took down Newark Charter in three sets (25-16, 25-6, 25-7) last night. This was the second official game of the season and the second win for the Auks. Newark was able to tie the game three times in the first set, but were unable to keep up  with the defending champions' mom ...

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• Field Hockey Wins Big Over Concord
  News • 9/14/2015
  In the first offical game of the season, the Archmere Field Hockey team coasted past Concord with a score of 7-0. Junior Leah DaCosta '17 scored three goals and junior Lorin Donovan '17 helped boost the Lady Auks to their big win with three assists. Delaware Preps reports : While the Auks only led 1 ...

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• 2015-2016 Student Council Members Sworn Into Office
  News • 9/10/2015
  The newly elected members of the 2015-2016 Student Council were installed before their classmates at a ceremony in the Theater on Tuesday, September 8. After some words of welcome from Principal Jordan, Father McLaughlin led the assembly in opening prayer. Mr. Donnelly swore in the 2015-2016 Student ...

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• Gia Mariano '18 Plays Leading Role in "Once On This Island"
  News • 8/25/2015
  Set in the French Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea,  Once On This Island  is a captivating legend of romance between a peasant girl and a rich city boy whom she saves from death. Archmere sophomore Gia Mariano '18 plays the lead role as the orphan Ti Moune, the ...

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• Noah Nuimataiwalu '16 Selected to Compete in Elite Rugby Tournament
  News • 8/13/2015
  As a member of the Atlantis Select rugby touring team, Archmere's Noah Nuimataiwalu '16 will play in the Serevi RugbyTown Sevens  tournament in Glendale, Colorado this weekend. The  Atlantis Rugby team, making its debut in the Colorado tournament this year,  provides touring team ...

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• Students Inducted into National Honor Society
  News • 8/10/2015
  Archmere Academy recognizes excellence in academics, service and leadership through membership into the National Honor Society. The Archmere Academy chapter of NHS recognizes both juniors and seniors that have excelled in all of these areas. Congratulations are due to the following new members of th ...

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• Students Inducted into Science National Honor Society: 2015
  News • 8/10/2015
  The SNHS is a prominent scientific organization that aims to create a new group of young thinkers who will be the future of industry, research, and scientific exploration for America. The Archmere Academy chapter of SNHS recognizes both juniors and seniors that have excelled in science aca ...

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• Archmere Junior Receives Honors at the University of Indiana Jacobs School of Music
  News • 7/28/2015
  Conor McAvinue '17 attended a month long music camp at the  University of Indiana, Jacobs School of Music this summer. The camp hosted students from all areas across the globe, including Singapore, Italy, Columbia, Argentina, France, Iceland and Japan, as well as many cities within the Unites S ...

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• Archmere Students Spend Two Weeks in France
  News • 6/25/2015
  Ten Archmere students spent two weeks in France under the supervision of  World Languages and Cultures Teacher Nancy Cooper and  French Teacher Katie Eissler-Thiel. The  bi-annual exchange program in Senlis, France included classes on the  campus of the Lycée Priv& ...

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• Chris McCord '11 Receives Academic/Athletic Award at Princeton University
  News • 6/25/2015
  Archmere's 2011 valedictorian, Chris McCord, r eceived the Princeton University Class of 1916 Cup as the senior varsity athlete of highest academic standing at Princeton's Class of 2015 Commencement.  The award, which was given by the Class of 1916 on the occasion of its 50th reunion, ...

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• Successful Food Blogger Skyler Bouchard '11 Featured in USA Today College Network
  News • 6/4/2015
  On June 2, 2015 the  USA Today  college partner network featured a video by Archmere graduate and NYU senior Skyler Bouchard '11, successful food blogger in NYC. With more than 63,000 people following her Instagram account, NYC Dining, Skyler's video details her tips for a s ...

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• Archmere Alum Receives Honorary Doctorate and Delivers Commencement Address to De Sales University Graduates
  News • 5/21/2015
  Archmere Alum David J. Kubacki '92 delivered the Commencement Address to the 2015 graduating class of De Sales University on May 16. During the ceremony, David was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. David is the President of Nativity Preparatory School in Wilmington, Dela ...

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• Archmere Lacrosse Advances to Quarterfinals
  News • 5/21/2015
  Following a 21-7 victory over Sussex Tech on Wednesday,  Archmere (15-2) is headed to defending champion Cape Henlopen on Saturday at 4pm for the DIAA quarterfinal match.  WDEL covered the Auks' last victory and their rise in the tournament, writing: Nine different Auks scored on the ...

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• Alexander Weir '17 Wins Irish Music Competition, Selected to Perform in Studio2Stage
  News • 5/21/2015
  Alexander Weir ’17 competed in the North American Province’s Mid-Atlantic Fleadh (Irish music competition), held in Parsippany, NJ, and came back with two First Place trophies - in fiddle slow airs and in trios. This qualifies him to compete in the “All Irelands” World Champi ...

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• Archmere Rugby Makes Headlines With Another Tournament Win
  News • 5/20/2015
  One week after claiming a 26-5 victory over Salesianum for the Delaware High School Sevens State Championship title, the Archmere Rugby team once again claimed gold at the Subaru Sevens High School Tournament on Saturday, May 16. Subaru Sevens is a regional tournament played at Alapocas Ru ...

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• Raylin Xu '15 Wins National Scholarship
  News • 5/19/2015
  Archmere Academy senior Raylin Xu has been named one of 53 state winners of a National Honor Society Scholarship from the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). A total of 200 NHS finalists were first chosen from among nearly 6,800 applicants. From the 200 finalists, 53 state w ...

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• Archmere Baseball Shuts Out Tower Hill
  News • 5/15/2015
  With one game left in the regular season, the Auks are 14-3 after Archmere grabbed a 7-0 win in nonconference baseball Thursday afternoon at Tower Hill. Senior Joe Voge '15 scattered seven hits and struck out six, propelling his record to 7-1 on the season.  Danny ...

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• Gillian Sweeny '15 Nets Her 75th Goal
  News • 5/14/2015
  Archmere senior Gillian Sweeny scored her 75th career goal in a victory over St. Thomas More on May 5. She went on to add four goals and two assists in a win over Delmarva Christian on Saturday, May 9, and a goal and an assist in a victory over A.I. du Pont on Monday, May 11. Gillian will graduate w ...

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• Two Sophomores Heading to DE Governor's School for Arts
  News • 5/13/2015
  Congratulations to Sophomores Max Beck and Hayley Levinsky for earning spots in this summer's Governor's School for Art. The Delaware Governor's School for Excellence is a one-week summer residential program that brings together academically and artistically talented Delaware high school students wh ...

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• Archmere Rugby Advances to Delaware High School Sevens State Championship
  News • 5/7/2015
  With an 11-2 record this season, Archmere's Rugby team will play in the Rugby Delaware High School Sevens State Championship match this Saturday, May 9th, at Neumann University. The championship tournament will be an exciting Sevens day of Ruby between Salesianum School, Central Delaware R ...

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• Ben Revak '16 is The News Journal's Athlete of the Week
  News • 5/5/2015
  With an impressive four goals and two assists in a 17-5 home win over Delaware Military Academy on Friday, Archmere lacrosse player Ben Revak '16 was named The News Journal's Athlete of the Week. "Revak is often the Auks' leading scorer, but he also plays all over the field."   Ben has already ...

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• Archmere Seniors Celebrate College Decisions
  News • 5/5/2015
  On May 1st, National Candidate Reply Date,  the senior class gathered to  celebrate their accomplishments and excitement about their decisions. Every senior wore their college apparel and enjoyed refreshments provided by the College Counseling Department. The senior class college list incl ...

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• Archmere Drama Club at WCU Theatre Festival
  News • 5/5/2015
  Archmere drama club had a great day competing at West Chester University's 33rd Annual High School Theatre Festival.   The Red Balloon  starring Anna South ’15, Sam Dainton ’15, and Annalise Mara ’18 won Outstanding Overall Production. This was Archmere's second year in a ...

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• Archmere Rugby Player Named Athlete of the Week
  News • 4/30/2015
  Archmere senior John Trusello  was named WDEL's Athlete of the Week for his outstanding performances this rugby season. A multi-sport athlete, Trusello stars on both the football and rugby teams for Archmere Academy, and consistently rises to each new challenge. "I'm going to give it my al ...

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• Archmere Girls' Soccer Wins Big Over Saint Mark's
  News • 4/30/2015
  News Journal Reports:   Archmere senior Gillian Sweeny and freshman Madeline Law each scored for Archmere as the Auks claimed victory over Saint Mark's. In the first half, the Auks (7-0-1) possessed the ball more than St. Mark’s (5-5), but the score remained deadlocked at 0-0. That change ...

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• Archmere Science Department Chair Recognized at the Delaware BioGENEius Challenge
  News • 4/28/2015
  The Delaware BioGENEius Challenge is a competition for high school students throughout the state who demonstrate an exemplary understanding of biotechnology through science research projects.  Archmere's Science Department Chair and Science Teacher Glenn Hartman was one of three teachers recogn ...

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• Daniel Bondi ’16 Wins University of Delaware Programming Contest
  News • 4/24/2015
  Earlier this semester, Archmere Junior Daniel Bondi was awarded the 1st prize in the University of Delaware College of Engineering “House That Engineering Built” programming contest, for entries in the grade 11-12 category. Contestants were challenged to create a computer game illustrati ...

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• Soprano Claire Caverly '15 is the National Winner in the MTNA Senior Voice Competition
  News • 4/23/2015
  Archmere Senior Claire Caverly traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, in March to compete as a National Finalist in the MTNA Senior Voice Competition, and was named the winner. Claire earned this opportunity after winning the Eastern Division of the Senior Voice competition, which took place on Sunday, ...

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• Danielle Cuoco '18 Sings the National Anthem at the Catholic Charities Tribute Dinner
  News • 4/23/2015
  On Wednesday, April 15, Archmere Freshman and Mastersinger Danielle Cuoco sang the National Anthem at the Catholic Charities Tribute Dinner honoring Rocco and Mary Abessinio, parents of Archmere alumni Vincent '93 and Joanne '97. Rocco and Mary Abessinio received the Msgr. Thomas J. Reese ...

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• Track and Field Cleans Up at Twilight Invitational
  News • 4/22/2015
  On Friday  the  Auks Track and Field  teams competed at the Twilight Invitational held at A.I. High School. Top performances went to Colleen Carney, Luke Jordan and Brendan Tarte. Colleen won the 2 mile run with a time of  10:56 . Her performance places her 13th on the state's al ...

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• 2015 Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Banquet
  News • 4/21/2015
  The 2015 Archmere Alumni Sports Banquet and Hall of Fame was held on Friday, March 27th in The Patio. Five individuals who have made incredible impact on Archmere's sports' history were inducted to the Hall of Fame: Richard "Dick" Lanahan '60, Joseph Pileggi '81, Meredith Rachinsky Smith'94, Herman ...

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• Junior Career Day
  News • 4/21/2015
  On Friday April 17th, we hosted 22 sessions of interest for Junior Career Day. 82% of the sessions were led by alumni speakers. The speakers talked to students about their select professions and unique career paths. This year's keynote speaker was Olivia Branco '06, who works as a producer at Sirius ...

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• Spanish Exchange Students Visit Archmere
  News • 4/16/2015
  The Spanish exchange students returned back to Spain on Monday, April 6th after having spent two wonderful weeks with the Archmere family. Some of the highlights of their visit included a trip to NYC and Philadelphia with our students, as well as an evening of cheering on the Sixers at one of t ...

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• Conor McAvinue '17 Wins Coastal Concerts Scholarship
  News • 3/31/2015
  Archmere sophomore Conor McAvinue was named a recipient of the Coastal Concerts Scholarship, an annual scholarship awarded to a student in music performance, education, or composition. Awarded to three musically gifted high school students each year, the $1500 scholarship is intended ...

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• Archmere Junior Receives 2015 National Spanish Exam Junior Travel Award
  News • 3/27/2015
  John Vaile '16  has been selected as a recipient of the 2015 National Spanish Exam Junior Travel Award and will be traveling to Puerto Rico with 24 other students from around the country.  Each year, the Junior Travel Award provides eligible students the opportunity to travel to and experi ...

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• Archmere Lacrosse Team Makes Headlines in Season Opener
  News • 3/27/2015
  In Wednesday's season opener, Archmere's Lacrosse team boasted a 20-12 victory over Saint Mark's. Archmere scored early and often, building a 13-4 halftime lead. The Spartans (0-2), came out strong in the third quarter but Archmere continued to score enough to keep them at bay.   ...

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• Alison Lobo '17 Wins National Spanish Exam Global Citizen Scholarship
  News • 3/24/2015
  Alison Lobo '17 was recently awarded a National Spanish Exam Global Citizen Scholarship. The National Spanish Examination (NSE) offers sixteen Global Citizen Scholarships each year for Underclassmen. Recognizing student achievement and language proficiency in the study of Spanish, t he scholarship c ...

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• 26th Annual Memorial Mass
  News • 3/20/2015
  The Archmere community gathered to celebrate the 26th Annual Memorial Mass in The Patio on March 8, 2015. This annual tradition is held in honor of all alumni, facutly and staff of Archmere who have died. Over 120 people attended the Mass, which was celebrated by Rev. Joseph McLaughlin, O.Praem. Mem ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Awards at New Castle Science Fair
  News • 3/12/2015
  Twenty five students from Archmere presented research experiments at the New Castle County Science Fair held at the  Delaware Technical  Community College . More than 100 members of the community annually volunteer as judges in their area of expertise. The judges evaluate the projects and ...

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• Archmere Students Earn WordWright Honors
  News • 3/10/2015
  In this year's third meet of the WordWright Challenge, Archmere's senior students won high honors.  Held in February, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 600 school teams from all across the count ...

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• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Student of the Year 2015 - Connor Dennewitz ‘16
  News • 3/6/2015
  Connor Dennewitz ‘16 participated in the Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society’s inaugural Student of the Year Campaign for the Delaware Chapter.  Twelve candidates were challenged to meet the goal of raising $100,000 in a six-week period from mid January to the end of February.  With t ...

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• Archmere Students Perform at the University of Delaware for the Chinese New Year
  News • 2/26/2015
  On Sunday, February 22nd, The Confucius Institute and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association invited the University of Delaware campus community and the public to a special celebration of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Goat, on UD’s Newark campus.  Eight students represented ...

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• Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn WordWright Honors
  News • 1/30/2015
  In this year's second meet of the WordWright Challenge, two teams of Archmere students won high honors.  Held in December, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 600 school teams from all across the ...

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• Christine Ford '16 Wins 2015 Congressional Art Award
  News • 1/29/2015
  Each spring, the Congressional Institute  sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district.  Archmere Junior  Christine Ford was selected to receive this year's Congressional Art Award ...

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• Claire Caverly '15 Division Winner in MTNA Senior Voice Competition
  News • 1/14/2015
  Archmere Senior and Mastersinger soprano Claire Caverly won the eastern division in the Music Teachers National Association Senior Voice Competition. The three-tiered competition starts at the state level and moves to the division competition. Division winners proceed onto the National Competition F ...

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• Keelin Reilly '17 Wins The Lincoln Club of Delaware's Essay Contest
  News • 1/5/2015
  Archmere sophomore Keelin Reilly won the Lincoln Club of Delaware's 2014-2015 essay contest for Delaware high school students.  Students were asked to write an essay of no more than 1000 words on a quote from Abraham Lincoln: "The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter ...

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• Young Alumni College Panel & Open House
  News • 12/16/2014
  We were very excited to welcome back to Archmere, our alums from the the Classes of '14, '13, '12, and '11 on December 16th to speak to current Juniors and Seniors regarding their college transition and application process. Six recent graduates participated in an interactive panel in the Student Lif ...

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• Alumni Mastersingers Concert
  News • 12/15/2014
  On Sunday December 14th, alumni from the award-winning Mastersingers group performed a selection of Christmas Carols as part of the "Helen Springer Raskob Green Concert Series." This was the second annual performance of an Alumni Mastersingers chorus. Approximately thirty alums ranging from Class Ye ...

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• Christmas at Archmere 2014
  News • 12/15/2014
  On Friday December 12th, we celebrated the holiday season on campus with our annual "Christmas at Archmere" celebration. This is the third year that the Archmere community has gathered together in the spirit of the holiday season. Over 120 alumni families, current and past parents, faculty and stude ...

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• Auk Talks- November 4, 2014
  News • 12/3/2014
  The third series of the “Auk Talks” program was held on Tuesday November 4th in The Patio. The featured speaker was Dr. Carolyn Woo, President &; CEO of Catholic Relief Services. Dr. Woo described how Catholic Relief Services responds to the call of the Gospel to serve the poorest and mo ...

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• Freedom Walk Dedication Ceremony- November 11, 2014
  News • 12/3/2014
  On November 11th, the Archmere community celebrated Veteran's Day by unveiling the Freedom Walk, which is comprised of commemorative bricks honoring alumni who have served or are serving in the branches of the United States Armed Forces. Additional bricks will be added to the Walk on an ongoing basi ...

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• Archmere Faculty Member to be Featured in Art Shows
  News • 12/1/2014
  The artwork of Mr. Terry Newitt, Archmere art teacher, will be featured in two Christmas group shows that open this week. The Chadds Ford Gallery's annual "Christmas in Miniature" show opens Wednesday, December 3. Click here for information about that show.  The second show, held at the Hardcas ...

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• John Mascioli '13 Named to A-10 Academic All-Conference
  News • 11/20/2014
  Archmere graduate and Saint Joseph's University sophomore John Mascioli has been selected to the 2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team, the league announced on Wednesday afternoon. John is one of six student-athletes on the squad and the only sophomore in a group of one junior and f ...

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• Archmere Athletes Named to All-Conference
  News • 11/18/2014
  The fall sports season has now come to a close, but not without much to celebrate. The following Auks were named to the All Diamond State Conference Teams: For field hockey, Leah DaCosta '17 was named to first team, and Sarah Bunting '16, Lorin Donovan '17 and Katie Dempsey '15 were named to second ...

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• Archmere Fall Play "Teach Me How to Cry" Receives Acclaim
  News • 11/17/2014
  "'Teach Me How to Cry' is intelligent and intricate," writes a Cappies team reviewer for Philly.com. "Teen romance is often portrayed as an illogical, hormone-filled romp through adolescence. However, Archmere Academy’s production of Teach Me How to Cry depicted all of its characters, tee ...

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• AP French Students Spend Immersion Day in Philadelphia
  News • 11/14/2014
  The AP French students furthered their study of the "l'esthétique" course theme by participating in a French immersion day in Philadelphia on November 12th. Students interacted with Francophone speakers from around the globe at Sofitel Philadelphia, and tasted a variety of French delicacies at ...

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• Archmere Freshman Sings National Anthem, Honors Veterans
  News • 11/12/2014
  Archmere Freshman Danielle Cuoco was invited by 4 The Fallen and David Miller Baseball to perform The National Anthem at their first annual benefit Softball Benefit Tournament and Flag Ceremony honoring U.S. Air Force (Ret) Staff Sgt Nick Bradley. While on a Protective Services Mission in Afghanista ...

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• Archmere Runner Named State Champion, Teams Fare Well in Tournament
  News • 11/12/2014
  The cross country team competed in the DIAA State Championship Meet on Saturday, November 8. The girls' team placed 4th in Division II and the boys finished third. Archmere senior Colleen Carney was named a State Champion after winning the Division II race. Colleen is the first girl to this for the ...

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• Jeff Flynn '86 Named Wilmington Economic Development Chief
  News • 11/7/2014
  Wilmington Mayor Dennis P. Williams announced Jeff Flynn as the city's new economic development director Tuesday. Among other duties, the city's economic development director is tasked with mapping out the plan that will bring jobs and growth to the city. "I've been working here in the office of eco ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Advances in State Tournament
  News • 11/6/2014
  Following a 3-0 victory over Caravel, the Archmere AUKS volleyball team Archmere 3, Caravel 0, is headed to the semi-finals of the DIAA State Tournament tonight, November 7, with a game at St. Marks vs. Delaware Military Academy. Delaware Online covered the Auks' last victory and thier ris ...

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• 27th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing
  News • 10/27/2014
  The 27th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing was held on Monday October 20th, 2014 at the beautiful DuPont Country Club in Wilmington. This year's outing sold out over a month in advance with almost 150 golfers! The golfers enjoyed an ideal fall day on the greens, followed by a cocktail reception on ...

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• Senior Ellie McNamara Blogs About Service Experience in Jamaica
  News • 10/27/2014
  For the past two years, the Archmere Academy band has traveled to Jamaica with donated instruments in tow to help build the music program for local school children. Archmere senior Ellie McNamara was one of the students who participated in this service trip last year. Ellie and her fellow students, ...

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• Homecoming Reunions for Classes Ending in 4 and 9
  News • 10/23/2014
  On Saturday, October 11th, Archmere Academy celebrated Homecoming.  The day started off with Auk homecoming games (Football defeated Appoquinimink 20-16, Volleyball defeated St. Thomas More 3-0, Field Hockey tied St. Thomas More 1-1 and Boys' Soccer lost to St. Andrew’s School 1-2).  ...

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• Auks Football Wins Big Over Conrad
  News • 10/21/2014
  News Journal Reports: Archmere senior J.M. Nocket and sophomore Pat Udovich combined for five touchdowns in the first half as Archmere rolled a 42-0 victory at Conrad on Saturday. J.M. rushed 10 times for 75 yards and scored on runs of 16, 10 and 7 yards. Pat added seven carries for 62 yards and pun ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Earns Big Win Over Wilm. Friends
  News • 10/16/2014
  Archmere junior Sami Mengers had 11 kills and 17 digs to lead Archmere Academy to a 3-1 win over Wilmington Friends School in non-conference volleyball action Tuesday afternoon. It was the first of seven matches the Auks will play over the final 14 days of the regular season, and they picked up a ke ...

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• Colleen Carney '14 finished 2nd at Sallies Invitational
  News • 10/6/2014
  Cross country runner Colleen Carney '14 completed the Salesianum Invitational at Brandywine Creek State Park on Saturday, October 4, 2014. She earned the sixth fastet  time on the course since its 2009 redesign (19:35). The NewsJournal Reports: After thriving at Delaware’s most challengin ...

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• Mastersingers Invited to Perform at Carnegie Hall
  News • 10/6/2014
  The award-winning Archmere Academy Mastersingers, under the director of Mr. David Ifkovits, have been chosen to return to Carnegie Hall in New York to be the featured high school choir at the National Youth Choir Festival on Sunday, March 15, 2015. The Mastersingers will be performing a solo concert ...

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• AP Art Alumni Publish Children's Activity Book
  News • 10/6/2014
  A 20-page children's activity book is hot off the presses from the Wilmington Railroad Station this month, created by Mr. Terry Newitt, Pat Bastian '12, Mary Henjes '12, Elizabeth Barr '12 and Orcel Kounga '12. The team of artists created the book two years ago in Mr. Newitt's AP Art class  ...

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• #2 Archmere Volleyball Sweeps A.I.
  News • 10/2/2014
  The No. 2-ranked Auks defeated A.I. duPont Wednesday, October 1, 3-0, halting the Tigers' winning streak at five. "We've just been working hard every single day in the gym on the little things," said senior captain Regan Bice, who led the Auks with five blocks and also recorded eight kills ...

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• Archmere Students Perform at Chinese Culture Fair
  News • 10/2/2014
  Students enrolled in the Chinese language program at Archmere participated in a Chinese Culture Fair at the University of Delaware hosted by the Confucius Institute on Friday, September 26. Ryan Lairdieson '17, Catherine Falkenstein '17, Daniel Bannon '15, Charlie Liston '17, Anna Martino '18, Rache ...

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• Delaware Today Spotlights Artist Monique Rollins '98
  News • 9/12/2014
  Delaware Today calls Monique Rollins '98 an "A name to remember" in the magazine's August issue.  "Considered one of the most exciting artists to watch by no less than former Delaware Art Museum director Danielle Rice, Rollins moves ever forward. From lessons taken as a grade schooler to formal ...

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• Q&A with Successful Food Blogger and NYU senior Skyler Bouchard'11
  News • 9/5/2014
  On August 28, 2014, Town Square Delaware featured a Q&;A with Archmere graduate and NYU senior Skyler Bouchard '11, successful food blogger in NYC. Well-known in the New York food world, Sklyer is the editor in chief and founder of the online food magazine NYU Spoon, where she manages a staff of wri ...

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• Keelin Reilly '17 to peform at Walnut Street Theatre
  News • 9/3/2014
  Sophomore Keelin Reilly will be performing on Walnut Street Theatre’s historic Mainstage in the Walnut Street Theatre for Kids production of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr. this September. Active in the performing arts at Archmere, Keelin attended Camp Walnut this past summer. He will b ...

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• Alex Weir ’17 Places in World Championship All-Ireland Music Competition
  News • 8/28/2014
  Archmere sophomore Alexander Weir competed at the 2014 Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann (The Music Festival of Ireland) in Sligo Town, Ireland, during the week of August 11 – 17. The largest single festival of Irish Music in the world, the Fleadh can reach attendances of 400,000 over the course of ni ...

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• Students Inducted into National Science Honor Society: 2014
  News • 8/22/2014
  Archmere Academy recognizes excellence in academics, service and leadership through membership into the National Honor Society. The Archmere Academy chapter of NHS recognizes both juniors and seniors that have excelled in all of these areas.  Congratulations are due to the following new members ...

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• Artwork by John Vaile '16 on display in D.C.
  News • 8/22/2014
  Junior John Vaile’s sculpture, The Animal Within , for which he received the 2014 distinguished national American Visions Award , will be on display at The U.S. Department of Education as part of ART.WRITE.NOW.DC. This year, 56 works of art and The Best Teen Writing of 2014 will be displayed i ...

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• Students Inducted into National Honor Society
  News • 8/19/2014
  Archmere Academy recognizes excellence in academics, service and leadership through membership into the National Honor Society. The Archmere Academy chapter of NHS recognizes both juniors and seniors that have excelled in all of these areas. Congratulations are due to the following new members of th ...

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• Archmere Takes Home School Record Nine Gavels In 2014 Delaware Mock Trial Competition
  News • 7/9/2014
  Twenty-three Auks competed in this year’s Delaware Mock Trial Competition as attorneys and witnesses, earning recognition for their case preparation and delivery.  The A-Team earned third place overall in the statewide competition, while the B-Team ranked fifteenth. Archmere students won ...

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• Archmere Finishes In Top Ten At T.E.A.M.S. National Finals
  News • 7/9/2014
  Two teams of Archmere students attended the 2014 National Finals for the Test of Engineering Aptitude in Math and Science, in Washington D.C., held from June 27 to July 1. Congratulations to both teams for their superior performance!

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• Former Auks' Pitcher Sean Deely '14 Named Co-Player of the Year
  News • 7/8/2014
  Recent grad Sean Deely '14 was named Co-Player of the Year by the Delaware Baseball Coaches Association for his outstanding season for the Auks both on the mound and at the plate.

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• Archmere Rugby To Play St. Joe's Prep In Arena Football Showcase Match June 28
  News • 6/19/2014
  Archmere Rugby will compete against St. Joe's Prep on June 28 at the UPenn Class of '23 Arena. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. Come out and cheer on the Auks!

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• Recent Grads Jack Malloy '14, Conor Furey '14 Participate in DFRC Hand-In-Hand Program
  News • 6/16/2014
  Former Archmere varsity football players Jack Malloy '14 and Conor Furey '14 have befriended Springer Middle School 8th grader as part of the DFRC's Hand-In Hand program leading up to this weekend's Blue Gold Football Game.

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• Congratulations to the Class of 2014!
  News • 6/10/2014
  Best wishes to the graduating seniors of the Class of 2014 as they prepare over this summer to embark on the next chapter of their lives! Watch full videos of the Class of 2014 Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Exercises!

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• Six Archmere Girls' Lacrosse Players Awarded All American, All Academic, All State Accolades
  News • 6/6/2014
  Congratulations to the Lady Auks on another exciting season! The following girls have received recognition from the Delaware Lacrosse Foundation for their play this year:

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• Purple Heart Recipient Nick Romano '63 Addresses Memorial Day Crowd
  News • 6/2/2014
  Archmere alum and Vietnam Veteran Nick Romano '63 spoke to residents of Bonita Springs, Florida about what it means to him to be a veteran and to have served his country, as the Keynote Speaker of a special Memorial Day ceremony held at Riverside Park on Monday, May 26.

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• Auk Talks- May 20, 2014
  News • 5/28/2014
  The second series of the “Auk Talks” program was held on Tuesday May 20th in The Patio. Speakers included Erin Arvedlund ’88, Author &; Financial Reporter, and Patrick Dentinger, President &; CEO of Absorption Systems and current Archmere parent. The series continued the "Thoughts ...

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• Freshman Conor McAvinue '17 Awarded Merit Scholarship from The Music School of Delaware
  News • 5/22/2014
  Violinist/violist Conor McAvinue '17 was named one of fifteen recipients of the 2014-2015 Merit Scholarship, awarded by The Music School of Delaware annually to outstanding student musicians who auditioned before the school's judges.

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• David Zakielarz '89
  News • 5/21/2014
  A graduate of George Mason University, Dave currently serves as Vice President with the Northern Trust Company in Delaware. Dave is running for re-election to the alumni Council. Last year, Dave spearheaded the sold-out 26th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing. Last year was a record-breaking event w ...

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• No. 2 Lady Auks Lax Moves On To Semifinals
  News • 5/19/2014
  Freshman Julia Collins '17 lifted the Lady Auks to victory with a late game winning goal with less than two minutes to play, defeating No. 7 Tower Hill 13-12 in Saturday's quarterfinal match.

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• Archmere Alum, Former Varsity Lax Captain Zach Revak '12 Named To Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll
  News • 5/15/2014
  Archmere 2012 grad and former captain of the Auks' Varsity lacrosse squad, Zach Revak was  one of eight players  on Washington College's men's lacrosse team to be named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for spring sports. 

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• Archmere Junior Qualifies for 2014 "National Future Business Leaders of America" Competition
  News • 5/14/2014
  Junior Mark Melvin '15 has qualified to compete at the 2014 "National Future Business Leaders of America" (FBLA) Conference that will take place in Nashville, Tennessee this summer. He qualified after participating in the 63rd annual Pennsylvania FBLA State Leadership Conference in Hershey, Pennsylv ...

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• Junior Gillian Sweeny '15 Nets Her 50th
  News • 5/13/2014
  Forward Gillian Sweeny '15 scored her 50th career goal for the Lady Auks, as the Girls' Varsity soccer team put on an offensive clinic, defeating PolyTech High School 7-0 on Monday, April 28. The No. 2 ranked Lady Auks (13-0) have scored six or more goals in six matches this season. Sweeny has playe ...

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• Sean Deely '14 Lifts No. 5 Auks to Victory With Two-Run Blast in the 6th
  News • 5/5/2014
  Archmere senior and starting pitcher Sean Deely came through both on the mound and in the batter's box as the fifth-ranked Auks defeated Hodgson, 3-2 on Saturday. Deely pitched a complete game, demonstrating pinpoint command through all seven frames as he held the Silver Eagles to just two runs on s ...

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• Archmere Junior Receives National Catholic Youth Ministry Award
  News • 5/2/2014
  Jack Dianastasis '15 will be receiving a national award from Catholic Youth Ministry called the St. Timothy National Award, at their annual dinner at Dover Downs this month. Jack was nominated for the award through his efforts as a CCD teaching assistant of the 8th-grade class at St. Joseph’s ...

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• Archmere Juniors Win Entrepreneurial Challenge
  News • 5/1/2014
  The entrepreneurial team of Archmere juniors Devon O'Dwyer, Payas Parab, and Raylin Xu took home the first place prize in the Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs. The team's online tutoring proposal earned first prize recognition and a $7,500 check. Archmere will also receive $1,000 chec ...

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• Alexander Weir '17 Headed to Ireland for Music Competition
  News • 4/29/2014
  This April, Archmere Academy freshman Alexander Weir competed in the Mid-Atlantíc Fleadh Cheoil and brought home three first place awards, qualifying him to compete in Ireland in August. The Fleadh Cheoil is a festival of Irish traditional music, dance, song and language, and at its heart is th ...

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• Junior Career Day
  News • 4/22/2014
  This year's Junior Career Day saw our largest number of alumni speakers to date - 19 of our 21 speakers!  The speakers came to campus to talk to students about their select professions and unique career paths.  This year's keynote speaker was New York Times Best Selling Author and Assistan ...

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• Archmere TEAMS Finish on Top and Qualify for National Competition
  News • 4/15/2014
  This year, the Archmere Academy "A team" in the 11th and 12th grade division finished first in the state in TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) competition. The 11th and 12th grade "B team" finished second in the state. The Archmere Academy 9th and 10th grade TEAMS team a ...

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• Spring Sports Highlights in the News: Girls' Soccer, Boys' Baseball
  News • 4/11/2014
  This past week, the Girls' Soccer team made News Journal headlines with their 1-0 victory over Wilmington Friends on Tuesday. From the News Journal: " Archmere's defense – led by Sullivan Boulden, Laura Jogani, Allison Sullivan and Leah DaCosta – kept the Quakers from getting a shot. Whe ...

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• Archmere Lacrosse Teams Make Headlines
  News • 4/3/2014
  The Archmere boys' and girls' varsity lacrosse teams have had successful runs so far, with both teams undefeated for the season after exciting games this week. The girls' team defeated Sussex Teach 13-12 in overtime in the game on Tuesday, with senior Amanda Olsen scoring the winning goal with just ...

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• Archmere Juniors Named Finalists in Entrepreneur Competition
  News • 3/31/2014
  Archmere juniors Devon O'Dwyer, Payas Parab, and Raylin Xu competed in the preliminary round of the Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs at Delaware Technical Community College on March 31, 2014. They placed second in their division and were named finalists in the competition, set to pres ...

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• 2014 Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Banquet
  News • 3/20/2014
  The 2014 Archmere Alumni Sports Banquet and Hall of Fame was held on Friday, March 14th in The Patio. Six individuals who have made incredible impact on Archmere's sports' history were inducted to the Hall of Fame: Joseph LoBiondo '63, Lawrence DiSabatino '73, Richard P. Sheets '84, Michael T. Lesut ...

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• 25th Annual Memorial Mass
  News • 3/20/2014
  The Archmere community gathered to celebrate the 25th Annual Memorial Mass in The Patio on March 9, 2014. This annual tradition is held in honor of all alumni, facutly and staff of Archmere who have died. Over 150 people attended the Mass, which was celebrated by Rev. Joseph McLaughlin, O.Praem. Mem ...

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• Alumni in Florida Reception
  News • 3/19/2014
  On Tuesday February 25th, 35 members of the Archmere community gathered in Naples, Florida for an "Archmere in Florida" reception hosted by  Dr. Cliff Anzilotti '59 and Mike Boyd '59. The evening reception was held at the home of Mike and Ruth Boyd. Attendees included alumni, parents of alumni, ...

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• Two Seniors Named Finalists in DE Valley Science Council Exam
  News • 3/14/2014
  Each year, four students from Archmere participate in the Delaware Valley Science Council exam in November.  This year, we have had our first finalists in the program from Archmere.  Both Justine Zhang '14 and Brian Zhang '14 were selected as finalists in the program. Since that time, they ...

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• Archmere Students Raise Money for Charity on the Courts
  News • 3/11/2014
  This semester, Archmere students raised over $17,000 for local charities just by having fun on the court! On Saturday, February 22, the students hosted a Blue/Gold Charity Basketball Game for the DFRC and on Saturday, March 8, they organized a volleyball tournament for the B+ Foundation.

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• Archmere Teams Earn Top Spots at Science Olympiad
  News • 3/7/2014
  Sixty teams competed at the state science olympiad this year.  The two teams from Archmere finished third and sixth out of the 60 teams. Many Archmere students earned medals in many different events.  The following medals were won at the competition by Archmere students:  5th place in ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Recognition in Delaware State Mock Trial Competition
  News • 3/7/2014
  Twenty-three Archmere students recently competed in the 2014 Delaware State Mock Trial Competition, earning recognition for their presentations as attorneys and witnesses. Archmere sent two teams to the competition, with the A-Team earning 3rd place overall and the B-Team receiving 15th place. Speci ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Awards at New Castle Science Fair
  News • 3/6/2014
  Sixteen students from Archmere presented research experiments at the New Castle County Science Fair at Del Tech. Five students earned awards during the science fair.  Jessica Zbranak '16 and Joseph Spall '16 earned awards that were sponsored by outside organizations. Joe has been invited to pre ...

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• Girls' Basketball Headed to Quarter-Finals
  News • 2/28/2014
  The Girls' Varsity Basketball team had a big win last night in their second round playoff game against Smyrna and will move on to the quarter finals at the Bob Carpenter Center tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. News Journal Reports: Katelyn Payne scored 17 points and Amanda Olsen added 15 as Archmere absorbed a ...

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• Archmere's Olsen '14 Named WDEL HS Athlete of the Week
  News • 2/27/2014
  Archmere Academy multi-sport athlete Amanda Olsen is this week's M&;T Bank / WDEL High School Athlete of the Week. Olsen stars on the Auks' volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse teams, and says while she respects athletes who focus on one sport, that's not her style. "I love playing three sports beca ...

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• Basketball Tournament Update: Both Teams Head to Round 2
  News • 2/26/2014
  Tuesday night, the Archmere girls' Basketball team defeated St. Andrews 52-36 in round 1 of the State Tournament. Their next game will be at Smyrna HS, Thursday night at 7. For highlights from the game, click here . Wednesday night, boys' Basketball team defeated Tower Hill in overtime, 54-53, in ro ...

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• Archmere Students Win Top Art Portfolio Scholarship Awards
  News • 2/26/2014
  Four of the five top portfolio scholarship awards from the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts were earned by Archmere student artists this spring. This is a statewide competition. The students will be honored in ceremony on March 8 at the Hagley Museum. Kelcey Hutchinson '14 earned first place ...

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• Winter Musical Opens Tomorrow Night!
  News • 2/26/2014
  Over 50 students are involved in this year's winter musical,  Anything Goes , a frenetic story of romance set aboard a luxury ocean-liner. The show opens tomorrow night, Thursday, February 27, at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center and runs through Saturday night. Tickets are $5 for students a ...

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• Archmere Basketball Teams Head to State Tournament
  News • 2/25/2014
  Both the Archmere Boys' and Girls' Varsity Basketball teams are headed to the DIAA State Tournament this week. The Varsity Girls' Basketball team takes on Saint Andrew's TONIGHT, February 25, at 7:00 p.m. in Moglia Fieldhouse in the first round of the DIAA State Tournament. If they win, their second ...

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• Crossroads: Disaster inspires Archmere students to develop phone app
  News • 2/6/2014
  News Journal Reports: "It was the sad fact that some 1,800 victims of the November 2013 typhoon reportedly still were missing in the Philippines that led five computer science students at Archmere Academy to design a cellphone app that can help locate loved ones missing following a natural disaster. ...

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• Archmere Senior Named Finalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Program
  News • 2/6/2014
  Senior N'dea Yancey-Bragg has been recognized as a finalist in the National Achievement Scholarship® Program. As a finalist, N'Dea is one of 1,300 students selected from more than 160,000 Black Americans from across the country who entered the 2014 National Achievement® Program. She scored ...

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• Girls' Basketball Defeats #4 St. Elizabeth's in Overtime
  News • 2/5/2014
  The Varsity Girls Basketball team defeated St. Elizabeth's the 4th ranked team in the state in an exciting game that went into overtime last night (2/4). Archmere's Katelyn Payne scored 8 of her 17 points in overtime as the Auks rallied for a 45-42 victory at St. Elizabeth's. Check out a recap and v ...

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• News Journal Editorial Compares Raskob and Kennedy
  News • 2/3/2014
  In a January 24th article in the News Journal, contributor Michael Fleming compares John J. Raskob and Joseph P. Kennedy, in response to the release of the two figures' biographies this year. The biography of John J. Raskob, "Everybody Ought to Be Rich" by David Farber, details the life and influenc ...

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• Archmere Robotics Team Wins Second Place in State Championship
  News • 2/3/2014
  The Archmere Academy robotics team (Robauktics) came in second place of the Diamond State (Delaware) Championship Tournament. The tournament is a series of matches or games in which alliances compete. Archmere was one of the only Delaware teams in the top 2 alliances. After a rough series of matches ...

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• Archmere Boys' Basketball Defeat St. Mark's in Big Win
  News • 1/31/2014
  From Delaware Online: Eighth-ranked Archmere Academy used its perimeter quickness to deny the ball from getting into the hands of No. 6 St. Mark’s primary ball handlers.The ball denial prevented the Spartans from running the offense the way they wanted, which helped the Auks earn a 42-33 home ...

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• AUK Talks - January 16, 2014
  News • 1/23/2014
  On Thursday, January 16th, Archmere Academy and the Archmere Academy Alumni Association launched the AUK Talk Speaker Series. Modeled after the innovative and popular "Ted Talks" this series is exclusive to members of the Archmere community and offers thought-provoking speakers and opportunities for ...

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• Archmere Musicians Named to Delaware Honors Orchestra
  News • 12/18/2013
  Rebecca McBride '16 Idana Tang '17 and Conor McAvinue '17 auditioned and were selected for the Delaware Honors Orchestra. Rebecca McBride '16 and Conor McAvinue '17 were selected for the first violin section. Conor was also named Principal Violinist for the orchestra.  The orchestra, ...

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• Alumni Mastersingers Concert
  News • 12/17/2013
  On Sunday December 15th, alumni from the award-winning Mastersingers group performed a selection of Christmas Carols as part of the "Helen Springer Raskob Green Concert Series." This was the first ever performance of an Alumni Mastersingers chorus. Approximately thirty alums ranging from Class Years ...

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• Young Alumni College Panel & Open House
  News • 12/16/2013
  We were excited to welcome back to Archmere our alums from the Classes of '13, '12. '11, &; '10 on December 17th for the Young Alumni College Panel and Open House. The alums were invited to speak to our current Juniors and Seniors regarding the college process and their individual college experience ...

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• "Christmas at Archmere 2013"
  News • 12/15/2013
  On Friday December 13th, we celebrated the holiday season on campus with our annual " Christmas at Archmere" celebration. This is the second year that the Archmere community has gathered together in the spirit of the holiday season. Over 120 alumni families, current and past parents, faculty and stu ...

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• Archmere Students Qualify as DE Valley Science Council Exam Finalists
  News • 12/13/2013
  Every year, four students represent Archmere at a very competitive DE Valley Science Council exam.  Each student selects two exams to take in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math.  This year, Ben Creekmore, Jonathan Lobo, Brian Zhang, and Justine Zhang represented Archmere in this program. ...

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• Madeline Buckley '11 Scored Opening Goal in NCAA DIII Women's Soccer Championship
  News • 12/11/2013
  The William Smith Herons captured the NCAA Division III women's soccer championship with a 2-0 victory against the hometown Trinity (Texas) Tigers Saturday in front of more than 1,000 fans at Toyota Field. Herons junior forward Madeline Buckley opened the scoring in the game, with a goal in the 11th ...

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• Archmere Senior and Crew Athlete Claire Orzel Commits to BC
  News • 12/3/2013
  On Thursday, November 14, Archmere Academy senior and Independence School alumna Claire Orzel of Newark, DE, signed her letter of intent to join the Boston College rowing team.

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• AUK Pitcher Sean Deely '14 Commits to University of Delaware
  News • 12/3/2013
  On Thursday, November 14, Archmere Academy senior and IHM alumnus Sean Deely of Wilmington, DE, singed his letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Delaware.

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• Madeline Buckley '11 Leads Herons to NCAA Division III championship
  News • 11/26/2013
  (Nov. 23, 2013): William Smith scored in the 36th minute to defeat TCNJ 1-0 in an NCAA Division III championship sectional semifinal match on Saturday. Junior Madeline Buckley scored the lone goal for the Herons. William Smith will advance to a sectional final where it will take on the winner of the ...

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• Armed Forces Tribute Dedication
  News • 11/20/2013
  On Saturday November 9th, the Archmere Community celebrated "Senior Day" and the dedication of the Armed Forces Tribute during the AUKS last home football game of the season. Prior to the start of the football game, the Senior football payers and cheerleaders took the field accompanied by their pare ...

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• Mary Tobin '13 Named Elite 8 Conference Rookie of the Year for Volleyball
  News • 11/14/2013
  Mary Tobin '13, freshman volleyball player at Stevens Institute of Technology was named Rookie of the Year for the Empire 8 conference and made first conference all team. In her first season as a Duck, Mary had 306 kills in 100 sets played with a .334 hitting percentage per game, while picking 325 d ...

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• Aaron DaCosta '13 Named to NE-10 All-Conference and All-Rookie teams
  News • 11/11/2013
  Saint Michael's College men's soccer first-year Aaron DaCosta, a 2013 graduate of Archmere, secured a pair of postseason honors on Friday, including becoming just the second first-year in program history to earn a Northeast-10 Conference All-Conference laurel. DaCosta landed on the second team and a ...

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• Archmere Senior Shing Shing Cao Excels in Leadership Program
  News • 11/6/2013
  Shing Shing Cao '14 has a tremendous list of accomplishments, programs and initiatives that she has been involved in during her Archmere career, including the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership program. Shing Shing was selected as School Ambassador to the State seminar for the 2011-2012 year and wa ...

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• Alumnus and Current Parent Craig Marvel ’85 Honors Late Wife with Charity
  News • 10/31/2013
  In 1999, Craig Marvel '85 lost his wife suddenly at the age of 37. In her honor he started Judi Marvel Charities (JMC), and has kept the organization going strong for almost 15 years. Many of his classmates and fellow alumni have served on the organization’s board and supported its mission sin ...

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• 26th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing
  News • 10/29/2013
  The 26th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing was held on Monday October 14th, 2013 at the beautiful DuPont Country Club in Wilmington. This year's outing sold out a month in advance with a record number of 146 golfers! The golfers enjoyed an ideal fall day on the greens. A cocktail reception was held ...

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• Homecoming Reunions for Classes Ending in 3 and 8
  News • 10/29/2013
  On Saturday, October 19th, Archmere Academy celebrated Homecoming. The Auk teams were triumphant in their homecoming games (AUK Football defeated Conrad 5 4-2, Volleyball defeated Conrad 3-0, Field Hockey tied Conrad 1-1 and Boys' Soccer defeated Conrad 3-0)! After a beautiful afterno ...

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• Former Auks Earns Shine on Collegiate Soccer Teams
  News • 10/25/2013
  A recent News Journal article highlighted the successful collegiate soccer careers of two Archmere alumni: Aaron DaCosta '13, freshman at St. Michael's College, and Ben Murray '13, freshman at Emory University. St. Michael’s College freshman Aaron DaCosta was recently named the Northeast-10 Co ...

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• AUK Field Hockey Player Caroline Rath'14 Named to Future Elite Academy
  News • 10/15/2013
  Archmere senior Caroline Rath was selected by USA Field Hockey to participate in the Futures Elite Academy based on her performance in a tryout program this past summer.   The Futures Elite Academy Program is the top level of the Olympic Development Pipeline, including Futures Elite and th ...

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• Archmere Defeats St. Elizabeth's in 'Serve for the Cure' Match
  News • 10/11/2013
  WDEL: "On a night dedicated to a cancer charity, Archmere volleyball defeated St. Elizabeth in straight sets during the 7th annual 'Serve for the Cure.' Both teams sported pink and black jerseys on a night where proceeds from auctions went to the Helen F. Graham Cancer and Research Institute. The sc ...

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• Aaron DaCosta '13 Shines on Saint Michael's College's Men's Soccer Team
  News • 10/11/2013
  WPTZ reports: The Saint Michael's College men's soccer team improved to 5-1 in Northeast-10 Conference play for the first time in program history on Tuesday, downing regionally-ranked Bentley University, 4-0, at Duffy Field. With their fifth straight win, the Purple Knights improve to 5-3 overall, w ...

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• Archmere Junior "Runs to Victory" at Sallies Invitational
  News • 10/7/2013
  The News Journal reports, "In her second year as a varsity runner, Colleen Carney has leaped into the top tier of Delaware runners.Taking instant command Saturday, the Archmere junior had the fastest time among the 38 schools the Salesianum Invitational, winning the small-schools section by 20 secon ...

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• Archmere Freshman Wins First in Fiddle Competition
  News • 9/30/2013
  Alexander Weir '17 won first place in the fiddle competition (14-18 year-old division) at the 2013 Celtic Classic in Bethlehem, PA.  Click here to watch a video of his performance. Contestants were judged on playing technique and style, choice of tunes and the level of difficulty, and the overa ...

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• Artwork by Kelcey Hutchinson'14 Featured in Delaware Art Museum
  News • 9/18/2013
  Archmere senior Kelcey Hutchinson ‘14 was selected to display her award-winning art piece “Train Station in Manayunk” at the Delaware Art Museum’s Outlooks Exhibit through October 13, 2013.   She is one of only 13 Delaware high school art students to be chosen for this h ...

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• Yahoo! Sports Reporter Ponders the Archmere AUK
  News • 7/22/2013
  This July, Yahoo! Sports ran an article called "The Auk flies alone among Delaware mascots," covering Archmere's recent victory in USA Today's unique high school mascot contest. "No, that’s not a penguin or a puffin (though a puffin is related), though you’re forgiven for the mistake. It ...

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• Archmere TEAMS Named Best in Nation
  News • 7/15/2013
  The National Technology Student Association's Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) program held its inaugural national competition during a conference in Orlando, Florida this past summer. Over 5,500 students and educators attended the 2013 conference from  June 28 to ...

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• AUKS Take Over PPL Park
  News • 6/6/2013
  On May 18th, the AUKS took over PPL Park in Chester, PA. The Archmere Alumni Association and Men’s Varsity Soccer Team hosted an event at the Philadelphia Union game vs. the Chicago Fire.    Prior to the game, the Men’s Soccer team hosted an Archmere tailgate where close to 50 ...

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• AUK Sports Teams Head to Playoffs
  News • 5/21/2013
  It's a big week for Archmere sports! The golf team begins state tournament play at 10:30 am at the DuPont CC. The baseball team takes on the Spartans of St. Marks at home this afternoon in the DIAA playoffs, while the girls' lacrosse team faces Tower Hill in the DIAA playoffs at 5:00. On Wednesday o ...

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• Vice President Biden Makes Surprise Visit - 5/17/13
  News • 5/17/2013
  Vice President Joseph Biden, an alumnus from the class of 1961, made a surprise visit to Archmere Academy this afternoon. The Vice President stopped to talk to students and teachers in The Patio, the original classroom building and historic mansion on Archmere's campus, and to share stories from his ...

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• The Dialog Reports: Teaching Others, Learning about Herself: Youngsters at Community Center have Benefited from Archmere Senior’s Dedication
  News • 5/13/2013
  The Dialog featured Archmere senior Kayla Varela and her commitment to community service over the past four years, highlighting her work at the New Knollwood Community Center, located in the neighborhood just north of Archmere. Through her service work, Kayla says "“I learned a lot about mysel ...

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• Archmere Students Honored for High Scores on German National Exams
  News • 5/8/2013
  Five Archmere students were honored on April 27 for their high scores in the German National Exams at the Cannstatter Volksfest Verein in center city Philadelphia. This is an annual awards ceremony held by the Philadelphia &; Delaware Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German. Repres ...

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• NYC Alumni Reception & Mastersingers Performance- April 14, 2013
  News • 4/25/2013
  More than 60 members of the Archmere community joined us for the NYC Reception celebrating the April 14th Mastersingers' performance at Carnegie Hall. Alumni, parents, and friends of Archmere attended the casual reception at Kennedy's in Manhattan that preceded the concert. The Mastersingers to ...

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• AUKS at the Ballpark - April 10, 2013
  News • 4/24/2013
  On Wednesday April 10th, 35 Archmere alums assembled to cheer on the Philadelphia Phillies as they triumphed over the New York Mets! The Auks took over the rooftop bleachers in Center Field for the game. Despite the rain delay, the crowd enjoyed the unseasonably warm weather at the game as ...

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• Davis Russell '13 Named Athlete of the Week
  News • 4/16/2013
  Senior AUK Lacrosse Goalie Davis Russell was named "Athlete of the Week" by the News Journal after he made six saves in an 18-2 win over Wilmington Christian on April 9, then had nine saves in a 16-4 win over Brandywine last Wednesday and 17 saves in a 13-8 victory at Worcester Prep (Md.) on Friday. ...

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• Archmere Junior Wins National Swimming Title
  News • 4/9/2013
  Ben Creekmore '14 represented the Brandywine YMCA at the YMCA National Swimming Championships from April 3-6, 2013, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC. Over 1,500 high school age swimmers from all over the United States and Canada participated in the competition. He placed 4th in the ...

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• Marc Albero: Class of 1991
  News • 4/8/2013
  A 1995 graduate of Penn State University, Marc holds a BS in Chemical Engineering as well as an MBA from Widener University. Marc currently works as Director of Product Line Management at FXI, Inc in Media, Pennsylvania.

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• Students Earn High Honors in WordWright Competition
  News • 4/3/2013
  Two Archmere students won high honors in this year's WordWright Challenge, a competition for American high school students requiring close reading and analysis of many different kinds of prose and poetry. In the year's third meet, junior Jonathon Lobo made only one mistake and placed among the 58 hi ...

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• David Zakielarz: Class of 1989
  News • 4/2/2013
  A 1984 graduate of George Mason University, Dave currently serves as Vice President with J.P.Morgan Private Bank in Newark.

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• Archmere Athletic Trainer Earns National Athletic Trainers Association Service Award
  News • 3/27/2013
  Archmere Athletic Trainer Jim Malseed will receive the National Athletic Trainers Association Service Award at the Annual Convention in June in Las Vegas. The Athletic Trainer Service award recognizes NATA members for their contributions to the athletic training profession as a volunteer at the loca ...

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• Alumni Memorial Mass - March 10, 2013
  News • 3/19/2013
  The Archmere community gathered to celebrate the 24th Annual Memorial Mass in The Patio on March 10, 2013. This annual tradition is held in honor of all alumni, facutly and staff of Archmere who have died. Over 115 people attended the Mass, which was celebrated by Rev. Joseph McLaughlin, O.Praem. Me ...

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• Archmere Junior Nominated for Leadership Forum
  News • 3/19/2013
  Anna L. D'Eramo '14 was nominated for and will be attending a National Youth Leadership Forum-Law in Washington, D.C. this July 16-21, 2013. The National Youth Leadership Forum on Law and Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) is a summer high school student program in Washington, D.C. that provides the na ...

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• Archmere AUK Named Most Unique HS Mascot in DE, Moves on to Regionals!
  News • 3/6/2013
  USA TODAY High School Sports crowned the Archmere Academy Auk the most unique HS mascot in Delaware and now the contest moves onto the regional round with 51 schools. Vote Now! http://contest.usatodayhss. com/mascot/regional-map About the contest: The USA TODAY HSS staff chose 255 of the nation's mo ...

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• Archmere Science Olympiad Teams place 2nd & 6th in State Competition
  News • 3/4/2013
  Archmere Academy sent two teams to the Delaware State Science Olympiad Competition on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Under the guidance of Mr. Glenn Hartman &; Mr. Dmitry Gusakov, Archmere teams medaled in 18 of the 24 possible events. 27 of the 29 students earned individual medals in at least one event, ...

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• Student Artists Win First Place Awards in State Competition
  News • 2/28/2013
  Kelcey Hutchinson '14 and Maya Donnelly '13 received first place awards in the annual state drawing competition sponsored by the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts. Their drawings will be published in the 2014 calendar distributed to all schools in Delaware. Taylor Tucker '16 and Anna South '14 ...

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• Cappies review: Archmere Academy updates ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown'
  News • 2/27/2013
  "What cute gang stole the stage last Saturday? Why, it was Charlie Brown and all his friends! Archmere Academy produced the zany musical comedy “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Based off of Charles M. Shultz classic comic strip Peanuts, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Br ...

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• Math Teams Head to States, Students Earn Impressive Individual Scores
  News • 2/11/2013
  The ninth grade Math team of Greg McCord, Caleb Beard, Rahul Subbaraya, Peter Sabini, &; Alec Giakas completed their wire-to-wire first place finish at the Feb. 5 Math meet. Greg finished first overall in the individual competition while Rahul finished third. State championship meet commences in Apr ...

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• Science Olympiad Team Earns 3rd Place in Invitational
  News • 2/11/2013
  Over the weekend Archmere's Science Olympiad team competed in a very competitive invitational event in northern PA. At the event, the first team finished in 3rd place. Individually, many students earned medals for finishing in the top 5 for any event. Archmere earned three first place wins: senior E ...

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• Ohio State Field Hockey Player Christina Shea '10 Contributes to a Great Season
  News • 2/11/2013
  Christina Shea '10 contributed to the Ohio State field hockey team's impressive 2012 season, which ended with a 10-9 record and a trip to the Big Ten Tournament. The Buckeyes played hard but lost in the opening round 1-0 to No. 3 seed Michigan. In her sophomore season (2011), Christina started all 2 ...

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• 2013 Sports Hall of Fame Banquet
  News • 2/5/2013
  The 2013 Archmere Alumni Sports Banquet and Hall of Fame was held on Friday, February 1 in The Patio. Five individuals who have made incredible impact on Archmere's sports' history were inducted: Coach Marcy Aitken, Allison DeMuzio Sheppard '91, Southard Jones '91, Kevin Lagasse '81, James Lanahan ' ...

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• Student Literary Magazine Receives Award
  News • 1/25/2013
  Archmere's literary magazine, Tapestry , has been selected to receive a rank of EXCELLENT in the 2012 NCTE Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines. A total of 417 schools entered the 2012 program. 

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• Archmere Students Selected for All-State Band
  News • 1/17/2013
  Every Archmere student who auditioned for All-State Band and Orchestra were chosen, including this year's two First Chairs, Justine Zhang '14 (Clarinet, First Chair, Senior Band) and Beth Burton '14 (Mallets, First Chair, Senior Band) Chloe Danyo (Clarinet), Jessica Zbranak (Clarinet) were named to ...

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• 2013 Mothers' Guild Garage Sale: 2 Drop Off Dates Remaining!
  News • 1/9/2013
  The Annual Mothers' Guild Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, March 23. Take this opportunity to declutter your attics, basements, and garages to benefit Archmere. The remaining drop-off dates are Sunday, January 13, 10 am to 1pm and Sunday, February 10, 10 am to 1 pm at the Maintenance building n ...

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• Kristin Weldon Perri '94 to Appear on the Food Network's "Sweet Genius"
  News • 1/8/2013
  Alumna Kristin Weldon Peri '94, owner of Divine Cakes in Glen Mills, PA, will appear on the Food Network’s “Sweet Genius" beginning January 17th 2013 10/9c pm. After graduating from Archmere Academy, she attended Widener Universit and earned a degree in Business Administration. She then ...

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• Archmere Junior Featured in Family Circle Magazine for Service
  News • 1/7/2013
  Matt McNeill, ‘14 was featured, with his entire family, in a story on community service and the literacy organization Success Won’t Wait in Family Circle magazine. Matt has been a literacy volunteer with Success Won’t Wait for 10 years and many of the projects he worked on are disc ...

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• Freshmen Hold a Food Drive for the Holidays
  News • 1/4/2013
  The freshmen religion classes held a food drive during the holiday season and sent non-perishable food items to the Emmanuel Dining Hall in Wilmington. The Emmanuel Dining Hall is also a shelter which can house up to 8 families at a time. It is staffed by the Franciscans and their volunteers an ...

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• Young Alumni College Panel & Open House
  News • 12/20/2012
  We were excited to welcome back to Archmere, our alums from the the Classes of '12, '11, '10 and '09 on December 17th to speak to current Juniors and Seniors regarding the  college process. Six graduates from the '12 and '11 classes participated in an interactive panel in the Student Life Cente ...

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• Freshmen Earn Class Competition Known as The "Scripture Cup"
  News • 12/19/2012
  Mr. Kropp's freshman classes compete in what he calls the "Scripture Cup." This semester's champions are a team known as the "Four Evangelists". The team members are the following freshman students who have won the Fall Semester 2012 Scripture Cup Championship: Katherine Flanagan, Kathryn Hogan, Rac ...

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• "Christmas at Archmere"
  News • 12/12/2012
  On Friday, December 7th, we celebrated the holiday season on campus with our first ever "Christmas at Archmere" celebration. Over 100 alumni families, current and past parents, faculty and students kicked off the festivities with a visit with Santa Claus in The Patio. The Archmere community joined t ...

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• 1971 Graduate Mark D'Onofrio Received Papal Honor
  News • 12/10/2012
  Mark D'Onofrio '71 was recently honored by Pope Benedict XVI in recognition of his outstanding service to the Church. The title of Knight of the Order of St. Gregory was conferred upon him by Bishop Joseph Gallante of Camden in a prayer service on November 4 at St. Agnes Church in Blackwood.

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• Students win High Honors in WordWright Competition
  News • 12/6/2012
  A team of students representing Archmere Academy recently won highest honors in this year's WordWright Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of many different kinds of prose and poetry. Participating with 582 school teams from across the coun ...

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• Student Artwork Juried into Professional Show
  News • 11/28/2012
  Jon Lobo and Kelcey Hutchinson, who are both juniors at Archmere, had their acrylic works juried into the Darley Winter Art Show, which runs from November 2 - December 28. Many of the region's finest artists working in a variety of mediums are displaying original artwork with the theme of "winter" f ...

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• Senior Lacrosse Player Charlotte Rath Signs with Lafayette
  News • 11/19/2012
  On Thursday, November 15, Archmere Academy senior Charlotte Rath of Greenville, DE, signed her national letter of intent to play varsity women’s lacrosse at Lafayette College next year. During her four years at Archmere, Charlotte has been a three-sport athlete, earning 10 varsity letters in v ...

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• Junior Ben Creekmore Named to USA Swimming Committee
  News • 11/14/2012
  Ben Creekmore '14 was named by the Athletes' Vice President of USA Swimming to the LSC Development Committee. Ben has also served as the 2012 Athlete Representative for YMCA.

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• Former Archmere Coach's 'Return to the Locker Room' Covered in USA Today
  News • 11/2/2012
  USA TODAY: "The Tuesday morning meeting has begun at Coastal Carolina, and Joe Moglia has a few points to make. This has always been his element, no matter whether he was selling bonds he didn't know much about, building one of the world's biggest online brokerage firms or now, at age 63, coaching a ...

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• Bryan Garrahan '12 Earns Lacrosse Honor, Scholarship
  News • 10/26/2012
  The Duke’s Lacrosse Club has announced that recent Archmere graduate Bryan Garrahan, a freshman lacrosse player at Saint Joseph's University, has been awarded $500 in scholarship money in the name of the late Ricky Whelan. Whelan, a popular Duke’s player who starred at Brown, passed away ...

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• Archmere Math Teacher Awarded Teaching Fellowship
  News • 10/18/2012
  Archmere's Mathematics teacher Mr. Ethan Levine is a Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellow, and award he recieved while at the University of Pennsylvania.

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• Homecoming Reunions 2's & 7's
  News • 10/18/2012
  On Saturday, October 6th, we celebrated Homecoming 2012 at Archmere. After a beautiful Saturday afternoon and several challenging sports' games, Archmere alumni from classes ending in 2's and 7's gathered in The Patio for their reunions. The evening began at 6:00 p.m. with mass in the Student Life C ...

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• All Alumni Social : Homecoming 2012
  News • 10/17/2012
  Alumni of all years were invited to celebrate Homecoming 2012 at the All Alumni Social following the home games. Over 100 alumni joined us on the Patio terrace as we revived a past Archmere tradition. Guests enjoyed classic dixieland music, refreshments and cocktails. The event was well received by ...

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• Golden Alumni Luncheon
  News • 10/16/2012
  The Golden Alumni Luncheon was celebrated on Friday October 5th in the Patio. More than 110 alumni and guests participated in this annual social event. Guests were entertained by a performance from the Archmere Academy Mastersingers to kick off the reunion celebration.  The luncheon also marked ...

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• 25th Annual Archmere Alumni Golf Outing
  News • 10/15/2012
  2012 marked the 25th Anniversary for the Archmere Alumni Golf Outing. In celebration of the 25th year, the Outing sold out early with our return to the beautiful DuPont Country Club in Wilmington. 144 golfers enjoyed an ideal fall day on the greens. A cocktail reception was held on the terrace of th ...

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• AUK Volleyball Setters Featured in News Journal Article
  News • 10/10/2012
  Archmere volleyball players Maddie Cowperthwaite and Sarah Donnelly were featured in an article in the News Journal titled "Set it or forget it," about the role of the setter on the volleyball court. A photo of Maddie setting a teammate during a match against Caesar Rodney is included. “You ha ...

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• Archmere/St. Elizabeth's Volleyball Fundraiser Featured in News Journal
  News • 10/10/2012
  "Pink is the way to go at Serve for the Cure" is the title of the article in the News Journal about the annual volleyball fundraiser co-hosted by Archmere Academy and St. Elizabeth's HS. This year's matchup was held at St. Elizabeth's on October 9. Varsity volleyball defeated St. Elizabeth's 3-0. Th ...

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• New Mastersingers Named
  News • 9/10/2012
  Congratulations to the new members of Archmere Academy's award-winning choir, The Mastersingers! Click "Read More" to see the full roster.

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• Archmere Junior Ben Creekmore Named to Scholastic All-American Swim Team
  News • 9/7/2012
  USA Swimming recently announced the 2011-2012 Scholastic All American Team. Archmere Junior Ben Creekmore made the team in four events -- 200 Free SCY, 200 Back SCY, 200 Fly SCY and 200 Free LCM.

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• Archmere Students Named to Honor Societies
  News • 9/4/2012
  Congratulations to juniors and seniors who were admitted as new members of the National Honor Society and to several seniors for being named to the Science National Honor Society.

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• Alumni "Get Involved" BBQ - July 18, 2012
  News • 8/23/2012
  More than 35 alumni joined us on July 18th for the first ever Alumni "Get Involved" BBQ held at the McLaughlin- Mullen Student Life Center on campus. Neither heat nor storms deterred these attendees from catching up with friends and learning of the various ways to get involved in the Alumni Associat ...

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• Archmere Students Named DYLN Scholars
  News • 5/30/2012
  Zixin "Shing-Shing" Cao '14 and Christopher Curcio '14 have both been selected as Delaware Youth Leadership Network Scholars for the organization's 2012-2013 founding program. The nominees interviewed this first year were outstanding and the selection process was very competitive. DYLN is ...

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• Archmere Senior Earns DIAA Senior Scholar Athlete Award
  News • 5/15/2012
  Elyse Andrews '12 was named the first place female winner of the DIAA 2012 Harry Roberts/Senior Scholar Athlete Award.

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• 2012-13 Student Council Officers Announced
  News • 5/7/2012
  The 2012-13 student council officers were announced after weeks of campaigning, speeches and videos. Kurt Hill'13 and Priya Bhaidaswala'13 were named president and vice president of the executive council.

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• Archmere Students Receive St. Francis de Sales Outstanding Catholic School Senior Awards
  News • 4/26/2012
  The Diocese of Wilmington honored ten seniors from each of the diocese's 8 catholic high schools with the Saint Francis de Sales Outstanding Catholic School Senior Award for excellence in faith development, service, scholarship, citizenship and leadership.   They were honored at a convocat ...

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• Junior Career Day - Apirl 20, 2012
  News • 4/25/2012
  The Archmere Academy Alumni Association, with the College Counseling Office and Office of Institutional Advancement presented the 2012 Junior Career Day on April 20. Each junior had the opportunity to attend five different career workshops throughout the day, which they registered for ahead of time. ...

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• Archmere Alumna Attends the White House Forum on Women and the Economy
  News • 4/18/2012
  Archmere Alumni Keely Bohner Barber '94 was invited to attend the White House Forum on Women and the Economy at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2012. Keely is a manger with Merck Animal Health based out of Baltimore, MD. ; To read an article on the forum, and ...

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• Alumnus Named Senior VP of Conestoga Bank
  News • 4/10/2012
  Conestoga Bank announced the appointment of Martin Bonnes '81 as senior vice president, commercial lending. Read the article here.

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• Archmere Students Win Honors at WordMasters Challenge
  News • 4/2/2012
  Several Archmere studnets recently won honors in this year's WordMasters Challenge, a competition for American high school students requiring close reading and analysis of many different kinds of prose and poetry. In the year's third meet, held in February, senior Caitlin Hedgepeth, who only made on ...

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• Archmere Alumnus Involved in Training Program at Olin College: Boston Globe Reports
  News • 3/30/2012
  Scott Thomson '08 is a senior at Olin College, working on a team for AGCO, an agricultural equipment manufacturer in Georgia. He is part of an unusual program at Olin that aims to provide them with real-world experience and support the innovations that drive the economy and keep local companies comp ...

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• Archmere Boys' Lacrosse, led by Bryan Garrahan '12, Defeat St. Mark's
  News • 3/30/2012
  "After winning their first two games by a combined 31 goals, the Archmere boys lacrosse team was expecting a closer game against St. Mark’s today," The News Journal reported on March 29, 2012. "It wasn’t much closer, as Bryan Garrahan, Ryan Beatson and Colin Duffy each scored three goals ...

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• German Field Trip to Delaware Sängerbund
  News • 3/30/2012
  Thirteen students participated in a field trip to the Delaware Sängerbund (German American Society) on Friday, March 23. The students participated in several workshops and were involved in a variety of activities. In one workshop students learned how German immigrants lived and worked at the en ...

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• Archmere Mastersingers Sweep Festival of Disney Competition
  News • 3/26/2012
  Archmere's Mastersingers swept the Festival of Disney competition, receiving perfect scores from all judges in all categories which merited a superior rating for the group. The group won the best in class gold award for the high school mixed choir division and the best overall choral group of the co ...

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• AP Student Artists Work on Book Project for Architect: News Journal Reports
  News • 3/15/2012
  THE NEWS JOURNAL March 15, 2012: Drawing on history, focusing on future: Book project on architect proves to be good training ground for students "The four Archmere senior Advanced Placement art students sat dutifully across from Jim Tevebaugh and had a good idea what was coming. Tevebaugh, a Wilmin ...

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• Alumni Memorial Mass - March 11, 2012
  News • 3/13/2012
  The Archmere community gathered to celebrate the 23rd Annual Memorial Mass in The Patio on March 11, 2012. This wonderful event os held in honor of all those alumni, facutly and staff who have died. Over 110 people attended the Mass, which was celebrated by Rev. Joseph McLaughlin, O.Praem. Members o ...

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• Mastersingers Head to Disney National Invitational Choral Competition
  News • 3/6/2012
  The Mastersingers will be traveling to compete in the Festival Disney National Invitational Choral Competition being held in Walt Disney World in Orlando. The students will be leaving Wednesday, March 21 at the end of 5th period and will be returning in the evening of Sunday, March 25. The Mastersin ...

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• Garage Sale Volunteer Meal: Items needed
  News • 3/6/2012
  The Archmere Mothers' Guild garage sale is March 23. One of the really nice Garage Sale traditions involves sharing a meal with fellow volunteers as they prepare for the sale. During the week, and as we set up, we serve lunch and dinner, and give the workers a chance to take a break and share great ...

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• Katie Christenbury '13 Earns 2nd in Women's HS NATS Competition
  News • 3/5/2012
  Katie Christenbury '13 attended the 2012 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Eastern Regional competition at West Chester University on March 2-4. The Eastern Region includes Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Quebec. The competition includes high school, ...

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• "Former Raskob home at Archmere a historic jewel" - News Journal
  News • 2/21/2012
  The News Journal featured a special article on The Patio this month titled "Former Raskob home at Archmere a historic jewel." The article talks about the rich history and beatiful architecture of the building, and also about the budding relationship between Friends of The Patio and Preservation Dela ...

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• Patrick Reilly '13 Named Finalist in JFK Profiles in Courage Essay Contest
  News • 2/15/2012
  Junior Patrick Reilly's essay chronicling former Governor Russell Peterson's fight to pass the 1971 Coastal Zone Act, a landmark piece of conservation legislation that saved Delaware from industrial blight, earned him a spot among the top ten finalists in the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Essa ...

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• Swimmer Ben Creekmore '14 Named To Championship Meet Committee
  News • 2/9/2012
  Sophomore Benjamin Creekmore was named the athlete member of the Championship Meet Committee, appointed by the YMCA Swimming and Diving Advisory committee. The inclusion of an athlete representative on this committee brings the perspective of athletes to the issues processed by the committee.

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• Marc Ross '91 earns Super Bowl Ring as Giants' Director of College Scouting
  News • 2/6/2012
  Marc Ross '91 earned his 2nd Super Bowl ring as Director of College Scouting for the New York Giants when the Giants defeated the Patriots 21-17 in the Superbowl XLVI on Sunday, February 5, 2012.

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• Archmere Students Earn Highest Honors in WordMasters competition
  News • 2/6/2012
  Participating with 548 school teams from across the country, Archmere's 12th graders tied for tenth place in the nation in the year's second WordMasters meet, held in December 2011. The team is supervised by Mr. Klinge.

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• 2012 Alumni Sports Banquet & Hall of Fame
  News • 2/6/2012
  The 2012 Archmere Alumni Sports Banquet and Hall of Fame was held on Friday, February 3 in The Patio. Five individuals who have made incredible impact on Archmere's sports' history were inducted: George Fantini '52, Tom Lewis '62, Irene Suchta Masterson '82, Nick Trainer '83 and Jim Malseed. Introdu ...

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• Archmere Academic Bowl Team Wins Championship
  News • 2/3/2012
  The Archmere Academy Academic Bowl team is the Diocesan Academic Bowl Champion again this year.

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• Seniors Named 2012 Presidential Scholars Program Candidates
  News • 2/1/2012
  Kerith Wang '12 and Elizabeth Barr '12 were named candidates in the 2012 Presidential Scholars Program.

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• Ali Hazel '12 - Delaware’s Representative in UVA Scholarship Competition
  News • 2/1/2012
  Archmere senior Ali Hazel has been selected for the Jefferson Scholars Program at the University of Virginia.

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• Archmere Track Team Shined in Final Meet
  News • 1/30/2012
  On January 29, the track team competed in their final meet of the season at the University of Delaware with several outstanding performances.

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• Archmere Alumni and Best Friends Start Fashion Site
  News • 1/30/2012
  Delaware Online featured Amy Trelenberg '02 and Megan (Healy) Corey '02, Archmere alumni and best friends, and their online boutique ShopMamie , based in Wilmington.

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• Students Earn Distinguished Honors at 2012 National Scholastics Art Regionals
  News • 1/27/2012
  Seniors Elizabeth Barr and Alexa Hazel earned very distinguished honors at the 2012 Regionals of the National Scholastics Art Awards Program.

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• Alum Featured for his Vocation in The Dialog
  News • 1/6/2012
  The story of Father John Grimm's '83 vocation in the Catholic Church was recently featured in The Dialog . Click here to read the article.

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• Archmere Football Players Named To All-Catholic Teams
  News • 1/3/2012
  Several Archmere Football Players were named to First &; Second Team All-Catholic for the 2011 season. To see the full listing of All-League Football Teams, click here.

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• Visit With Santa
  News • 12/15/2011
  Visit with Santa was on Saturday, December 10th. The signature holiday event was a smash with alumni, their children and grandchildren. The highlight of the day was at noon when Santa came in from the North Pole to give us a photo op and spread the Christmas cheer. Over 30 gifts were collected for T ...

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• Archmere Featured in French Newspaper, Blog
  News • 12/14/2011
  Archmere French Teacher, Monsieur Antione Jouanneau, shared this story with his parents in France, who in turn gave it to journalists at a local newspaper. Two French newspapers showed interest in the pitch and wrote articles about Archmere Academy with the information provided by Monsieur Jouanneau ...

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• Archmere Cross Country Runners Earn All County, All State Honors
  News • 12/7/2011
  The State Cross Country Banquet was held on 12/6/2011 and several students earned All County and All State Honors. 

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• Bryan Garrahan '12 Signs To Play Lacrosse at Saint Joseph's University
  News • 12/5/2011
  On Friday, December 2, Bryan Garrahan '12 signed his letter of intent to play Varsity Lacrosse at Saint Joseph's University.

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• 'Serve For A Cure' Event Brings in Over $48,000 in the Last 5 Years
  News • 11/21/2011
  The Archmere Academy and Saint Elizabeth HS annual co-sponsored volleyball game fundraiser for the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center for cancer research raised $10,400 this year, making the 5-year total over $48,000.

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• Archmere Football Heads to the Playoffs - News Journal Coverage
  News • 11/18/2011
  Archmere Football heads to the playoffs this Saturday - The News Journal covers the story.

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• Archmere Students Participate in Wilmington Youth Rowing Association
  News • 11/15/2011
  Archmere students Ethan Conde, Mark Melvin and Henry Moore are members of a WYRA rowing team that recently placed second in a men's varsity race.  Andrew Hahm '10 is also a member of the WYRA.

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• Archmere Football Defeats St. E's to Earn Tournament Spot
  News • 11/13/2011
  Archmere defeated Saint Elizabeth's on Saturday, Noveber 12, securing their spot in the State Tournament. From the News Journal : With St. Elizabeth two-way star Eric Patton sidelined by an ankle injury, Archmere knew the Vikings could be vulnerable. The Auks took full advantage....

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• Archmere Heads to Volleyball Finals
  News • 11/11/2011
  Archmere will face 3rd-seed St. Mark's for the DIAA state volleyball championship Saturday.

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• Archmere Boys' Soccer Advances in Tournament
  News • 11/10/2011
  Archmere Boys' Soccer defeated Brandywine 3-1, advancing in the opening round of the DIAA State Tournament.

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• Dialog Features Archmere Volleyball Player Cara Eppes '12
  News • 11/9/2011
  Eppes has high hopes for Auks in state volleyball tournament - "Good volleyball teams are nothing new at Archmere Academy."

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• Archmere Juniors Earn Recognition in NATS competition
  News • 10/31/2011
  Katie Christenbury '13 and Katie Taggart '13 performed and placed as finalist and semifinalist in the National Association of Teachers of singing competition Saturday, October 29. Christenbury tied for first place.

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• 12 Students Named National Merit Commended Scholars
  News • 11/19/2011
  12 Archmere seniors scored in the top 50,000 of over 1.5 million students in the country on their PSATS, earning them Commended Scholar status in the National Merit Scholarship Competition.

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• Jamie Newitt '02 and band Heavy Pets Return from East Coast Tour
  News • 10/26/2011
  The Miami Herald: "For a band that calls itself the Heavy Pets, life is on the lighter side. The Fort Lauderdale based festival darlings are coming home from a rocking East Coast tour so fans can check out their latest album, Swim Out Past the Sun. It’s a mix of rhythm and blues, jazz-funk and ...

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• Archmere students named to Wilmington Children's Chorus
  News • 10/24/2011
  Nina Reed '12 and Giuliana Brawley '14 have been accepted as members of the execeptional youth choir for the 2011/12 season.

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• Madeline Buckley '11 named Wiliam Smith Athlete of the Week
  News • 10/19/2011
  Maddy Buckley '11, varsity soccer player at William Smith College and former 3-sport athlete for Archmere (XC, basketball and soccer) was credited with her first collegiate goal on Saturday, netting the game-winner in a 1-0 triumph over Vassar, and earning the title of "athlete of the week."

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• Homecoming Reunions 1's & 6's
  News • 10/19/2011
  Saturday, October 15 was Homecoming 2011 at Archmere. After a beautiful Fall day and several victorious sports' games, Archmere alumni from classes ending in 1's and 6's gathered in The Patio for their reunions. The evening began at 6:00 p.m. with mass in the Student Life Center, and continued to Th ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Wins Four-Set Thriller
  News • 10/17/2011
  From the News Journal: The top-ranked Archmere's girls volleyball team rallied for a thrilling four-set victory over No. 3-ranked Charter of Wilmington, 21-25, 28-26, 25-15, 25-17.  

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• Patreece Spence '12 named WDEL's Athlete of the Week
  News • 10/7/2011
  Archmere senior and volleyball player Patreece Spence was named WDEL's Female High School Athlete of the Week.

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• Delaware Online: Archmere Volleyball sweeps CR
  News • 10/5/2011
  Archmere Academy's #1 ranked Volleyball team swept CR 25-23, 25-18 and 25-15.

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• 24th Annual Alumni Golf Outing
  News • 9/28/2011
  The 2011 Archmere Alumni Golf Outing was held at Edgmont Country Club in Newtown Square, PA on Friday, September 23. Though the weather was anything but cooperative during registration, the rain stopped in time for the 77 golfers who attended to head out onto the course at 1 p.m. and get in a full r ...

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• Mothers' Guild Rosary Tea - Oct. 7
  News • 9/21/2011
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• Volunteers Needed for Fashion Show
  News • 9/20/2011
  All are welcome! Please call Pam Kushner at 302-234-4321

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• Archmere Announces Newest Members of NHS
  News • 9/16/2011
  The Archmere Academy chapter of the National Honor Society recognizes junior and senior students who have excelled scholastically with a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.70 or higher and has made a commitment to leadership and service. The new members for the 2011-12 year have been announced.

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• 2011-2012 Mastersingers Announced
  News • 9/16/2011
  The 2011-2012 Mastersingers were announced. Congratulations to the students who have been accepted!

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• Fathers' Club Meeting Tues. Sept. 20
  News • 9/16/2011
  The first meeting of the Archmere Fathers’ Club will take place on September 20, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Patio.

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• Six Archmere Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/15/2011
  Alexa Hazel '12, Kathy Huang '12, Daniel Parshall '12, Nina Reed '12, Sarah Waldis '12 and Kerith Wang '12 were named National Merit Semifinalists, and have the opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships.

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• Matt McNeill'14 Named Recipient of Youth Philanthropy Award
  News • 9/13/2011
  Success Won’t Wait literacy volunteer Matt McNeill'14 was recently was named the 2011 recipient of the Youth in Philanthropy Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Brandywine Chapter.  

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• Delaware Online: Archmere outpaces for 2 individual crowns
  News • 9/11/2011
  Archmere's Ali Hazel and John Masicoli finish strong at the Lake Forest Cross Country Festival; story featured in Delaware Online.

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• 1:1 Laptop Program Underway
  News • 9/1/2011
  Each student at Archmere Academy was given a MacBook Pro laptop this academic year.

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• Seniors Qualify for Science National Honor Society
  News • 8/24/2011
  This year, 18 seniors have qualified to join the Archmere chapter of the Science National Honor Society.

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• Allison Newitt '95 sang to close Philadelphia Folk Festival
  News • 8/24/2011
  Vocalist Alison Newitt '95, a former Mastersinger, helps close the 2011 Philadelphia Folk Festival on Sunday, August 21.

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• Alyssa DiNardo '09 to be Featured with Singing Group on NBC's "The Sing Off"
  News • 8/23/2011
  Archmere graduate Alyssa Dinardo '09 and the other members of the University of Delaware's a cappella group, the Deltones, will take on Hollywood, competing in NBC's 'The Sing-Off' this fall.

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• Archmere Grad receives Ronald McDonald House Scholarship
  News • 8/16/2011
  Weston Takata '11 was among 9 New Castle students awarded a scholarship from the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

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• James Shaud '12 Committed to Service this Summer as Camp Counselor.
  News • 8/15/2011
  James Shaud '12 served the children of Philadelphia as a counselor at Camp Overbrook this summer and received high praise from the camp's leadership.

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• Upperclassmen "Learn 2 Lead" with Interactive Activites
  News • 8/15/2011
  On Friday August 12, the elected officers of our student organizations, senior advisor leaders, and captains of our sports teams received formal leadership training from "Learning 2 Lead".

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• Mrs. Doyle Named President-Elect of Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling
  News • 8/8/2011
  As of July 1, Mrs. Doyle was named President-Elect of the Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling, a professional organization of people who work with students in transition between high school and college.

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• Rachel Gillen '11 selected for 2011 ESPN RISE Under Armor All-America Softball Game
  News • 7/28/2011
  Named two-time Player of the Year by The News Journal, Rachel Gillen '11 qualified for the ESPN RISE game at a four-day gathering of the nation's 30 best high school softball players in Orlando, Fla.

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• Delaware Online covers Megan Stellini's '12 Return to Haiti
  News • 6/25/2011
  Delaware Online covers Megan Stellini's '12 and other volunteers' return to Haiti in the article "Delaware group heading back to Haiti"

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• News Journal Features 2011 Graduates Chris & Mike Ambrogi
  News • 6/17/2011
  Following Saturday's charity game, the News Journal featured twins Chris '11 and Mike Ambrogi '11 in an article about their athletic careers and family legacy at Archmere.

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• Archmere Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse Players Named All-State
  News • 6/3/2011
  Archmere Academy athletes from both the boys' and girls' lacrosse teams were named to Delaware All-State teams, four of which were named to First Team All-State.

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• French II Students Create Original Children's Books
  News • 5/31/2011
  This May, the French II classes at Archmere Academy continued their tradition of creating original French Children’s Books.

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• Archmere Faculty Member, Ms. Daull, Accepted to Attend Highly Selective Workshop
  News • 5/31/2011
  Ms. Rebecca Daull, a faculty member in the History Department, was accepted to attend a month-long workshop in Chicago sponsered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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• Christopher McCord '11 Represented Archmere in the 6ABC Best of Class 2011 TV Special
  News • 5/25/2011
  The Class of 2011's Valedictorian, Chris McCord, was featured in 6ABC's TV Special which aired on Saturday, May 14.

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• Two Archmere Students Recieve DIAA Scholarships
  News • 5/24/2011
  Of the six athletes to win DIAA scholarships this year, two were Archmere students: Lindsey Olivere '11 and John Donnelly '11.

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• Dr. Gonzalo T. Palacios from the Class of 1955 Publishes a Memoir
  News • 5/20/2011
  Dr. Gonzalo T. Palacios '55, who was the longest serving Cultural Attache in Venezuela's history and at one time was the most senior diplomat in Washington by years of service, has published a memoir of those times titled From Watergate to Hugo Chavez, An Ex-Diplomat's Memiors . It is available thro ...

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• Junior Career Day 2011
  News • 5/20/2011
  Archmere Academy held its annual Junior Career Day on May 13, 2011, which is presented by the College Counseling Department, the Office of Institutional Advancement and the Archmere Academy Alumni Association. Junior Career Day is an opportunity for the students in the junior class to hear from prof ...

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• Madeline Laird Honored with Sängerbund Award and Sang at Awards Cermony
  News • 5/19/2011
  Madeline Laird, placing in the 74th percentile in Level 4 of the National German Exam, received one of only three Delaware Sängerbund Awards. She was recognized in a special awards ceremony, where she performed. Click on the "Read More" button for more information and to view a video of her per ...

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• The Heavy Pets are heading to Jam Cruise
  News • 5/9/2011
  Archmere graduate Jamie Newitt '02 band, The Heavy Pets, have been selected for Jam Cruise 2012! You can also check them out this Memorial Day Weekend in Bethel, New York.

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• Rachel Gillen '11 named WDEL HS Athlete of the Week
  News • 5/9/2011
  The Archmere Academy senior softball pitcher was named the WDEL High School Athlete of the Week, following her 1,000th strikeout. To read the full article, or watch the video, click here.

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• Archmere softball player Rachel Gillen '11 earns 1,000th strikeout
  News • 5/1/2011
  Archmere senior Rachel Gillen earned her 1,000th strikeout against Symrna last week. Delaware Online reported on her success.

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• Archmere seniors to receive Girl Scout Gold Awards
  News • 5/1/2011
  Archmere seniors Kathryn Fulda and Audrey Walker recenly received their Girl Scout Gold Award,  the highest award that a Girl Scout may earn.

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• Archmere senior David Sang earns National Merit Scholarship
  News • 4/27/2011
  David Q. Sang of Newark, a senior at Archmere Academy in Claymont, was named a National Merit Scholarship winner in the corporate-sponsored round of grants.

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• Dialog Reports: Megan Stellini '12 Honored for Work in Haiti
  News • 4/27/2011
  Elizabeth Bartley of Padua Academy and Megan Stellini of Archmere Academy are two of 15 high school students who will receive the 2011 Governor’s Youth Volunteer Service A ward today (April 21) for their work in Haiti last summer with the Haiti Family Initiative.  

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• Mothers' Guild Meeting & New Mothers Social
  News • 4/26/2011
  A Mother’s Guild Meeting &; the New Mother’s Social will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in The Patio. Arrival 5:30pm; Business 6:00 pm; New Mother’s Social 7:00 pm

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• Archmere Faculty Member to be Listed as a Teacher Expert
  News • 4/12/2011
  A faculty member in the language department at Archmere, Ms. Victoria Douglas will be listed as a Teacher Expert in the field of Brain Targeted Teaching in a new book by Dr. Hardiman.

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• Archmere Female Athletes Recognized at Women in Sports Luncheon
  News • 4/5/2011
  Congratulations to Maddy Buckley who was honored as Archmere’s Outstanding Female Athlete and to Amanda Olsen who was recognized as Archmere’s Female Athlete of Promise at the 22nd Annual Women in Sports Day Luncheon sponsored by the Delaware Women’s Alliance for Sport and Fitness. ...

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• Several Archmere Students Honored in Delaware College of Art and Design Competition
  News • 4/1/2011
  DCAD recognized five distinquished works in the exhibit for major art awards, two of which were created by Archmere srudents Jack Byrnes '12 and Elizabeth Barr '12.

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• Archmere Seniors Recognized by Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts
  News • 4/1/2011
  Seniors Alexia Blackurst and Hayley Nedbalski have been recognized by the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts in its annual Excellence in Drawing program.

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• Archmere Athletic Trainer and Teacher Accepted to Olympic Training Internship
  News • 4/1/2011
  Archmere Athletic Trainer and Health Teacher Mr. Jim Masleed has been accepted to a two-week internship at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.

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• Garage Sale a Success! Thanks to all Volunteers.
  News • 3/31/2011
  The Annual Archmere Garage Sale was a HUGE successs! The Mothers' Guild would like to extend a THANK YOU! to all of volunteers who gave of their time to held make this year's garage sales one of the best! A special "thank you" goes to all of the students who assisted with the Garage Sale last weeken ...

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• Archmere Academy wins Highest Honors in WordMasters
  News • 3/28/2011
  Two teams of students representing Archmere placed in the top 10 and top 20 teams nationally.

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• Archmere Faculty Member Terry Newitt to be Featured in Upcoming Art Show
  News • 3/24/2011
  Terry Newitt of the Fine Arts Department will have some of his artwork on display at the 2011 DFVA Riverfront Art Show April 1-3.

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• Baked Goods Needed for Garage Sale!
  News • 3/24/2011
  As many of you know, this Saturday, 3/26, is the Archmere Garage Sale!! Part of the garage sale consists of a baked goods sale. If you are able to help out by donating a baked good to the sale it would be greatly appreciated. Donations can be brought to the garage sale Friday or Saturday morning or ...

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• Alumni Memorial Mass
  News • 3/21/2011
  On March 20, 2011, a gathering of approximately 100 members of the Archmere community joined together in The Patio in prayer and rememberence for the 22nd Annual Alumni Memorial Mass. Sponsored by the Alumni Association with support from the Office of Institutional Advancement, the Alumni Memorial M ...

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• Alum and Past Parent honored with Community Leadership Award
  News • 3/17/2011
  Michael Walsh '55 and Loretta Walsh, mother of Robin Rome '87 were honored with the Saint Patrick's Society Daniel S. Frawley Community Leadership Award.

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• Phillies Sunday Package Raffle
  News • 3/17/2011
  The Fathers’ Club is raffling off 2 season tickets to 14 Sunday games.

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• Archmere Community Service prepares for DE's annual Week of Service
  News • 3/16/2011
  For Delaware’s annual Week of Service April 10-16, which coincide with National Volunteerism Week, Archmere’s Community Service Club is currently planning special outreach programs and attempting to raise awareness in the community about the importance and need for student volunteerism.

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• 2011-2012 Mothers' Guild Executive Board
  News • 3/14/2011
  The Archmere Mother’s Guild is pleased to announce the officers for 2011-2012 Executive Board, who were presented and approved at the meeting on February 28, 2011.

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• Giuliana Brawley '14 to perform with the Wilmington Children Chorus
  News • 3/11/2011
  Giuliana Brawley'14 has been accepted as a member of the Wilmington Children Chorus and has been selected to perform in OperaDelaware’s Salon Series this March

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• Archmere Boys' Swim Team Place in DIAA Championship and Earn School Records
  News • 3/8/2011
  The Archmere boys' swim team finished 5th in the D.I.A.A. Boys’ Swimming and Diving State Championships at the University of Delaware. In addition, members of the swim team broke 4 school records.

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• Patrick Reilly '13 Wins National Essay Contest
  News • 3/7/2011
  Patrick Reilly was honored by the United Irish Counties Association as the winner of their 2011 National Essay Contest - High School Division.

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• Jamie Glavin'12 selected as a 2011 Carson Scholar
  News • 3/7/2011
  An Archmere junior, Jamie will be awarded a college scholarship for $1000.

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• Alumni Gathering in Washington D.C.
  News • 3/3/2011
  On February 23, 2011, about 15-20 Archmere Alumni gathered in The Dubliner Restaurant in Washington D.C. to socialize and network with fellow Auks. Among the group was Director of Institutional Advancement Carmen Franceschino '72 and Archmere's Headmaster, Dr. Michael Marinelli '76, who offered an i ...

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• Archmere graduate Mary Beth Rim '95 directs film
  News • 2/24/2011
  Written and directed by Mary Beth Rim '95, A Turn of the Blinds is a product of Hamme Productions, of which Rim is the co-founder. The film was shot entirely in the Southeastern Pa. area and tells the story of finding love at any age. The film stars former Archmere coach John Rim and features Brian ...

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• Mothers' Guild Retreat
  News • 2/22/2011
  During the annual Mother’s Guild Retreat, we take a few moments to join together, so that we may pause and reflect spiritually, as we enter into the Lenten season. This year, we look forward to once again having the retreat lead by Father McLaughlin, O.Praem., Headmaster Emeritus and Chaplain, ...

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• NewsJournal: "A Winning Visit From Beau"
  News • 2/20/2011
  February 20, 2011: Attorney General Beau Biden visited a class of second graders at Marshall Elementary School near Newark this February. His visit was one of the prizes in a T-shirt design contest that creatively answered the challenged to show school pride.

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• Alumni Sports Banquet and Hall of Fame
  News • 2/18/2011
  On February 4, 2011, the Archmere Academy Alumni Association inducted Michael Fay ’61, Michael J. Hare ’79, and Thomas Weiss ’02 into the Archmere Sports Hall of Fame.  Family and friends, former coaches and teachers, fellow alumni and Archmere community members came together ...

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• Classes 1940-1949
  News • 2/10/2011
  January 2014  D. Laine Santa Maria. Ed.D '46 served as a faculty member in the Kinesiology Department of the University of Maryland for thirty years. He is currently retired and living in South Carolina.  April 2013 Edward J. Peters '41 happily reached his 90th birthday. He counts his fami ...

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• Outstanding Archmere Student Musicians Selected for All State Band and Choir
  News • 2/10/2011
  Kerith Wang, Evi Lowman, and Emily Zhang were selected to be a part of the first section of violins by the Delaware Music Educator's Association. Wang was among the highest scoring violinists. Patrick Reilly was selected to be a part of the 2011 Delaware All State Band, clarinet section. Justine Zha ...

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• Francesca Pileggi '06 Co-Founds Project and Speaks Out to Help Teens with Mental Health Issues
  News • 2/10/2011
  Pileggi '06 is a speaker for Minding Your Mind, an Ardmore-based group devoted to erasing the stigma of mental illness...

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• Archmere Athletes Selected for All State Volleyball, Field Hockey, Soccer, and Football Teams
  News • 2/10/2011
  Volleyball Patreece Spence'12, Cara Eppes'12 and Carly McGowan'12 named to All-State Volleyball Teams Patreece, First Team All-State Cara, Second-Team All State Carly, Third Team All-State   Field Hockey Sarah Waldis '12 and Elyse Andrews '12 named to All-State Field Hockey Teams Sarah, First T ...

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• Lindsey Olivere '11 Named 2010 Delaware State Winner of the Wendy's Heisman High School Award
  News • 2/10/2011
  The Wendy’s High School Heisman recognizes the most esteemed high school senior men and women for excellence in academics, athletics and leadership, and...

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• Young Alumni Gather at Patio for Christmas
  News • 12/30/2010
  Monday, December 20, 2010 - Approximately 60 Archmere graduates from the classes of 2007-2010 gathered together in The Patio over Christmas break. Some of the students had not been back to The Patio since their graduation and all were amazed to see the renovations and commented on how beautiful The ...

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• Alumni Council Hosts Visit with Santa!
  News • 12/10/2010
  Saturday, December 4, 2010 - Visit with Santa was hosted by Archmere’s Alumni Council, under the leadership of Theresa Carroll ’85, along with assistance from the Office of Institutional Advancement. Approximately 50 children and their alumni parents attended, in addition to children and ...

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• Archmere Students Win Thirty-Six Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 2/4/2025
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere students earned thirty-six awards across several different categories, including: Personal Essay and Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Writing Portfolio, Flash Fiction, Humor, and the Critical Essay. Submitted work was reviewed and recognized by a panel ...

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• Field Hockey Wins Home Opener Against St. Mark's
  News • 9/21/2021
  On September 16 at home, the Archmere field hockey team, wearing orange hair ties and shoelaces as the school raised awareness of and funds to fight brain cancer, kept the pressure on St. Mark's from the opening whistle. The team earned another shutout, and still have yet to allow a shot.

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• Girls' Volleyball Team Set for Another Successful Season
  News • 9/6/2018
  Mike Lang, reporter for The Dialog, recently previewed the Archmere girls' volleyball team in advance of their first game at home on Friday at 5:15 p.m. against the defending Henlopen North Conference champions, the Smyrna Eagles.  "As in any high school program, they face change on a yearly ba ...

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• Archmere Fall Play "Middletown" Receives Acclaim
  News • 11/9/2015
  The Cappies program brought twenty-seven students from the Greater Philadelphia area to Archmere  on Friday  evening to review the fall play production of  Middletown. In this program, t he students each write a review, and the best three reviews are published in local newspapers and ...

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• Sophia Silverman ’28 Awarded National Gold Medal for Fashion Design
  News • 3/30/2026
  The Alliance for Young Artists &; Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, has recognized tenth grader Sophia Silverman ’28 with a National Gold Medal in the Fashion Design category for an illuminated dress entitled “Tableware Exos ...

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• One Hundred and Seven Archmere Student Photographs to be Exhibited at the Brandywine River Museum
  News • 3/24/2026
  Archmere Academy’s National Art Honor Society students will have one hundred and seven student landscape photographs exhibited in a dedicated show for Archmere Academy. Archmere’s National Art Honor Society Presidents are Olivia Benson ’26 and Abby Leonardo ’26 ...

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• Students Recognized in DePaul's Blue Book for Best American High School Writing 2026
  News • 3/23/2026
  The Editorial Staff of DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing 2026, has recognized the writings of several Archmere Tapestry students. The following students are Finalists: Megan Shaposky for "Sunbath"; Chloe Li for "Mermaid Omakase"; Julia Krajewski for "The Rabbit"; and Kendal ...

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• Science Olympiad Team Earns Multiple Top 10 Finishes
  News • 3/11/2026
  Saturday, March 7, was a proud day for Archmere Academy’s science program as 26 students represented the school at the Delaware Science Olympiad Tournament.

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• Archmere's Winter Musical "the Drowsy Chaperone" Receives Acclaim
  News • 3/4/2026
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Swim Team Competes at DIAA State Championship Meet
  News • 3/3/2026
  The Archmere Swim Team competed in the DIAA Swimming &; Diving Championship Finals on Saturday, February 28, 2026. 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 sixteen ...

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• Art Students Featured in Delaware Department of Education's Youth Art Month Exhibition
  News • 3/2/2026
  Youth Art Month is an annual observance each year to emphasize the value of art and art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. It is observed in March, administered by the Council for Art Education (CFAE), with thousands of American schools participating ...

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• Robotics Team Captures State Championship
  News • 3/2/2026
  The Archmere robotics team "RobAUKtics" captured the FIRST Robotics Delaware FTC Championship this weekend, capping off a day defined by preparation, adaptability and teamwork.

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• Basketball Teams Earn DSAC Honors, Playoff Bids
  News • 2/27/2026
  For the 2025-2026 season, Archmere Academy basketball dominated the Diamond State Athletic Conference (DSAC), with seniors Bridget Malloy and Johnny Orsini named Players of the Year. Both teams secured major honors, including 1st Team selections for Anaya Mungin (Girls) and Khaleef Wilson (Boys), hi ...

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• Seven Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/25/2026
  Archmere seniors Kabir Goyal, Chloe Li, Michael Liu, Daniel Qi, Valentina Ramos, Angela Zhang and Audrey Zou have met all requirements to advance to the Finalist standing of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) after being named Semifinalists in September 2025. These academically talent ...

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• Boys, Girls Indoor Track Teams Cap Off Successful Season at DIAA State Championships
  News • 2/25/2026
  The 2025-26 Delaware high school indoor track and field season came to a close on Saturday, February 21 in Philadelphia, PA. The DIAA Championships were held at the University of Pennsylvania's Ott Center, a roughly $70 million facility that opened last December. The Ott Center has a 200-meter banke ...

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• Two Archmere Students Recognized with First Place & Second Place Awards by Howard Pyle Studio Group
  News • 2/18/2026
  Scholastics Gold Key Award winners Michael Mallozzi '26 and Rebecca Wang '26 are recipients of the newest art honor, the Howard Pyle Studio Award. The Howard Pyle Studio Group is a non-profit organization located at 1305 North Franklin St., Wilmington, DE, which preserves Pyle's original 1900 studio ...

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• Swim Team Places 3rd, 4th Overall at DSAC Championships
  News • 2/17/2026
  On February 14th, the first ever Diamond State Athletic Conference Swim Championships were held at McKean High School. The Archmere swim program delivered an outstanding performance at the Championships on Saturday afternoon; the girls' team placed third overall, and the boys team placed 4th. Five A ...

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• Bridget Malloy '26 Scores 1,000 Points, Makes her Mark as the Fifth Player in Archmere History to Hit the Milestone
  News • 2/12/2026
  Archmere senior Bridget Malloy scored her 1,000th basketball point, hitting the milestone in the first half of the game against Padua on Tuesday evening, February 10th. Bridget is the fifth player in Archmere history to hit 1,000 points; most recently Bridget's former teammate, Lucy Oliver, hit 1,00 ...

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• Boys Basketball Surges Past Lake Forest in Fourth Quarter
  News • 2/10/2026
  Archmere found itself down by 11 points with a few minutes remaining in the third quarter, but the Auks turned the tables in the final quarter. They outscored visiting Lake Forest, 20-5 to take a 48-37 boys Senior Day basketball victory on February 7th at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse.

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• Dr. Michael Marinelli '76 Receives 2026 Carl S. Campion Service Award
  News • 2/6/2026
  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. C ...

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• Ceramic Work by Cassius Hearn Accepted into National Ceramics Exhibition
  News • 2/4/2026
  Congratulations to Archmere senior Cassius Hearn, whose ceramic piece, Braids N' Ways, was accepted into the national 2026 K-12 Ceramic Exhibition. Created last spring in the Ceramics elective at Archmere, Braids N' Ways was selected by the juror for inclusion in this year's Annual National K-12 Cer ...

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• Senior Cece Knapp Facilitates Merit Badge College on Archmere's Campus
  News • 2/2/2026
  Since 1910, Scouting American (formally Boys Scouts of America), has been providing opportunities for the American youth in a wide array of educational skills that help to build the future leaders within our communities, society, and world. Scouts learn these skills through hands-on activities, like ...

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• Girls Basketball Records Fifth Straight Win
  News • 2/2/2026
  The Archmere girls basketball team kept the defensive heat against Sun Valley in a 60-38 win on January 31st. It was the team’s fifth win in the past six games. The Auks’ first basket was scored by Maddie Benson after a steal, the first of many points off turnovers for Archmere. Anaya Mu ...

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• Tapestry Magazine Wins Highest Honor for Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) Contest
  News • 1/28/2026
  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 ...

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• Math League Teams Qualify for the State Invitational
  News • 1/23/2026
  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.  

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• Senior Ryan Hagenberg Wins Football Mini Max Award
  News • 12/29/2025
  The Maxwell Football Club President announced the 2025 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Delaware last week. Archmere senior Ryan Hagenberg has been named one of forty-six Mini Max High School Award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Ryan joins 155 student-athletes ...

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• Zinah Avendano Flores '27 Highlighted on Broadcast Journalism Podcast
  News • 12/16/2025
  Since 1968, KYW Newsradio has given high school students the opportunity to learn about broadcast journalism through the Newstudies student reporter program. This month, Archmere junior Zinah Avendano Flores was selected to participate in the KYW Newstudies program and her excerpt was featured on a ...

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• Boys Basketball Defeats Concord High School
  News • 12/15/2025
  "Archmere used a strong defensive game and a series of high-percentage shots to take control of Concord in what resulted in a 43-33 win on Dec. 12 at Moglia Fieldhouse. The Auks needed a fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Tower Hill in their season opener a few days prior, but the script was differen ...

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• Bridget Malloy '26 Puts Up 27 Points in Girls Basketball Win
  News • 12/11/2025
  Archmere senior captain Bridget Malloy led the girls basketball team to a record win over Villa Maria (Pa.) on December 6th at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse. The senior scored 27 points and added 13 rebounds as the Auks moved to 2-0 with a 48-36 win over the Hurricanes. This was Archmere's first win ...

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• Global Studies Students Spend Thanksgiving in Eastern Europe
  News • 12/8/2025
  Written by Juliet Bridgman '27 The Global Studies trip to Eastern Europe over Thanksgiving break was a fun and exciting experience for ten students and three Archmere teachers.

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• Fall Athletes, Teams Earn Postseason Awards
  News • 11/14/2025
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference and All-State teams, and the All-District team for football. All-Class honors for football have yet to be released.

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• Zidane Brena '26 Signs with Queens University of Charlotte Lacrosse Team
  News • 11/13/2025
  Zidane “Z” Brena, native of Hockessin, DE and senior at Archmere Academy, is pleased to announce the signing of his National Intent Letter to play college lacrosse at the Queens University of Charlotte. Queens University is a Division I private university in Charlotte ...

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• Isabella Santiago ’26 to Cheer at the Division I Level with Mount St. Mary’s University
  News • 11/13/2025
  Bella Santiago, senior at Archmere Academy, made history on Wednesday, November 12, when she was the first Archmere student or graduate to sign a letter of intent to pursue collegiate Cheerleading. Bella will be a member of the Division 1 Mount St. Mary’s cheer team next fall. Mount St. Mary&# ...

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• Claudia Koch '26 Signs To Play Lacrosse at George Washington University
  News • 11/13/2025
  Archmere senior Claudia Koch signed her National Letter of Intent to play Division I lacrosse at George Washington University on November 12, 2025. A field hockey and lacrosse player at Archmere, Claudia has been a standout on both fields since her freshman year.

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• Cheer Team Helps "Make Strides Against Breast Cancer"
  News • 10/30/2025
  For the third year in a row, the Archmere Cheerleading team, accompanied by Head Coach Valerie Wright, helped lead the crowd at the 23rd annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, October 26, 2025, held at Bellevue State Park each ...

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• Archmere Academy Welcomes Jaime Espinal as Wrestling Coach
  News • 10/23/2025
  Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, welcomes Jaime Espinal as wrestling coach. Jaime comes to Delaware from the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, where he trained and mentored many aspiring wrestlers. Most known for being the first Olympic medalist in wrestling for Puerto Rico when he won silver ...

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• Football Team Wins Third Game in a Row
  News • 10/20/2025
  The Archmere Academy football team faced Laurel High School in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday, defeating the Bulldogs 42-6. The Auks have now won four contests by 22 points or more so far this season.

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• Girls' Cross Country Wins Joe O'Neill Invitational
  News • 10/20/2025
  For the first time in the meet’s 26 years, Archmere won the Varsity Girls race at the Joe O’Neill Invitational, held at Bellevue State park. In addition, the JV girls also won the team title, led by first place finish Allison Perpiglia. Both the Varsity and JV boys took 5 th overall. In ...

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• Football Team Sails Past Mt. Pleasant on Homecoming
  News • 10/14/2025
  The Archmere football team scored five times in the first half on the way to a 48-6 win over Mount Pleasant in Class 2A District 1 football on Saturday's Homecoming game. That 42 point margin sets a new team best for the Auks this season.

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• Football Defeats Wilmington Friends On The Road
  News • 10/6/2025
  On SaturdayOctober 4, the Archmere football team competed against Wilmington Friends in a battle between two of the state's top teams, defeating the Quakers 28-6 on the road. The win continues a trend for the Auks in their matchups with the Quakers: they've now won three in a row.

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• Luke Merritt '25 Named 2025 US Presidential Scholar
  News • 10/6/2025
  The U.S. Department of Education announced the selection of Luke Christian Merritt '25 as a 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Luke is one of 161 outstanding American high school graduates who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, artistic excellence, technical expertise, leadership, citi ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents "Night Night, Roger Roger"
  News • 9/26/2025
  The Archmere Drama Club proudly announces its fall play production, Night Night, Roger Roger by Roni Ragone. The play will run on Friday, October 17th, and Saturday, October 18th at 7:00 pm. Online ticket sales for the show can be purchased at: archmereacademy. seatyourself.biz . Ticket prices are $ ...

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• Archmere Welcomes Students From Madrid, Spain
  News • 9/25/2025
  The Department of World Languages and Cultures began the next cycle of Archmere's Spanish Exchange Program this month. On September 5th, Archmere welcomed students from Colegio Virgen de Europa in Madrid, Spain for a two-week exchange, hosted by the World Language and Cultures Department. Eleven Arc ...

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• September 2025
  News • 9/22/2025
  Posters for the Planet Club Debuts at Activity Fair Led by sophomores Sophia Silverman '28 &; Ceci Nowak '28,  Posters for the Planet is a new club that invites students to identify a global issue of personal relevance, present the topic to their peers, and then work together as ...

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• Seven Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/12/2025
  Archmere seniors Kabir Goyal, Chloe Li, Michael Liu, Daniel Qi, Valentina Ramos, Angela Zhang and Audrey Zou have been named National Merit Semifinalists. The officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation used their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year, as an initial scree ...

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• Varsity Football Kicks off Season with On the Road Victory
  News • 9/8/2025
  The football team boasted 387 rushing yards on the way to a season-opening 43-6 victory over the St. Elizabeth Vikings at Abessinio Stadium on Saturday, September 6th. After being down 6-0 at the first quarter, Archmere found its footing for the rest of the half. Wyatt Beekley '28 scored from the 1, ...

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• Archmere Cheerleaders Named to National Cheerleading Association’s (NCA) All-American Team
  News • 8/22/2025
  Several members of the Archmere Academy Cheer Team qualified for the National Cheerleading Association’s (NCA) All-American Team, announced at the NCA Cheer Camp held August 18-19, 2025 at Archmere.

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• World Language and Cultures Students Travel to France
  News • 7/15/2025
  Annual trips offered by Archmere include the French Exchange Program, a global opportunity for students to immerse themselves into the French world, live with host families, and spend two weeks touring and enjoying the richness of French culture. From June 3–16, twelve Archmere students and tw ...

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• Kellyn Williams '26 Participates in Carnegie Mellon Summer Academy
  News • 7/8/2025
  This summer Kellyn Williams ’26 is participating in the Summer Academy of Math and Science (SAMS), one of two merit based and fully funded programs at Carnegie Mellon. The program aims to provide students from a variety of racial, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds with advanced STEM a ...

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• Golf Team Wins State Championship
  News • 6/11/2025
  On May 27th, Archmere earned its second straight DIAA Golf State Championship in a one-round contest. Held at St. Anne's Golf Links in Middletown, the second day of competition was canceled due to torrential rain. Following the DIAA manual, the tournament was declared official after 18 holes, a ...

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• Grace Yang Named National Merit Scholar
  News • 5/29/2025
  Archmere senior Grace Yang has been named a National Merit Scholarship winner in the latest round of selections. After a year long process in which Grace was first named a Semifinalist in September, then a Finalist in February, she is among 2,500 students nationwide named National Merit Scholarship ...

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• Announcing the Class of 2025 Valedictorian and Salutatorian!
  News • 5/28/2025
  Archmere Academy is pleased to announce the most distinguished awards for the Class of 2025: the Valedictorian is Grace Yang, and Class of 2025 Salutatorian is Brianna Yang. The class Valedictorian and Salutatorian earn these distinctions through their superior academic achievement, which directly c ...

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• Track and Field Closes Out Spring Season with Top Finishes at DIAA State Championships
  News • 5/21/2025
  The DIAA Track and Field State Championships were held at Dover High School on Friday and Saturday, May 16th and 17th. Over two days, the Archmere team competed against close to 50 teams. The girls finished 2nd in Division II at the Championships, while the boys finished 14th, respectively. Highligh ...

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• Aidan Mahoney ‘25 Receives 2025 David G. Bakerian Scholarship
  News • 5/16/2025
  Aidan Mahoney ‘25 was awarded the 2025 David G. Bakerian Scholarship, which is sponsored by the Delaware Bankers Association and in cooperation with the Delaware Financial Education Alliance, the University of Delaware’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE), the Cons ...

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• Dr. Andrew Wozniak ’96 and Team First to Witness Volcanic Eruption in Ocean Ridge
  News • 5/15/2025
  Dr. Andrew Wozniak ’96, Associate Professor in the University of Delaware’s School of Marine Science and Policy, and his team of scientists, recently witnessed a rare seafloor eruption 1,300 miles west of Costa Rica. This was the first time scientists had witnessed a clearly active erupt ...

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• Kevin Xiao '27 Qualifies for United States of America Junior Mathematical Olympiad
  News • 5/13/2025
  Kevin Xiao '27 has qualified for the USAJMO (United States of America Junior Mathematical Olympiad), one of the most prestigious math honors for high school students in the U.S. Kevin first took the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Math test and was 1 of 5,000 (from roughly 50,000) to be invi ...

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• Thirty-Six Students Compete in the National French Exam
  News • 5/5/2025
  Congratulations to the 36 French students who elected to compete in the National French Contest on their stellar performance! This challenging exam, sponsored by the American Association Teachers of French, tests grammar, vocabulary, auditory skills and reading comprehension. Over 41,458 U.S. High S ...

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• May 2025/June 2025
  News • 5/1/2025
  Drama Club Attends West Chester Theatre Festival This month the Drama Club attended the West Chester Theatre Festival to present a competition piece called, "The Spot". The club attended performance workshops, a Q&;A with a current Broadway actor, and was able to meet with college acting students an ...

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• "Alice By Heart" Nominated for Seven Cappies
  News • 4/30/2025
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews. The Cappies is an international program for recognizing, celebrating, and providing learn ...

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• Archmere Students and Faculty Participate in Global Studies Trip to Iceland
  News • 4/30/2025
  The Global Studies Program traveled to Iceland with thirty students and three chaperones for eight days over Easter break. It would be hard to determine what any one person liked the most: the majestic waterfalls and their occasionally frigid sprays? The endless miles of lava fields? Dressing up lik ...

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• Daniel Qi ‘26 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 4/29/2025
  Archmere art student Daniel Qi ‘26 has been named the recipient of the annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award for his commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. Daniel was selected for the award by several art alumni who hel ...

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• Colleen Burke '27 Invited to DE Governor's School for Arts
  News • 4/28/2025
  Congratulations to sophomore Colleen Burke for earning a spot in this summer's very prestigious Governor's School for Excellence. The Delaware Governor's School for Excellence is a one-week summer program that brings together academically and artistically talented Delaware high school students who h ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Defeats Sanford on the Road
  News • 4/28/2025
  On April 22nd, Sanford kept the score tight against the Archmere boys lacrosse team for the first half of their game, but the final two minutes of the half and all of the second half belonged to the Auks. Archmere scored six straight goals to take control in a 14-5 road win over the Warriors.

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• Pitcher Riley Schultz '25 Leads Baseball to Win over Concord
  News • 4/22/2025
  On April 16th the Archmere baseball team played Concord High School under the lights at Frawley Stadium. The game started off on a slower pace, with Reece O’Halloran '28 as the lone baserunner in the first three innings. The Raiders, who entered the game undefeated, finally broke through in th ...

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• Archmere Senior Luke Merritt Named Semifinalist for 2025 US Presidential Scholar
  News • 4/22/2025
  The U.S. Secretary of Education announced the selection of Luke Merritt, senior at Archmere Academy, as a Semifinalist for recognition as a 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Luke is being considered, along with hundreds of other home school, public school, and private school students from across the c ...

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• Archmere Students Attend the Annual Youth in Government Conference
  News • 4/10/2025
  13 Archmere students attended the annual Youth in Government (YIG) conference in Dover, DE from April 4-6. Over 3 days, students in the judicial branch argued/heard a case as both attorneys and judges, students in the legislative branch wrote and advocated for bills in the House and Senate chambers, ...

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• Men's Volleyball Wins Sixth Straight Match in a Row
  News • 4/9/2025
  The Archmere volleyball team overcame a late deficit in the first set and battled Christiana point for point over the next two sets in a 3-0 sweep in boys volleyball on April 7th at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse. Set scores were 26-24, 25-18, and 25-22 as the Auks won their sixth straight match in a ...

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• Grace Shenal ‘28 & Sophia Silverman ‘28 represent Archmere at 2025 HOBY Leadership Workshop
  News • 4/7/2025
  9th grade students Grace Shenal ‘28 &; Sophia Silverman ‘28 were nominated to represent Archmere at the 2025 HOBY CLeW (Community Leadership Workshop), held at the University of Delaware on Saturday, April 5th. HOBY is an acronym for the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, an ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2025
  News • 3/31/2025
  Junior Career Day Twenty-three Archmere parents, alumni, and friends, donated their time to talk with juniors during twenty-two educational sessions and a keynote address on Wednesday, March 26 th . It was terrific proof of the power of the Archmere network, as students got to hear from engineers, a ...

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• Math League Teams Earn Second in State Invitational
  News • 4/2/2025
  On Wednesday, March 26, two teams of Archmere students competed at the State Math Meet Invitational, held in Dover. In order to qualify for the State Meet, Archmere's Math League teams competed in 4 regular season meets from October to February this year, earning excellent results. At the Dover Stat ...

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• Two Archmere Students Recognized with National Scholastic Art Medals
  News • 3/27/2025
  The Alliance for Young Artists &; Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, has recognized two Archmere students with National Scholastic Medals. Nearly 110,000 teens entered more than 310,000 original works of art and writing to the 2025 Scholastic ...

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• Four Archmere Art Students Featured in Delaware Department of Education's Youth Art Month Exhibition
  News • 3/27/2025
  Youth Art Month is an annual observance each year to emphasize the value of art and art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. It is observed in March, administered by the Council for Art Education (CFAE), with thousands of American schools participating ...

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• Mock Trial Team Successfully Competes at the Justice Center in Wilmington
  News • 3/24/2025
  The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place on February 28 and March 1, 2025 at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center. Varsity Team Captains Brianna Yang (‘25) and Daniel Qi (‘26) led their team through 4 rounds of competition, winning two rounds and ending in a tie in tw ...

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• Stephanie Silverman ‘00 Featured Presenter at National Art Education Association National Convention
  News • 3/18/2025
  Archmere Art &; Design Department faculty member Stephanie Silverman '00 has been invited as a Featured Presenter to speak at the National Art Education Association National Convention in Kentucky. Her presentation, titled Optimizing Creative Agency &;  Scaffolding for Success: A Backwards-Desi ...

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• March 2025
  News • 3/10/2025
  Junior Portfolio 3D Design Final Projects   Mrs Silverman's Junior Portfolio 3D Design students are hard at work on their found object apparel and architectural design projects. After a series of introductory assignments and three-dimensional material investigations, students apply th ...

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• Audrey Curtis and Iyanna Flores Selected to Attend the YMCA National Changemakers Summit
  News • 3/10/2025
  Archmere sophomores Audrey Curtis and Iyanna Flores  have been selected to represent the state of Delaware at the  YMCA National Changemakers Summit in Orlando, FL, from June 27-29, 2025. The YMCA National Changemakers Summit is  a national event where high school ...

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• Science Olympiad Team Medals in Multiple Events
  News • 3/4/2025
  On Saturday, March 1, the Archmere Science Olympiad team competed at the Delaware State Tournament, held at Cab Calloway. Both the A and B teams competed in the all-day tournament against 46 other teams. The Science Olympiad competition consists of a combination of tests and building events.

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• Boys, Girls Indoor Track Teams Cap Off Successful Season at DIAA State Championships
  News • 3/3/2025
  The 2024-25 Delaware high school indoor track and field season came to a close on Saturday, February 22 in Philadelphia, PA. The DIAA Championships were held at the University of Pennsylvania's Ott Center, a roughly $70 million facility that opened in December. The Ott Center has a 200-meter banked ...

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• Celebrating the Creativity & Innovation of our Scholastics Winners
  News • 2/26/2025
  The Art &; Design and English departments joined forces on Monday, February 24th to celebrate the record number (235 combined awards) of Scholastic Art &; Writing honors awarded to Archmere students in the 2025 competition. All entries were evaluated by a panel of jurors in specialty fields of writi ...

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• Swim Team Competes at DIAA State Championship Meet
  News • 2/25/2025
  The Archmere Swim Team competed in the DIAA Swimming &; Diving Championship Finals on Saturday, February 22, 2025. 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 several ...

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• Archmere Welcomes Students From Senlis, France
  News • 2/25/2025
  From February 8th-21st, Archmere hosted 13 students and 2 teachers from our sister school, Lycée Saint Vincent, in Senlis, France, as part of Archmere’s long standing French exchange. Archmere host families graciously opened their homes, and the French students and teachers not only spent ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/12/2025
  Archmere seniors Yuk Yu Yu (Arlene) Chiu, Brianna Yang and Grace Yang have met all requirements to advance to the Finalist standing of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) after being named Semifinalists in September 2024. These academically talented seniors have an opportunit ...

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• Tapestry Magazine Wins Highest Honor for Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) Contest
  News • 2/11/2025
  Tapestry 2024,  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 ...

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• Archmere Math League Teams Qualify for the State Invitational
  News • 2/11/2025
  Both the 9th grade and 10th-12th Math League teams finished very strong in the regional competition! After the final regional Math League meet, Archmere's 10th-12th A and B teams are in 1st and 2nd place in our region out of 10 teams. Kabir Goyal and Kevin Xiao tied for 1st place overall with 23 poi ...

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• Archmere Welcomes Students From Yanping High School in Taiwan
  News • 2/11/2025
  The Department of World Languages and Cultures began the next cycle of Archmere's Exchange Program this month. We welcomed 10 students from Yanping High School, located in Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. Two teachers accompanied the 10 students, who were matched with and hosted by Archmere ...

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• Writing Students Compete in "Fright Club" Contest
  News • 1/30/2025
  During October’s spooky season, several Archmere students competed to give readers the biggest “fright” by composing a 100-word or less mini saga. Participants were challenged to write a mini saga featuring a scary story with a thrilling twist or a funny tale of things going bump i ...

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• Grace Yang '25 Recognized as American Visions Nominee
  News • 1/30/2025
  The American Voices Award for writing and the American Visions Award for art are prestigious honors that represent the different geographic regions of the Scholastic Awards. Senior Grace Yang’s drawing and illustration,  Elevator Space , was selected as one of the Delaware Regional S ...

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• Medical Illustrator Wai-Man Chan Speaks to Art Students
  News • 1/28/2025
  On January 28th our National Art Honor Society hosted Medical Illustrator Wai-Man Chan as part of the Winter Lecture Series. A creative director at Real Chemistry, Ms. Chan leads the development of scientific visualizations for a variety of pharmaceutical clients - most recently Bristol Myer's Squib ...

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• January 2025
  News • 1/27/2025
  British Literature Class: Faith Connection This month, juniors wrote meditations based on their reading of "Meditation 17" by John Donne in Mrs. Valerie Wright's Wit and Persuasion unit. The class is learning about rhetorical devices through the study of literature in order to explore the varying re ...

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• Varsity Basketball Remains Undefeated with Win over Brandywine
  News • 1/14/2025
  Archmere senior Charlie Malloy scored 18 points, "several when his team needed them the most", as Archmere remained undefeated with a 53-48 win over the Bulldogs on Wednesday, January 8th. Junior John Orsini scored 14 and Ryan Hagenberg added 10 as the Auks competed against Brandywine at home in the ...

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• Kindred Ballard Breaks Shotput Record as Track and Field Competes at the Armory
  News • 1/7/2025
  Last weekend, the Archmere indoor track team once again traveled to the New Balance Track and Field in New York to participate in the 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 ...

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• Senior Jack Bradley Wins Football Mini Max Award
  News • 1/3/2025
  Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2024 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Delaware last week. Archmere senior Jack Bradley has been named one of forty-four Mini Max high school award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Jack joins 155 student- ...

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• Girls Basketball Shuts Down Tatnall's Comeback for the Win
  News • 12/13/2024
  Archmere built a big first-quarter lead, then withstood a few comeback attempts to earn a 46-33 win over Tatnall on December 10th at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse. Bridget Malloy '26 opened up the game for the Auks, scoring on a layup following an offensive rebound, and ended the night with 18 point ...

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• Cast List Announced for Winter Musical, "Alice by Heart"
  News • 12/10/2024
  Auditions for the Archmere winter musical, Alice by Heart, wrapped up this month. The musical will run the first weekend in April. Alice by Heart is a modern spin on the Alice in Wonderland story with music and lyrics by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik ( Spring Awakening ). The play takes place during ...

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• Jace Walker '25 Wins Delaware Online "Student of the Week"
  News • 12/9/2024
  Archmere senior Jace Walker has been named the "Delaware Student of the Week" by an online poll. Similar to the long-running "athlete-of-the-week" feature that honors athletic achievement alongside reader voting, Delaware Online/The News Journal  is honoring a "Delaware Student of the Week" acr ...

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• Valentina Ramos '26 Wins "Student of the Week" Online Poll
  News • 11/25/2024
  Archmere junior Valentina Ramos has been named the "Delaware Student of the Week" by an online poll. Similar to the long-running "athlete-of-the-week" feature that honors athletic achievement alongside reader voting, Delaware Online/The News Journal is honoring a "Delaware Student of the Week" acros ...

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• Student/Faculty Blood Drive Donates 30 Units
  News • 11/25/2024
  On Thursday, November 21, Archmere held a student-faculty Blood Drive to benefit the Blood Bank of Delmarva. The Blood Bank of Delmarva serves the community by meeting the needs of patients, hospitals, and members for safe, high quality blood products and related services.

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• Isabella Romesburg '25 Signs to Compete in D1 Acrobatics and Tumbling at Presbyterian College
  News • 11/15/2024
  Bella Romesburg, senior at Archmere Academy, made history on Thursday, November 14, when she was the first Archmere student or graduate to sign a letter of intent to pursue collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling. Bella will be a member of the Division 1 Presbyterian College Acrobatics and Tumbling team ...

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• Marina Mahon '25 Signs To Play Soccer At Quinnipiac University
  News • 11/15/2024
  Archmere senior Marina Mahon signed her National Letter of Intent to join Quinnipiac University’s Soccer Team on November 14, 2024. Quinnipiac University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Hamden, CT. 

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• Danielle Higbee ‘25 Signs to Play Golf at Augusta University
  News • 11/15/2024
  Danielle Higbee, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join Augusta University’s Golf Team on November 14, 2024. Located in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta University competes in high profile tournaments in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ...

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• Maura Read '25 Signs To Play Field Hockey At American University
  News • 11/15/2024
  Maura Read, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join American University’s Field Hockey Team on November 14, 2024. American University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Washington, DC. A multi-sport athlete, Maura has also been a varsity lacrosse playe ...

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• Football Team Defeats Odessa on the Road
  News • 11/6/2024
  After a loss to Howard last weekend, the Archmere football team claimed a resounding 35-7 win over the Odessa Ducks on the road on Friday, November 1st. The high-scoring effort was their fourth straight win on the road. This season, the team's offensive unit has averaged 28.2 points per game this se ...

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• Volleyball Battles Newark Charter for 5 Set Win, Moves on to Quarterfinals
  News • 11/4/2024
  On Saturday, November 2 the Archmere volleyball team traveled to take on Newark Charter in the second round of the DIAA State Tournament. Coming off of a first round win against Conrad, the Auks, seeded eleventh, "stormed back" during the exciting back and forth match, defeating the sixth seed Patri ...

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• Boys Cross Country Wins DSAC Championship, Girls Place Second
  News • 10/29/2024
  For the first time in ten years (2014), the boys varsity cross country captured the Diamond State Athletic Conference team title! The varsity girls finished in second place while the JV squads also finished second. In addition, the teams from the DSAC came together to help raise money and awareness ...

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• Archmere Academy Defeats Tower Hill for Third Straight Win
  News • 10/22/2024
  The Archmere football team won against Mount Pleasant last Thursday with 28 points and they decided to stick to that point total again for Saturday's Homecoming game. The Auks defeated the Tower Hill Hillers 28-13 as the school celebrated Homecoming.

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• Archmere Football Defeats DMA at Home
  News • 10/7/2024
  On Saturday, October 5, the Archmere football secured a 20-14 win over the Delaware Military Academy at home on Coaches' Field. Jack Bradley '25 rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries as the Auks, ranked second statewide in Class 2A, outlasted the sixth-ranked Seahawks. The scor ...

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• Field Hockey Team Defeats Wilmington Charter in Double OT
  News • 10/3/2024
  On October 2nd, Archmere’s field hockey team tied Wilmington Charter late in the fourth quarter, then secured the 3-2 win halfway through the second overtime. The game, played at home on the lower turf, was an exciting back and forth battle all afternoon, highlighted by big saves by both goali ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents "It Happened One Night..."
  News • 9/30/2024
  The Archmere Drama Club proudly announces its fall play production, It Happened One Night… Set in the the late 1920’s, John and Helena Raskob have invited you to dinner at their beautiful Archmere estate to celebrate their generous contribution to the building of the Empire State Buildin ...

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• Daniel Qi '25 Wins "Student of the Week" Online Poll
  News • 9/30/2024
  Archmere junior Daniel Qi has been named the first "Delaware Student of the Week" by an online poll. Similar to the long-running "athlete-of-the-week" feature that honors athletic achievement alongside reader voting, Delaware Online/The News Journal is honoring a "Delaware Student of the Week" acros ...

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• Mastersingers to Perform at Christmas Spectacular
  News • 9/30/2024
  On Friday, December 6th, the Archmere Mastersingers will travel to New York City to sing as the opening entertainment for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Our nationally recognized choral group was recommended for this honor by the administration of Carnegie Hall, a venue they have p ...

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• Football Holds On for Win Over St. Mark's
  News • 9/17/2024
  With 1:58 left on the clock, junior Ryan Hagenberg scored on a 1-yard run to give Archmere a 27-21 win at Saint Mark’s in one of the top games in Delaware high school football this month. In front of a packed and spirited crowd, Archmere and St. Mark's battled back and forth all night, once ag ...

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• September 2024
  News • 9/17/2024
  Mandarin Chinese Classes Celebrate "Mid-Autumn Festival" The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 / 中秋节 zhōng qiū jié), aka moon festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th of the 8th month of the
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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/16/2024
  Archmere seniors Yeuk Yu ‘Arlene’ Chiu, Brianna Yang and Grace Yang have been named National Merit Semifinalists. The officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation used their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year, as an initial screen for program entrants. Only ...

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• Football Team Opens Season with Win over St. Elizabeth's
  News • 9/9/2024
  On Saturday, September 7 the Archmere football team opened their season with a win on the road. The Auks took on Saint Elizabeth's at Abessinio Stadium, defeating them 39-21. Quarterback John Orsini '26 tells the News Journal of the team this year, "It's great to know you have 8, 9, 10 guys that can ...

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• Meredith Finger '26 Wins 2024 Delaware Junior Golf Championship
  News • 8/1/2024
  Meredith Finger '26 claimed the 41st Junior Girls’ title of the Delaware Junior Championships by two shots after a final round of 73 at the St. Anne’s Golf Links in Middletown, DE on July 24. Meredith last won that title in 2022 at the Chesapeake Bay Golf Club.

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• Seven Students Participate in Taiwan Exchange Program
  News • 7/23/2024
  The cultural and language exchange trip to Taiwan was an incredible journey of exploration and connection. Seven students from Archmere embarked on a transformative experience, immersing themselves in the rich tapestry of Taiwanese culture and Mandarin Chinese language from June 4th to June 18th. Co ...

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• Alicia Chu '24 Named the Distinguished Young Woman of America for 2024
  News • 7/16/2024
  Press Release from the Distinguished Young Women’s organization: On Saturday, June 29, Alicia Chu was named the Distinguished Young Woman of America for 2024 and presented with a cash scholarship of $40,000 at the conclusion of the 67th Distinguished Young Women National Finals. Alicia earned ...

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• Members of Archmere's Aevidum Mental Health Club Published in Healing Magazine
  News • 6/25/2024
  The spring, members of Archmere's Aevidum Mental Health Club had the opportunity to contribute to the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of Healing Magazine , the flagship publication of the KidsPeace organization with over 50,000 subscribers. The issue of KidsPeace’s Healing Magazine focuses on gi ...

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• Archmere Students Recognized with National Scholastic Art and Writing Medals
  News • 6/18/2024
  The Alliance for Young Artists &; Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, has recognized four Archmere Academy students with National Medals, the top honor in the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teen ...

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• Baseball Players Compete in 2024 Carpenter Cup, Awarded Delaware All-State and All-Conference Accolades
  News • 6/11/2024
  The Carpenter Cup Classic, a baseball tournament for sixteen high school All-Star teams from Eastern Pennsylvania, South and Central Jersey and Delaware, expose the region’s high school players to college recruiters and professional scouts, with playing rules that encourage coaches to use thei ...

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• Michelle Zhang '24 Recognized as Stamps Scholar
  News • 6/5/2024
  The Stamps Scholars Program, with its partner schools, seeks students who demonstrate academic merit, strong leadership potential, and exceptional character. This scholarship is awarded to exceptional and academically accomplished high school seniors. Stamps Scholars receive a merit award equiv ...

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• Golf Team Wins State Championship
  News • 6/3/2024
  On May 28-29, Archmere celebrated the school's first ever Golf State Championship after the team rallied from five strokes down for a one-stroke victory and State Championship title. Held at Maple Dale Country Club in Dover, Archmere held on for the team title during the second day of the tournament ...

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• Seniors Drew Duncan, Brendan Burke, Cole Fenice Earn All-American Lacrosse Awards
  News • 5/30/2024
  Head Coach Pete Duncan led the Archmere lacrosse team to a 13-5 record this season, Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship for the fourth year in a row, and a #5 seed in the DIAA State Tournament. The team pushed themselves this year outside of the state and their conference, competing again ...

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• Andy Zhu '24 Makes History with 4th Straight Tennis Title and Undefeated High School Career
  News • 5/29/2024
  Archmere senior Andy Zhu battled Wilmington Charter's Ryan He, the heat and a heaping of internal pressure to win the boys’ first singles at the DIAA Tennis Championships on May 23rd at St. Andrew's. It was his fourth individual title as he joined one of the rarest clubs in Delaware scholastic ...

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• Brianna Yang and Susie Shipley Win State Championship Tennis Titles
  News • 5/29/2024
  The Archmere girls tennis team went undefeated in the regular season and had finalists in four of the five events at the DIAA State Tennis Championships, which were held May 23rd at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown. Brianna Yang and Susie Shipley won individual State Championships in second a ...

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• Tennis Team Sends Every Player to Third Round of State Tournament
  News • 5/21/2024
  Last week the DIAA Tennis Committee finalized the seeding and selections for the 2024 Boys and Girls Tennis Championships. There are 5 different draws for girls and 5 draws for boys (1 st  Singles, 2 nd , Singles, 3 rd  Singles, 1 st  Doubles, 2 nd Doubles). Due to inclement weather o ...

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• Track and Field Competes at DIAA State Championships
  News • 5/20/2024
  The DIAA Track and Field State Championships were held at Dover High School on Friday and Saturday, May 17th and 18th. Over two days, the Archmere team competed against close to 50 teams in the rain and wind. The girls finished 4th in Division 2 at the Championships, while the boys finished 15th, re ...

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• Meredith Finger '26 Recognized for "Doing It All"
  News • 5/20/2024
  Archmere sophomore Meredith Finger loves both golf and softball, so she is finding a way to excel in both sports during the busy spring season at Archmere. An honors student as well, Meredith can carry drives 245 yards and comfortably hit a 7-iron 160 yards on the golf course, and at the same time i ...

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• Girls Lacrosse Moves on to State Quarterfinals
  News • 5/15/2024
  On May 14th, the girls lacrosse team scored five unanswered goals within the first few minutes and never looked back in a 17-5 win over Smyrna in the first round of DIAA State Tournament. At home on the lower turf, Archmere dominated the draws, defense was resilient, and a barrage of offensive score ...

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• Five Students Invited to DE Governor's School for Arts
  News • 5/13/2024
  Congratulations to sophomores Andres Ramos, Audrey Zou, Valentina Ramos, CC Kittila, and Daniel Qi for earning spots in this summer's very prestigious Governor's School for Excellence. The Delaware Governor's School for Excellence is a one-week summer program that brings together academically and ar ...

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• Archmere Students Win Twenty-Six Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 5/9/2024
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, ten Archmere students earned twenty-six awards across several different categories, including: Personal Essay and Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Writing Portfolio, Flash Fiction, Humor, and the Critical Essay. Submitted work was reviewed and recognized by a pa ...

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• Katelyn Pei '27 Places Third at NHD State Level Contest
  News • 5/8/2024
  Each year more than half a million students participate in the National History Day Contest. Students select a historical topic related to a chosen annual theme, and then conduct primary and secondary research. Katelyn Pei ’27 placed third at the state level contest for Delaware for her p ...

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• Girls and Boys Track Teams Win DSAC Championships
  News • 5/6/2024
  On Thursday, May 2nd, the Track and Field Diamond State Athletic Conference Championships were held at the Robert Gore Stadium at Newark Charter High School. The Archmere girls team won their third consecutive conference title while the boys won the program’s first team title! In addition, our ...

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• Andy Zhu '24 Poised to Win Fourth Straight Singles Title
  News • 5/2/2024
  Archmere senior Andy Zhu has a chance to be Delaware's second undefeated, four-time first singles boys tennis champion. Andy would be just the second Delaware boy since the state moved to its tournament format more than 50 years ago to go undefeated throughout his entire high school career. He alrea ...

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• "Matilda" Nominated for Eleven Cappies Awards
  News • 5/2/2024
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews. The Cappies is an international program for recognizing, celebrating, and providing learn ...

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• Seniors Cole Fenice, Jack Dellose Named to Blue/Gold All Star Football Roster
  News • 4/29/2024
  The Blue-Gold All Star Football Game Committee of the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities recently announced the players for the 68 th Annual All Star Football Game. Archmere seniors Cole Fenice and Jack Dellose were included in this year’s roster. Cole and Jac ...

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• Twenty-two Students Compete in the National French Exam
  News • 4/25/2024
  Congratulations to the twenty-two French students who elected to compete in the National French Contest on their stellar performance! This challenging exam, sponsored by the American Association Teachers of French, tests grammar, vocabulary, auditory skills and reading comprehension. Over 40,240 stu ...

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• Update: Archmere Art Students Recognized With 159 Scholastic Art Awards!
  News • 4/24/2024
  This is an update to the original January press release: Even MORE Scholastic Art Awards! This year, the Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards website updates resulted in some delayed awards notifications. We are excited to have just learned that Archmere Art and Design students have won an additional 16 ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Team Fundraises for Cancer
  News • 4/22/2024
  For the past few weeks, the boys lacrosse team has been participating in a Stick It To Cancer fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. At the Stick It To Cancer Nationwide , participants and volunteers come together to honor cancer survivors, spread the word about reducing cancer risk, and raise ...

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• Bella Hughes '24 Hits 100 Goal Milestone in Lacrosse Win over Saint Mark's
  News • 4/10/2024
  The girls lacrosse team remains undefeated after a victory over Saint Mark's on Tuesday, April 9 at home. The Auks came out early and strong, leading 8-1 by the end of the first quarter on their way to a 17-7 win over the Spartans. Archmere senior Bella Hughes recorded her 100th career goal in the t ...

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• Carsten Kaiser '24 Leads Baseball Win over St. Elizabeth's with No-Hitter
  News • 4/10/2024
  Behind senior Carsten Kaiser's no-hitter and dominant offense by junior Charlie Malloy and 9th grade catcher Hunter Skelton, the baseball team defeated St. Elizabeth, 10-0, in five innings on April 9th at home. Carsten allowed just one base runner on a walk and recorded seven strikeouts. In his two ...

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• Softball Opens Season with Close Win over Ursuline
  News • 3/21/2024
  It was a chilly start to the spring season on Tuesday, March 19th at Midway Softball Complex. The Archmere softball team scored two runs in the top of the seventh, then escaped trouble in the bottom of the inning for a 6-5 softball win over Ursuline. The season opener was a thrilling one; the game w ...

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• Advanced Cancer Research Analysis Class Spends Day at CHOP
  News • 3/19/2024
  Last week the Advanced Cancer and Research Analysis (ACRA) class spent the day in hands-on learning situations at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania. Our students sat in on a resident roundtable, experienced rounds and surgery observations with Dr. Storm '86 and Dr. Kundishura, attended a lectu ...

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• Juniors Jack Chesman and Kasey Palma Named LLS Student Visionaries of the Year
  News • 3/14/2024
  On Thursday, March 7, The Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Eastern PA-DE Region announced the 2024 Delaware Student Visionaries of the Year winners, juniors Kasey Palma and Jack Chesman of Archmere, and their partner, Alexandra Simon of Tower Hill. They led the team, It’s In Our Bloo ...

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• Archmere's Winter Musical "Matilda" Receives Acclaim
  News • 3/6/2024
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  Dallas ...

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• Wrestling Wraps Up Successful Season, Jimmy Buggy '25 Places 8th in the State
  News • 3/5/2024
  The Archmere wrestling team had a successful winter season, highlighted by a 42-28 win over Concord and a 43-28 win over Wilmington Friends. Juniors Jimmy Buggy, Jason Suydam and Seamus Naughter each won over 20 matches this season. Senior Trevor Huffman finished the season with a record of 13-4. Th ...

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• Stephanie Silverman ‘00 Named 2024 National Independent School Art Educator of the Year
  News • 3/4/2024
  Art &; Design Department Chair and Archmere Alumna Mrs. Stephanie Silverman '00 was selected from a national pool of independent school art educators for the 2024 National Independent School Art Educator of the Year Award. 

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• Mock Trial Team Places Fourth in State, JV Team Places 8th in Delaware Competition
  News • 2/28/2024
  The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place on February 23 and 24, 2024 at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center (formerly the New Castle County Courthouse). Archmere Academy competed with Varsity and JV teams in 4 rounds. The Varsity team won 3 rounds, ultimately coming in 4th in th ...

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• Auks for Earth Club to Attend Environmental Summit
  News • 2/26/2024
  Ten members of Archmere's Auks for Earth Club are scheduled to attend the YES! Delaware Youth Environmental Summit on Thursday, February 29. The Summit will take place at the Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark DE, with more than 500 Delaware high school students ready to network and share idea ...

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• Archmere Math League Teams Qualify for the State Invitational
  News • 2/26/2024
  Archmere's Math League teams competed in 4 regular season meets from October to February this year with excellent results.

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• Josie Calder '25 and Mrs. Tara Creekmore Selected to Attend Young People’s Continental Congress
  News • 2/16/2024
  Josie Calder '25 and Archmere History Teacher Mrs. Tara Creekmore have been selected to attend the Young People’s Continental Congress in Philadelphia this summer. Hosted by National History Day (NHD), this is the first-ever Young People's Continental Congress (YPCC). NHD has collaborated ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/13/2024
  Archmere seniors Alicia Chu and Sophia Chen have met all requirements to advance to the Finalist standing of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) after being named Semifinalists in September 2023. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the ...

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• Boys, Girls Indoor Track Teams Shatter More Records at DIAA State Championships
  News • 2/5/2024
  The 2023-24 Delaware high school indoor track and field season came to a close on Saturday in Landover, Maryland. The 200 meter oval at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex was the perfect site for the DIAA State Championship meet. After an incredibly successful season, the girls ended ...

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• Boys Basketball Defeats Tower Hill on the Road
  News • 1/29/2024
  On Saturday, January 27th, the Archmere boys basketball team took on Tower Hill on the road at the Carpenter Field House. With just 4:21, Charlie Malloy '25 hit a three-point shot, one of his four of the night, to give the Auks the lead. After an exciting back and forth battle, Archmere claimed the ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents "Roald Dahl's Matilda"
  News • 1/23/2024
  The Archmere Academy Drama Club is proud to present its Winter Musical, the classic, Roald Dahl's Matilda . This modern stage musical has an amazing score by Tim Minchin featuring several songs, including "Revolting”, "When I Grow Up", and "Loud!". The book and lyrics capture the wonderful chi ...

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• Tapestry Magazine Wins Distinction for Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) Contest
  News • 1/18/2024
  Tapestry 2023, the Archmere Academy Student Literary Magazine, has been recognized as a Superior "Distinction" magazine by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the langu ...

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• Lucy Oliver '24 Nominated for McDonald’s All American Games
  News • 1/11/2024
  Archmere senior Lucy Oliver is one of three Delaware girls basketball players nominated by the McDonald’s All American Games Selection Committee to play in the All-American Games on April 2, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. This class of nominees are vying for a spot among high school b ...

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• Boys Basketball Powers Past Newark Charter
  News • 1/8/2024
  In the Diamond State Athletic Conference opener for both teams on January 4 at the Moglia Fieldhouse, Archmere controlled the fourth quarter after a back-and-forth third to defeat Newark Charter, 40-29. After a slow start, the Auks went into the half with a 12-10 lead thanks to senior Miles Kempski' ...

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• Senior Cole Fenice Wins Football Mini Max Award
  News • 1/8/2024
  Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2023 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Delaware last week. Archmere senior Cole Fenice has been named one of forty-four Mini Max high school award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Cole joins 155 student-a ...

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• Girls Basketball Competes at Viking Invitational
  News • 1/3/2024
  The Viking Invitational Basketball Tournament took place over the Christmas holiday, with games starting on December 27th and running through December 30th. With five different states represented, the Saint Elizabeth Basketball Center hosted 24 boys and girls teams over the four days. Founded in 202 ...

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• Indoor Track & Field Opens Season with Record Breaking Performances
  News • 12/19/2023
  On Saturday, December 9th the winter track and field team kicked off their season with a Quad Meet at Tower Hill. There were many personal best times and jumps, including two new school records set by Jack Maister '24. Jack recorded 39'-0 in the triple jump and went on to set a new school record in ...

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• Vincent J. Filliben Mid Atlantic Turkey Shootout
  News • 12/13/2023
  The Third Annual Vince Filliben Turkey Shootout took place over the course of Thanksgiving weekend at the Moglia Fieldhouse. The tournament, named after legendary Archmere teacher, athlete, coach and Hall of Fame member Mr. Vince Filliben, featured 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams from Delawa ...

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• Girls Basketball Notches Comeback Win Over Tatnall
  News • 12/13/2023
  On the road on December 12th, the Archmere girls basketball team fell behind Tatnall 11-4 late in the first quarter.  Tatnall’s one-point halftime lead disappeared early in the third quarter with the help of Lucy Oliver '24, who went on to lead the team to a victory, recording a double-do ...

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• Mastersingers Participate in Candlelight Vespers
  News • 12/11/2023
  On Thursday, December 14th, Saint Mary Magdalen Church on Concord Pike presented its annual Candlelight Vespers featuring the Adult Choir of St. Mary Magdalen Church and the Mastersingers of Archmere Academy, accompanied by a full orchestra. An annual offering, the Vespers Service was held at 7:00pm ...

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• December 2023
  News • 12/8/2023
  Professional Photographer Jim Graham Speaks to Archmere Art Students  On December 13, the Archmere Art Club hosted a special guest speaker, Pulitzer Prize-nominated local photographer, Jim Graham. Jim gave a short lecture about his work as a professional photojournalist and photographer. H ...

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• Miles Kempski '24 Leads Auks to Football Championship; Team Places Second in the State
  News • 12/6/2023
  The Archmere football team piled up 463 yards to rally for a 56-28 victory on its home field on Saturday, November 28th against Woodbridge in the DIAA Division II semifinals, earning them a trip to the State Championship game. Second-seeded Archmere played top seed Caravel for the Division II state ...

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• Archmere Athletes Earn DIAA All-State Awards
  News • 12/6/2023
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-State teams. Of special note, Archmere senior football player Jack Dellose was named 2023 Lineman of the Year and Cross Country Head Coach, Mr. JR Creekmore '11, was named the 2023 New Castle County &; State Girls Cr ...

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• Art & Design Department Chair Stephanie Silverman ’00 Appointed to NAEA Steering Committee, Featured National Panelist
  News • 12/5/2023
  Archmere Art &; Design Department Chair Mrs. Stephanie Silverman ’00 was recently invited by the National Art Education Association President, Mario Rossero, to serve on a Steering Committee for the organization to support the national membership and identify opportunities for organizational g ...

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• Football State Championship Ticket Information
  News • 11/29/2023
  The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Football Championships will be played on Saturday, December 2nd at the University of Delaware. Archmere will play Caravel Academy for the 2A State Championship at 3:00 p.m.

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• Archmere Football to Play for State Championship Title
  News • 11/27/2023
  On November 25th the Archmere football team met a spirited Woodbridge for the semifinal match-up of the DIAA State Tournament. The Auks piled up 463 yards of total offense on their home field Saturday, barreling past Woodbridge 56-28 in the Class 2A semifinals. Archmere now moves on to the ...

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• Jeff Finocchiaro ’92 Hosts AI Lunch and Learn
  News • 11/28/2023
  Archmere has taken the Lunch and Learn business model and applied it to our educational initiatives, offering sessions that students can voluntarily attend and enjoy a free meal, all while learning about issues and topics that fall outside of their typical classroom day. Guest speakers are often Arc ...

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• Fall Athletes, Teams Earn Conference/District Awards
  News • 11/20/2023
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-District team for football. All-State information is forthcoming.

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• Maddie Priest ’24 Signs Letter of Intent to Run at Elon University
  News • 11/17/2023
  Maddie Priest, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join Elon University’s Cross Country and Track and Field Team on November 8, 2023. Elon University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Elon, North Carolina. Maddie has been a Varsity Cross Country and Tr ...

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• Miles Kempski ’24 Signs with University of Massachusetts Lowell Lacrosse Team
  News • 11/17/2023
  Miles Kempski, native of West Chester, PA and senior at Archmere Academy, is pleased to announce his signing of his National Intent Letter to play college lacrosse at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a Division I public research un ...

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• Let's Renovate the House! Archmere Academy receives a $3 million donation from the Rocco and Mary Abessinio Foundation.
  News • 11/15/2023
  The Rocco and Mary Abessinio Foundation has made a $3 million donation to Archmere Academy; two million to underwrite the renovation of the Performing Arts Center, constructed in 1983 and one million to underwrite need-based scholarships.

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• Archmere Academy Named to Advanced Placement School Honor Roll
  News • 11/14/2023
  The College Board recently announced that Archmere Academy has been named to the Advanced Placement Program (AP) School Honor Roll, earning Platinum distinction. College Board’s AP Program enables students to pursue college-level studies—with the opportunity to earn college credit, advan ...

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• Football Team Clinches District Title and #2 Seed for Playoffs
  News • 11/13/2023
  The Archmere football team had a lot on the line when they met Wilmington Friends at home on Coaches' Field on Saturday, November 11th. Not only was it Senior Day, but the Class 2A district title was still up for grabs, as was a top 3 spot in the DIAA State Tournament rankings. After falling behind ...

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• Cross Country Tops Off Successful Season with 2nd and 5th Place in the State Championships
  News • 11/13/2023
  On Saturday, November 11, the Archmere cross country team competed at the DIAA State Championships at Brandywine Creek State Park. Following a 3rd place finish at the New Castle County Championships, the girls took home 2nd place in the state, competing incredibly well against a very talented Tatnal ...

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• Brendan Burke ’24 to Play Lacrosse at Lafayette College
  News • 11/9/2023
  Brendan Burke, senior at Archmere Academy, signed his letter of intent to join Lafayette College’s lacrosse team on November 8, 2023. A Division I program out of Easton, Pennsylvania, the Lafayette men’s lacrosse team has competed in the Patriot League since its 1991 founding. Ranked a & ...

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• Jack Maister ’24 Signs Letter of Intent to Run at Lehigh University
  News • 11/9/2023
  Jack Maister, senior at Archmere Academy, signed a letter of intent to join Lehigh University’s track and field team on November 8, 2023. Lehigh University is a Division I athletic program in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Jack has been a varsity starter and standout athlete from the moment he joine ...

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• Drew Duncan ’24 Signs with University of Delaware Lacrosse Team
  News • 11/9/2023
  Drew Duncan, native of Wilmington, Delaware and senior at Archmere Academy, is pleased to announce the signing of his National Letter of Intent to play college lacrosse at the Division I level for the University of Delaware. Delaware’s lacrosse team is well known as a longstanding powerhouse l ...

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• Advanced Cancer Research Analysis Class Travels to CHOP
  News • 11/8/2023
  Students in Archmere's Advanced Cancer Research class visited the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on Thursday, November 9th to tour the labs, shadow surgeons and spend time in the D3b facility. The students split the day between shadowing doctors and nurses in the hospital, and several demonstra ...

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• Cast Announced for Winter Musical, "Matilda"
  News • 11/6/2023
  Auditions for the Archmere winter musical,  Matilda, wrapped up this month. The musical will run the weekends of February 23 and 24, and March 1 and 2. Matilda, inspired by the classic Roald Dahl story, will be brought to life in Archmere's Performing Arts Center in a spectacular display of mus ...

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• Volleyball Battles for Over Two Hours to Overcome Caravel, Heads to Quarterfinal
  News • 11/3/2023
  In a thrilling match in front of a very spirited crowd, the Archmere volleyball team battled for over two hours through five sets, claiming victory over Caravel Academy and moving on to the Quarterfinal round of the DIAA State Tournament. The 14 th  seeded Auks played their strongest volleyball ...

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• Field Hockey Ends Regular Season With Victory Over Tatnall
  News • 10/30/2023
  On October 26th the Archmere field hockey team traveled to Tatnall, wrapping up their regular season with a 4-2 win over the Hornets. This was the fifth consecutive win for Archmere. Goalie Ava Hughes '24 celebrated her 300th career save in the first quarter. Maura Read '15 scored three times off of ...

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• Girls Cross Country Win DSAC Championship, Boys Finish Second
  News • 10/26/2023
  Led by senior Maddie Priest and junior Helen Socorso, the girls cross country team won their first Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship in school history! 9th grader Alaina Thomas finished 5th while seniors Anna Benner and Peyton Bale rounded out the team score.

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• Cross Country Competes at Manhattan Invitational
  News • 10/18/2023
  The Manhattan College Cross Country Invitational (MCXCI) was founded in 1973 by legendary Bishop Loughlin High School coach and former Manhattan College distance runner, Ed Bowes. On Saturday, October 14th, the Archmere cross country team traveled to the northwest part of New York City to race on th ...

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• Football Team Holds Off DMA Last Minute Drive for Victory
  News • 10/9/2023
  On Friday night under the lights at Delaware Military Academy, Archmere held a 14-12 lead over DMA with just under a minute to go when the Seahawks took possession at their own 30 with a chance to win the game. DMA was able to run off 10 plays during that time, but the final one, a 43-yard field goa ...

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• Michael John Trotta Commissions Piece for Archmere Mastersingers
  News • 9/27/2023
  The Mastersingers of Archmere Academy will be premiering a new Christmas work that was commissioned for them by American composer Michael John Trotta.    

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents "You Were Born on a Rotten Day"
  News • 9/25/2023
  Archmere Academy is proud to present its Fall Play, You Were Born on a Rotten Day  by Christopher Sergel. In this zany spoof, Claude P. Jones, a science teacher, has had it with fake science, especially astrology and horoscopes.  As he desperately attempts to convince his students tha ...

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• Volleyball Sweeps Ursuline in Three Sets
  News • 9/21/2023
  After a 5-0 run in the first set for Ursuline, the Archmere volleyball team rebounded using strong defense and "thunderous straight down kills" by senior Ceci Connolly. The Auks had an answer for much of the Ursuline attack, blocking and digging their way to a sweep of the Raiders in a battle betwee ...

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• Pressing Offense and Two Assists by Jason Lotkowski '24 Drive Soccer to Victory
  News • 9/20/2023
  The Archmere soccer team's first win of the season came at home against Sanford on Tuesday, September 19th. With a 9-4 shot advantage and a 9-1 edge in corner kicks, Archmere defeated Sanford 2-0 to mark their first victory. Mason Kohl '26 was steadfast in goal, recording four saves.

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• Volleyball Team Defeats Padua in Thrilling Match
  News • 9/18/2023
  On September 14th the Archmere volleyball team rebounded from a first set loss against Padua to win the next three sets and the match. The game took place in the Moglia Fieldhouse in front of a very spirited and packed crowd. The team displayed their dominant hitting skills and improved their record ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/13/2023
  Archmere seniors Sophia Chen and Alicia Chu have been named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.3 million) in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by tak ...

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• Football Opens Season With Big Win At Home
  News • 9/11/2023
  On Saturday, September 9th at Coaches’ Field on the Archmere campus, the football team kicked off its season with a big win over Saint Elizabeth's. The Vikings struck first, but the Auks proved to be too much to handle and went on to a 42-8 win. Saint Elizabeth's was able to score early and ge ...

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• Daniel Qi ’26 Performs Internationally, Receives Standing Ovation
  News • 8/28/2023
  Helena Raskob Arts Institute member Daniel Qi ’26 spent most of his summer playing the violin on an international stage. Daniel, last year’s winner of the Betsey L. Kent Youth 2022 High School Division Concerto Competition, serves as first violinist for the Helena Raskob Arts I ...

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• Cast Announced for Archmere Fall Play, "You Were Born on a Rotten Day"
  News • 8/21/2023
  Auditions for the Archmere fall play production,  You Were Born on a Rotten Day   by Christopher Sergel, were held this summer on campus. The play is a light-hearted comedy about a high school Physics teacher who is really into astronomy and  really  dislikes the pseudo ...

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• Alicia Chu '24 Wins Distinguished Woman Award
  News • 8/15/2023
  On August 5 th at the Possum Point Theater in Georgetown, Alicia Chu ’24 was honored as the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Woman Award. Distinguished Young Women, formerly America’s Junior Miss, was founded in 1958 as a way to reward the accomplishments of high school senior girls s ...

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• Alex Chen ’23 Accepted to Atlas Fellowship
  News • 7/12/2023
  Archmere Valedictorian Alex Chen ’23 was nominated for the Atlas Fellowship by Principal Katie Thiel this spring, and recently selected as a 2023 Atlas Fellow. The Atlas Fellowship is an  educational  program with advanced academic content, funded by Open Philanthropy, ...

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• Cassius Hearne '26 Wins First Place in Legal History Contest
  News • 7/7/2023
  The Court of Chancery, in partnership with the Court of Chancery Historical Society, hosted an art competition to celebrate history through art in June. Archmere sophomore Cassius Hearne won First Place and a $500 scholarship for his entry titled, " Our Segregated Worlds" . The contest was open to s ...

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• Drew Duncan '24, Alex Starnes '23 Earn Academic and All-American Awards
  News • 6/13/2023
  Head Coach Pete Duncan led the Archmere lacrosse team to a 13-4 record this season, Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship for the third year in a row, and a #2 seed in the DIAA State Tournament. The team pushed themselves this year outside of the state and their conference, defeating teams ...

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• Golf Team Places Third in State
  News • 6/6/2023
  The Archmere golf team traveled to Baywood Greens Golf Club in Long Neck, Delaware on May 30 and 31 to compete in the DIAA State Golf Championships. They placed third overall with a school record for lowest score at the State Tournament and just 4 shots behind the champions. During the two - da ...

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• Girls Lacrosse Moves on to DIAA State Semifinals
  News • 5/23/2023
  Playing at home on Saturday, May 20, the girls lacrosse team defeated Tower Hill 18-10 in the quarterfinals of the DIAA State Tournament. Heading into playoffs, the #3 seed Auks boasted an impressive 13-1 regular season record. Tower Hill controlled the opening draw and held possession for more than ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Winners
  News • 5/22/2023
  This year, three Archmere seniors — Rui (Leo) Chang, Alex Chen and Clare O’Dwyer — were among the 2,500 students nationwide named National Merit Scholarship winners. In the Class of 2023, Archmere has 9 Commended students, 2 Finalists, and 3 scholarship recipients.

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• May/June 2023
  News • 5/22/2023
  TEAMS Qualify for Nationals TEAMS is a competition of math, science, and engineering requiring students to complete an essay on an engineering topic, a multiple choice exam, and then design and build a device with a specific purpose. Last summer, the team of Michelle Zhang, Sophia Chen, and Andy Zhu ...

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• Two Students Invited to DE Governor's School for Arts
  News • 5/18/2023
  Congratulations to Jace Walker ‘25 and Grace Yang '25 for earning spots in this summer's very prestigious Governor's School for Excellence for the Visual Arts. This is the third consecutive year both of Archmere's Visual Art nominees were accepted into the program. The Delaware Gover ...

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• Girls Soccer Defeats DMA 3-1
  News • 5/10/2023
  The Archmere girls soccer team took on Delaware Military Academy on May 3 at the Seahawks Fusco Memorial Field. Despite the rain and cold, the Auks scored twice in nine minutes in the second half to earn the 3-1 victory.  The lone goal of the first half came in the fifth minute, when Emma Gioff ...

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• "Willy Wonka" Nominated for Multiple Cappies Awards
  News • 5/9/2023
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews. Archmere's winter musical,  Willy Wonka,  was a Cappies show this year, an ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Notches Win Over Appoquinimink; Drew Duncan Scores Six
  News • 5/1/2023
  On Tuesday, April 25, the boys lacrosse team traveled to Appoquinimink High School to compete against the Jaguars under the lights in a battle of top-10 teams. Within minutes, Appoquinimink took a 2-0 lead, but it didn't take long for the Auks to regain control of the game. They scored the next 11 g ...

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• Isabella Lehr '24 Selected for Al Neuharth Free Spirit & Journalism Conference
  News • 5/1/2023
  Isabella Lehr '24 has been selected as the sole Delaware representative for the 2023 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference. Isabella will attend the conference in Washington, DC this summer from June 24-29. Students selected for the program receive an all-expenses-paid trip and a $1 ...

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• Mastersingers Earn Gold at Heritage National Music Festival
  News • 5/1/2023
  From April 20-23, the Archmere Academy Mastersingers were in Williamsburg, VA to compete in the Heritage National Music Festival. While in Williamsburg, the Mastersingers performed a concert at the historic Bruton Parish Church, which was attended by many Mastersinger families and by former Mas ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2023
  News • 4/27/2023
  The Season of Celebrations has begun at Archmere and the College Counseling Office is excited to join in on the fun. Tuesday, May 2nd will be our annual College Decision Day celebration (it’s not May 1st b/c of a full day of AP testing). The day will include a photo booth, Mr. Softie ice cream ...

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• April 2023
  News • 4/25/2023
  National Chemistry Olympiad Exam On Friday April 21, Archmere hosted the Delaware National Chemistry Olympiad Exam sponsored by the Delaware section of the American Chemical Society. Eleven students from Delaware qualified to take the day-long exam. The exam included multiple choice and open-ended q ...

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• Seniors Chris Albero, Nate Morda and Kieran Udovich Named to Blue/Gold All Star Football Roster
  News • 4/21/2023
  The Blue-Gold All Star Football Game Committee of the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities recently announced the players for the 67 th  Annual All Star Football Game. Archmere seniors Chris Albero, Nate Morda, and Kieran Udovich were included in this year’ ...

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• Girls Lacrosse Rallies for Big Win over Wilmington Charter
  News • 4/21/2023
  In a battle of the "undefeated", the Archmere girls lacrosse team took on fellow undefeated Wilmington Charter in a key Diamond State Athletic Conference game on April 18th on the road. The Auks trailed the Force, 6-0, just seven and a half minutes in. But the girls fought back, getting the deficit ...

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• Baseball Defeats Concord With Five Runs in Seventh Inning
  News • 4/21/2023
  The Archmere baseball team took on Concord High School under the lights at Frawley Stadium on April 18. They trailed, 5-1, with three outs to go, heading into the seventh inning. Concord had been in the lead since its first at bat, but a three-run triple by Chris Albero '23 in the bottom of the seve ...

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• Baseball Rallies for Comeback Win Over Charter
  News • 4/17/2023
  On April 11, Archmere scored 11 times in the sixth inning to overcome a seven-run deficit, and the Auks held on for a 15-14 win over Wilmington Charter at home.

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• Archmere Places Second at World Language Showcase Competition
  News • 3/31/2023
  Archmere participated in the first annual Delaware World Language Showcase competition at the University of Delaware on Saturday, March 18. Students competed in various cultural and language-based competitions, giving presentations and telling stories. Archmere took home 28 medals, placing second ov ...

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• Maile Gutsche '23 is National Second Place Winner in the MTNA Senior Voice Competitions
  News • 3/31/2023
  Press Release from the Music Teachers National Association: Maile Gutsche is the Second Place National Winner in the MTNA Student Performance Competition for Senior Voice. As one of six divisional finalists and representing the Eastern Region, Gutsche competed March 26 as part of the 2023 MTNA Natio ...

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• Daniel Qi ’26 Selected for NYO2
  News • 3/27/2023
  This month, Carnegie Hall announced the names of the 89 young musicians selected from across the country for NYO2, an intensive summer orchestral training program for outstanding American instrumentalists, ages 14–17. Among those names is Archmere 9th grader, Daniel Qi. ...

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• Two Archmere Students Recognized with National Scholastic Art Medals
  News • 3/27/2023
  The Alliance for Young Artists &; Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, has recognized two Archmere Academy students with National Silver Medals: Michael Ciampoli '23 for his "Froc" sculpture (teacher Jody Hoffman), and Caeli McAlanon '25 & ...

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• Students Compete at 49th Annual National High School Model United Nations Conference
  News • 3/20/2023
  This month, twelve Archmere students from the Model UN Club attended a three day conference in New York City. From March 15 th -18 th , the team competed at the National High School Model UN Conference. Model UN was represented by delegates Alex Chen '23, Tony Liu '23, Annamaria DeCam ...

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• Archmere Students Win Fourteen Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 3/14/2023
  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 Ameri ...

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• Archmere Science Olympiad Team Medals in Fourteen Events
  News • 3/8/2023
  On Saturday, March 4, Archmere’s Science Olympiad team competed at the Delaware State Tournament. With only a team of 20 students, they competed in 19 events throughout the day. Our students medaled in 14 of the events. Competing against 27 schools and 46 teams, Archmere’s team had an ou ...

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• Archmere's Winter Musical "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka" Receives Acclaim
  News • 3/8/2023
  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  spon ...

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• Swim Team Competes at DIAA State Championship Meet
  News • 2/27/2023
  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 tw ...

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• Juniors Camilo Alvarez and Sophia Chen Featured in DAEA Youth Art Month Exhibition
  News • 2/27/2023
  Archmere juniors   Camilo Alvarez '24 and Sophia Chen '24 both had pieces selected for inclusion in the 2023 Youth Art Month Exhibition, sponsored by the Delaware Art Education Association Exhibition (DAEA). During the month of March, DAEA sends daily social media posts highlight ...

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• Boys Basketball Ends Regular Season With Win over Concord
  News • 2/23/2023
  "Archmere turned defense into offense over and over in the first half, opening up a lead at Concord, and the Auks closed out the regular season with a 49-31 win over the Raiders on February 21." The last regular season game for the boys basketball team was on the road, and they made sure it was a wi ...

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• Wrestling Defeats Wilmington Friends in Last Dual Meet
  News • 2/22/2023
  On February 9, the Archmere wrestling team defeated Wilmington Friends 48-28 on the road. After facing an early deficit in the first 5 matches (trailing 22-6), the team was able to take the lead and secure the victory with 6 consecutive wins by fall.

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• Archmere girls Clinch Diamond State Athletic Conference Basketball Title
  News • 2/21/2023
  On Thursday, February 16 the Archmere girls basketball team traveled to Conrad to take on the Red Wolves on the road. At stake: the conference title. The Auks led, 11-6, with three minutes to go in the first quarter. The Red Wolves scored 10 of the next 13 points, taking a 16-14 lead until senior Al ...

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• Archmere Welcomes New Boys Head Coach to the Soccer Program
  News • 2/16/2023
  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 mov ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/14/2023
  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 ...

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• Helen Qi '23 Recognized with "Best in Show" Award for Drawing
  News • 2/13/2023
  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" ...

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• Boys Basketball Holds On to Defeat Wilmington Friends
  News • 2/10/2023
  On Thursday, February 9, the boys basketball team competed in an exciting battle against Wilmington Friends at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse. Defense ran strong all night, as evidenced by the score after the first quarter: 4-2. By halftime the Auks were up 15-5, but after that the game went back and ...

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• Girls Basketball Remains Undefeated in DSAC After Win Over DMA
  News • 2/9/2023
  Last night the Archmere girls basketball team battled against DMA for sole possession of first place in the Diamond State Conference. Clutch plays down the stretch from seniors Sarah Denning and Ally Lengkeek helped the Auks to a 48-40 win over the Seahawks to remain perfect (6-0) in Diamond State A ...

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• Three Archmere Students Sit For American Invitational Mathematics Exam
  News • 2/8/2023
  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% ...

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• Boys, Girls Indoor Track Teams Place Highest Ever at DIAA State Championships
  News • 2/7/2023
  The 2022-23 Delaware high school indoor track and field season came to a close on Saturday in Landover, Maryland. The 200 meter oval at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex was the perfect site for the DIAA State Championship meet, and the site of the highest place finishes in scho ...

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• David Demnicki ’19 & Andrew Demnicki ’21 Become Certified Master Scuba Divers
  News • 2/1/2023
  Last summer a group of Archmere students, alumni, and faculty went on the first annual AukSCUBA Club trip. The trip was to sunny Cozumel, Mexico. As part of AukSCUBA, several students completed multiple PADI Scuba certifications, including Deep Water Diver, Wreck Diver, Underwater Navigation, etc. T ...

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•  AukSCUBA Club Heads to Cozumel
  News • 2/1/2023
  Last summer a group of Archmere students, alumni, and faculty went on the first annual AukSCUBA Club trip. The trip was to sunny Cozumel, Mexico. As part of AukSCUBA, several students completed multiple PADI Scuba certifications, including Deep Water Diver, Wreck Diver, Underwater Navigation, etc.

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• Angela Zhang '26 Wins Multiple Awards at Artists Simply Human Dance Convention
  News • 1/31/2023
  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 choreo ...

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• Lucy Oliver '24 Nets 27 Points, Boosts Archmere Over Saint Elizabeth's
  News • 1/30/2023
  On January 20, the Archmere girls basketball team took on a tough Saint Elizabeth's, claiming victory for the first time in over 10 years. Lucy Oliver '24 led all scorers with 27 points, and Bridget Malloy '26 showed up big time in her first year as an Auk. The Auks defeated the Vikings 45-39, leavi ...

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• Maile Gutsche '23 Wins Eastern Division of MTNA Senior Voice Competition
  News • 1/20/2023
  From the MTNA Press Release: Delaware Soprano Maile Gutsche is a Division Winner in the MTNA Senior Voice Competition Maile Gutsche, a resident of Arden, will compete as a National Finalist in the MTNA Senior Voice Competition. Gutsche, the daughter of Oliver and Annie Gutsche, earned this oppo ...

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• Winter Track Team Sets Multiple School Records at the Armory in NY
  News • 1/11/2023
  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 again ...

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• Girls Basketball Wins Viking Invitational Tournament
  News • 1/6/2023
  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 202 ...

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• Archmere Basketball Defeats Brandywine in Close Match
  News • 1/5/2023
  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-po ...

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• Senior Chris Albero Wins Football Mini Max Award
  News • 1/3/2023
  Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2022 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Delaware last week. Archmere senior Chris Albero has been named one of forty-four Mini Max high school award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Players were nominated ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2022
  News • 12/20/2022
  Things are in constant motion (v = d/t) in College Counseling. Seniors have been receiving decisions for the past month and junior introductory meetings are about half completed. There’s also a plethora of programming coming up in the second semester.    First, we’d like to wis ...

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• Helena Raskob Arts Institute Holds First Recital of the Year
  News • 12/14/2022
  On November 4th, the Helena Raskob Arts Institute had its first recital of the year. This exciting occasion marked the beginning of the Institute’s second year at Archmere. HRAI, which is run by Mrs. Mary Ellen Schauber, offers opportunities for Archmere students to practice and perform music ...

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• Girls Basketball Makes Headlines For Close Win Over Howard
  News • 12/14/2022
  "Archmere responded to the adversity, holding the Wildcats scoreless for the final 4:37 of the game and scoring the remaining seven points in a 30-23 win." On December 13th the girls basketball team traveled to Howard High School of Technology to take on the Wildcats, their fourth game of the season ...

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• Vincent J. Filliben Mid Atlantic Turkey Shootout
  News • 12/13/2022
  The second annual Vincent J. Filliben Mid Atlantic Turkey Shootout took place over Thanksgiving break on the Archmere campus. The tournament, named after legendary Archmere teacher, athlete, coach and Hall of Fame member Mr. Vince Filliben, featured 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams from Delaw ...

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• "The Dialog" Features Archmere Teacher Mr. Mike Johnson
  News • 12/12/2022
  Archmere junior Grace Koch nominated Mr. Mike Johnson, math teacher and student council facilitator, for the Dialog newspaper's "Teacher feature". Mr. Johnson was interviewed and highlighted in this month's edition. Mike Johnson told the Dialog that "it was special to be nominated. To hear that ...

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• Girls Basketball Opens Season With Comeback Win Over Appoquinimink
  News • 12/7/2022
  After trailing much of the night, the Archmere girls basketball team pulled out a 48-43 victory over Appoquinimink on December 5 in their season opener. Played in the Moglia Fieldhouse, the game was a thrilling back and forth battle from the beginning. Allison Lengkeek '23 hit the only three-pointer ...

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• Football Heads to State Semifinals
  News • 11/29/2022
  At the quarterfinal State Tournament football game at Abessinio Stadium on November 26, the Archmere football team turned up the defense, earning a shutout in a 13-0 victory over Howard. The Auks controlled the ball and controlled the clock, allowing Howard just three second-half possessions. It mad ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2022
  News • 11/28/2022
  Class of 2023 The 134 members of the class have submitted more than 1,000 transcript requests to date and we expect a few more to come. They’ve been diligent in meeting our deadlines, which as a a group is good for College Counseling, and as individuals, is a terrific practice. Decisions from ...

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• Archmere Field Hockey Competes in State Championship Title Game
  News • 11/21/2022
  Archmere completed an incredibly successful field hockey season with a trip to the DIAA Division II State Championship game against Delmar, held at Rullo Stadium at the University of Delaware. The second-seeded Auks were playing in the title game for the first time in more than three decades, while ...

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• Field Hockey Defeats Sussex Academy, Moves on to State Semifinals
  News • 11/16/2022
  It wasn't until almost halftime that the Archmere field hockey team started their scoring brigade against No. 12 Sussex Academy in the Quarterfinals of the State Tournament. The game, held at home on the lower turf on Saturday November 12, was a defensive battle until just before the half. The first ...

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• Emma Gioffre '23 Signs To Play Soccer At University Of Cincinnati
  News • 11/10/2022
  Emma Gioffre, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join University of Cincinnati’s Soccer Team on November 9, 2022. Cincinnati is a public research university and Division 1 athletic program located in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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• Bella Dell’Oso '23 Signs To Play Field Hockey At Temple University
  News • 11/10/2022
  Bella Dell’Oso, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join Temple University’s Field Hockey Team on November 9, 2022. Temple University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A multisport athlete, Bella has als ...

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• Reagan Waggoner '23 Signs With Sacred Heart Equestrian Team
  News • 11/10/2022
  Reagan Waggoner, senior at Archmere Academy, made history on Wednesday, November 9, when she was the second Archmere student or graduate to sign a letter of intent to pursue collegiate Equestrian. Reagan will be a member of the Division 1 Sacred Heart University Equestrian Team next fall.  ...

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• Jack O'Neill '23 Signs With Mercyhurst Lacrosse Team
  News • 11/10/2022
  Jack O’Neill, native of West Chester Pa and senior at Archmere Academy, is pleased to announce his signing of his National Intent Letter to play college lacrosse at Mercyhurst University. Mercyhurst is known as a longstanding powerhouse lacrosse program, winning the National Championship for D ...

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• Ava Courtney '23 Chosen to Serve on Youth Philanthropy Board
  News • 11/8/2022
  The Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) is a nonprofit organization focused on partnering with donors  to build opportunity and advance equity in Delaware. Their mission is to improve the lives of the people of Delaware by empowering and growing philanthropy through knowledge and relations ...

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• Volleyball Moves on to DIAA Quarterfinals with Win over Dover
  News • 11/7/2022
  Archmere’s volleyball team overcame a deficit in the first set, then grew stronger as the night progressed in a 3-0 victory over Dover in the DIAA state volleyball tournament on November 5 at the Mogila Fieldhouse. The Auks, seeded fourth, won by scores of 25-20, 25-18, and 25-16.

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• Cast Announced for Archmere Winter Musical, "Willy Wonka"
  News • 11/3/2022
  Auditions for the Archmere winter musical,  Willy Wonka,  wrapped up this month. The musical will run the weekends of February 24 and 25, and March 3 and 4. Roald Dahl's W illy Wonka is a musical with a book by Tim McDonald and Leslie Bricusse, with music by Bricusse and Anthony Newle ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2022
  News • 10/30/2022
  Seniors The Class of 2023 will be celebrating a milestone this week with a college t-shirt day and class college coffee on Wednesday, November 2nd. The November 1st application deadline is the biggest of the year and to date the College Counseling Office has processed almost 1,000 transcript request ...

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• October 2022
  News • 10/28/2022
  AP Capstone Classes Spend the Day at University of Delaware Archmere Academy offers special programs to students each year. Among those programs is the AP Capstone, which consists of AP Seminar and AP Research. The students analyze a wide variety of source material to gain a rich appreciation and un ...

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• Boys and Girls Cross Country Place Second at DSAC Championships
  News • 10/28/2022
  On October 25, the Diamond State Athletic Championships for cross country were held at Bellevue State Park. The girls varsity team earned 62 points, placing second overall. Key races included a 3rd place by Maddie Priest '24 in the 5000 meter run, followed by Taylor Costa '23 taking 6th and Helen So ...

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• Success of Archmere Academy’s National Art Honor Society Featured in National Webcast
  News • 10/26/2022
  The National Art Education Association selected Archmere Academy’s National Art Honor Society Chapter as the national spotlight high school NAHS chapter for a live webcast on October 27, 2022. The National Art Honor Society program inspires and recognizes students with an outstanding abil ...

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• Erin Pearson '20 Completes an 8-week Internship at Yoga Studio in Barcelona
  News • 10/17/2022
  Erin Pearson '20 is a junior at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in Nutrition, with a double-minor in Entrepreneurship and Medical Anthropology. Through public health classes at UNC, Erin developed a strong passion for both women’s health and absolving health inequities, so she is now a certified birt ...

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• Two Goals by Maura Read '25 Give Field Hockey Another Win
  News • 10/10/2022
  The Archmere field hockey team traveled to the Chase Fieldhouse on Friday, October 7 to confront top ranked Padua, defeating the Pandas in an exciting back and forth match, 2-1. Both teams played a defense-first opening half, with few chances on goal for either the Auks or Pandas. After the half, th ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents: "The Brightest Thing" (or Squonk Play)
  News • 9/30/2022
  The Archmere Drama Club's fall play production will be  The Brightest Thing (Or, the Squonk Play) by Don Zolidis. The play tells the story of a hyper-imaginative young girl, Emelia, who goes on a magical adventure to find and save her mother from evil Snow Pirates.  Alo ...

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• Soccer Battles DMA in Two Thrilling Overtime Halves
  News • 9/29/2022
  "Over the course of 100 minutes, the boys soccer teams from Archmere and Delaware Military Academy had little left to give, and they walked off the turf at Fusco Field, fittingly, with a 1-1 draw. While scoring was at a premium, this match had plenty of action throughout."

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• Archmere Welcomes Students From Madrid, Spain
  News • 9/28/2022
  The Department of World Languages and Cultures began the next cycle of Archmere's Spanish Exchange Program this month. We welcomed 10 students from our new partner school in the heart of Madrid, Spain. Chamberí Maristas is a K-12 Catholic school in the Chamberí neighborhood of central Madr ...

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• Field Hockey Team 6-0, Has Yet to Let a Goal In
  News • 9/27/2022
  The Archmere field hockey team picked up exactly where they left off last year, with an incredibly strong roster of experienced players. Already 6-0, the team has boasted several big wins and has yet to let a goal in. The Auks have defeated Concord, Sanford, Saint Mark's, Wilmington Christian, Conra ...

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• Volleyball Team Nets Big Win Over Ursuline
  News • 9/22/2022
  Following a thrilling five-set win at Padua, the Archmere volleyball team returned to the Moglia Fieldhouse on September 19 for the latest battle in their very challenging schedule. In front of nearly a full house, including a boisterous student section, the Auks held off a determined Ursuline squad ...

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• Soccer Shuts Out Sanford
  News • 9/19/2022
  On September 16th the Archmere soccer team traveled to Sanford, and it didn't take long for them to find their groove. This was their second of five straight games on the road. The first goal in their 4-0 shutout came in the second quarter.

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• Alex Chen '23 Earns a Rare “Perfect” Score on Advanced Placement Exam
  News • 9/19/2022
  Archmere Academy celebrates senior Alexander Chen for earning a perfect score on a college-level Advanced Placement (AP) Exam, taken last spring.  Alex’s performance on the AP English Language and Composition Exam in May 2022 was so superior that it falls into a rather select ca ...

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• Five Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/14/2022
  Archmere seniors Rui (Leo) Chang, Alexander Chen, Natalie Gildea, Clare O’Dwyer, and Richard (Richie) Smith have been named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.6 millio ...

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• Archmere Art Teacher, Alumna Participate in Trolley Square Mural Project
  News • 7/6/2022
  Ms. Rachel Van Wylen, Archmere Art Teacher and 2014 Archmere graduate Haley Moore were chosen to design murals for the first-ever Trolley Square Public Utility Mural Project. This spring, both Ms. Van Wylen and Haley applied for the project through the Delaware Avenue Community Association. The ...

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• Archmere Boys Lacrosse Players Earn Academic and All-American Awards, Pete Duncan Earns Coach of the Year
  News • 6/15/2022
  Archmere Boys Lacrosse Head Coach Pete Duncan was named the 2022 Coach of the Year by the Delaware Interscholastic Boys Lacrosse Coaches Association. Coach Duncan led the Auks to a school-record 16 wins and #1 seed in the DIAA State Tournament. The team outscored their opponents 263-77, boasted 14 A ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Wins State Quarterfinal, Will Play Cape Henlopen in Semifinals
  News • 5/31/2022
  For the third consecutive season, the Archmere boys lacrosse team heads to the State Semifinals this week. On Saturday, May 28 on the lower turf, the team put on an offensive showdown against Wilmington Friends, with nine different players scoring on their way to a 14-7 quarterfinal win. 

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• Archmere Academy celebrates Cultural Night
  News • 5/26/2022
  Chinwendu Emedoh '23 shares her perspective on Archmere's first Cultural Night.

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• Andy Zhu '24 Wins Tennis State Championship
  News • 5/26/2022
  Archmere sophomore Andy Zhu went 6-0, 6-1 to take the First Singles Tennis State Championship on May 25th at St. Andrew's School against Caesar Rodney senior Darin Jawahar. This is Andy's second year in a row to win the State Championship; he made his mark last year, winning as a 9th grader. An ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Wins First Round, Moves on to Quarterfinals
  News • 5/26/2022
  At home in front of a spirited crowd on May 24, the Archmere boys lacrosse team defeated Concord High School 21-0 in the first round of the State Tournament. The team, now 15-1 and boasting a twelve game winning streak, will play Wilmington Friends at home on Saturday, May 28 at 11:30am in the Quart ...

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• Six Archmere Teams Win their Diamond State Athletic Conferences this Spring
  News • 5/19/2022
  The spring sports season has been an incredibly successful one for Archmere Academy. Six out of our ten sports teams have all won their respective Diamond State Athletic Conferences: Golf, Girls Tennis, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Soccer and Girls Track are all DSAC Champions.

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• Simi Edeki '22 and Nick Zhu '22 named National Merit Scholarship Winners and Co-Valedictorians
  News • 5/18/2022
  This year, two Archmere seniors — Simi Edeki and Nick Zhu — were among the 2,500 students nationwide named National Merit Scholarship winners. Simi and Nick are two of the seven students from Delaware who are National Merit Scholars.

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• "Once Upon a Mattress" Wins Four Cappies
  News • 5/16/2022
  Earlier this spring, the Archmere winter musical,  Once Upon a Mattress,  was nominated for ten Cappies Awards. This was the first time that Archmere has ever been nominated for Best Show, ties for the most nominations the school productions have ever had (drama and musical), and ...

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• Pitching by Matt Keen '22, Offensive Effort by Chris Albero '23 Helps Lead Baseball to Victory
  News • 5/12/2022
  On May 10, Archmere broke open a close game with four runs in the fifth inning, resulting in a 6-1 victory over Newark Charter. It was the Auks’ senior day celebration and their fourth win in five games.

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• "Once Upon a Mattress" Nominated for Multiple Cappies Awards
  News • 5/10/2022
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews. The Cappies is an international program for recognizing, celebrating, and providing ...

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• Senior Simi Edeki Named Semifinalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
  News • 5/4/2022
  Archmere Academy senior Simi Edeki has been named a semifinalist in the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The United States Presidential Scholars Program is a program of the Department of Education. It is described as "one of the Nation's highest honors for stude ...

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• Softball Defeats Ursuline 10-1
  News • 5/4/2022
  The Archmere softball team notched another win on Monday, May 2. Defeating Ursuline at home, junior Ryan Vitola started the Auks’ offense in the first inning with a one-out single. Ryan went on to have three hits, got to base four times, scored three runs, and added a diving catch in cent ...

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• Baseball Defeats Wilmington Friends, "Laces Up" for Pediatric Cancer
  News • 4/25/2022
  At the baseball game on Friday, April 22, the Archmere team and the Wilmington Friends team wore gold laces on their cleats in support of the Go4theGoal foundation, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of children battling cancer by providing financial support, developing and implementin ...

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• Girls Soccer Defeats Saint Mark's with Thrilling Last Minute Goal
  News • 4/11/2022
  On Friday afternoon April 8, the girls soccer team took on Saint Mark's at the Hockessin Soccer Club, winning 4-3 from a 79th minute goal by Jules Witherell '24. The Auks kept the pressure on the previously undefeated Spartans the entire game, and in total outshot them 9-7 and had a 9-2 advantage in ...

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• Two Archmere Students Recognized with National Scholastic Art Medals
  News • 3/29/2022
  The Alliance for Young Artists &; Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, has recognized Archmere students Grace Yang ’25 and Liz Xu '24   with National Scholastic Art Medals.   Both medals were in the Drawing &; Illustration categ ...

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• Swim Team Sends Eight to State Championship Meet
  News • 2/28/2022
  The Archmere Swim Team competed in the DIAA Swimming &; Diving Championship Finals on Saturday, February 26, 2022. 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 th ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2022
  News • 2/28/2022
  Seniors Decisions continue to trickle out with a new round starting in mid-March through the end of the month. As a reminder, the College Counseling staff is here to discuss final decision strategies and review financial aid awards per any student’s or family’s request. You’ve reac ...

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• Indoor Track and Field Competes at DIAA State Championships
  News • 2/28/2022
  Last weekend the indoor track and field team capped off their season at the DIAA State Championships, held at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The girls team fought their way to an 8th place finish - the highest finish ever for the team at the state meet.

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• Archmere Wrestling Ends Successful Season, Sends Three Wrestlers to Individual Championship
  News • 2/23/2022
  The Archmere Academy Wrestling team finished 9th out of 18 teams at the 2022 DIAA Independent Qualifier on Saturday, February 19. Six wrestlers finished in the top 8 in their weight class including three that qualified for the DIAA Individual Championship Tournament. Brandon Carr ’25 and co-ca ...

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• Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Finalists
  News • 2/17/2022
  Archmere Academy seniors Simi Edeki, Eddie Zhang and Nicholas Zhu have met all requirements to advance to the Finalist standing of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) after being named Semifinalist in September 2021. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to ...

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• Boys Basketball Wins in Overtime
  News • 2/17/2022
  On Valentine's Day at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse, the Archmere boys basketball team overcame a 15-point run by Delmarva Christian in the third quarter, forcing overtime for the 66-64 win. Sophomore Matt McCarthy led with 24, including 6 three-pointers. Junior Chris Albero had 19, seniors Jon Dear ...

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• Lucy Oliver '24 Scores 20 Points in Comeback Win Over DMA
  News • 2/14/2022
  On February 8, the Archmere girls' basketball team scored five straight points midway through the fourth quarter to break the tie in an exciting game against Delaware Military Academy, defeating the Seahawks 37-32. Sophomore Lucy Oliver led the game with 20 points and 10 rebounds, her second consecu ...

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• Sydney Boyd '22 Wins Congressional Art Award
  News • 2/8/2022
  Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. The winner of this year’s Delaware Congressional Art Award is Archmere senior& ...

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• Math League Heads into Playoffs
  News • 2/7/2022
  Archmere's 10-12th grade Math League team played in 4 rounds of online competition, from November to January, winning matches against Odessa High, Tower Hill, St. Andrews and Charter School of Wilmington. The last match ended in a 26 to 26 tie, with Archmere earning a lower top 5 average t ...

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• Conor Udovich Recipient of the 2021 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award
  News • 2/7/2022
  Archmere senior Conor Udovich has been named winner of the 2021 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a senior football player from a Delaware Catholic high school. The award is presented to a player who has exemplified outstanding performance, attitude and character on and ...

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• Girls Basketball Defeats Ursuline with Buzzer Beater by Lauren Kim '22
  News • 2/3/2022
  In their most exciting game of the season, the Archmere girls basketball team traveled to Ursuline on February 1, defeating the Raiders 38-36 at the last second with a "buzzer beating" shot by senior Lauren Kim. Archmere held the lead until early in the fourth quarter, when the Raiders tied the scor ...

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• Mrs. Hendrixson Receives 2022 Carl S. Campion Service Award
  News • 2/1/2022
  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. C ...

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• Archmere Students Win Fourteen Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 1/28/2022
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, seven Archmere students earned fourteen awards in six different categories, including: Personal Essay and Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction, Journalism and the Critical Essay. Junior Alex Chen earned the nomination for the highly prestigious America ...

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• Indoor Track and Field Sets Records This Season
  News • 1/31/2022
  The Archmere indoor track and field team has competed in several big meets this winter, racking up personal best times and setting several school records. The team, coached by Archmere teachers Mr. JR Creekmore and Mr. Mark Hannagan, boasts 34 members on the boys roster and 38 students for the girls ...

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• Boys Basketball Wins Against St. Mark's
  News • 1/26/2022
  The Archmere boys basketball team faced Saint Mark’s at home on January 24, pulling away in the second quarter for a 49-30 victory at Moglia Fieldhouse. Senior Matt Dellose scored the game’s first points, then went on to add twelve points for the night. Sophomore Matt McCarthy scored six ...

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• Alex Chen '23 Wins Third Prize in Global Essay Competition
  News • 1/24/2022
  Congratulations to Archmere junior Alex Chen for winning the Third Prize in Economics from the John Locke Institute's 2021 Global Essay Competition. Alex competed against students from all over the world in this prestigious event, writing an economic essay titled, “Oxford’s Role in ...

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• Boys Basketball Opens Season With Exciting One Point Win
  News • 1/7/2022
  On January 3 at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse, the Archmere boys basketball team hosted Brandywine High School in a thrilling back and forth match, winning 45-44 with .8 seconds left in the game. Senior Matt Dellose led the Auks with 14 points. Jon Dearing '22 and Chris Albero '23 each contributed 1 ...

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• December 2021
  News • 12/27/2021
  Ms. Janna Scheflen Joins the Board of the Delaware Council of the Teachers of Foreign Languages Archmere World Languages and Cultures Teacher Ms. Janna Scheflen was voted to the board of the Delaware Council of the Teachers of Foreign Languages this month. DECTFL is a non-profit organization committ ...

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• Archmere Academy Spearheads Global Celebration of the 900th Anniversary of the Order of Premontre
  News • 12/27/2021
  For Archmere Academy, community is one of the five tenets that make up the core values of the school, directly inspired by St. Norbert of Xanten. As the Norbertine community at large is concluding the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the Order, the school wanted to create a project that conne ...

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• Senior Kevin DiGregorio Wins Football Mini Max Award
  News • 12/22/2021
  Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2021 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Delaware this week. Archmere senior Kevin DiGregorio has been named one of forty-four Mini Max high school award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Players were nomina ...

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• Fall Athletes Earn All-Class, All-State Awards
  News • 12/21/2021
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Class or All-State teams.

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• Archmere Academy Wins Football Championship for First Time Since 1982
  News • 12/20/2021
  After 39 years without a state title, Archmere Academy overtakes Woodbridge with a 27-0 victory after an undefeated season for the DIAA Class 2A Football Championship. Declan Pearson had 18 carries for 102 yards, with Johnny Kim getting 100 yards on four carries. Chris Albero completed three passes ...

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• Fall Athletes, Teams Earn Conference/District Awards
  News • 11/30/2021
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-District team for football. Two of our coaches were named Diamond State Athletic Conference/District Coach of the Year: field hockey Head Coach Heidi Dell'Oso, and football Head Coac ...

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• Football Team Shuts Out Saint Mark's in Quarterfinals
  News • 11/29/2021
  On Saturday, November 27 in front of a sold out crowd on Coaches' Field, the Archmere football team put on a commanding performance, defeating Saint Mark's 41-0 in the Quarterfinal match up of the DIAA State Tournament. The Auks, now 11-0, will meet Delaware Military Academy on Saturday, December 4 ...

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• Senior Simi Edeki Named Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Semifinalist
  News • 11/22/2021
  Archmere senior Simi Edeki has been named a Coca-Cola Scholars Program Semifinalist, chosen from among more than 68,000 applicants due to her outstanding leadership, academics, and dedication to the Archmere community. The Coca-Cola Scholars Program scholarship is an achievement-based scholarship aw ...

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• Archmere Football Undefeated After DMA Win, Earns #1 Seed
  News • 11/18/2021
  In a regular-season finale on November 12 at Fusco Memorial Stadium, Archmere took advantage of turnovers and some solid defense for a decisive 27-7 win against Delaware Military Academy. The game was marketed as the "most highly anticipated game of the season" as two of the state’s ...

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• Field Hockey Moves On to Semifinals of State Tournament
  News • 11/16/2021
  After a first round bye, the second-seeded Archmere field hockey team defeated No. 7 Lake Forest, 3-1, in a DIAA Division II field hockey quarterfinal on November 13 at home. Lake Forest scored early on a penalty corner, but the Archmere offense was able to answer quickly with a goal by Maura Read ' ...

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• Alicia Chu ’24 Named Winner in the Delaware MTNA Vocal Competition
  News • 11/15/2021
  Congratulations to Alicia Chu ’24 on being named the winner in the Delaware MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) Vocal Competition "Senior Performance".  Alicia will participate in the Eastern Region Competition in December as a Division Finalist. 

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• Field Hockey Wins Diamond State Athletic Conference Title
  News • 11/10/2021
  On November 2, the Archmere field hockey team took on Wilmington Charter, the victory crowning them Diamond State Athletic Conference Champions. The match, originally scheduled for September 23, was a fast-paced, up-and-down game in the light rain. The 4-3 win, secured on a late goal by Rebecca Olse ...

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• Simi Edeki '22 Chosen as a School Winner in Heisman Scholarship Program
  News • 11/4/2021
  From an applicant pool of thousands of high school scholar-athletes graduating with the class of 2022, Archmere senior Simi Edeki has been named a School Winner in the Heisman High School Scholarship Program, presented by Acceptance Insurance. From its inception in 1994, the program has leverag ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2021
  News • 10/29/2021
  Seniors Submitting Applications Approximately 90% of the members of the class of 2022 will have submitted an application by November 1st. It’s a busy time, submitting documents, completing SRARs, revising essays. We thank all faculty, parents, counselors, and peers for helping our seniors work ...

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• Field Hockey Team Set To Play For DSAC Title After Thrilling Overtime Win
  News • 10/28/2021
  On October 26, the Archmere field hockey team defeated Newark Charter in an exciting overtime match, the win setting the stage for the Diamond State Athletic Conference title. The Auks were down by one goal until the fourth quarter, when Emma Gioffre '23 tied the score with 9:23 to go in regulation.

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• Personal Finance Club Organizes Guest Speaker on Capital Management
  News • 10/26/2021
  Personal Finance Club and the Importance of Capital Management   Janney Montgomery Scott’s Chief Investment Strategist Mark Luschini and Senior Vice President Steve Gansler recently visited Archmere to discuss various macroeconomic factors used by professionals to forecast market trends.& ...

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• October 2021
  News • 10/26/2021
  Art Advisory Group Learns About Modern Art Movements On the September 29 Green Day, the Art Advisory group met and painted pumpkins inspired by different modern art movements. National Art Honor Society officers Jocelyn Zavala Garcia '22 (President), Bella Reeves '22 (Treasurer), and Helen ...

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• Archmere Defense Holds Strong in Win Over St. Mark's
  News • 10/14/2021
  On October 9, the Archmere football team used a last minute goal-line stand to hold off rival Saint Mark’s, 10-7, at home on Coaches Field. The Auks were up early with Chris Albero's 22-yard field goal followed by a successful drive by Declan Pearson '22,  but Saint Mark's responded with ...

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• Volleyball Nets Fourth Straight Win
  News • 10/21/2021
  On October 12 at home, the Archmere volleyball team took on Caravel Academy, defeating them in four sets. It was the Auks’ fourth straight victory, with set scores of 25-23, 22-25, 25-19, and 25-10.

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• Archmere Cheer Team Attends UCA Camp
  News • 9/30/2021
  The Archmere Academy cheerleading team participated in a two-day program with a representative from the Universal Cheerleaders Association, or UCA.  During these two days of clinics, the 26 member team engaged in an intense stunting clinic, along with a choreography camp during which the team l ...

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• Helena Raskob Arts Institute Offers Music Lessons in the Patio
  News • 9/29/2021
  The Patio at Archmere is the home of The Helena Raskob Arts Institute. Founded in 2021, the purpose of the Institute is to educate members of the Archmere community and greater local, regional, and national communities in music and the fine arts, in a historic setting that is in itself a rich subjec ...

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• Football Defeats Howard in State Championship Rematch
  News • 9/28/2021
  “I knew our offense just needed to get a shot,” Auks quarterback Chris Albero said. “I was confident going in, and I knew our defense would take care of the job."  After losing to Howard last year in the DIAA Division II State Championship, the Archmere football team took ...

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• Archmere Football Wins Big on the Road Against Mt. Pleasant
  News • 9/23/2021
  The Archmere football team scored 14 points right off the bat in what would become a 48-6 victory on September  18 against Mt. Pleasant. Max Ewing '22 fielded the opening kickoff at the Auks’ 16-yard line, and 84 yards later, he was in the Green Knights’ end zone. Whether handing th ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents: "Lost Girl", by Kimberly Belflower
  News • 9/22/2021
  Winner of the 2018 Kennedy Center Playwrighting Award,  Lost Girl  continues the Peter Pan legend by exploring arguably the main character of the story, Wendy. Long after returning from Neverland, Wendy decides that she must find Peter in order to reclaim her kiss and move o ...

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• Seniors Simi Edeki, Eddie Zhang and Nicholas Zhu Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/20/2021
  Archmere seniors Simi Edeki, Eddie Zhang and Nicholas Zhu have been named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.6 million) in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2022 National Merit Sc ...

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• Cast Announced for Archmere Fall Play, "Lost Girl", by Kimberly Belflower
  News • 8/26/2021
  Auditions for the Archmere fall play production, Lost Girl,   were held this month on campus. Sixteen students auditioned for the production, including three freshmen.

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• 87th Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/22/2021
  Archmere Academy welcomed 125 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 6th on the Patio lawn. The Baccalaureate Liturgy &; Commencement Exercises were also live streamed for friends and family to view on the Archmere YouTube Channel .

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May 2021
  News • 5/26/2021
  Class of 2021! On May 13th we celebrated our seniors with a College Decision Day celebration. It included a class photo, games, a photo booth, and an ice cream truck. Most importantly, seniors had time to spend with their classmates. We are grateful that they had this time and thankful to have been ...

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• May 2021
  News • 5/24/2021
  Archmere Students Receive Science Awards Each year, Archmere nominates three students who have excelled in science to participate in an interview program with the Delaware Valley Science Council. One of the Archmere participants was selected as a finalist. Congratulations to Nick Zhu '22 for be ...

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• Archmere Track and Field Teams Place 5th, 8th at State Championship Meet
  News • 5/24/2021
  This past weekend, the Archmere track and field teams traveled to Dover for the DIAA State Championship meet and racked up many personal bests and medals, including the best overall finishes for the teams since 2012. The girls team came in 5th overall and the boys team placed 8th. In addition, Archm ...

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• Baseball Team Hosts Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation Game
  News • 5/19/2021
  On Thursday, May 6, the Archmere baseball team helped to raise money for childhood cancer by hosting their first ever Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation Game. The team competed against Red Lion, and ended up  bringing home more than a victory - they raised over $1200 that day in support of children ...

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• Baseball Completes Comeback Win Over Charter
  News • 5/18/2021
  On Thursday, May 13, after being down 4-1, the Archmere baseball team scored four runs in the final four innings while holding Wilmington Charter scoreless for an exciting 5-4 victory. The Auks are 12-5, and seeded 14th in the State Tournament.

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• Archmere Baseball Celebrates Senior Day With Win Over Hodgson
  News • 5/13/2021
  On May 8th, the Archmere baseball team defeated Hodgson, on the same day they honored their seniors. The Auks scored runs in each of the first five innings to take down Hodgson, 12-5. It was the team’s tenth consecutive victory, led by seniors Trey Albanese, Matt Benson, Andrew MacWilliams, Mi ...

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• Archmere Defeats Caesar Rodney in Top 5 Boys Lacrosse Showdown
  News • 5/4/2021
  On April 30, the Archmere boys lacrosse team traveled to battle Caesar Rodney in a "top-5 boys lacrosse showdown", controlling the fourth-ranked Riders in all aspects of the game and left with a 15-4 win. The Auks improved to 8-1.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2021
  News • 4/30/2021
  Class of 2021   Celebration season has begun! College enrollment decision deadlines are this weekend (5/1 or 5/3). We’re inviting seniors and the Archmere staff to wear college apparel on Monday, May 3rd. Our full College Decision Day celebration will occur on May 13th because of AP exams ...

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• Archmere TEAMS Place First in Delaware, Third and Fifth Nationally
  News • 4/30/2021
  Archmere students took home first place for this year's Delaware state Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) competition. The goal of TEAMS is to have students work collaboratively to develop practical and creative solutions to real world engineering problems. High school te ...

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• April 2021
  News • 4/29/2021
  Amanda Treston to Compete at National Catholic Forensic League Tournament Junior Amanda Treston will be representing Archmere at the National Catholic Forensic League national tournament, being held online over Memorial Day Weekend. Amanda earned this honor by taking first place at the Delaware Spee ...

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• Olivia Reese ‘22 Wins Leadership Award
  News • 4/26/2021
  Every year, Widener University, in partnership with NBC10, recognizes a handful of local high school students that make positive changes in their school and community. This year, Olivia Reese ‘22 was selected as a winner of the Widener University High School Leadership Awards.

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• Sophia Chen '24 Places in the Top 5 Scorers for the AMC 10 B Math Exam
  News • 4/19/2021
  The Mathematical Association of America Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. The Mathematics Competitions are a series of examinations and curriculum materials that build problem-solving ...

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• Auks Earn Highest Award in Girl Scouts
  News • 4/9/2021
  Girl Scouts who change the world by tackling an issue that is important to them earn the Girl Scout Gold Award. It takes making the world a better place to a new level. Maggie Dempsey ’21 and Kaitlyn Kaulback ’22 each drove lasting change in her community and earned this highest award.

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents: "Into the Woods"
  News • 3/30/2021
  The Archmere Academy Drama Club is proud to present its Spring Musical, the Stephen Sondheim classic,  Into the Woods.  This stunning Broadway musical won several Tony awards in 1987 including Best Book and Best Score for a Musical.  Into the Woods  weaves together   multipl ...

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• Four Archmere Students Recognized with National Scholastic Art Medals
  News • 3/26/2021
  The Alliance for Young Artists &; Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, has recognized a record number of four Archmere students with National Scholastic Art Medals. This was the first time in school history that the Fashion category has won a m ...

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• Winter Athletes Earn Conference, All-State Awards; Bill Ludlow Named Basketball Coach of the Year
  News • 3/25/2021
  Congratulations to all of our winter athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State teams. Archmere accolades also included the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship title for the boys basketball team. The girls basketball team boasted a #6 seed for ...

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• Mr. Hannagan Selected for National History Day Spring Webinar Series
  News • 3/19/2021
  Mr. Mark Hannagan, a teacher at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, is one of only 120 teachers selected for a National History Day® (NHD) spring professional development program. This course focuses on using online Library of Congress resources to develop and support historical arguments. ...

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• Juniors Pauline Hartman, Alexa Mervine and Barb Nather Named 2021 LLS Students of the Year
  News • 3/16/2021
  The Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Student of the Year Campaign is an exciting leadership development and philanthropy program in which high school students participate in a fundraising competition to benefit LLS and the mission to cure blood cancers. The candidate or team who raises the most ...

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• Swimmers Compete in DIAA State Championship Meet
  News • 3/4/2021
  The Archmere Swim Team competed in the 2021 DIAA Swimming &; Diving Championship Finals on the weekend of February 27 and 28. The boys team placed 7th overall and the girls team placed 18th. DIAA State Meet qualifiers for the girls team included Annamaria Decamp ‘23, Elizabeth Maher ̵ ...

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• Five Archmere Art Students Featured in Youth Art Month Exhibitions
  News • 2/26/2021
  Youth Art Month is an annual observance each year to emphasize the value of art and art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. It is observed in March, administered by the Council for Art Education (CFAE), with thousands of American schools participating ...

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• Archmere Ranks 4th in the State in High School Mock Trial Competition
  News • 2/25/2021
  The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place virtually on February 19 and 20, 2021. Archmere Academy fielded both a Varsity and a JV team in a surprisingly exciting case about drone surveillance, land restoration and insurance denial of coverage. The teams competed in 4 rounds, with Va ...

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• Student/Faculty Blood Drive Donates 49 Units
  News • 2/25/2021
  On Wednesday, February 24, Archmere held a student-faculty Blood Drive to benefit the Blood Bank of Delmarva. The Blood Bank of Delmarva serves the community by meeting the needs of patients, hospitals, and members for safe, high quality blood products and related services. The staff from the B ...

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• Archmere's Dedicated Art Department
  News • 2/22/2021
  Written by Gabriella Gildea ‘21 Archmere Academy artists are always hard at work in the Manor throughout the school day - whether they are painting, sculpting, drawing, or working with digital media. This year, Archmere won the most Fine Art awards in the Delaware Regional Scholastic Art Compe ...

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• Alisa Yakovenko ‘18 Steps Into Two Leadership Roles
  News • 2/12/2021
  Alisa Yakovenko ‘18 loves problem-solving, which drew her to study industrial engineering at Georgia Tech, minoring in public policy. This summer, she will apply what she learned in the classroom in one of the world’s largest technology companies as a supply chain intern at Microsoft wor ...

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• Men's Basketball Defeats Wilmington Friends in Thrilling Battle
  News • 2/3/2021
  On January 30th in the Moglia Fieldhouse, Archmere and Wilmington Friends battled in an exciting non conference game, with the Auks winning by one basket as the clock ended. With the Quakers up just seconds into the game, Chris Albero '23 got the Auks on the board for the first time, and he tied the ...

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• Junior Career Day
  News • 1/29/2021
  While the COVID-19 pandemic changed some aspects of our yearly Junior Career Day, we’re happy to say that the Class of 2022 was able to experience this Archmere rite of passage.

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• Archmere Students Win Ten Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 1/28/2021
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, seven Archmere students earned ten awards in five different categories, including: Poetry, Short Story, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the Critical Essay. Sophomore Alex Chen earned the nomination for the highly prestigious American Voices Award.

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• January 2021
  News • 1/27/2021
  Stephanie Silverman Awarded Grant from National Art Education Association for Innovative Design Thinking STEAM Curriculum   Art Department Chair Stephanie Silverman '00 NBCT was awarded the 2021 Dr. Martin Rayala Grant from the National Art Education Association's (NAEA) Design Issues ...

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• Three Questions with a Career Professional
  News • 1/22/2021
  Archmere’s College Counseling Office’s Three Questions with a Career Professional YouTube series explores different career fields with Archmere community members, such as alumni and parents of current students and alumni.  Ms. Catherine Souza, Associate Director of College Counselin ...

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• Sanjay Long '21 Wins Football Mini Max Award
  News • 1/15/2021
  Archmere senior Sanjay Long has been named one of forty-one Mini Max high school award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Players were nominated by their coaches and were evaluated based on criteria that includes football performance, academics and community service. One senior from ...

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• Math Madness Team Named National Champions
  News • 1/5/2021
  Math Madness is an online, team-based competition event that takes place each fall and spring, enabling students to compete in leagues of weekly competition followed by a nation-wide, single-elimination bracket tournament. This month, Archmere was named the 2020 Division IIB High School Math Madness ...

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• Field Hockey Closes Successful Season with Second Round Overtime Thriller
  News • 12/11/2020
  On December 9, the third seeded Archmere field hockey team battled No. 2 Caravel in the semifinal round of the DIAA State Championship. The Auks were defeated by one overtime goal, but made headlines for their incredibly successful season and game thriller against Caravel. Diamond State At ...

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• Field Hockey Advances to Semifinals
  News • 12/7/2020
  For the first time since 2011, the Archmere field hockey team is advancing to the DIAA State Tournament Semifinals. On December 5, the third seeded Auks defeated No. 6 Indian River, 2-1, at Archmere, securing their semifinal spot. Sophomore Bella  Dell’Oso ha ...

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• Natalie O’Neill ‘21 Wins Leadership Award
  News • 12/2/2020
  Every year, Widener University in partnership with NBC10 recognizes a handful of local high school students that make positive change in their school and community. This year, Natalie O'Neill '21 was selected as a winner of the Widener University High School Leadership Awards .

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• November 2020
  News • 11/29/2020
  Professional Photographer Jim Graham Speaks to Archmere Art Students  On November 18, professional photographer Jim Graham presented an Artist Lecture as part of the school's C Day programming. Jim  discussed his latest book,  "Bound to the Country, 30 Years Photographing  M ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2020
  News • 11/29/2020
  Junior College Panel Last week we held the Junior College Panel, which marks the unofficial start of the formal college search process for the Class of 2022. We welcomed five college representatives to answer questions about the college applications, decisions, and searches from students and parents ...

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• Hannah Wright '21 Signs to Play Volleyball at University of Delaware
  News • 11/12/2020
  Hannah Wright, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join the University of Delaware’s Volleyball Team on November 11, 2020. Hannah is a Libero/Defensive Specialist.

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• Joseph R. Biden ‘61 Becomes First Auk Elected as President of the United States
  News • 11/12/2020
  Archmere Academy cultivates empathetic leaders who are prepared for every good work, and now the first alumnus of the school has been elected to this country’s highest office. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. ‘61 has been elected the 46th President of the United States of America.

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• Frank Burr '45 Honored with Posthumous Diploma on Veterans Day
  News • 11/12/2020
  In honor of celebrating all who have fought nobly for their country, Archmere Academy celebrates Veterans Day by honoring former Archmere student, Frank Carpenter Burr, who lost his life during World War II with a posthumous diploma. He would have graduated with the Class of 1945.

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• Gavin Fanning '21 Scores Winning Goal to Defeat Charter
  News • 11/3/2020
  The Archmere soccer team defeated the Charter School of Wilmington 2-1 on October 2nd, in their fourth Diamond State Athletic Conference game of the season. The game was played at Charter, without spectators. The fans were loud, though, and could be heard honking their cars aroun ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2020
  News • 10/29/2020
  Deadlines We are quickly approaching November 1 st , the most popular application deadline for Archmere students. One of the impacts of the pandemic on college admissions is that several schools have moved back their 11/1 deadlines (Michigan, Villanova and Penn State are a few examples). Most Early ...

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• Volleyball Wins Five Set Showdown Against DMA
  News • 10/28/2020
  On October 27th the Archmere volleyball team traveled to Delaware Military Academy to take on the Seahawks on their home court, defeating them in 5 sets. After winning the first two sets, Archmere was put on defense as DMA took the next two and the night took a thrilling, back and forth turn.

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• September 2020
  News • 9/24/2020
  Sharing Strategies for Effective Blended &; Online Teaching &; Learning On September 28, Archmere Art Department Chair Stephanie Silverman , NBCT '00 presented an interactive webinar on effective strategies for sustaining studio culture and best practices for learning in art and design in a virtual ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Highest Cumulative WordWright Honors
  News • 9/21/2020
  In the cumulative standings at the end of the WordWright Challenge meets this year, Archmere's twelfth graders tied for ninth place in the nation among all teams at their grade level. The students were supervised by Archmere English teacher, Mr. Stephen Klinge.

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• Seniors Alex Lu, Michael Mallamaci, and James D’Elia Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/11/2020
  Archmere seniors Alex Lu, Michael Mallamaci, and James D’Elia have been named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.6 million) in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 Na ...

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• 86th Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 7/11/2020
  Archmere Academy welcomed 114 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 27th on the Patio lawn. The Baccalaureate Liturgy &; Commencement Exercises were also live streamed for friends and family to view on the Archmere YouTube Channel.

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• Christian Miller '21 Organizes Food Drive for Latin American Community Center
  News • 7/7/2020
  Archmere senior Christian Miller has organized a fundraising/food drive effort for the Hispanic community in Wilmington. Working with fellow seniors  Paul Pomeroy and Ethan Ferreira , the trio has made it their goal to raise $4000 (or more) for the Wilmington  Latin American Community ...

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• Alex Lu ’21 Selected for Pennsylvania Governor's School
  News • 6/10/2020
  Alex Lu ’21 has been selected to participate in the 2020 Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences (PGSS) this summer. Alex one of 64 students selected for this program from an exceptional applicant pool of 353 students from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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• Sofia Alvarez, Bekkah Kehoe Awarded Scholarships
  News • 6/8/2020
  Archmere seniors Sofia Alvarez and Rebekkah Kehoe have both been awarded scholarships from the AAUW Wilmington Branch. The funds will go toward Sofia’s tuition at the University of Delaware where she will study International Relations and Rebekkah’s tuition at Moravian College where she ...

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• Archmere Senior Jessica Pei Named 2020 US Presidential Scholar
  News • 5/26/2020
  The U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the selection of Jessica Pei, senior at Archmere Academy, as a 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Jessica is one of 161 outstanding American high school seniors who have demonstrated unprecedented academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadershi ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May 2020
  News • 5/26/2020
  End of Year Programs We’ve spent the month of May attempting to celebrate seniors as best as possible. Video tributes, trivia competitions, and a lot of prizes were the order. Plenty more opportunities to say congratulations and good luck this week and hopefully again in July. For seniors we w ...

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• Sophia Liston '20 Wins Awards At Singing Competition
  News • 5/25/2020
  The National Association of Teachers of Singing celebrates the art of singing through a series of competitions and programs that are designed to showcase the talented singers and performers who are soon to be rising stars in the profession. Archmere senior Sophia Liston has won third prize in t ...

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• "Chicago High School Edition" Nominated for Multiple Cappies Awards
  News • 5/20/2020
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews.  The Cappies is an international program for recognizing, celebrating, and providing ...

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• Juniors Isabelle Hanlon and Briley Strine Named 2020 LLS Students of the Year
  News • 5/18/2020
  The Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Student of the Year Campaign is an exciting leadership development and philanthropy program in which high school students participate in a fundraising competition to benefit LLS and the mission to cure blood cancers. The candidate or team who raises the most ...

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• Freshmen Named Finalists in National History Day Competition
  News • 5/8/2020
  Congratulations to the following freshman for being considered finalists in the Delaware competition of National History Day: Jessica Grier, Helen Qi, and Sydney Vakili. National History Day is a year-long academic program focused on historical research, interpretation and creative express ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2020
  News • 4/27/2020
  College Counseling Programming In the last few weeks we’ve offered several college information sessions by some of Archmere’s most popular schools. Last week the University of Delaware, Pitt, and Penn State talked with our sophomores and juniors. This week’s schedule includes Bosto ...

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• Archmere Names National Honor Society Members
  News • 4/27/2020
  The National Honor Society recognizes students who have excelled in four areas: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character. The Archmere chapter requires juniors and seniors to have a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.70 or higher to qualify for membership. Members are expected to serve as peer tutor ...

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• Ms. Catherine Souza Presents Webinar on COVID-19 for College Admission Counseling Connects Series
  News • 5/7/2020
  Ms. Catherine Souza, Archmere's Associate Director of College Counseling &; Coordinator of Career Programs,  presented a webinar this week through their membership organization, the PA Association for College Admission Counseling (PACAC).  The online workshop, entitled COVID-19 Consid ...

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• Archmere TEAMS Place First, Second and Third in Delaware State Competition
  News • 4/17/2020
  Archmere TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) teams placed First, Second and Third in both the 9/10 grade level and the 11/12 level in the 2020 Division 2 Delaware State Competition. 

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• Senior Jessica Pei Named Semifinalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
  News • 4/16/2020
  Archmere Academy senior Jessica Pei has been named a semifinalist in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The United States Presidential Scholars Program is a program of the Department of Education. It is described as "one of the Nation's highest honors for stud ...

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• An Easter Sunday Prayer
  News • 4/12/2020
  Lord, today on Easter Sunday we look forward, to a bright future, to a time of family and friendship on this most blessed day. Peter affirms in the first reading from Acts this morning the essential duty of Christ:   He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God ...

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• Gregory Jasani '10 Fights COVID-19 Crisis in Baltimore
  News • 4/2/2020
  Gregory Jasani '10 , a resident at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shares frontline details about what it has been like fighting the pandemic from a Maryland emergency room. "I think the thing that the public doesn’t know or doesn’t appreciate is the sense of dread that we ...

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• Girls Basketball Wraps Up Successful Season with Multiple Awards
  News • 3/16/2020
  This season, the Archmere Girls Basketball team boasted a 14-6 record and competed all the way to the Quarterfinals of the DIAA State Tournament. "A special group" as Head Coach Dan Pisani calls them, the team racked up multiple in season and post season awards. Most impressively, three players ...

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• Jack Flanagan '21 Chosen for US Navy Arctic Buoy STEM Program
  News • 3/9/2020
  After a very competitive application process, Archmere junior Jack Flanagan has been chosen by the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps  to be part of their inaugural  cadet training program, Arctic Buoy. This STEM based training includes the opportunity for chosen cadets to learn about and ...

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• Archmere's Winter Musical "Chicago: High School Edition" Receives Acclaim
  News • 2/25/2020
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Archmere Ranks in Top 10 of Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition
  News • 2/25/2020
  The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place on February 21 and 22, 2020 at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center (formerly the New Castle County Courthouse). Archmere Academy competed in 4 rounds, winning 3 rounds and ultimately coming in 7th in the state, continuing a long tradition ...

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• February 2020
  News • 2/21/2020
  Spanish Club Donation This month Spanish Club gave a large donation to the Latin American Community Center, a non-profit organization that focuses on empowering the Latino Community through education, advocacy, and a variety of services. Thank you for your donations, Auks!   Archmere Ranks in T ...

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• Archmere Students Win Ten Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 2/21/2020
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere Academy won ten awards, one of which was a Gold Key.

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• Junior Career Day - Through the Eyes of A Student
  News • 2/20/2020
  Written by Gabriella Gildea ‘21 On Thursday, February 13th, juniors at Archmere Academy had the opportunity to attend various presentations during "Career Day". They learned about potential career paths -- from communications, accounting, and finance to physical therapy, aviation, and cou ...

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• Final Prep for "Chicago: High School Edition"
  News • 2/20/2020
  Written by Abigail Kates '20 Beginning the week of February 10th , Archmere’s Winter Musical  Chicago: High School Edition  began working nonstop. “Tech-week”, as they call it, consists of running numbers and scenes with the specific light changes, sound checks, and quick ...

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• Seniors Sophia Liston, Jessica Pei and Rishi Subbaraya Named U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidates
  News • 2/18/2020
  Archmere seniors Sophia Liston, Jessica Pei and Rishi Subbaraya have been  selected as candidates for the 2020 United States Presidential Scholars Program.  Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involve ...

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• Archmere Students Receive American Vision Nomination and Gold Key Art Awards
  News • 2/10/2020
  Last weekend, Archmere junior Margaret Atkins ‘21 took one of only 5 regional spots as the American Vision Nominee/Best of Show Recipient for continuing on to the national level competition, and two Archmere seniors, Meghan Presta ’20 and Lauren Wilson ’20, took home Gold Key art a ...

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• Artwork By Stephanie Welch Silverman '00 Selected as "Best of the Best" by the National Arts Program
  News • 2/10/2020
  Artwork by Stephanie Welch Silverman '00 has been selected as "Best of the Best" for 2019 by the National Arts Program. Silverman’s piece, a pastel (chalk) drawing on black paper features her daughter, Sophia. Silverman was awarded "Best of Show" in the 2019 State of Delawa ...

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• Archmere Academy Presents Winter Musical: "Chicago: High School Edition"
  News • 2/7/2020
  Archmere Academy Dramatics is jazzed to perform the hit musical  Chicago: High School Edition. Chicago,  adapted for the high school stage, maintains all the razzle and dazzle that made the musical one of the longest running shows in Broadway history. The show follows the rise and fall of ...

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• Archmere Students Raise Money for Philadelphia Rugby Team
  News • 2/7/2020
  “Against the odds. Together as one.”   In honor of Black History Month, our students held a Tag Day today to benefit “The Nomads”, a North Philadelphia rugby program formed in 2013 after the Philadelphia School District closed 23 schools, displacing many students, i ...

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• Terry Newitt Receives Carl Campion Service Award
  News • 1/31/2020
  On Thursday, January 30, 2020, Archmere Headmaster Dr. Michael Marinelli '76 presented Mr. Terry Newitt with the Carl Campion Service Award during the Catholic Schools Week Assembly. This award recognizes a (current/former) faculty/staff member’s devoted and exceptional service to the Arc ...

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• Archmere's 2018/2019 Varsity Soccer Teams Are Double Honorees for National Academics Award
  News • 1/29/2020
  A total of 288 soccer teams (113 boys, 175 girls) from throughout the United States have earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team during the 2018-19 academic year. Among these programs are 30 ...

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• Archmere Academy Receives National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award
  News • 1/27/2020
  Archmere Academy is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers ’  Association Safe Sports School award. The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes. The award reinforces the importance of providing the best level of ...

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• Sanjay Long '21 and Christian Miller '21 Earn Perfect Scores at Second WordWright Meet
  News • 1/24/2020
  Two teams of students representing Archmere Academy recently won high honors in this year’s WordWright Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of many different kinds of prose and poetry.  Participating with 686 school teams fro ...

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• Archmere Introduces "Winterim"
  News • 1/22/2020
  This week, the Archmere student body is participating in “Winterim”, an experiential learning opportunity beyond the traditional classroom setting that speaks to Archmere’s belief in educating the whole student. Held between Semesters 1 and 2, this 3-day break from t ...

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• Katie Eissler Thiel Named Principal of Archmere Academy Effective July 1, 2020
  News • 1/16/2020
  Dr. Michael A. Marinelli '76, Headmaster, is pleased to announce that Katie Eissler Thiel has been selected to succeed Mr. John Jordan '80 as Principal of Archmere Academy, effective July 1, 2020. Mrs. Thiel has taught French at Archmere since 2014, and in 2017, she was named Chair of the ...

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• Archmere Head Soccer Coach Bob Bussiere to be Inducted into DYSA Hall of Fame
  News • 1/14/2020
  Archmere's Head Soccer Coach, Bob Bussiere, has been named to the Delaware Youth Soccer Association (DYSA) Hall of Fame. Bob led the Archmere team to a 14-1 record and State Championship Title this season, the first State Championship ever for the school. The DYSA Hall of Fa ...

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• Father John Zagarella Leads Assembly on his Recent Travels to Slovakia
  News • 1/10/2020
  During the school wide assembly this week, Father Zagarella spoke to the students about his connection with a fellow Norbertine school in Slovakia, Premonštrátske Gymnázium. Father spent two weeks in Slovakia this summer, teaching English and discussing the American educatio ...

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• Archmere's Inaugural Math Madness Team Wins Division IIA Tournament
  News • 12/19/2019
  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 tour ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2019
  News • 12/19/2019
  Senior Career Experience Day The Senior class participated in our annual Career Day this month. 118 Archmere seniors visited over 60 different hosts at a variety of companies throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Experiences included meetings with city officials, engineers, and state police ...

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• Juniors Caroline Ho and Rohit Mathur Selected as DYLN Scholars
  News • 12/10/2019
  The Delaware Youth Leadership Network   (DYLN) prides itself on being a catalyst for growth, thought and reflection for high school students. Archmere juniors Caroline Ho and Rohit Mathur have been selected as DYLN Scholars this year after successfully performing in a competitive interview ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2019
  News • 11/21/2019
  Junior College Panel Last week, the College Counseling office hosted a Junior College Panel, which marked the unofficial start of the formal college search process for the Class of 2021. We welcomed five college representatives to answer questions about college applications, decisions, and searches ...

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• Jack Nielsen '20 Signs to Play Baseball at East Stroudsburg University
  News • 11/15/2019
  Jack Nielsen, senior at Archmere Academy, signed his National Letter of Intent to join  East Stroudsburg University ’s baseball team on November 14, 2019.  East Stroudsburg University  (ESU) is a Division II athletic program located in  East Stroudsburg , PA that compe ...

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• Abby Kates '20 Signs To Track And Field Team At Bucknell University
  News • 11/15/2019
  Abigail Kates, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join Bucknell University’s Track and Field team on November 14, 2019. Bucknell University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Lewisburg, PA. A multi-sport athlete since freshman year, Abby has been a sta ...

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• Phoebe Brinker Signs To Play Golf At Duke University
  News • 11/15/2019
  Phoebe Brinker, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join Duke University’s golf team on November 14, 2019. Duke University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Durham, NC. Currently ranked No. 7 in the American Junior Golf Associa ...

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• Stephanie Silverman ’00 Exhibiting New Paintings at Delaware History Museum on December Art Loop
  News • 11/14/2019
  Archmere alumnus Stephanie Silverman '00 will be showing a series of new paintings  at the Delaware History Museum  as part of the Wilmington Art Loop. The show  includes affordably-priced original paintings  and  a selection of signed archival prints  at a  v ...

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• Archmere Soccer Defeats St. Mark's, Moves on to Semifinals
  News • 11/12/2019
  "Two goals within minutes of the halftime intermission — one before and one after — were enough for Archmere in its DIAA Division II boys soccer tournament matchup with Saint Mark’s on Nov. 9. The Auks scored a 3-1 victory over the ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Makes it to Quarterfinals of State Tournament
  News • 11/7/2019
  " Padua and Archmere went toe-to-toe for more than two and a half hours on the evening of Nov. 5 in a DIAA volleyball quarterfinal. The Pandas had swept the Auks at Archmere earlier in the season, but it was clear from the get-go that Tuesday night would be different. The match was marked ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2019
  News • 10/30/2019
  November Deadlines  Another year and everyone survived the November 1 st  admission deadline! Decisions for seniors who have rolling application submitted have begun to trickle in. Most Early Action and Early Decision application decisions will be released in mid-December.  

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• October 2019
  News • 10/29/2019
  Science Trip to Belize Last call for the Science Department trip to Belize this Spring break: April 9-16, 2020. Students will be involved with research and/or service projects at the internationally acclaimed Belize Zoo and Education Center for Conservation. Expert naturalist guides will lead walks ...

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• Cast Announced for Archmere Winter Musical, "Chicago: School Edition"
  News • 10/24/2019
  "In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and th ...

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• Girls Volleyball Makes Headlines for Win Against Conrad
  News • 10/17/2019
  "The evening was filled with big hits and even better defense from both teams. A big crowd was inside Moglia Fieldhouse for a Dig Pink match, and many of the fans were wearing pink to show their support for cancer survivors."

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• Jessica Pei '20 Helps to Launch Multi-School Stock Market Club
  News • 10/3/2019
  Working with students from Wilmington Friends and Tower Hill, Archmere senior Jessica Pei has helped to launch a Stock Market Club that includes six other schools. Together with Wilmington Friends junior Kyle Nisbet and Tower Hill senior Sander Saridakis, the three led the&# ...

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• Auks Defeat St. Mark's in Exciting Fourth Quarter
  News • 10/1/2019
  The fifth-ranked Archmere Auks scored 21 fourth-quarter points to erase a 20-3 deficit to defeat Saint Mark’s, 24-20, on Saturday, September 28th in front of a robust home crowd.

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Blogs About Playing in the Junior Solheim Cup in Scotland
  News • 9/23/2019
  Archmere golf standout Phoebe Brinker ’20 recently represented the United States at the 2019 PING Junior Solheim Cup, held at Gleneagles, Scotland on Tuesday, September 10th and Wednesday, September 11th.  Team USA held off a "spirited fightback" from Team Europe to claim their fourt ...

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• Bailey Larmore '20 & Andrew Shi '20 Named National Merit Semifinalists; Twelve Seniors Commended
  News • 9/18/2019
  Archmere seniors Bailey Larmore and Andrew Shi have been named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.6 million) achieve this honor and are invited to apply for the Nationa ...

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• Archmere Guidance Department Presents: "Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety"
  News • 9/18/2019
  On October 22, 2019, the Archmere Guidance Department will be hosting a free special screening of the documentary  Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety  at 7:00pm in the Archmere Theatre. The event will feature a viewing of the 56-minute film, followed by a question and answer opportuni ...

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• Terry Newitt To Exhibit Artwork at Hardcastle Art Gallery
  News • 9/17/2019
  Artwork by Archmere Art Teacher Mr. Terry Newitt has been chosen to be featured at the Hardcastle Fine Art Gallery this fall. The Gallery will welcome four Brandywine Valley noted and popular artists, including Mr. Newitt, on Friday, October 4 th , 2019, for an exciting exhibit of unique and wo ...

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• Archmere College Counseling Announces "Three Questions with the Admission Office" Video Series
  News • 9/11/2019
  Archmere Academy College Counselors Mr. Chris Boehm and Ms. Catherine Souza recently launched a You Tube video series titled,  Three Questions with the Admission Office . The series will focus on question and answer sessions with Admission Counselors, Deans and Director ...

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Named to Ping Junior Solheim Cup USA Team
  News • 8/13/2019
  Last week, the  American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) announced the names of  the junior golfers, including Archmere golf standout Phoebe Brinker ’20, invited to represent the United States at the 2019 PING Junior Solheim Cup, set to  take place at Gleneagles, Scotland on ...

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• Juniors Caroline Ho, Aislinn Smeader and Sanjay Long Selected For Governor's School for Excellence
  News • 7/30/2019
  Rising Archmere juniors Caroline Ho, Aislinn Smeader and Sanjay Long recently completed the Governor's School for Excellence Program. The program, a one-week summer residential program that brings together academically and artistically talented Delaware high school students who have completed t ...

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Named 2019 Golfer of the Year
  News • 7/9/2019
  After winning her third DIAA individual title in four years, rising Archmere senior Phoebe Brinker has been named the 2019 Golfer of the Year. This year, Phoebe broke out of the pack with a 4-under-par 67 on the last day of the DIAA Golf Tournament at Cripple Creek Country Club to win the ...

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• Archmere Seniors Participate in Blue/Gold All Star Football Program
  News • 7/9/2019
  The Blue-Gold All Star Football Game Committee of the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities announced the players for the 64th Annual All Star Football Game this winter, a roster that included Archmere seniors Darren DiRenzo and Mitch Moyer. Both players were nominated ...

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• The Passing of E. John Walsh
  News • 7/2/2019
  Dear Members of the Archmere Academy Community:   With sadness, I share with you the news of the passing of Edward "John" Walsh, who died on June 28, 2019. John was a teacher and coach at Archmere from 1960 to 1968, and from 1976 to 2004. He is the father of Michael '80, Susan '81, Margaret '82 ...

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• 85th Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/13/2019
  Archmere Academy welcomed 123 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 2nd in the school’s Performing Arts Center. Bishop Malooly presided. Parker Vakili was the Valedictorian, and Tully Liu the Salutatorian. 

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• Archmere Boys’ Lacrosse Players Awarded 2019 Accolades, Pete Duncan Named DSAC Coach of the Year
  News • 5/31/2019
  Congratulations to the Auks on another exciting Lacrosse season! The team boasted a 13-4 record and once again claimed the Diamond State Athletic Conference Title with a 7-0 record in conference. They made it to the semifinal round of the State Tournament, losing out to the number one ranked Ca ...

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• May 2019
  News • 5/30/2019
  Freshmen Compete in Delaware National History Day Contest On Saturday, May 4th, five 9th grade students, Eddie Zhang, Carter Kowalski, Simi Edeki, Ryana Rajesh, and Kenzie Fleming competed in the Delaware National History Day Contest. Simi Edeki's research paper on  Trials and Tragedy: The ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May 2019
  News • 5/29/2019
  End of Year Programs It’s been a wonderfully hectic post Spring Break in College Counseling, commencing on May 1st with our College Decision Day celebration (see photo). Last week we hosted the College Admission After School Workshops for juniors and sophomores. Almost fifty students participa ...

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• Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn Highest Cumulative WordWright Honors
  News • 5/20/2019
  The WordWright Challenge is a national reading competition for students in grades 9 through 12 that require analytical reading of many kinds of prose and poetry. It emphasizes perceptive interpretation, sensitivity to language, and an appreciation of style. There are four meets p ...

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• Darren DiRenzo '19 Commits to Play Football at Catholic University
  News • 5/15/2019
  Darren DiRenzo, senior at Archmere Academy, committed to continue his football career at Catholic University on May 14, 2019. A multisport athlete since freshman year, Darren has been a standout competitor not only on the football and lacrosse fields, but also on the basketball court.   Th ...

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• Girls' Lacrosse Earns Second Seed Heading into DIAA Tournament
  News • 5/14/2019
  "Archmere wrapped up its girls' lacrosse regular season on May 13th at Tatnall, riding a second-half surge to a 19-10 win. The Auks led by just a goal at halftime before pulling away after intermission."  Caroline Donovan '19 led the Auks with six goals, while Kate Olsen '19 had five. Alexandra ...

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• Julian Iacono '19 Commits to Swim at Ithaca College
  News • 5/13/2019
  Archmere senior Julian Iacono has been accepted into Ithaca College’s Park School of Communication, where he will study Cinema &; Photography, with a possible minor in History. Julian has been swimming competitively since the age of eight, and loved being a part of the swim team at Archmere. H ...

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• Archmere Senior Tully Liu Named 2019 US Presidential Scholar
  News • 5/8/2019
  The U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced yesterday the selection of Tully Liu, senior at Archmere Academy, as a 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Tully is one of 161 outstanding American high school seniors who have demonstrated unprecedented academic achievement, artistic excellence, lea ...

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• Archmere Students Chosen to Compete in National TEAMS Conference
  News • 5/7/2019
  Archmere had several teams qualify for the opportunity to compete in the National Technology Student Association's Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Conference in Washington, DC. The national competition will take place from June 28th - July 1st  during the Tec ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2019
  News • 4/25/2019
  May 1 Decision Day is Coming!   On May 1st, we will celebrate College Decision Day with the seniors. We do so to recognize their Archmere accomplishments and celebrate their futures. Seniors will wear apparel from their future schools and gather on the steps of St. Norbert’s at the end of ...

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• Seniors Tully Liu, Parker Vakili Named Semifinalists in the US Presidential Scholars Program
  News • 4/25/2019
  Archmere Academy seniors Tully Liu and Parker Vakili have been named semifinalists in the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Tully and Paker were selected from nearly 5,300 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2019. Archmere had two students out of the nine D ...

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• Archmere's Production of "The Addams Family" Earns Eight Cappies Nominations
  News • 4/23/2019
  Archmere's winter musical production of The Addams Family  earned eight Cappies nominations by the Cappies Program for Awards for the 2018-2019 season. This is the most nominations ever received for an Archmere musical. Five Nominees are selected in each of 35 categories, along with f ...

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• Archmere Welcomes Students From Zaragosa, Spain
  News • 4/12/2019
  The Department of World Languages and Cultures began the next cycle of Archmere's Spanish Exchange Program with students from Santa Ana this month. 17 students arrived in Delaware from El Colegio Santa Ana in Zaragosa, Spain. The incoming high school students will stay with Archmere host famili ...

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• NBC 10 Features Gabby Penna '20
  News • 4/11/2019
  Last night, NBC 10 News featured a story on Gabby Penna '20, highlighting her work with  the Support Saving 8 Basketball Tournament and the upcoming Donor Dash. Gabby has been working tirelessly to raise awareness about the benefits of being an organ donor, even starting an  Auks Support L ...

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• Anna Garcia '21 Scores Last Minute Goal to Lead Auks in Soccer Win
  News • 4/1/2019
  The Archmere girls' soccer team took on DMA, the defending Division II state champions, on Wednesday, March 27th at home. DMA had tied the game in the 65th minute and had sustained pressure through the afternoon, but "that changed in an instant" due to a last minute goal by Anna Garcia '21. ...

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• Victoria Sowa Gordon '06 To Host "Lourdes in a Day" Pilgrimage
  News • 3/26/2019
  2006 Archmere graduate Victoria Sowa Gordon serves as chair of the Order of Malta's "Lourdes in a Day".  The Order of Malta is a 900-year old, Lay, Religious Order of the Roman Catholic Church, serving worldwide and in the greater Philadelphia area,  whose mission is to care for the sick a ...

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• Review Written By Cappies Critics Alexis Rendel '21, Stephen D'Antonio '20 and Kyla McAvinue '19 Published
  News • 3/25/2019
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews. Alexis Rendel '21, Stephen D'Antonio '20 and Kyla McAvinue '19 are part of Archmere' ...

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• Archmere Baseball Opens Season With Big Win Over First State Military
  News • 3/25/2019
  On Friday, March 22nd, the Archmere baseball team defeated First State Military 14-0. It only took five innings for the Auks to collect eleven hits, seven extra bases, and for pitchers Jack Nielsen '20 and Dan Storm '21 combined to allow just three hits. This game was the season opener for the ...

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• Former Archmere Football Coach and Teacher Joe Moglia Retires from Coastal Carolina Football
  News • 3/25/2019
  On January 18th, former Archmere football coach and teacher Joe Moglia stepped down as head coach of  Coastal Carolina’s (CCU) football team,  after spending six seasons there.  With an overall record of 56-22, Joe Moglia led the Chanticleers to the Football Championship Subdivi ...

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• Juniors Erin Pearson and Alexandra Williamson Named LLS Students of the Year
  News • 3/19/2019
  The Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Student of the Year Campaign is an exciting leadership development and philanthropy program in which high school students participate in a fundraising competition to benefit LLS and the mission to cure blood cancers. The candidate or team who raises the most ...

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• Seniors Earn Fifth in the Nation at WordWright Challenge; Abby Lontz and Madeline Singh Earn Perfect Scores
  News • 3/11/2019
  In this year's third meet of the WordWright Challenge, two teams of Archmere students won high honors. Held in February, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 693 school teams from across the country. Ar ...

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• Gabby Penna '20, Reid Hartman '19 Announce Tournament to Support Gift of Life
  News • 3/6/2019
  On Tuesday, March 4th, Gabby Penna '20 and Reid Hartman '19 spoke at Archmere's student assembly about their newly formed Auks Support Life Club.  At the end of last year, Gabby and Reid started the club with the main goal of providing support to the Gift of Life Organization. As of this past s ...

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• Archmere's Winter Musical "The Addams Family" Receives Acclaim
  News • 2/28/2019
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Bill Gaskins, Award-Winning Associate Professor at Cornell University, Speaks to Students
  News • 2/27/2019
  On Tuesday, February 26, Mr. Bill Gaskins, an award-winning Associate Professor in the Cornell University Department of Art, spoke during Archmere's assembly to the student body. As an artist and essayist, Bill Gaskins explores the possibilities of portraiture in photography and cinema fro ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2019
  News • 2/26/2019
  Senior Decisions The final round of admission decisions have begun to be released and schools will continue to share decisions until the end of March. As this occurs, students will transition from waiting for decisions to choosing where they’ll enroll. This process will include revisiting camp ...

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• February 2019
  News • 2/26/2019
  Freshman English Students Start to Focus on Research Papers Freshman English students are in the library this week researching poets from around the world. Students are using a combination of print sources and databases such as JSTOR, The Literary Reference Center, and UDlibsearch. They will use thi ...

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• Archmere Mock Trial Team Places Third in State
  News • 2/25/2019
  On February 22nd and 23rd, Archmere's  Mock   Trial  team competed in the State Competition at the Leonard Williams Justice Center.  The goal of the Competition is to enhance students' citizenship skills.  Each year, teams from Delaware's public and private schools are provi ...

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• Archmere Academy Presents Winter Musical: "The Addams Family"
  News • 2/19/2019
  Archmere Academy Dramatics is proud to present its production of  The Addams Family,  a musical comedy based upon  The Addams Family  characters  created by   Charles Addams   and made famous by the hit television show and the subsequent movie reboots.  The mu ...

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• Seniors Emma McCann, Darren DiRenzo Named to 2019 Blue-Gold All-Star Basketball Roster
  News • 2/13/2019
  The rosters for the 2019 Blue-Gold All-Star basketball games have been selected by the Delaware Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association, highlighting the top 30 male and 30 female high school seniors representing upstate and downstate Delaware. Archmere seniors Emma McCann and Darren DiR ...

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• Archmere Students Earn High WordWright Honors
  News • 2/12/2019
  In this year's second meet of the WordWright Challenge, the team of Archmere students won high honors. Held in December, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 693 school teams from all across the country ...

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• The Board for Certification of Genealogists Names Award For Donn Devine '46
  News • 2/8/2019
  The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1964 as a professional credentialing body for genealogists. Since 1964, BCG has set the standards for competence and ethics in genealogical research through certification, lectures, and publications. In 2018, th ...

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• Mitch Moyer '19 Signs Letter of Intent to Play Football at Columbia University
  News • 2/6/2019
  Mitchell Moyer, senior at Archmere Academy, signed his letter of intent to join Columbia University’s football team on February 6, 2019. Columbia University is a Division 1 athletic program located in New York City, NY. A multi-sport athlete since freshman year, Mitch has been a standout on bo ...

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• January 2019
  News • 1/30/2019
  Michelle Midgley Chosen to Speak at American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference World Language and Culture Teacher Ms. Michelle Midgley was recently invited to present a 30 minute session at the 101st annual American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) ...

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• Archmere Students Win Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 1/29/2019
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere Academy won 6 awards, one of which was a Gold Key. Works submitted were eligible for Honorable Mention, Silver Key, Gold Key and American Voices Nominee recognition by the Delaware Writing Region. Works awarded a Delaware regional Gold Key are ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2019
  News • 1/28/2019
  Class of 2020! Almost all introductory student meetings have been completed as well as the second parent night. Family meeting appointments will open up next week and Junior College Seminar classes began on Tuesday with the start of the new semester.  

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2018
  News • 12/20/2018
  Underclassmen Meetings The last month has found College Counseling working with the entire student body. Preliminary junior meetings are in full swing and 95% of the class has either completed or scheduled their meetings. The first of our two Junior Parent Nights had over 60 parents in attendance. T ...

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• Mitch Moyer '19 Recipient of the 2018 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award
  News • 12/17/2018
  Archmere senior Mitch Moyer has been named winner of the 2018 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a senior football player from a Delaware Catholic high school. The award is presented to a player who has exemplified outstanding performance, attitude and character on and o ...

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• Andrew Rosenbaum '20 Named Allstate Soccer All-American
  News • 12/5/2018
  Andrew Rosenbaum '20 has been selected as an  All-American for the 2018-2019 Allstate All-America program.  From the nearly 800,000 soccer players across the country, Andrew is one of 150 high school juniors who have been selected for their outstanding achievements in soccer. Now through 2 ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2018
  News • 11/27/2018
  Junior College Panel This month the college counseling office held our annual Junior College Panel, which marks the unofficial start of the formal college search process for the Class of 2020. We welcomed five college representatives to answer questions about the college applications, decisions, and ...

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• November 2018
  News • 11/26/2018
  Archmere Students Donate to Local Charities For Thanksgiving This month, Archmere students donated to several local charities and organizations. On Friday, November 16th, the school held a Thanksgiving Food Drive Tag Day and several members of the Archmere Community Service Club dropped off don ...

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• Review Written By Cappies Critic Stephen D'Antonio '20 Published
  News • 11/26/2018
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Tully Liu '19 Named Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Semifinalist
  News • 11/26/2018
  Archmere senior Tully Liu has been named a Coca Cola Scholars Foundation Semifinalist, chosen from among 200,000+ applications for her outstanding commitment to both the Archmere community and school.  The Coca-Cola Scholars Program scholarship is an achievement-based scholarship awar ...

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• Jade Bryant '19 Signs To Play Volleyball At University Of The Sciences
  News • 11/19/2018
  Archmere senior Jade Bryant signed her National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. A varsity player all four years, Jade has been playing volleyball since the 5 th grade.   “I began playing volleyball in the fifth grade with St. Madeline ...

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• Sophia Liston '20 to Study Chinese in Taiwan on U.S. Department of State NSLI-Y Scholarship
  News • 11/19/2018
  From the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Press Release: Archmere junior Sophia Liston has been awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship for 2018-19 by the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Soph ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Team Wins Semifinals, Heads into Championship Game
  News • 11/9/2018
  Last night the Archmere volleyball team punched their ticket to the DIAA State Championship with a 4-set victory over defending-champion Ursuline. After a tight first set, Archmere won  the final two sets decisively to down third-seeded Ursuline 3-1. The set scores were 26-24, 21-25, 25-18, 25- ...

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• Archmere Academy Dramatics Presents "Peter And The Starcatcher"
  News • 11/5/2018
  Archmere Academy Theatre presents its fall play production, Peter and the Starcatcher . Peter and the Starcatcher , a play by Rick Elice, is the imaginative prequel to the Peter Pan fairy tale.    The creative ensemble of the play, in magical story-telling mode, recreates the world of Pete ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2018
  News • 10/30/2018
  Senior Application Season November 1st  marks the largest of the college application deadlines for Archmere students. Over 90% of seniors have an application submitted by this date and the Office will process over 1,000 application requests. Students are spending the final days before this earl ...

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• Luke Fracek '20 Participates in Spanish Immersion Program
  News • 10/30/2018
  Archmere junior Luke Fracek was awarded a National Spanish Exam Global Citizen Scholarship last spring. The National Spanish Examination (NSE) offers fifteen Global Citizen Scholarships each year for Underclassmen. Recognizing student achievement and language proficiency in the study of Spanish ...

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• October 2018
  News • 10/30/2018
  Tim Dougherty Attends Gala for the Girls Director of Academics and Archmere English Teacher Mr. Tim Dougherty attended Gala for the Girls , a fundraiser for PPES, the Pardada Pardadi Educational Society, in Fairfax, VA this month. PPES is  an organization that promotes rural ...

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• Mitch Moyer '19 Highlighted for Leading the Football Team
  News • 10/29/2018
  Archmere's Mitch Moyer '19 has played right tackle, quarterback and running back on offense this season. But his strongest position is defensive end, where he has committed to play at Columbia University in college. Recently the News Journal  published an article on Mitch, highlighting his abil ...

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• Athletic Teams All Produce Wins on Homecoming
  News • 10/17/2018
  Last weekend, Archmere's campus was buzzing with activity as we joined together for our Homecoming Festivities. On Friday evening, October 12th, the Girls' Volleyball team defeated DE Military Academy at home, 3-1. The set scores were 25-13, 24-26, 25-16, and 25-16. Playing in front of a n ...

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• Archmere's 2017/2018 Varsity Soccer Teams Are Double Honorees for National Academics Award
  News • 10/16/2018
  A total of 312 soccer teams (107 boys, 205 girls) from throughout the United States have earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team during the 2017-18 academic year. Among these programs are 30 ...

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• Principal John Jordan '80 Featured for Gift of Organ Donation
  News • 10/3/2018
  Every day, lives are saved and improved by the gift of life, sight and health. Roughly 114,552 people are waiting for an organ. One of those individuals was Mike Hare '79. La st fall,  Archmere principal John Jordan  '80 found out his former schoolmate, 1979 graduate Mike Hare, n ...

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• Archmere Football Prevails in Thrilling Overtime Victory Against St. Mark's
  News • 10/1/2018
  On September 28th under the lights at St. Mark's, the Archmere football team defeated the Spartans in an exciting overtime game, 34-28. St. Mark's came out of the gate early with a solid ground game, taking a 14-7 lead going into halftime. With a 14-point deficit heading into the fina ...

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• Thirteen Archmere Academy Seniors Receive National Merit Recognition
  News • 9/18/2018
  This year, thirteen Archmere Academy students received National Merit recognition because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year.    Three seniors were announced as National Merit Semifinalists: Tullis Liu, William Liu, and Parker Vakili. These academicall ...

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• Football and Boys' Soccer Post Big Wins This Weekend
  News • 9/17/2018
  On Saturday, September 15th, Archmere football defeated Conrad at home. The Auks rushed for 340 yards, and the defense pitched a 49-0 shutout in the Diamond State Athletic Conference football win.  Archmere senior Evan Hernick led the Auks with 100 yards on seven carries. Seniors Devin Houston ...

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• Continued Success for Girls' Field Hockey and Volleyball
  News • 9/14/2018
  With the Archmere volleyball team cheering them on from the sidelines, the girls' field hockey team defeated DMA at home  4-1.  It was the first Diamond State Athletic Conference game for both squads. After a slow start, the Auks scored going into the second quarter as Lauren Ross '19 ...

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• Archmere Academy Announces Fall Play: "Peter and the Starcatcher"
  News • 9/7/2018
  Archmere Academy Theatre Manager and Dramatics Director Brian Manelski has announced that the 2018 Fall Play Production will be  Peter and the Starcatcher . Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson,  Peter and the Starcatcher  explores how a young orphan ultimately became P ...

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• Artwork by Lauren Chua '18 on Special Display in Washington, DC
  News • 8/26/2018
  2018 Archmere graduate Lauren Chua was awarded a National Gold Key for her acrylic painting "Reflections" this Spring. Only about 150 National Gold Keys are awarded by  the National Scholastics Scholarship Art Awards Program. Lauren was honored onstage at Carnegie Hall in July, and her painting ...

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• Important School Message
  News • 8/17/2018
  August 17, 2018     Dear Members of the Archmere Community:   In the recently released Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, Father Paul Fisher was accused of viewing pornography involving children. We regret to inform you that Father Fisher was employed twenty-one years ago as a teacher fo ...

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Named Golfer of the Year
  News • 7/16/2018
  After winning her  second DIAA individual title in three years, rising Archmere junior Phoebe Brinker has been named Golfer of the Year. On May 30th, Phoebe collected five birdies, including a critical effort at 16 to win the 2018 DIAA Golf Championship by one shot at Odessa National Golf ...

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• Lauren Chua ’18 Performs at World Ballet Competition; Ensemble Wins Gold
  News • 7/9/2018
  Lauren Chua ’18 performed at the World Ballet Competition in Florida last Month with The School of First State Ballet Theatre. Her ensemble came in first place, and Lauren was chosen to accept the award. Lauren was part of the elite group of ballet dancers, representing 25 countries, who ...

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• Lewis MacMillan '19 Launches Successful Archmere Robotics Camp
  News • 7/5/2018
  At the end of June, Archmere hosted its inaugural Robotics Camp, led by rising senior Lewis MacMillan. Supervised by Dr. Sharon Archer, the c amp launched with nine middle-school students on board, learning the basics of engineering and programming.  Lewis has been trying to get the camp off th ...

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• Terry Newitt To Exhibit Artwork at A.I. duPont Children's Hospital
  News • 7/3/2018
  Archmere Academy's Art Teacher, Mr. Terry Newitt, currently has a display of 35 watercolors and acrylics at the A.I. duPont Hospital until September 1st. The exhibit is on the 3 floors of gallery space in the children's hospital. Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children has been recognized by ...

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• Michael Devine '18 Headed to West Point, Receives Admiral Charles LeMoyne Leadership Award
  News • 6/27/2018
  On June 12, Michael Devine '18 received The Admiral Charles LeMoyne Leadership Award, sponsored by the Ben Franklin Global Forum. Named in honor of former Deputy Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, the LeMoyne Award goes to a high school senior who exemplifies courage, integrity, persevera ...

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• Joe DiGregorio '18 Competes in Blue/Gold All Star Football Game
  News • 6/25/2018
  The Blue-Gold All Star Football Game Committee of the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities announced the players for the 63rd Annual All Star Football Game this winter, a roster that included Archmere senior Joe DiGregorio. Joe was nominated by his coaches and se ...

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• 84th Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/19/2018
  Archmere Academy welcomed 135 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 3 in the school’s performing arts center. Bishop Malooly presided. Lauren Chua was the Valedictorian, and Alisa Yakovenko the Salutatorian.    The winner of the Archmere Medal, the sc ...

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• June 2018
  News • 6/14/2018
  Jessica Pei '20 Finishes in Third Tier of Mandelbrot Math Competition Archmere sophomore Jessica Pei placed in the Third Tier of the Dogwood Region in this year’s Mandelbrot Math Competition. The Mandelbrot Competition is a series of five rounds of challenging mathematical problem solving ques ...

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• Baseball Players Compete in 2018 Carpenter Cup, Awarded Delaware All-State and All-Conference Accolades
  News • 6/12/2018
  The 33rd annual Carpenter Cup, a baseball tournament for sixteen high school All-Star teams from Eastern Pennsylvania, South and Central Jersey and Delaware, expose the region’s high school players to college recruiters and professional scouts, with playing rules that encourage coaches to ...

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• Archmere Boys’ Lacrosse Players Awarded 2018 Delaware All-State and All-American Accolades
  News • 6/7/2018
  Congratulations to the Auks on another exciting Lacrosse season! The following students have received 2018 Delaware All-State recognition for their play this year: Mitch Moyer ’19 - All-State First Team, Attack Cole Bauer ’19 - All-State Second Team, Midfield Ryan Whelan ’18 - All- ...

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Wins Golf Title, Auks Take Third in the DIAA State Tournament
  News • 5/31/2018
  Archmere sophomore Phoebe Brinker collected five birdies, including a critical effort at 16 to win the 2018 DIAA Golf Championship by one shot at Odessa National Golf Club on May 30th. She battled back and forth with the  first-round leader Austin Barbin of Red Lion for the Championship. The Au ...

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• Grace Dignazio '18 Takes Second in State in Tennis
  News • 5/30/2018
  Grace Dignazio '18 made headlines with her "stellar" tennis season and career at Archmere. At the DIAA State Tournament on May 25th, Grace competed against Victoria Anyanwu of Dover High School for the state title in an intense, thrilling match.  Mike Lang of The Dialog writes, " She may h ...

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• Spring Teams Head Into Playoffs/State Championships
  News • 5/24/2018
  This week Archmere has multiple teams advancing in their playoffs/championships. Starting with tennis,  Grace Dignazio '18 competes in the semifinals 1st singles at the University of Delaware, Alisa Yakovenko '18 will compete in 2nd singles and Amy Thompson 3rd singles at St. Andrews today ...

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• Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn Highest Cumulative WordWright Honors
  News • 5/22/2018
  The WordWright Challenge is a national reading competition for students in grades 9 through 12 that require analytical reading of many kinds of prose and poetry. It emphasizes perceptive interpretation, sensitivity to language, and an appreciation of style. There are four meets p ...

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• Sophomores Jessica Pei, James Pinto and Rishi Subbaraya Selected as DYLN Scholars
  News • 5/21/2018
  The Delaware Youth Leadership Network (DYLN) prides itself on being a catalyst for growth, thought and reflection for high school students. Archmere sophomores Jessica Pei, James Pinto and Rishi Subbaraya have been selected as DYLN Scholars for the class of 2019 after successfully performing in ...

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• May 2018
  News • 5/17/2018
  Delaware State Driver Competition Congratulations to Sarah Jalot '20, Sebastien Gray '20 and Annie Penrod '20 for winning 2nd Place Team in the Delaware Driver Education and Safety Association competition! Madison Larmore '18 Wins Mock Trial Essay Competition During the Mock Trial held in February, ...

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• Archmere Welcomed Students From Senlis, France
  News • 5/7/2018
  From April 18th - May 3rd, Archmere hosted 16 students and 2 teachers from the Lycée Saint Vincent in Senlis, France.  Their two weeks with us have flown by and the comments from both sides of the Atlantic have been so positive.  Students participated in various excursions to Washingt ...

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• Kate Olsen '19 Leads Girls' Lacrosse over Padua
  News • 5/4/2018
  On Wednesday, May 2, the Archmere Girls' Lacrosse team took on Padua at home in a thrilling match, defeating them 16-11. After Padua started out quick with 2 goals, Archmere was able to find their rhythm and compete in a nail biting back and forth match until after halftime, when the Auks began a 5 ...

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• Girls' Soccer and Boys' Lacrosse Defeat Friends in Top 5 Showdowns
  News • 4/26/2018
  On April 25th, both the Archmere Girls' Soccer Team and the Boys' Lacrosse Team took on Wilmington Friends in regular season games. The girls played at home while the boys traveled to the Quaker's field. The games were battles of two of the top teams in each sport, as both the Archmere Girls' S ...

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• Olivia Gropp '19 Acting in Film Set to Premier in Philadelphia
  News • 4/25/2018
  Archmere junior and aspiring actress Olivia Gropp recently found out that her current film,  The Middle of X ,  has been accepted into the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (PIFF) and will premiere in Philadelphia on May 5. In the film, Olivia plays the younger version of Bre Blair ( ...

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• St. Joe's Rugby Team Honors Mark Dombroski '17 at Tournament; Noah Niumataiwalu '16 Named MVP
  News • 4/25/2018
  On April 23rd, the Saint Joseph's Rugby team traveled to Santa Clara University in California to compete in the 2018 Jesuit Cup 7’s Championship. The team played for two days, winning the tournament after a Championship match over Notre Dame University and taking home the "Pope Francis Cup". I ...

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• Archmere Math Team Places First in Online Personal Finance Challenge, Second in the State Finals
  News • 4/19/2018
  The Personal Finance Challenge (PFC), sponsored by the University of Delaware  Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, tests  student knowledge on topics related to Earning Income &; Protecting and Insuring, Using Credit &; Buying Goods and Services, and Saving & ...

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• April 2018
  News • 4/17/2018
  Archmere To Host French Exchange Students From April 19th - May 3rd, Archmere will be welcoming 16 French exchange students into our community. The exchane students will be attending classes for about 5-6 days during that 2-week range. Two of their teachers, Brigitte Esquenet and Marie-No& ...

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• Archmere Academy Hosts the First Ever Delaware Speech and Debate Association Tournament
  News • 4/16/2018
  On Saturday April 14th, Archmere Academy hosted the first Delaware State Tournament for the newly-formed Delaware Speech and Debate Association (DSDA). Archmere is only one of four schools (Cab Calloway, Ursuline, Wilmington Charter, Archmere) to found the first Delaware chapter of the National Spee ...

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• Archmere Stage Band Celebrates Tricentennial in New Orleans
  News • 3/28/2018
  To celebrate 300 years of rich history, diversity, cultural traditions and resilience, the city of New Orleans has been celebrating 2018 like no other. To accomplish this, New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu formed the 2018 NOLA Commission to allow input for events and programs that will honor the a ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2018
  News • 3/23/2018
  Seniors are in the Home Stretch! The last round of decisions will be coming up for seniors as we quickly approach the  May 1  enrollment deposit deadline. We encourage seniors to make final visits to college options, attend accepted student programs, and ask questions when they have them.

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• The Passing of Mark Dombroski ’17
  News • 3/20/2018
  It is with great sadness that we inform you of the loss of a dear friend and recent graduate, Mark Dombroski ’17. Mark died while on a rugby tour in Bermuda with St. Joseph’s University. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Dombroski family along with Mark’s friends and classmat ...

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• 45 Archmere Students Compete in the State TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) Competition
  News • 3/19/2018
  This year 45 Archmere students competed in the State TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) Competition. The goal of TEAMS is to have students collaborate to develop practical and creative solutions to real world engineering problems. Each team competes in three areas: essay, ...

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• College Counseling Presents 'Why Health Science?' Program with Help of Parents and Alumni
  News • 3/16/2018
  On the evening of March 15th, as a part of their Admission and Career programming series, Archmere's College Counseling department offered a ‘Why Health Science?’ program. The evening included an Admission Panel, Doctor’s Panel, and an Allied Health Panel.  Over 100 peopl ...

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• Seniors Place Second in the Nation, Natasha Gengler '18 Earns Perfect Score at WordWright Challenge
  News • 3/16/2018
  In this year's third meet of the WordWright Challenge, two teams of Archmere students won high honors. Held in February, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 647 school teams from across the country. Ar ...

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• Archmere Students and Alumna Caroline Quinn '17 Place High at Voice Competition
  News • 3/15/2018
  Archmere students Danielle Cuoco '18, Bella Abbrescia '19, Matthew Witterholt '19, and Sophia Liston '20, and Archmere alumna Caroline Quinn ’17 attended the Eastern Regional Conference and Student Auditions for the National Association of Teac ...

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• Archmere Academy Hosts Annual Garage & Estate Sale March 24
  News • 3/8/2018
  On Saturday, March 24, 2018 the Moglia Fieldhouse on Archmere Academy’s campus will be overflowing with garage sale treasures – from estate collections and housewares, to collectibles, art work, books, toys, and electronics - from sporting equipment, outdoor toys and bicycles, to men's, ...

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• Swimmers Place 5th and 16th in Championship Meet
  News • 3/5/2018
  The Archmere Swim Team competed in the 2018 DIAA Swimming &; Diving Championship Finals on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Out of 27 teams, the boys' team placed 5th overall. The swimmers who competed in individual events at finals were seniors Luke Grant (14th in 50 Yard Freestyle and 16th in 100 Yard ...

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• Girls' Basketball Defeats Concord in First Round of DIAA Tournament
  News • 3/1/2018
  In the First Round of the DIAA Girls Basketball Tournament, the Archmere girls' basketball team took on the Concord Raiders at home, winning 61-34 . Within the first 11 minutes of the game, Archmere built up a 20 point lead and set the stage to dominate the rest of the night. All 15 players on the t ...

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• Archmere Mock Trial Team Places Fourth in State
  News • 2/28/2018
  On February 23rd and 24th, Archmere's Mock   Trial  team competed in the State Competition at the Leonard Williams Justice Center.  The goal of the Competition is to enhance students' citizenship skills. During the Mock Trial, students play the roles of the witnesses and attorney ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2018
  News • 2/21/2018
  Meetings &; Programs All juniors have completed an introductory meeting with College Counseling and family meetings have begun this week. The Class of 2019 can schedule individual meetings with their college counselor and at least one parent during a free period or after school by visiting https://p ...

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• February 2018
  News • 2/20/2018
  2018 Summer Driver Education Program at Ursuline Academy or Charter School of Wilmington Ursuline Academy is offering a Driver's Education program this summer that includes 30 hours of classroom instruction along with the 14 hours of in-the-car driving instruction and observation. Students must atte ...

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• Archmere Juniors Earn High WordWright Honors; Emily Lugg '19 Earns Perfect Score
  News • 2/6/2018
  In this year's second meet of the WordWright Challenge, the team of Archmere juniors won high honors. Held in December, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 647 school teams from all across the country. ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2018
  News • 1/23/2018
  Class of 2019! Almost all introductory student meetings have been completed as well as the second parent night. We’d like to take an opportunity to thank students and parents for their understanding and flexibility in regards to all the required rescheduling because of the weather. 

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• Katherine Alberta '19 Named American Voice Nominee for the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
  News • 1/22/2018
  Archmere junior Katherine Alberta is one of five students in the Delaware Writing Region chosen as an American Voice Nominee for the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards presented by the Diamond State Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, Inc.   This award is for her Short Stor ...

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• Archmere Academy Presents Winter Musical: "Pippin"
  News • 1/19/2018
  Archmere Academy Dramatics is proud to present its production of Pippin,  a classic musical first produced in the 1970’s on Broadway starring Ben Vereen. The musical runs February 23 rd and 24 th , March 2 nd and 3 rd at 7:30 PM in the Archmere Theater.   The show centers around the ...

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• Archmere's 2017 Yearbook Wins Gold and Silver
  News • 1/19/2018
  Archmere's 2017 Yearbook won First Place for the American Scholastic Press Association Contest, an a nnual contest/review for Scholastic Yearbooks, Magazines and Newspapers. The Association believes that the  quality of a school's publications and how they present themselves to their reading co ...

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• December 2017
  News • 12/18/2017
  Brian Gilmore '88 and Elou, his Arson Dog, Present to the Forensic Science Class  Archmere class of 1988 graduate PFC Brian Gilmore#37 of the Upper Chichester Police Department and his partner, his accelerant detection K9 arson dog Elou, spoke to the Forensic Science class this week. Elou ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2017
  News • 12/15/2017
  Seniors Participate in Career Day The Senior class participated in our annual Career Day. 131 Archmere seniors visited over 80 different hosts at a variety of companies throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

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• Brennan Stark '17 Receives the Youth in Philanthropy Award
  News • 12/6/2017
  On November 15, National Philanthropy Day, recent Archmere graduate Brennan Stark '17 was honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Brandywine Chapter with a Youth in Philanthropy Award at a luncheon at the Chase Center on the Wilmington Riverfront. The AFP Brandywine Ch ...

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• November 2017
  News • 11/16/2017
  Math League Starts Out Strong In the first Math League meet for the year, Archmere's 9th grade team earned first place, and the three 10th-12th grade teams earned 2nd, and 4th (2 teams in 4th) place in our region. Sponsored by DCTM, the Delaware Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the purpose of the ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2017
  News • 11/16/2017
  Junior College Panel Wednesday, November 15th, was the Junior College Panel, which marks the unofficial start of the formal college search process for the Class of 2023. We welcomed five college representatives to answer questions about college applications, decisions and searches from students and ...

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• Maddi Larmore '18, Seth Bale '19 and Anna Zdunek '18 Selling Poinsettias for the Ronald McDonald House
  News • 11/16/2017
  The Ronald McDonald House of Delaware works to keep families close to their children as they receive treatment from local hospitals such as A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital. Three Archmere students, Maddi Larmore '18, Seth Bale '19 and Anna Zdunek '18, are members of the House’s Youth Lea ...

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• Tom Lewis '62 Speaks to Students at Veterans Day Assembly
  News • 11/10/2017
  On Friday, November 10, Tom Lewis '62 spoke to the Archmere students about his years as an Archmere student, service to our country during the Vietnam War, and his post war efforts honoring our country's veterans.  Tom served in Vietnam as a combat engineer; his detachment specialized in w ...

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• Stage Band Heading to Jamaica for Service Trip
  News • 11/9/2017
  For the past six years, the Archmere Academy Stage Band, led by band director and music teacher, Mr. Damian Demnicki '86, has traveled to Jamaica with donated instruments in tow to help build the music program for local school children. This month, they will travel to Westmoreland Parrish in so ...

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• Archmere Rugby Players Competing for Collegiate National Title
  News • 11/8/2017
  While they were at Archmere, Noah Niumataiwalu ‘16 and Chris Curcio ‘14 were part of the Auks Rugby team that claimed not only a state and regional title, but then went on to win the National Championship.  Just three years after starting its rugby program, Archmere reached the pinn ...

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• Danielle Cuoco '18 Hosts "Rockin' 4 Nemours" Event at AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  News • 11/1/2017
  On Saturday, October 28th, Danielle Cuoco '18 returned to Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children to host her "Rockin' 4 Nemours" live music event. Originated in 2015 by Danielle, the music evening creates an opportunity for the children to enjoy live music performed by young artists ...

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• October 2017: Autumn Prayer
  News • 10/23/2017
  It has been summer-like weather for quite a few days this autumn, until recently, when the chill in the air and the wind scattering the fallen leaves have signaled that the seasons are changing. Summer is giving way to a time when nature sheds many of its blooms, only to return with the longer, warm ...

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• Archmere Academy Dramatics Presents "The Laramie Project"
  News • 10/19/2017
  Archmere Academy Theatre presents its fall play production, The Laramie Project , a play written by Moises Kauffman and the members of the Tectonic Theatre Project .    The Laramie Project is not a typical play. It is a docu-drama, giving the feeling of a documentary more than the normal p ...

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• Andrew Rosenbaum '20 Participates in the Generation Adidas International Program in the Netherlands
  News • 10/17/2017
  Archmere soccer player and  Penn Fusion Academy midfielder A ndrew Rosenbaum '20 was one of 31 players selected to participate in the Generation Adidas International program in the Netherlands, where he trained and played a pair of friendlies in the shadow of Amsterdam Arena this summer. Genera ...

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Places Second at the United States Golf Association Women’s State Team Championship
  News • 10/12/2017
  Archmere sophomore Phoebe Brinker  was recently recognized as one of the  top 12- to 15-year-old golfers in the world during the 2017 season and  named to the  ACDS Junior All-Star Team . At the end of September, Phoebe, along with two other golfers from the state of Delaware,
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• Gabrielle Penna '20 Receives Award of Excellence from the Congress of Future Medical Leaders
  News • 10/12/2017
  The National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists was chartered to help address the shortage of primary care doctors and specialists by working to identify, encourage and mentor students who wish to devote their lives to the service of humanity as physicians, medical scienti ...

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• Archmere Boys' Soccer Defeats Charter at Union Stadium
  News • 10/11/2017
  On Tuesday evening, October 10th, the Archmere Boys' Soccer team (5-3-1) took on conference foe Charter School of Wilmington at the Talen Energy Stadium, home of the Philadelphia Union. The team played under the lights in a thrilling match, defeating Charter 1-0. Attendees and fans wo ...

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• Archmere Academy Fall Open House Set For Sunday, October 29
  News • 10/10/2017
  Archmere Academy Admissions will host a fall Open House for prospective students on Sunday, October 29, beginning promptly at 1 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.   The Open House will include a tour of campus as well as brief presentations from faculty and staff about academics, activities, a ...

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• Sara Michaels Jazz Ensemble To Play Concert At Archmere
  News • 10/10/2017
  Archmere Academy’s Friends of The Patio will welcome the Sara Michaels Jazz Ensemble on Sunday, October 15, 2017 within the walls (and under the stained glass) of the Neo-classical Patio at Archmere Academy in the first of this year’s  Green Concert Series . The conce ...

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• Test Prep Workshop
  News • 10/3/2017
  Chris Ryan '87 presented to over 100 Archmere families on the best ways to prepare for primarily the SATs and ACTs.  He discussed the importance of a growth mindset to believe that you can continually improve through hard work and repetition.  He also shared the concept of Neuroplasticity, ...

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• The Passing of Anthony James Penna ’19
  News • 10/3/2017
  As many of you know, Anthony James Penna ’19, son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Penna ’85, was in a serious car accident on Friday, September 29, 2017.  After consultation with several physicians in and outside of Delaware, the family has decided to remove Anthony from life support.  ...

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• The Ryan Family Completes Charitable Bike Ride for Juvenile Diabetes
  News • 9/25/2017
  Archmere graduates Liz '82, Justin '81 and Tim Ryan '84 participated in this year's Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Ride to Cure Diabetes. The JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes is a charitable bike ride that raises money for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Liz, Justin and Tim completed
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• Brennan Stark '17 Named as Recipient of Youth in Philanthropy Award
  News • 9/22/2017
  On Wednesday, November 15, National Philanthropy Day, recent Archmere graduate Brennan Stark '17 will be honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Brandywine Chapter with a Youth in Philanthropy Award. The AFP Brandywine Chapter strives to advance the profession of fundr ...

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• Padraic Walsh '18 Writes About His Experience with #ArchmereinFrance This Summer
  News • 9/20/2017
  In June, World Language teachers Mrs. Nancy Cooper and Ms. Katie Thiel traveled to France with 16 Archmere students for a 2-week immersive exchange program. Students lived with host families from the Lycée Privé Saint-Vincent in Senlis, France. In addition to participating in excursions to ...

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• 2011 Archmere Graduate Trevor Brown Launches Company to Fight Opioid Crisis
  News • 9/20/2017
  Archmere Academy graduate Trevor Brown '11, a Biomedical Engineer, is making headlines for a project he started working on as part of his senior project at the University of South Carolina. Trevor recently started his own company with the aim of being on the forefront of the opioid epidemi ...

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• Tully Liu '19 Reflects on Her Summer Experience in China
  News • 9/18/2017
  Last spring, Tully Liu '19  was awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Tully studied Chinese in China for the summer.   Tully was one of only approximately 600 competiti ...

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• Seven Archmere Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
  News • 9/14/2017
  Archmere seniors Jack deBruin, Amanda Denning, Helen Laster, Shreyas Parab, Alisa Yakovenko, Anna Zdunek, and Grace Zhang were named National Merit Semifinalists because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.6 million) achieve t ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2017
  News • 9/14/2017
  College Application Season Required senior fall meetings are in full swing. The Class of 2018 is the largest in recent memory so it is important that students take the time  to schedule  their meeting in the near future. Parents are welcome to attend; however, it is not required. Over the ...

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• Archmere Receives Second Thank You Video from The Memory Project
  News • 9/12/2017
  Last spring, the Archmere Academy Watercolor and Acrylic class, under the supervision of Mr. Terry Newitt, along with the Introduction to Design class, under the supervision of Ms. Maia Palmer, worked on a charity art project, “The Memory Project”. The Memory Project invites art tea ...

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• Phoebe Brinker '20 Named to ACDS Junior All-Star Golf Team
  News • 8/31/2017
  Archmere sophomore Phoebe Brinker has been recognized as one of the  top 12- to 15-year-old golfers in the world during the 2017 season. Phoebe is one of  20 players from 10 states and three countries named to the  ACDS Junior All-Star Team, announced by  the American Junior Golf ...

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• "Delaware State News" Highlights the Music Career of Bella Abbrescia '19
  News • 8/1/2017
  Delaware State News  recently highlighted the accomplishments of Archmere junior Bella Abbrescia. Earlier this year, Bella auditioned as a Soprano 1 for the Honors Performance Series and was accepted after a review by the Honors Selection Board. The Honors Performance Series assembles some ...

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• Rising Seniors Michael Devine and Shreyas Parab Represent Archmere at Delaware Boys State
  News • 6/28/2017
  Through the Boys State program, the American Legion teaches youth to understand and appreciate the basic principles involved in the successful management of a democratic society. The program focuses on participation and personal experience in a model state government, complete with governing bodies ...

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• The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Names Dr. Michael A. Marinelli '76 "Man of the Year"
  News • 6/23/2017
  Each year, in communities across the country, dedicated candidates engage in an exciting competition to earn The Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society's (LLS) "Man &; Woman of the Year" titles. The candidates raise funds for LLS blood cancer research, and compete in honor of children who are local blood canc ...

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• Bella Abbrescia '19 Selected to Perform at the Sydney Opera House in Australia
  News • 6/20/2017
  Archmere sophomore Bella Abbrescia has been selected for the 2017 International High School Honors Performance Series at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. She was also recently selected for and performed as a Soprano 1 in the 2017 National High School Honors Performance Series at the world-r ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: June 2017
  News • 6/20/2017
  Alumni Services The Class of 2017 has been celebrated and their final transcripts have been forwarded to the schools to which they are enrolling. Alumni surveys will be sent to all members of the graduating class to evaluate our services and collect additional data to assist future Archmere students ...

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• 83rd Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/13/2017
  Archmere Academy welcomed 124 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 4 in the school’s performing arts center. Bishop Malooly presided. Alison Lobo was the Valedictorian, and Christopher (Max) Beck the Salutatorian.    The winner of the Archmere Medal, ...

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• Archmere Boys' Lacrosse Players Awarded 2017 Delaware All-State and All-American Accolades
  News • 6/6/2017
  Congratulations to the Auks on another exciting Lacrosse season! The following players have received 2017 Delaware All-State recognition for their play this year: Nick Salameda (All-State First Team, Midfield Specialist) Patrick Udovich  (All-State First Team, Defense) Xavier Glavin  (All- ...

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• Tully Liu '19 to Study Chinese in China on U.S. Department of State NSLI-Y Scholarship
  News • 6/6/2017
  Archmere Academy sophomore Tully Liu has been awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship for 2017-18 by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Tully will study Chinese in China for the summer.   Tully is one of only appr ...

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• Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn Highest Cumulative WordWright Honors
  News • 5/25/2017
  The WordWright Challenge is a national reading competition for students in grades 9 through 12 that require analytical reading of many kinds of prose and poetry. It emphasizes perceptive interpretation, sensitivity to language, and an appreciation of style. There are four meets p ...

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• Archmere Rugby Wins Tyler Brown Memorial Cup, State 7's Championship and Regional Subaru 7's Championship
  News • 5/24/2017
  Five years ago, not many students and faculty knew much about rugby at Archmere. After consecutive years of increased expectations, and two years of National Title's, it is clear to say that the sport has made its mark. On May 6th, the varsity (A) Archmere rugby team claimed victory over Salesianum ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May 2017
  News • 5/18/2017
  Celebrating the Seniors On May 1st the Archmere community celebrated College Decision Day with Archmere seniors wearing apparel from the schools they’ve decided to attend. Throughout the day, the College Counseling department hosted a photo booth and the reserve assembly day ended with the tra ...

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• Archmere Receives Thank You Video from The Memory Project
  News • 5/16/2017
  The Archmere Academy Watercolor and Acrylic class, under the supervision of Mr. Terry Newitt, along with the Introduction to Design class, under the supervision of Ms. Maia Palmer, have been working on a charity art project, “The Memory Project” this spring. The Memory Project invit ...

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• Archmere Senior Olivia O'Dwyer Named 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholar
  News • 5/9/2017
  U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos  announced the selection of Olivia O’Dwyer, senior at Archmere Academy, as a 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholar.     Olivia is one of 161 outstanding American high school seniors who have demonstrated unprecedented academic achievement, a ...

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• Drama Club Brings Home Awards From Two Area Competitions
  News • 4/27/2017
  This spring the Archmere Drama Club brought their one-act play to two competitions. On Thursday April 13th, they competed in the Bucks County/New Hope Play Festival and on Wednesday, April 26th competed in the West Chester University High School Theatre Competition. The play was Peter Tarsi's T ...

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• Archmere's Production of "A Christmas Carol" Earns Ten Cappies Nominations
  News • 4/25/2017
  Archmere's fall play production of  A Christmas Carol  earned ten Cappies nominations by the Cappies Program for Awards for the 2016-2017 season. This is the most nominations ever received  for Archmere. Five Nominees are selected in each of 35 categories, along with four Commend ...

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• Olivia O'Dwyer '17 Named Semifinalist in the US Presidential Scholars Program
  News • 4/25/2017
  Archmere Academy senior Olivia O'Dwyer has been named a semifinalist in the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Olivia was selected from nearly 5,100 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2017.   Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, now in its 5 ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 Attends Youth America Grand Prix YAGP in NYC
  News • 4/11/2017
  Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP)  is the world’s largest global network of dance. YAGP reaches over 7,000 dance students annually by holding workshops, scholarship auditions, master classes and audition classes in approximately 17 U.S cities and 6 international locations. Each season culmi ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2017
  News • 4/11/2017
  Why Business? Recap We had fifty guests attend an outstanding Why Business? panel. Our guests discussed topics ranging from the broadness of majoring in business to what makes a strong applicant for employment and everything in between. Michael Gaynor, Director of Admissions at Villanova, shared the ...

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• Archmere Welcomed Students From Zaragosa, Spain
  News • 4/10/2017
  The Department of World Languages and Cultures began the second cycle of Archmere's Spanish Exchange Program with students from Santa Ana this month. 15 students arrived in Delaware from El Colegio Santa Ana in Zaragosa, Spain. The incoming high school students stayed with Archmere host familie ...

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• Caroline Quinn ’17 Advocates for Social Change Through Vocal and Theatre Performance in Washington, DC
  News • 4/4/2017
  Archmere Senior Caroline Quinn was selected to sing a solo piece before Congress and the Senate on March 28 th  as part of her continuing work with the BOAL Theatre Company of Carnegie Mellon University. Caroline and the BOAL Theatre Company presented their theatre work on the issues of Black L ...

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• Lauren Chua '18 Receives the Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist Scholarship Award
  News • 3/30/2017
  At the 2017 Fine Arts Festival held on March 25th, Archmere art student Lauren Chua '18 was named the recipient of the fourth annual Michael Curcio '06 Emerging Artist scholarship award for her commitment to the study of art, outstanding portfolio, and originally conceived sketchbook. This award, fu ...

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• Vincent J. Filliben '47 To Be Inducted Into The Delaware Sports Hall of Fame
  News • 3/30/2017
  Vince Filliben ‘47, former Archmere student, coach, math teacher and Athletic Director, was recently named one of ten inductees into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame at its 42 nd banquet on May 16 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront.   Vince was a fixture at Archmere as both a student a ...

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• Archmere Academy Hosts Centennial Gala Murder Mystery Dinner
  News • 3/28/2017
  On Saturday, April 8, 2017, Archmere Academy will host a centennial celebration of the construction of the Patio. The Italianate villa took two years to build, from 1916 to 1918. “Archmere” (Arch to the Sea) was originally the country estate on the banks of the Delaware River of John J. ...

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• Archmere Academy 10th Annual Fine Arts Festival This Weekend
  News • 3/24/2017
  On Saturday, March 25, 2017, Archmere Academy will celebrate its 10 th annual Fine Arts Festival in The Patio.  The event will feature artwork from students enrolled in our award - winning Fine Arts Program. Student work in a variety of media will be represented. There will be performances by t ...

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• Art Students Participate in The Memory Project
  News • 3/24/2017
  The Archmere Academy Watercolor and Acrylic class, under the supervision of Mr. Terry Newitt, along with the Introduction to Design class, under the supervision of Ms. Maia Palmer, have been working on a charity art project, “The Memory Project”. The Memory Project invites art teach ...

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• Architects Sean Goodrick '97 and Jim Tevebaugh Critique Architectural-Environmental Students' Designs of the Claymont Train Station
  News • 3/23/2017
  This week, architects Sean Goodrick '97 and Jim Tevebaugh of the architectural firm Tevebaugh and Associates in Wilmington, Delaware, visited Terry Newitt's Architectural-Environmental Design Class to offer input and advice to the students. Last fall, his firm commissioned these stude ...

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• Cappies Students Once Again Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer
  News • 3/23/2017
    Archmere’s Cappies critic team of six students must attend five shows in the Greater Philadelphia Area and then write critical reviews of the shows that they see. The top two reviews get publishing honors on the Philly.com site. In the fall, the Cappies program visit ...

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• Archmere Academy Hosts Annual Garage & Estate Sale March 25
  News • 3/21/2017
  On Saturday, March 25, 2017 the Moglia Fieldhouse on Archmere Academy’s campus will be overflowing with garage sale treasures – from estate collections and housewares, to collectibles, art work, books, toys, and electronics - from sporting equipment, outdoor toys and bicycles, to men's, ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2017
  News • 3/17/2017
  College Coffee   College Counseling hosted the first of three College Coffees with the Class of 2017 on March 16th. Universities have begun to release regular decision notifications and seniors are beginning to consider final enrollment decisions. College Coffees are a way to promote casual dis ...

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• Juniors Place Second in the Nation and Seniors Earn Sixth at WordWright Challenge
  News • 3/16/2017
  In this year's third meet of the WordWright Challenge, two teams of Archmere students won high honors. Held in February, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 631 school teams from across the country. Ar ...

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• Archmere Academy Stage Band Attends Festival Disney
  News • 3/16/2017
  On Sunday, Archmere's Stage Band and 20 members of the Jazz Ensemble returned from a four-day Festival Disney competition in Orlando, Florida. Festival Disney gives students the chance to compete with other instrumental and vocal ensembles from schools across the country. Directors can choose c ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Awards at 2017 Science Olympiad Competition
  News • 3/9/2017
  The Archmere Science Olympiad Team competed in the Delaware state meet last weekend. Over 60 teams and a thousand high school students competed as their creativity mixed with formula and theory and covered just about every discipline across the science spectrum. Medals are awarde ...

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• Brennan Stark '17 Speaks at TEDxYouth Program
  News • 3/9/2017
  Archmere senior Brennan Stark, co-founder of Y Innovations Inc., was a key speaker at the Independence School's TEDxYouth program on Sunday. The day focused on giving students inspiration to not only create change, but also move it forward in the community and the world. Brennan co-founded the nonpr ...

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• Archmere Students Participate in Delaware All State Senior Chorus
  News • 3/2/2017
  Archmere students Katherine Alberta '19, Matt Witterholt '19 and Sarah Burton '17 participated in Delaware All State Senior Chorus last weekend, sponsored by the Delaware Music Educators Association.  The DMEA organizes the All-State programs in Delaware for those students who are inv ...

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• Girls' Basketball Defeats Wilmington Friends in First Round of DIAA Tournament
  News • 3/2/2017
  In the First Round of the DIAA Girls Basketball Tournament, the Archmere basketball team took on Wilmington Friends for a 34-26 victory. Maggie Malloy '17 started the scoring with a few points from the free throw line, putting the Auks up 2-0. They went on to lead 8-3 after the first ...

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• Swimmers Place 8th and 16th in Championship Meet
  News • 2/28/2017
  Out of 24 teams, the Archmere girls swim team placed 8th in the state in the 2017 Delaware DIAA State Championship Meet this weekend. Senior Lily Quinn placed 5th in 100 Yard Butterfly and 6th in 100 Yard Backstroke. Junior Sarah Mousley finished 13th in the 500 Yard Freestyle, and sophomo ...

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• Archmere Mock Trial Team Places Third in State
  News • 2/28/2017
  On February 24th and 25th, Archmere's   Mock   Trial  team competed in the State Competition at the Leonard Williams Justice Center.  The goal of the Competition is to enhance students' citizenship skills.  The team was undefeated in all four rounds, defeating Charter i ...

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• Conor McAvinue '17 Selected to the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
  News • 2/16/2017
  Each summer, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute brings together the brightest young players from across the country to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. Following a comprehensive audition process and a three-week training residency with leading professional ...

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• Archmere Academy Presents Winter Musical: "Avenue Q School Edition"
  News • 2/14/2017
  Archmere Academy Dramatics is proud to present its production of Avenue Q School Edition,  Winner of the Tony "Triple Crown" for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. Avenue Q School Edition is based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, with puppets conceived and designed by ...

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• Shreyas Parab ’18 Named Delaware’s Top Teen Orator
  News • 2/7/2017
  Shreyas Parab, junior at Archmere Academy, was awarded first place in last Thursday’s Delaware State Oratorical Competition hosted by the Delaware American Legion. Shreyas learned about the opportunity through the Archmere Academy History Department. The competition tasks high school students ...

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• Archmere Students Win 19 Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 1/27/2017
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere Academy won 19 awards, three of which were Gold Keys. Works submitted were eligible for Honorable Mention, Silver Key, Gold Key and American Voices Nominee recognition by the Delaware Writing Region. Works awarded a Delaware regional Gold Key a ...

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• Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn Honors at Second WordWright Meet
  News • 1/27/2017
  In this year's second meet of the WordWright Challenge, two teams of Archmere students won high honors. Held in December, the Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry, included 640 school teams from all across the countr ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2017
  News • 1/19/2017
  A Focus on Juniors The College Counseling Office has begun to transition a larger portion of our focus to junior families since returning from the Christmas holiday. We’ve met individually with almost every member of the Class of 2018, completed two junior parent nights, and will begin meeting ...

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• Rick Lyon to Conduct Puppetry Workshop at Archmere Academy
  News • 1/6/2017
  Rick Lyon, Professional Puppeteer, will be giving a workshop to the cast of Archmere Academy’s winter musical, Avenue Q School Edition , during the second week of January. Mr. Lyon designs and builds custom puppets, including the puppets used for the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q on Broa ...

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• Brennan Stark '17 Makes Headlines By Taking Innovative Approach to Solving Homelessness
  News • 12/19/2016
  Archmere senior Brennan Stark not only leads but also co-founded Y Innovations Inc., a federally recognized tax-exempt 501(c)(3) scientific research based nonprofit corporation. Y Innovations Inc. aims to develop innovations and stimulate public interest in key areas of rapidly developing techn ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2016
  News • 12/19/2016
  Alumni Return with Words of Wisdom John Vaile ’16 (University of Delaware), Sully Bouldon ’16 (William and Mary), Lauren Yoslov ’16 (Saint Joseph’s University), My’Kelya Dickerson ’15 (Lafayette College), Kate Pinto ’15 (Loyola University, MD) and Danny Bann ...

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• December 2016
  News • 12/16/2016
  AP Drawing and Painting and Introduction to Philosophy Classes Take Interdisciplinary Field Trip to the Brandywine River Museum On December 14, Terry Newitt's AP Drawing and Painting class, along with Matt Chominski's Introduction to Philosophy class, went on an interdisciplinary field trip to the B ...

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• Archmere Athletes Named to All-Conference and All-State Teams
  News • 12/8/2016
  Archmere's fall high school sports season saw seasonal records soar and teams make history. Archmere participates in the  Diamond State Athletic Conference, who just announced the fall athletes who were named to the All-Conference and All-State Teams.  Scroll down to view the All-Conf ...

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• Archmere's 2015-2016 Yearbook Wins Gold
  News • 11/29/2016
  The Columbia Scholastics Press Association ( CSPA) is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs.  C ...

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• Nick Salameda ’17 to Play Colgate Lax
  News • 11/21/2016
  Nicholas Salameda, senior at Archmere Academy, signed his letter of intent to join Colgate University’s lacrosse team on November 21, 2016. Colgate University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Hamilton, NY. A varsity lacrosse player since freshman year, Nick completed last season wit ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2016
  News • 11/17/2016
  Applications Are Submitted... Decisions for seniors who have rolling applications submitted have begun to trickle in,  and thirty students have already received offers of admission. Most Early Action and Early Decision application decisions will be released in mid-December. Students are being e ...

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• Archmere Fall Play "A Christmas Carol" Receives Acclaim
  News • 11/16/2016
  The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers such as  The Washington Post ,  Cincinnati Enquirer ,  ...

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• Archmere Academy Awards US Navy Fireman Richard Fox Grace Diploma
  News • 11/11/2016
  Richard Fox Grace, US Navy Fireman Second Class, was declared " Missing In Action " when the U.S.S. Lagarto failed to return from its third mission in May of 1945. The submarine was off the Malay coast near the Gulf of Siam at the time. All 86 men were declared “Missing in Action” for al ...

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• Archmere Academy Dramatics Presents "A Christmas Carol"
  News • 11/8/2016
  Archmere Academy Theatre presents its fall play production, the Charles Dickens' holiday classic, A Christmas Carol.    A Christmas Carol, an adaptation written by Archmere English teacher and fall play director, Mr. Brian Manelski, will include singing, dancing and a special twist. The sh ...

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• The Passing of John “Jerry” Ambrogi, Jr. ’76
  News • 11/3/2016
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,   It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my fellow classmate and long-time Archmere coach and mentor, Jerry Ambrogi ’76. He passed away last night at his home in Glen Mills, PA.   Jerry’s aff ...

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• Shreyas Parab '18 to Join Harvard Advisory Board
  News • 10/27/2016
  Archmere Academy junior Shreyas Parab was selected from nearly 200 nominees to join the Youth Advisory Board for the Making Care Common Project by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The 2016-2017 Youth Advisory Board includes 26 members who represent 15 states across the nation and a div ...

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• Genocide Survivor Jackson Ndizeye Speaks at Archmere Assembly
  News • 10/27/2016
  This week, Jackson Ndizeye, African refugee and genocide survivor, spoke during the Archmere school assembly . Archmere senior Caroline Quinn met Jackson Ndizeye and learned of his story during her perfomance in the Boal Theatre of the Oppressed this summer, and invited him to Archmere's c ...

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• Archmere Sweeps Top Ranked Padua in Three Sets
  News • 10/25/2016
  The top-ranked Auks used a balanced attack and strong defensive effort to take down the Pandas on Friday night. Set scores were 25-21, 25-22 and 25-17 in front of a rocking sellout crowd that turned out to watch the two teams battle just a week before the end of the regular season . Lexi Kelly '18 l ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2016
  News • 10/17/2016
  With 85% of the senior class having an early deadline in the month of November or earlier, and many other students applying this month to rolling admission schools, the College Counseling Office is extremely busy processing document requests and assisting students with their applications. We will al ...

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• Architectural-Environmental Design Class Chosen to Provide Input in the Design of the Claymont Train Station
  News • 10/16/2016
  Five years ago, Mr. Jim Tevebaugh, CEO of Tevebaugh and Associates, an architectural firm in Wilmington, Delaware, worked with several of Terry Newitt’s AP students on a very successful coloring book about the Wilmington Train Station and its architect Frank Furness. The coloring book is curre ...

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• Caoilainn McCrory '17 Speaks at Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Day
  News • 10/14/2016
  Archmere senior Caoilainn McCrory was selected to represent the youth voice at the Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Day on September 28, 2016. Caoiliann addressed over 100 suicide prevention advocates, suicide attempt and loss survivors, legislators, and mental health professionals on the steps of th ...

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• Auks Sweep DMA in Volleyball Championship Rematch
  News • 10/5/2016
  After a slow start, the Archmere volleyball team made headlines with their  comeback as they swept DMA 3-0 in a volleyball championship rematch Tuesday night. After a quick time out by coach Mary Pat Kwoka, the Auks, currently 8-0, recovered from a huge first-set deficit and set the tone f ...

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• Auks Defeat St. Mark's in Exciting Five Set Match
  News • 9/29/2016
  In a volleyball showdown on Tuesday night at Archmere, the Auks  outlasted St. Mark’s 3-2 to improve their season record to 6-0. After splitting the first two sets, Archmere won the third set 25-21. The fourth set win went to the Spartans, setting the stage for a fifth and final matc ...

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• Caroline Quinn ’17 Sheds Light on Human Rights, Social, and Political Injustice Through Her BOAL Theatre Of The Oppressed Performance
  News • 9/9/2016
  This summer, Archmere senior Caroline Quinn was selected to showcase a theatre piece at the BOAL Workshop at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Titled  The Market Place, the piece portrays the reality of human trafficking. Caroline was also asked to choreograph a contemporary balle ...

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• Archmere Names National Honor Society Members
  News • 8/2/2016
  The National Honor Society recognizes students who have excelled in four areas: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character. The Archmere chapter requires juniors and seniors to have a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.70 or higher to qualify for membership. Members are expected to serve as peer tutor ...

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• Archmere Academy Receives National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award
  News • 7/29/2016
  Archmere Academy is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers ’ Association Safe Sports School. The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes. The award reinforces the importance of providing the best level of care, injury ...

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• Archmere's Rugby Team Wins National Title Second Year In A Row
  News • 6/6/2016
  This past weekend at the Talen Energy Stadium in suburban Philadelphia, the Archmere Rugby team competed in the National High School Rugby Championship (HSRC) and once again brought home the first place trophy. This season, the Auks were not only Delaware State Rugby Champions in 7's and 15's, ...

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• 82nd Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/14/2016
  Archmere Academy welcomed 106 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 5 in the school’s performing arts center. Bishop Malooly presided. Gregory McCord was the Valedictorian, and Rahul Subbaraya the Salutatorian. McCord was honored for Science, while Subbaraya took departm ...

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• Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn Highest Cumulative WordWright Honors
  News • 6/3/2016
  The WordWright Challenge is a national reading competition for students in grades 9 through 12 that require analytical reading of many kinds of prose and poetry. It emphasizes perceptive interpretation, sensitivity to language, and an appreciation of style. There are four meets p ...

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• Archmere Takes Second in Boys and Girls State Tennis Tournament
  News • 5/30/2016
  Competing in the final round of the state tournament on May 26 at the University of Delaware Field House, the Auks captured two second-place team finishes and a pair of individual titles.  The No. 1 doubles team of Sam Wayne '16 and Spencer Lutz '16 capped their high school careers with a ...

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• Boys' Lacrosse Advances to Semifinals
  News • 5/30/2016
  Archmere will move on to the semifinals after visiting Delmar in the quarterfinals of the DIAA Boys Lacrosse State Tournament Saturday afternoon. The fifth-seeded Auks claimed a 19-3 victory against the Wildcats.  In the first quarter the Auks were able to tally up five goals and ...

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• Nicole Witherell '19 Plays Key Role As Girls' Soccer Shuts Out Charter
  News • 5/16/2016
  On Friday at a game against Wilmington Charter, Archmere freshman Nicole Witherell moved from her usual midfielder position to goalkeeper for the Auks, stepping in for their injured goalie.  Charter, ranked third in Division I, had several shots on goal, but they were either wide of the net, we ...

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• Senior Kylie Lavelle Receives St. Timothy National Youth Award
  News • 5/16/2016
  Kylie Lavelle '16 received the St. Timothy National Youth Award from the Diocese of Wilmington last week. The St. Timothy Award is the highest recognition from the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry that a diocese may confer on a junior or senior high school youth who lives as a discipl ...

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• Archmere Rugby Wins Tyler Brown Memorial Cup and Back to Back Championships
  News • 5/13/2016
  Four years ago, not many students and faculty knew much about rugby at Archmere. After consecutive years of increased expectations, and last year's National Title, it is clear to say that the sport has made its mark. Last weekend, Archmere claimed victory over Salesianum in the seven-on-a-side ...

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• Archmere Senior Rahul Subbaraya Named 2016 Presidential Scholar
  News • 5/6/2016
  The U.S. Secretary of Education John King today announced the selection of Rahul Subbaraya, senior at Archmere Academy, as a 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Rahul is one of 160 outstanding American high school seniors who have demonstrated unprecedented academic achievement, artistic excellence, lea ...

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• Joe Singley '16 Signs Letter of Intent to Play Baseball at Tulane University
  News • 5/4/2016
  Joseph Singley, senior at Archmere Academy, signed his letter of intent to join Tulane University’s baseball team on May 2, 2016. Tulane University, located in New Orleans, LA, is currently ranked 16th in the nation in NCAA Division 1 Baseball. A baseball player and catcher since the age of fo ...

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• Rahul Subbaraya '16 Named Semifinalist in the US Presidential Scholars Program
  News • 4/29/2016
  Archmere Academy senior Rahul Subbaraya has been named a semifinalist in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Rahul was selected from nearly 4,700 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2016.   Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, now in its 5 ...

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• Theatre Students Gia Mariano '18 and Lea Harlev '18 Nominated for Cappies Awards
  News • 4/29/2016
  Archmere students Gia Mariano '18 and Lea Harlev '18 received nominations this week by the Cappies Program for Awards for the 2015-2016 season. Five Nominees are selected in each of 35 categories, along with four Commendees per school. At the end of the year, the Cappie Awards are presente ...

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• Archmere Wins Four Awards at West Chester Theatre Festival
  News • 4/29/2016
  This week, at the West Chester Theatre Festival, Archmere performances brought home four awards.  First, the show  Intermission  (written by Will Eno, same author as  Middletown ) was well-received by the critics. Emma Stovicek '17 won the Best Actress for the festival for her lo ...

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• Jennifer Raphaelson '16 Signs Letter of Intent to Row at Saint Joseph's University
  News • 4/25/2016
  Jennifer Raphaelson, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her letter of intent to join Saint Joseph University’s Rowing team on April 25, 2016. SJU is a NCAA Division I institution located in Philadelphia, PA. Jennifer started rowing the spring of her sophomore year at Wilmington Youth Rowing As ...

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• Caroline Quinn '17 Earns Rave Reviews as Jo in "Little Women The Musical"
  News • 4/25/2016
  Caroline Quinn '17 stars as "Jo" in the production of Little Women The Musical at The Wilmington Drama League, now through May 1. Under the direction of Rebecca May Flowers, the musical showcases some of the area’s best up-and-coming young female talent, including Archmere sophomore Giava ...

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• Archmere Honors Longtime Faculty and Coach, Marcy Aitken
  News • 4/13/2016
  Marcella (Marcy) M. Aitken arrived at Archmere in 1975 with the start of co-education and helped to guide the school through the transition. When the all-male Catholic preparatory school first opened its doors to female students, fifty young women and Marcy Aitken entered St. Norbert Hall and took t ...

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• Seniors Ben Revak and Presley Conaty Lead Auks' Lacrosse Teams to Victory
  News • 3/30/2016
  During the season opening games for men's and women's lacrosse, both teams made headlines with their victories. The Archmere men's team defeated St. Mark's 16-5 in lacrosse action last Wednesday afternoon. Senior Ben Revak scored six of the Auks' goals during the match, catching the attention o ...

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• Archmere Freshman Emily Lugg Wins National Writing Award
  News • 3/23/2016
  After winning a Gold Key Award for her Personal Essay/Memoir submission of  Instructions For A Portrait, Archmere Academy freshman Emily Lugg has been named a National Medalist in the 2016 Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists &; Writer ...

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• Archmere Academy Hosts Annual Garage & Estate Sale March 19
  News • 3/14/2016
  On Saturday, March 19, 2016, the Moglia Fieldhouse on Archmere Academy’s campus will be overflowing with garage sale treasures – from estate collections and housewares, to collectibles, art work, books, toys, and electronics - from sporting equipment, outdoor toys and bicycles, to men's, ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Awards at Science Olympiad Competition
  News • 3/7/2016
  The Archmere Science Olympiad Team competed in the Delaware state meet on Saturday. Over a thousand high school students competed as their creativity mixed with formula and theory and covered just about every discipline across the science spectrum. Archmere's "A" team finish ...

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• Archmere Students Perform at the University of Delaware for the Chinese New Year
  News • 3/4/2016
  On Saturday February 27th, The Confucius Institute and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association invited the University of Delaware campus community and the public to a special celebration of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Monkey, in Mitchell Hall on UD’s Newark campus. Six Archmere ...

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• Danaziah Brown '17 Leads Archmere Past William Penn in Playoffs
  News • 3/2/2016
  After trailing 13-2 early in Tuesday’s DIAA first-round game at William Penn, the Archmere girls basketball team rallied to take a 42-39 win in an exciting back and forth match. On multiple occasions the Auks cut Willam Penn's lead to only 1 point, but could not break through until the fo ...

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• Swimmers Place 5th and 8th in Championship Meet
  News • 2/29/2016
  Out of 27 teams, the Archmere girls swim team placed 5th in the state in the 2016 Delaware DIAA State Championship Meet this weekend. Ellie Jogani '16 cruised to her first state title of the night in 1:51.98 in the first individual event of the evening, the 200 free. In the women̵ ...

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• Archmere Academy Dramatics Presents "The Will Rogers Follies"
  News • 2/24/2016
  The Archmere Academy Performing Arts Department is proud to present its production of The Will Rogers Follies,  a musical with book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. The musical runs February 25-27 at 7 PM i ...

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• Sully Boulden '16 Signs Letter of Intent to Play Soccer at College of William and Mary
  News • 2/19/2016
  Sullivan (Sully) Boulden, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her letter of intent to join the College of William and Mary’s soccer team on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. A member of the All - Conference and All - State soccer teams since her freshman season, Sully was also recently named this ye ...

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• Archmere Students Win 14 Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 1/29/2016
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere Academy won 14 awards, two of which were Gold Keys.

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• Archmere Wrestling Makes Headlines With Win Over Friends
  News • 1/27/2016
  After facing a 15-3 lead during their meet against Friends, the Archmere wrestling team fought back for the win, improving their record to 3-1 in dual meets for the season. 

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• Ariana Abbrescia '17 Named Archmere's Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Student of the Year Candidate
  News • 1/22/2016
  Ariana Abbrescia '17 was recently named Archmere's  Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Student of the Year Candidate. Student of the Year candidates are high school students...

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• Seniors Connor Dennewitz and Ben Revak Named to Blue/Gold All Star Football Roster
  News • 1/22/2016
  The Blue-Gold All Star Football Game Committee of the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities recently announced the players for the 61st Annual...

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• Girls Basketball Scores Another Big Win
  News • 1/11/2016
  The Archmere Girls Basketball team improved to 7-3 on Saturday after a win against Mount Pleasant. Elise Bastian '17 scored nine points to lead Archmere to a 31-20 victory...

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• Archmere Students Perform in The Nutcracker Ballet
  News • 12/22/2015
  On December 12 and 13, several Archmere students performed in The Nutcracker Ballet at The Playhouse on Rodney Square with the Wilmington Ballet studio. Performers included Gia Mariano '18, Beatrix Moore' 19 and Charlotte Moore '18, with Maestro Allan Scott ('90) and Emily Jasani '18 as assistant to ...

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• Danielle Cuoco '18 Hosts "Rockin' 4 Nemours" Event at AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  News • 1/22/2016
  In looking for ways to creatively share her love of live music with children staying at the AI DuPont Hospital, Archmere sophomore Danielle Cuoco created and performed in the first ever Rockin’ 4 Nemours event on December 5 th .  Prior to the event, Danielle submitted a proposal to&# ...

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• Conor McAvinue '17 Wins 45th Annual Newark Symphony Youth Concerto Competition
  News • 12/2/2015
  Archmere junior Conor McAvinue won the high school division of the 45th Annual Newark Symphony Youth Concerto Competition this month. Funded by the Pasquale Fund for Young Musicians, the Newark Symphony Orchestra (NSO) annually sponsors a  concerto competition  for both High School and Col ...

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• Dr. Matthew T. Kingston '92 Voted “Best Dentist in Lancaster 2015”
  News • 12/2/2015
  Lancaster dentist Dr. Matthew T. Kingston has been named by Lancaster County magazine as the Best Dentist in Lancaster (Individual) for 2015. Lancaster County magazine’s “Best of Lancaster” Readers’ Survey, now in its 26th year, is the area’s original readers’ pol ...

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• Five Archmere Baseball Players Compete at the 2015 World Wood Bat Association World Championships
  News • 11/2/2015
  Held annually in early October, the World Wood Bat Association World Championships (WWBA) showcases high school baseball stars from across the United States. Organized by Perfect Game, the WWBA is the last major event of the high school showcase season, and is a tournament unlike any other. The ...

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• Archmere Named Apple Distinguished School For 2015-2017
  News • 10/28/2015
  Archmere Academy is pleased to announce that it has once again been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2015 to 2017 for its successful implementation of a 1:1 MacBook Laptop Program and for its innovative integration of technology in the classroom.   The Apple Distinguished School ...

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• Archmere Goalkeeper Blake Parker '17 Makes Headlines With Win Over St. Elizabeth's
  News • 10/14/2015
  With a save in the final minute by Archmere goalkeeper Blake Parker '17,  the Auks soccer team claimed a 2-1 victory over St. Elizabeth's on Tuesday afternoon. Archmere, now 7-3, held their lead with the help of Blake, who had ten saves throughout the game. Kevin Phillips, writer for The News J ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Proves Their Strength Against St. Mark's
  News • 9/30/2015
  On Tuesday night, the #1 ranked Archmere girls volleyball team made headlines with an arduous win over St. Mark's (ranked #9).  Even though the Spartans came out strong in the first set, winning 8 of the first 10 points, the lady Auks pulled back up with a 7 point run to win that set, 25-19. St ...

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• Caroline Rath '13 Named Big 10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week
  News • 9/23/2015
  Sophomore back Caroline Rath has been named the Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced today. It is the second time in three weeks that the Defensive Player of the Week has been a Buckeye –goalkeeper Liz Tamburro won the award on Sept. 8. Last week, Peanut Joh ...

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• Sophomore Shreyas Parab Makes Pitch to Sam’s Club and Walmart
  News • 9/21/2015
  Archmere sophomore Shreyas Parab is the CEO of his own tie company, NovelTie, which was selected in April as a finalist at the Saunders Semi-Finals Northeastern Competition. As a finalist, he was invited to the Small Business Summit in Washington D.C. this summer and presented with the opportunity t ...

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• Chris Butler '93 Named Senior VP, Power Quality Division, Electrical Sector - Asia Pacific Region
  News • 9/18/2015
  Chris Butler has been named senior vice president, Power Quality Division, Electrical Sector – Asia Pacific. Butler will report to Brian Brickhouse, president, Electrical Sector – Asia Pacific, and will be located in Shanghai, China.  Butler succeeds Lou Rosen who is leaving Eaton t ...

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• Archmere Students Perform in Delaware All-State Theatre's production of "Monty Python's Spamalot"
  News • 7/28/2015
  Featuring the Best-of-Best young performers in the region, the Delaware All-State Theatre presented Monty Python's Spamalot , a musical comedy and a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail . The show ran over two weekends this ...

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• Archmere Rugby Wins National Title
  News • 6/2/2015
  As the current Delaware State Rugby Champions and Subaru Sevens Tournament Champions, the Archmere Rugby team made their first national High School Rugby Challenge appearance this year. The Challenge, or HSRC, is the nation’s premier High School Sevens Rugby Tournament and was held in Phi ...

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• Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn Highest Cumulative WordWright Honors
  News • 5/15/2015
  The WordWright Challenge is a national reading competition for students in grades 9 through 12 that require analytical reading of many kinds of prose and poetry. It emphasizes perceptive interpretation, sensitivity to language, and an appreciation of style. There are four meets p ...

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• Auks Win Rugby State Championship!
  News • 5/14/2015
  On Saturday, May 9th, the Archmere Rugby team defeated reigning champions Salesianum in the Delaware High School Sevens State Championship match at Neumann University. This is the first state title for the Auks, and the third time playing in the Championship game. Archmere played a tough schedu ...

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• Shreyas Parab '18 Wins Diamond Challenge For High School Entrepreneurs and Selected as Top 6 Young Entrepreneurs in the Country
  News • 5/12/2015
  Archmere freshman Shreyas Parab of Pennsylvania received a $7,500 grand prize last month from the annual business pitch competition sponsored by the University of Delaware's Horn Program in Entrepreneurship. He and his partner, a Scripps National Spelling Bee  co-champion from New York,
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• Madeline Buckley '11 Honored as Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Collegiate Recipient
  News • 4/28/2015
  The 11th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, an award given for the most outstanding role model among athletes, was presented to 2011 Archmere graduate Madeline Buckley in Atlanta on Monday evening, April 27th. Founded by Athletes for a Better World (ABW), a non-profit organization committed t ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Recognition at the Bucks County Student Theater Festival
  News • 4/16/2015
  The Bucks County Playhouse Student Theater Festival is an opportunity for teens from throughout the region to come to the Playhouse to perform for each other, take master classes, and receive professional adjudication. This year, over 700 students from Pennsylvania and New Jersey participa ...

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• Thomas Diamanty ’15 and Makala Wang ’17 Win National Scholastic Art Awards
  News • 3/19/2015
  The Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth since 1923. The awards  have grown to be the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens, and the largest source of scholarships for ...

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• Archmere Mastersingers Perform at Carnegie Hall
  News • 3/19/2015
  On March 15, 2015, Archmere Academy’s award-winning choir, the Mastersingers, took the stage at the famed Carnegie Hall to perform as part of the National Youth Choir. The Mastersingers performed a solo concert, in addition to performing as part of the National Youth Choir, under the direction ...

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• Archmere's 2013/2014 Varsity Soccer Teams Are Double Honorees for National Academics Award
  News • 3/11/2015
  A total of 335 soccer teams (142 boys, 193 girls) from throughout the United States have earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team during the 2013-14 academic year. Among these programs are 53 ...

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• Archmere Students Compete in Delaware's Mock Trial Competition
  News • 3/3/2015
  On February 27 and 28, twelve Archmere students competed in Delaware's Mock Trial Competition as attorneys and witnesses, earning recognition for their case preparation and delivery.  Each year, teams from Delaware's public and private schools are provided a case to analyze and present during t ...

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• Richard "Dick" Lanahan '60
  News • 2/6/2015
  As a Student at Archmere, Dick played football, basketball and ran track, earning eight Varsity letters and serving as Co-Captain of the football and track team his senior year. In his senior year, Dick set a school record at the time in the quarter mile and was a member of the winning 2-mile relay ...

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• Herman W. Ross, Jr. '77
  News • 2/6/2015
  Herman was a three-sport athlete while he attended Archmere, playing basketball, football, and track. His freshman year, he earned the Boys Basketball Freshman Team Most Improved Award. As a member of the 1976 team that made it to the State Finals, Herman was named Second Team All-State Running Back ...

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• Joseph Pileggi '81
  News • 2/6/2015
  During his years at Archmere, Joe was an accomplished athlete playing football, basketball, and baseball graduating with seven varsity letters. Joe is especially proud of his football career at Archmere, starting his freshman year as a member of Archmere's first undefeated JV Football team; in his s ...

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• Meredith Rachinsky Smith '94
  News • 2/6/2015
  As a student at Archmere, Meredith played field hockey, basketball and softball, serving as co-captain of all three teams during her senior year. Meredith was a varsity starter for four years in softball and was named twice to All-Conference teams. In her senior year, Meredith was named Honorable Me ...

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• The Passing of Father Michael T. Collins, O.Praem '68 (6/15/1950 - 1/22/15)
  News • 1/22/2015
  Long-time teacher, administrator, and mentor, Father Michael Collins, O.Praem ’68 passed away suddenly early this morning at Daylesford Abbey.  Ordained in 1978, Father Collins came back to Archmere in 1972 and served the school community for more than five decades as a history and religi ...

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• Christmas Caroling for Make-A-Wish®
  News • 12/16/2014
  In December 2005, the Andrisani sisters – Alexa, Olivia &; Sophia (then 8, 6 and 3 years old &; daughters of Archmere graduates Allyson (’88) &; Nate (‘88)) -- decided they wanted to help make other kids’ dreams come true by raising money for Make-A-Wish ® .  They g ...

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• Norbertine, Former Archmere Trustee Writes Official Hymn for Pope's Visit
  News • 12/8/2014
  Father Andrew Ciferni, O.Praem, a former Archmere Academy trustee (2002-2008; 2012-2013) and teacher at Saint Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin, has written a song of praise that has been chosen as the official hymn for Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia next year.

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• Auks Win Volleyball State Title!
  News • 11/11/2014
  The Archmere girls' volleyball team, who were ranked fifth going into the tournament, defeated second-ranked Wilmington Charter in the DIAA State Championshp game in front of over 2,600 spectators at the Bob Carpenter Center. This is the first state title for the volleyball team since the ...

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• Art Teacher's Halloween Costume Provides a Teaching Moment
  News • 10/31/2014
  For art teacher, Mr. Terry Newitt, dressing up for Halloween is more than a fun tradition. For the past 20 years, Terry has used his costume as a teaching moment. Every year he dresses as Elwood Blues, of the Blues Brothers.   

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• Serafin String Quartet to Perform at Archmere
  News • 10/21/2014
  Archmere Academy's acclaimed String Instructors, and the "Quartet in Residence" at the University of Delaware, The Serafin String Quartet, will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, as part of the 2014-2015 Green Concert Series. 

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• The Tradition of Educating
  News • 9/9/2014
  It is exciting to begin a new school year. The energy among students, staff, and parents is palpable on campus. Good education today is a challenge that requires the collaborative efforts of students, staff, and parents. Fortunately, at Archmere, we have a tradition of community that fosters convers ...

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• Yearbook Senior Portraits Reminder
  News • 7/29/2014
  Senior portraits are scheduled for Saturday, August 23, and Saturday, September 6, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., in the Theatre Lobby of Archmere Academy. Please visit www.barksdalephoto.com to schedule your appointment with Barksdale Photography.

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• Senior Payas Parab '15 Chosen As Delaware Delegate For American Legion Boys Nation
  News • 7/14/2014
  Archmere student and Aston, Pennsylvania resident Payas Parab '15 was selected as one of two delegates to represent Delaware at American Legion Boys Nation this summer, held July 18 through July 25, at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia with daily trips to Washington, D.C.

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• No 1. Girls' Soccer, No. 4 Boys' Lacrosse Both Advance With Wins Wednesday
  News • 5/22/2014
  Top-seeded Archmere Girls' soccer shutout Delmarva Christian in their quarterfinal match yesterday, 3-0. Meanwhile, fourth-seeded Boys' lacrosse sent Caravel packing with a 19-8 first-round victory.

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• Howard Gallagher '67
  News • 5/21/2014
  A graduate of Gettysburg College and Widener University School of Law, Howard currently serves as an Assistant County Solicitor for Delaware County as well as an attorney in private practice. Howard and his family are third generation attendees of Archmere.

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• Seniors Brian Zhang '14, Justine Zhang '14 Named National Merit Scholars; 16 Juniors To Be Recognized Next Fall
  News • 5/15/2014
  Classmates Brian Zhang '14 and Justine Zhang '14 have been named 2014 National Merit Scholars, and each is a recipient of a $2500 National Merit Scholarship. In addition, 16 rising seniors (current juniors) will receive recognition in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program next fall, with the c ...

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• Drama Club to Compete in West Chester University's Theatre Festival April 30
  News • 4/28/2014
  The Archmere Academy Drama Club is taking the one-act play, Asylum, to West Chester University's High School Theatre Festival on Wednesday, April 30. Seven schools will perform one-act plays (plays that are less than one-half hour in length) and will receive live feedback on their performances from ...

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• Ben Creekmore '14 Named YMCA Short Course National Champion
  News • 4/7/2014
  Ben Creekmore attended the YMCA National Short Course Championship from April 1 to April 4, 2014 in Greensboro, NC. There were over 1,400 swimmers in attendance from all over the United States. Going into this meet, he was the defending 2013 YMCA Short Course National Champion in both the 200 free a ...

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• Archmere Community Members Contribute to State Genealogical Book
  News • 4/2/2014
  Archmere graduate, past parent and current grandparent, Donn Devine '46 and past parent and current grandparent, Collette Watson, members of the Delaware Genealogical Society, were contributing authors to a new book about the first families of the First State that has just been published, ...

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• Student Artists Earn National Recognition
  News • 3/21/2014
  Archmere sophomores John Vaile and Claire Moosberg received national recognition for art pieces submitted to the Scholarship Arts Award Program. John Vaile won the national American Visions Award for his sculpture titled “The Animal Within,” while Claire's acrylic painting titled “ ...

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• Archmere Parents Take Time to Reflect: Mothers' Guild and Fathers' Club Retreats
  News • 3/13/2014
  This March, both parent organizations hosted retreats on campus, which provided an opportunity for current and past parents to reflect and pray in community.

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• Swimmers 4th & 5th in Championship Meet, Break School Records
  News • 3/4/2014
  The Archmere boys swim team finished 5th in the state out of 25 teams in the championship meet this past weekend. The medley relay finished 11th, 200 Free relay was 4th and our 400 Free Relay came in 5th. Senior Ben Creekmore broke his own record in the 200 Free and took home the 1st place medal. In ...

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• Archmere Senior Volleyball Player Commits to McDaniel
  News • 3/4/2014
  Archmere senior and Wilmington native Sarah Donnelly ’14 has committed to play the position of setter for the McDaniel College volleyball team next fall. Sarah has been awarded a four-year academic scholarship.   During her Archmere volleyball career, Sarah was a four-year varsity letter ...

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• Boys and Girls Swim Teams Head to Championship
  News • 2/27/2014
  The girls' swim team had a great night at the prelimiaries on Lady Auks with four of the athletes qualifying for the championship meet this weekend. The 200 medley relay team is currently ranked 4th. Ellie Jogani '16 earned second in 200 free and 5th in 500 free. Laura Jogani '14 ranked 14th in 200 ...

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• Football Senior Commits to Yale
  News • 2/12/2014
  Archmere senior and Wilmington native Conor Furey has signed a letter of intent to play tight end for the Yale University football team next fall.  

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• Archmere Senior Signs with Ohio State Field Hockey
  News • 2/12/2014
  Archmere senior Caroline Rath signed her National Letter of Intent to play field hockey for The Ohio State University this month. The Archmere Academy forward is a two-time field hockey All State selection (2012, 2013), three-time All Conference selection (2011, 2012, 2013) and 2013 Senior All Star. ...

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• Archmere Instrumentalist Named To University of Pennsylvania Honor Band
  News • 2/11/2014
  Griffin Anderson ’17 was recently selected to represent Archmere Academy and perform with the invitation-only University of Pennsylvania Honor Band at two events in the Philadelphia region. Griffin, who plays trumpet for the Archmere Concert Band and Stage Band, joined over seventy-five studen ...

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• Steven DiStefano '14 Commits to Ursinus Baseball
  News • 12/19/2013
  Archmere senior and Hockessin native Steven DiStefano has committed to Ursinus College to play pitcher for the Grizzly Bears’ baseball team. Steven has been awarded a four-year scholarship as an Ursinus Scholar.

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• Student Fundraiser Helps Students in Kenya
  News • 12/6/2013
  A tag day was held earlier this fall for 2 places in Kenya: Rhino Primary School and Rafiki AIDS Ministry, an orphanage for children who have lost their parents to AIDS. During the 2006 Science Trip to Kenya, Archmere students visited and played games with many of the students at Rhino School.   ...

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• Archmere Senior Kate Payne to Play Lax for the Hawks
  News • 12/3/2013
  On Thursday, November 14, Archmere Academy senior and Ursuline alumna Katelyn Payne of Hockessin, DE, formalized her agreement to play women’s lacrosse at Saint Joseph’s University.

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• Archmere Swimmer Ben Creekmore '14 Commits to UNC
  News • 12/3/2013
  On Thursday, November 14, Archmere Academy senior and graduate of Saint Edmond’s Academy, Benjamin Creekmore of Wilmington, DE, signed his National Letter of Intent to join the men’s swim team at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Archmere Named Apple Distinguished School
  News • 11/15/2013
  Archmere Academy is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2013 to 2015 for its successful implementation of a 1:1 MacBook Laptop Program and for its innovative integration of technology in the classroom.  

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• Brian Zhang '14 Earns Perfect Score on AP Computer Science Exam
  News • 11/15/2013
  Archmere Academy senior Brian Zhang was one of only 19 students in the world to earn a perfect score on the Advanced Placement Computer Science A Exam, given this past spring. Brian earned every possibly point on the exam, answering every multiple-choice questions correctly and earning the maximum s ...

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• Counseling Staff Members Engage in Professional Outreach
  News • 11/6/2013
  Ms. Francesca Pileggi , Counseling Intern, is a member of the Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Coalition's Board of Directors and chairs the Communication Committee.  On October 16th and 17th, she attended the statewide Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Conference in State College.     M ...

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• Christopher McCord '11 Honored at Princeton's Opening Exercises
  News • 9/20/2013
  Archmere alumnus Christopher McCord '11 was honored with The George B. Wood Legacy Sophomore Prize at Princeton's Opening Exercises in 2013. The George B. Wood Legacy Sophomore Prize is presented each year to a member of the junior class in recognition of exceptional academic achievement during ...

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• Student Body President Camryn Hicks '14 Welcomes New Students
  News • 8/26/2013
  At the 2013 Freshman Orientation last week, Archmere Student Body President, Camryn Hicks '14, gave a speech that welcomed the new students and gave them a challenge. "Commit yourself to finding yourself," she said.

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• GQ profiles Vice President Biden '61; Article Features Recent Visit to Archmere
  News • 7/19/2013
  In GQ's July 2013 profile on Vice President Biden '61 called "Have You Heard the One About President Joe Biden?" author Jeanne Marie Laskas writes about her recent visit to the Vice President's hometown of Wilmington, including their visit to his alma mater, Archmere Academy, this past May. Laskas w ...

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• Alumnus Anthony G. FLynn '69 and Archmere Parent Mark Reardon Honored by Saint Thomas More Society
  News • 5/30/2013
  Alumnus Tony Flynn '69 and Archmere current parent Mark Reardon were honored on May 19th by the Saint Thomas More Society of the Diocese of Wilmington.

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• Archmere Seniors Come Together for Service
  News • 5/28/2013
  With only a few weeks remaining in their high school careers, the members of the class of 2013 are certainly ready to move forward, and, this year, they are also ready to give back. As one of their post-prom activities, the seniors will band together at 1:15 on Friday, May 31st to participate in a c ...

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• Junior Baseball Player Featured in News Journal
  News • 5/20/2013
  Junior Sean Deely was featured in the News Journal's article titled "Prep Baseball: Sean Deely keys Archmere's complete effort," which highlighted his performance in the 10-2 win over Tower Hill at Ruly Carpenter Stadium last week. "On Thursday, the Archmere baseball team displayed some ingredients ...

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• Archmere Junior Earns Spot in Student Leaders Internship Program
  News • 5/16/2013
  Archmere junior Jacqueline Sinnott was one of 5 high school students chosen in the state of Delaware for the 2013 Bank of America Student Leaders Program. Approximately 70 Delaware high school students applied and there are a little over 200 chosen nationwide. During this 8-week paid internship, Jac ...

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• Kevin Seltzer, '10, wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for excellence in the sciences
  News • 4/22/2013
  A current junior at Loyola University (MD), Kevin Paul Seltzer ’10, has been awarded a $7,500 scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education program, which honors students from across the nation who have outstanding potential and intend to pursue careers in mathem ...

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• Thomas C. Mengers '10 Attends National Seminar on Catholic Social Teaching
  News • 4/17/2013
  A junior at Saint Vincent College majoring in theology with a minor in criminology, law and society, Thomas Mengers was accepted to participate in the eighth national Catholic Social Teaching Symposium for college students sponsored by Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See ...

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• Marisa Cole Facciolo: Class of 1993
  News • 4/7/2013
  A 1997 graduate of Dickinson College, Marisa also earned her law degree from Widener University School of Law in 2003. Marisa currently serves as Vice President and Wealth Strategist at Northern Trust in Wilmington.

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• Howard Gallagher: Class of 1967
  News • 4/5/2013
  A graduate of Gettysburg College and Widener University School of Law, Howard currently serves as an Assistant County Solicitor for Delaware County as well as an attorney in private practice. Howard and his family are 3rd generation attendees of Archmere.

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• Joe Giordano: Class of 2000
  News • 4/4/2013
  Joe is a 2004 Graduate of Mount Saint Mary’s University, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He is also a 2000 graduate of Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware. A Partner in the firm of Whisman Giordano &; Associates, Joe is also involved with Toys for Tots, Goodwill Industries, as ...

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• Michael Hare: Class of 1979
  News • 4/3/2013
  A 1983 graduate of St. Joseph's University with a B.S. in Public Administration, Mike serves as Senior Vice President for Development with The Buccini/Pollin Group. Mike has also attended Fels Center of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.

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• John Nowaczyk: Class of 1987
  News • 4/2/2013
  A 1991 graduate of Harvard College, John currently serves as a Principal with Milestone Partners, a private equity firm in Radnor, Pennsylvania. John is married to fellow Auk, Ciara O'Connell '87.

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• Joseph "Skip" Kuhn: Class of 1965
  News • 4/2/2013
  A 1969 graduate of the University of Delaware, Dr. Joseph "Skip" Kuhn earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. A founding physician of Nephrology Associates, P.A. in Newark, Skip retired from the practice in 2012.  He now serves as the Senior Consultant to the Chief M ...

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• Dr. Jamie Wohlhagen: Class of 2004
  News • 3/28/2013
  A 2008 graduate of Lehigh University, Jamie continued on to complete her Doctor of Optometry degree in 2012 from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. While serving several roles for the institution including Class President, she achieved Clinical Honors throughout her optometric externships. She i ...

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• Alison Paige Newitt '95 named Top Local Female Musician in Philly
  News • 3/26/2013
  Alison Paige Newitt '95 was recently named one of Philly’s rising top fiive female musical stars by CBS Philadelphia. ; ;"Aly," bassist and vocalist for AlyCat, has performed throughout the country with Alycat, David Bromberg, the Angel Band and BrotherSister. In the past, she has appeared wit ...

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• The AUK in the Running for Best Mascot: Vote Today!
  News • 2/25/2013
  The USA TODAY HSS staff has chosen 255 of the nation’s most unique high school mascots - five per state (and Washington D.C.), with voting on the state round running until March 5. The AUK received one of Delware's spots! Vote today, as many times as you'd like before March 5th, and help us to ...

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• Seniors Patrick Reilly and Edward Gomes Named U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidates
  News • 2/4/2013
  Patrick Reilly '13 and Edward Gomes '13 have been named two of more than 3,000 candidates in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.4 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2013. Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Sch ...

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• 38 Students Receive Scholastics Art and Writing Awards
  News • 1/23/2013
  38 Archmere Students recieved recognition from The Alliance for Young Artists &; Writers, a group that identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience, including four portfolio awards and 42 individual awards.

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• Standout Senior Named Gatorade DE Boys' Cross Country Runner of the Year
  News • 1/18/2013
  Senior John Mascioli was named the 2012-13 Gatorade Delaware Boys' Cross Country Runner of Year. He is the third runner from Archmere to receive this award. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic performance but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character d ...

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• Fred Maahs '80 Speaks to Students about Resilience and Giving Back
  News • 12/13/2012
  Archmere Alum Fred Maahs '80 spoke to the student body in an assembly this past Tuesday, December 11th. Fred's major themes focused on the values of resilience and the ability to bounce back from setback, as well as the idea that giving back to the community is his personal passion.

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• US Baseball Academy at Archmere This Winter
  News • 12/7/2012
  U.S. Baseball Academy will host a Baseball Camp for grades 1-12 at Archmere Academy this January &; February. For a complete description of the program and registration forms, visit www.USBaseballAcademy.com

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• Mastersingers Head to Carnegie Hall This April
  News • 11/11/2012
  In August the Mastersingers received an invitation to be a part of a massed choir (7 choirs total) to perform at Carnegie Hall on April 14, 2013, under the direction of Dr. Henry Leck, Chorus Master for the Indianapolis Symphony Chorus and Indianapolis Children's Choir. Along with the invitation was ...

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• Archmere Volleyball Puts up a Fight in Tough Match with Ursuline
  News • 10/22/2012
  FROM THE NEWS JOURNAL: "The Ursuline volleyball team knew Archmere senior Emily Gerard would be at the net, waiting to stuff its attack.Gerard earned five blocks, but the fourth-ranked Raiders found plenty of openings in a 3-0 victory over the third-ranked Auks on Thursday night. The game scores wer ...

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• Mothers' Guild Meeting Reschedule, Homecoming Volunteers Needed
  News • 9/28/2012
  The Mothers' Guild meeting that was originally planned for Sept 18, has been rescheduled for Tuesday October 2nd beginning at 7pm in the SLC. Volunteers are urgently needed to help (in shifts) with the Varsity Shop during Homecoming on Saturday, October 6th between 11am to 5pm

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• 2013 Mothers' Guild Garage Sale
  News • 8/15/2012
  In case you didn't know: The Mothers' Guild organizes a huge sale in March every year (since 1973!) with all the proceeds going right back in to the classroom and campus. Items for the sale are donated by the Archmere community throughout the year. Last year, the Garage Sale netted over $27,000!

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• Art Students Work on Commemorative 80th Anniversary Mural
  News • 6/13/2012
  Archmere art teacher, Terry Newitt is leading a team of students this summer who are helping to create a timeline mural on the walls of the main hallway of the Student Life Center to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the school. The timeline will be officially unveiled in the Fall, but we will ke ...

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• Mr. Kropp Awards "The Scripture Cup" to 12 Freshmen
  News • 5/29/2012
  In Mr. Kropp's religion classes, earning good grades is not the only incentive to performing well on tests and quizzes - there is a trophy at stake. Mr. Kropp's four sections of freshman religion classes have spent the Spring semester competing for "The Scripture Cup," a commemorative trophy present ...

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• Archmere Senior Ali Hazel Named Jefferson Scholar
  News • 5/21/2012
  Archmere senior Alexa Leigh Hazel has been named a Jefferson Scholar by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia. Scholars are selected based on the Jeffersonian ideals of excellence in leadership, scholarship, and citizenship. Over 3700 schools from across the nation and the ...

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• Blue Rocks Game for Buddy Hurlock '87's Foundation
  News • 5/21/2012
  From the News Journal: It was the type of near-perfect spring day during which Buddy Hurlock would escape the press box at Frawley Stadium and cover the Blue Rocks from the grandstand. Unfortunately, Hurlock, a News Journal sportswriter, is unable to cover Rocks games or his greatest passion – ...

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• Archmere Students Worked with Habitat for Humanity Over Spring Break
  News • 5/7/2012
  Over the Easter Break this year, 8 Archmere students and 3 teachers travelled down to Avery County, NC to work with the Habitat for Humanity affiliate site there.

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• Senior Patreece Spence Commits to James Madison Volleyball
  News • 4/30/2012
  Archmere’s 2011-12 girls’ varsity volleyball captain Patreece Spence ’12 signed her letter of intent to play as a member of the James Madison University women’s volleyball team next year.    

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• Archmere 1992 Graduate's Start-up Company Nominated "Top Technology of Tomorrow"
  News • 4/25/2012
  Carl Deirmengian '92 has come up with a process to diagnose infections of the knee, something that is very elusive for doctors and surgeons. His start-up company, CD Diagnostics, has been nominated as one of the "top technologies of tomorrow" companies by the 2012 BIO International Convention. They ...

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• Archmere Mothers' Guild Garage Sale: Huge Success!
  News • 4/12/2012
  Returning to its roots as an Estate sale turned out to be a winning idea for the 40th annual sale, a tradition dating back to 1973. Gathering more furniture and larger items to sell greatly increased sales, netting a record $27,565 after expenses. (Last yearthe take home was $16,700.)

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• Archmere Mock Trial Team Finishes on Top at State Competition
  News • 4/4/2012
  On February 24th and 25th, The Mock Trial Team participated in the 21st Annual Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition. This year the team finished third in the state, only narrowly missing the opportunity to compete in the finals after losing in the 4th round in a split 2-1 decision. The team f ...

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• Archmere Freshmen Star in St. Edmond's Musical
  News • 3/12/2012
  Thomas Diamanty '15 and Ellie McNamara '15 will star in St. Edmond's upcoming Musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat” on March 23 &; 24 at 7:30 p.m. and on March 25 at 2:00 p.m.

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• 2013 Garage Sale Volunteer Schedule
  News • 3/12/2012
  Click "read more" to see the schedule.

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• Archmere Places in TEAMS competition & Science Olympiad
  News • 3/5/2012
  Four teams of 8 students participated in the Test of Engineering Aptitude with Math and Science competition at the University of DE, with each team placing in the top four for their division. Two teams of 15 students participated in the DE State competition at Delaware State University, both placing ...

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• Archmere Girls' Basketball Defeats Concord in DIAA First Round
  News • 2/29/2012
  CommunityPub: Vaile, Archmere girls outlast Concord in hoops tourney first round . "The shots weren’t falling for either side of Tuesday night’s DIAA girls basketball state tournament first round game. Thankfully for visiting Archmere, senior center Amanda Vaile found her shot in the fou ...

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• Garage Sale: Not Too Late to Contribute!
  News • 2/23/2012
  The last remaining Garage Sale drop off day is this Sunday, February 26 from 10 am til 1 pm. (Drop off location is in the Maintenance Building down Manor Avenue by the lower turf field.)

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• News Journal Highlights Global Reach of Archmere Alumnus-founded Ohana Companies
  News • 2/6/2012
  Chris Quinlan '83, founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Ohana Companies, a Delaware business group, grown on high-tech innovations to ease customer frustrations with mail-in rebates, was featured with in a News Journal article titled "Local company's aquisition puts it on the global map."

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• Archmere Female Students Participate in "Explore Engineering Seminar"
  News • 2/6/2012
  The Guidance Department in conjuction with DuPont, participated in the "Explore Engineering Seminar" on February 6, 2012. During this seminar interested sophomore, junior, and senior girls had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Mary Kay James, Managing Direct of Solar Investments for DuPont.

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• Dr. Katherine Sahm - Class of 1990
  News • 1/12/2012
  In April of 2010, Archmere alumna Katherine Sahm, M.D. ’90 made local history as Saint Francis Hospital’s first general surgeon. So far, her experience has been “superb.” “It’s wonderful to be part of the re-building of a great community, faith-based hospital,R ...

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• Archmere Students Earn 2012 Scholastics Art & Writing Awards
  News • 1/10/2012
  Archmere had several students earn 2012 Scholastics Art and Writing Awards, including 9 portfolio winners and more than 15 individual winners.

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• Archmere Swimmers Earn Sweep
  News • 1/8/2012
  NEWS JOURNAL: Archmere put together a strong team performance in both the boys’ and girls’ meets to sweep host St. Andrew’s in nonconference swimming action Saturday. The Auks won eight of 11 events to edge the Saints 93-77 in the boys’ competition as the duo of Drew Cox and ...

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• Alison Newitt '95 comes to Arden Gild Hall with band, ALCAT 12/16/11
  News • 12/13/2011
  From Community News: "The Hold-Up, AlyCat, and the Mad-Sweet Pangs will transform the Arden Gild Hall into a vibrant music box this weekend." Showtime is 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. Cost: $10 www.ardenclub.org

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• Erica Jackey '08 wins XC National Championship
  News • 11/19/2011
  Erica Jackey '08 led Washington University's Cross Country team to victory in the 2011 NCAA Division III men’s and women’s cross country championships.

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• Elyse Andrews '12 Signs Letter of Intent to Play at UD
  News • 11/11/2011
  On Friday, November 11, Elyse Andrews ’12 signed her letter of intent to play varsity women’s lacrosse at the University of Delaware next year. An athlete with an impressive resume, Andrews will head to UD next fall with eleven varsity letters (in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse,) ...

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• Erica Jackey '08, Women's Individual UAA XC Champion in Record Time
  News • 11/3/2011
  Archmere graduate and senior at Washion University, Erica Jackey won the women’s individual UAA cross country conference championship after completing the 6K course in a time of 22:09, which is the sixth fastest time in UAA history.

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• Elyse Andrews Named WDEL Female Athlete of the Week
  News • 10/27/2011
  Elyse scored 5 goals in the Auk's 10-0 victory over Red Lion Christian and has 28 tallies on the season.

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• Maddy Buckley '11 Named Liberty League Rookie of the Week
  News • 10/25/2011
  William Smith first-year Madeline Buckley (Archmere Class of 2011) was tabbed the Liberty League Women's Soccer Rookie of the Week this week as announced by the league office this afternoon.

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• Archmere Field Hockey Undefeated: Senior Elyse Andrews highlighted in News Journal
  News • 10/20/2011
  Tuesday was Senior Day for the Archmere Academy field hockey team, and senior Elyse Andrews wanted to make sure her last regular-season home game was special.

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• Theresa Fasullo ’11 Among 22 DE Students to Receive Leadership Scholarship
  News • 6/29/2011
  The Comcast Foundation recently awarded 22 Delaware high school seniors scholarships through its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program.  Theresa Fasullo of Archmere Academy was one of the awardees.

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• Todd Coulson - Class of 1992
  News • 6/23/2011
  A Flex Developer at a digital marketing solutions company, Todd blends art and technology through multimedia. A former teacher at Philadelphia Unversity and an adjunct professor at the University of the Arts, Todd received his Associate of Specialized Technology Degree from the Art Institute of Phil ...

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• Garage Sale Drop-Off Dates
  News • 6/15/2011
  The Mothers' Guild will be hosting two additional drop-off dates this fall: Sunday, September 25 and Sunday, October 23 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Drop-off is at the Maintenance Garage by the lower field on Manor Ave.

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• Rachel Gillen '11 named Gatorade Player of the Year
  News • 6/10/2011
  Recent Archmere graduate, Rachel Gillen, has been named the Gatorade Delaware Softball Player of the Year for the third straight season. Coverage  in the News Journal

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• Summer Hours
  News • 5/31/2011
  Starting on Friday, June 10, 2011 the administrative offices will observe summer hours.

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• Archmere Juniors Qualify for National Merit Recognition
  News • 5/23/2011
  After taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), several Archmere students met requirements to enter the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. With a Selection Index score of 202 or above, each of these students is among the 50,000 highest-scoring par ...

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• Archmere Academy Ends the Year with Highest Honors in WordMasters Challenge
  News • 5/18/2011
  Participating with 541 high school teams from across the country, the Archmere eleventh graders placed fourth in the nation in the cumulative standings at the end of four meets held this year, placing first in the nation in the year's final meet.

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• Erin Moffit '11 and Tory Sylvestre '13 Recognized for Raising Over $1000 for Diabetes
  News • 5/16/2011
  Two students, Erin Moffitt '11 and Tory Sylvestre '13, each received the JDRF "Golden Sneaker Award" for raising over $1000 for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. Several other members the Archmere community contributed to this cause, as well.

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• Senior Lindsey Olivere blazes own trail
  News • 5/4/2011
  Senior track star Lindsey Olivere blazes her own trail while following in the fast footsteps of her family.

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• Archmere Alumna Earns 101 Career Wins at Washington College
  News • 4/26/2011
  Jordan Finnegan '08 was named a "Shorewoman of the Week" by her college, Washington College.

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• Megan Stellini '12 to receive Governor's Youth Service Award for Work in Haiti
  News • 4/18/2011
  Archmere junior Megan Stellini will receive the Governor's Youth Service Award for her time spent in Haiti last summer with the Haiti Family Initiative.

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• Richard J. O’Hara – Class of 1972
  News • 4/5/2011
  With a career in education that spans 35 years, Richard J. O’Hara is in his 4th year as President of The John Carroll School, an independent, co-ed Catholic college-preparatory high school in Bel Air, Maryland.

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• Francesca Pileggi - Class of 2006
  News • 4/4/2011
  A 2010 graduate of Lafayette College and speaker for Minding Your Mind, a group dedicated to eradicating the stigma of mental illness and encouraging people who need treatment to seek it, Francesca Pileggi ’06 is also the founder of The ME Project, a resource center for teens struggling with m ...

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• Erin Arvedlund - Class of 1988
  News • 4/1/2011
  A writer for Barron’s magazine and author of Too Good to be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff, Erin Arvedlund ‘88 wrote the first widely published exposé on Madoff in 2001.  

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• Archmere grad and Band Return to Play in Newark
  News • 3/18/2011
  Archmere graduate Jamie Newitt'02 and his band The Heavy Pets will play Saturday, March 19 at Mojo on the Main in Newark, DE. The show was featured as a "Best Bet" by the Delaware News Journal .

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• Delco News Network Features Mary Beth Rim's ('95) film and story
  News • 2/24/2011
  "Hollywood dreams in 'Everybody's Hometown'"

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• Homecoming 2010
  News • 11/10/2010
  Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Homecoming 2010 was held on a gloriously sunny Autumn day. Hundreds of alumni and friends gathered to watch Archmere’s sports teams play. For the first time in recent history, Archmere offered an “Alumni Hospitality Tent” located off the back terrace of ...

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• Archmere Students Shine at Youth in Government Conference
  News • 3/31/2026
  This past weekend, Archmere Academy students took part in the annual Youth in Government (YIG) Conference in Dover, Delaware, an immersive three-day program sponsored by the YMCA that brings together student delegations from across the state. Participants step into the roles of government officials, ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2026
  News • 3/26/2026
  Junior Career Day Twenty-three Archmere parents, alumni, and friends, donated their time to talk with juniors during twenty educational sessions and a keynote address on Wednesday, March 26 th . It was terrific proof of the power of the Archmere network, as students got to hear from engineers, a com ...

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• Mock Trial Team Successfully Competes at the Justice Center in Wilmington
  News • 3/17/2026
  The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place on March 5 and 6, 2026 at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center. The two Archmere teams were awarded 4th and 5th place in the competition. Both Varsity and JV teams progressed through three victories and a narrow defeat in the semifinal rou ...

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• Archmere Students Win Fifty-Seven Scholastic Writing Awards
  News • 2/12/2026
  In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere students earned a record number fifty-seven awards across several different categories, including: Personal Essay and Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Writing Portfolio, Flash Fiction, Humor, and the Critical Essay. Submitted work was reviewed and recog ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents "The Drowsy Chaperone"
  News • 2/3/2026
  Archmere Academy Drama Club presents its winter musical, The Drowsy Chaperone .  With book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, the comedy that happens to be a musical, took the Tony Awards by storm in 2006. Winner of five Tony Awards, includin ...

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• Archmere Art & Design Department Awarded Delaware Division of the Arts Artist in Residency Grant
  News • 2/3/2026
  Artist Residency grants are for residencies with visual, literary, performing or media artists working with students in the classroom or in professional development workshops with teachers. The Archmere Art &; Design Department was recently awarded a Delaware Division of the Arts Artist in Residency ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2025
  News • 1/9/2026
  Seniors The next round of application decisions began to drop in the second half of January. Students have, or will receive, decisions from Purdue, Miami, Villanova, Richmond, Rutgers, and James Madison to name a few. 

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• December 2025
  News • 12/8/2025
  Model UN Attends DELMUN Six students attended the 39th annual DELMUN conference on Saturday, December 6th. Senior leader Dani Keenan ‘26 won best delegate in the DISEC, representing Chile. Lucas Xun and Lynn Zhuang both earned Honorable Mention.

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• AP 3D Design Students Dive into Tech-Driven Design & Fabrication
  News • 12/5/2025
  AP 3D Design Students Explore Design &; Manufacturing Process Integrating Technology, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Industrial Design, Engineering &; Fabrication This fall, AP3D Design Students launched their exploration of functional design for mass production with the cardboard chair project. Stude ...

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• Meredith Finger '26 Signs National Letter of Intent with Bradley University Women’s Golf
  News • 11/13/2025
  Senior golfer Meredith Finger of Archmere Academy signed her National Letter of Intent on November 12, 2025, to join the Bradley University Women’s Golf Team. Bradley University, located in Peoria, Illinois, competes at the Division I level in the Missouri Valley Conference.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2025
  News • 9/23/2025
  College Counseling is a-buzz with activity. College admission visitors are coming in daily, seniors are in and out for their family meetings and essay reviews, transcript requests are being processed, letters written, and classes taught. It’s probably the busiest time of year, but we wouldn ...

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• Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/10/2025
  Archmere Academy welcomed 129 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 1st in the newly renovated Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Performing Arts Center. The Baccalaureate Liturgy &; Commencement Exercises were also live streamed for friends and family to view on the Archmere
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• Students Recognized at the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference
  News • 5/15/2025
  By Angela Zhang '26 Students from Archmere Academy's Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter were among the nearly 7,000 attendees representing close to 800 school chapters who attended the 2025 BPA National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, May 7-11. 

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• April 2025
  News • 4/28/2025
  HRAI Student Daniel Qi '26 Serves as Concert Master In addition to earning the first place win at the Music Teachers National Association Senior Performance competition, violinist Daniel Qi '26 served as concert master of the All Eastern Honors Ensemble Orchestra at the National Association of Music ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents "Alice By Heart"
  News • 3/3/2025
  From the Tony and Grammy award-winning creators of  Spring Awakening , Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, and co-written by Jessie Nelson ( Waitress ),  Alice by Heart  is a touching musical inspired by  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . Featuring an incredible pop-rock score and a ...

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• Jack Chesman Recipient of the 2024 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award
  News • 2/13/2025
  Archmere senior Jack Chesman has been named winner of the 2024 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a senior football player from a Delaware Catholic high school. The award is presented to a player who has exemplified outstanding performance, attitude and character on and ...

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• February 2025
  News • 2/5/2025
  Harmony for Peace Foundation Awards The Harmony for Peace Foundation recently recognized several of our HRAI student musicians. The Foundation celebrates the power of the arts and music for a more peaceful world, and students compete to become ambassadors for peace through music. Third Prize awards ...

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• Ms. Anne Wisgo Receives 2025 Carl S. Campion Service Award
  News • 2/3/2025
  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. C ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: Late January 2025
  News • 1/27/2025
  Second semester has gotten off to a great start in College Counseling. Over the next three weeks we will engage with every student in the Archmere community with class appropriate conversations about college and topics on the periphery of the college search and application process.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December/January 2025
  News • 1/9/2025
  January is a busy month in College Counseling. Seniors have been submitting their final applications and also getting decisions, juniors will start College Seminar Class, and the sophomores will be given access to CIALFO. Below is some information for specific classes.

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• Boys Basketball Holds on to Defeat Newark Charter
  News • 12/17/2024
  After falling behind, the Archmere boys basketball team rallied for a 52-48 win over Newark Charter on December 14th in a Diamond State Athletic Conference matchup. The game, played on the road at Newark, was a back and forth match from the very beginning. In the first quarter, Charlie Malloy '25 ma ...

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• December 2024
  News • 12/13/2024
  Mastersingers Perform at Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular On December 6, 2024, the Mastersingers traveled to Radio City Music Hall in New York to perform as the pre-show entertainment for the 7:00 pm show of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. They were invited in May after b ...

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• November 2024
  News • 11/21/2024
  November HRAI Student Recital The Helena Raskob Arts Institute presented a general Student Recital on November 1, 2024. Participants in the HRAI include pianists, singers, string players, and harpists who study music with private teachers. New to the Institute this year are Jessica Li '28, piano; Al ...

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• Lyla Bell '25 Signs to Play D1 Soccer at Florida Gulf Coast University
  News • 11/15/2024
  Lyla Bell, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her academic and soccer career at Florida Gulf Coast University on November 14, 2024. Florida Gulf Coast University is a Division 1 athletic program located in Fort Meyers, FL.   

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• October 2024
  News • 10/29/2024
  Global Studies Trip to Nicaragua  Archmere's  Global Studies Program  is getting ready to travel again, this time with ten students and two teachers to Nicaragua over Thanksgiving break to tutor students at Centro de Oportunidad, a youth school (in Nueva Esperanza, a barrio outsi ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2024
  News • 9/30/2024
  College Counseling is a-buzz with activity. College admission visitors are coming in daily, seniors are in and out for their family meetings and essay reviews, transcript requests are being processed, letters written, and classes taught. It’s probably the busiest time of year, but we wouldn ...

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• Seniors Recognized for Appointments to Service Academies, ROTC Scholarship
  News • 6/6/2024
  Each year, members of the House and Senate nominate senior high school students they represent for admission to the U.S. Air Force, Merchant Marine, Military and Naval academies. Applicants who meet strict qualifications are interviewed and recommended by a non-partisan Service Academy Board appoint ...

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• Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/5/2024
  Archmere Academy welcomed 120 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 2nd in the Performing Arts Center. The Baccalaureate Liturgy &; Commencement Exercises were also live streamed for friends and family to view on the Archmere  YouTube Channel .

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• Archmere Students Participate in Youth in Government Conference
  News • 4/16/2024
  Written by Alicia Chu '24 The YMCA Delaware High School Youth in Government (YIG) Conference took place from March 22 to 24, 2024 at Legislative Hall and Kent County Courthouse in Dover, DE. Around 150 students from across the state gathered to participate in mock legislative bill debates and mock a ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2024
  News • 3/26/2024
  It’s been a busy spring so far with programs and students. Mrs. Soler coordinated a wonderful Junior Career Day last week as over 20 alumni, parents, and friends of Archmere volunteered their time to talk to the class of 2024 about their careers. This year we added a career exploration track w ...

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• Don't Miss the Last Musical in the Performing Arts Center Before Renovation!
  News • 2/28/2024
  The cast and crew of  Matilda  is in full swing this week. The Auk players opened the Winter Musical last weekend, debuting  Roald Dahl’s   Matilda . The musical stars senior Maggie Shelton in the title role as the bright, sassy girl outwitting her parents (played by Jonah ...

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• Swim Team Competes at DIAA State Championship Meet
  News • 2/26/2024
  The Archmere Swim Team competed in the DIAA Swimming &; Diving Championship Finals on Saturday, February 24, 2024. 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 fourtee ...

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• Lucy Oliver '24 Scores 1,000 Points, Makes her Mark as the Fourth Player in Archmere History to Hit the Milestone
  News • 2/16/2024
  Archmere senior Lucy Oliver scored her 1,000th basketball point, hitting the milestone in the first half of the game against Wilmington Charter on Thursday evening, February 16, in the Moglia Fieldhouse. Lucy is the fourth player in Archmere history to hit 1,000 points.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2024
  News • 1/29/2024
  January has been a busy month in College Counseling. Seniors have been submitting their final applications and also getting some decisions, juniors started College Seminar Class, and the sophomores have been given access to CIALFO. Below is some information for specific classes.

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• November 2023
  News • 11/30/2023
  Global Studies Program Ten-Day Trip to India Twelve adventurous students gave up their entire Thanksgiving vacation (plus one school day) last week for a ten-day trip to Southern India. Under the auspices of Archmere’s Global Studies Program and guided by Mr. Dougherty and three chaperones, st ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2023
  News • 11/30/2023
  It’s an interesting time of year in College Counseling. We’ve officially commenced the search process for juniors with the Junior College Panel and individual meetings, and at the same time, are engaged with seniors as many are anticipating a lot of decisions in the next three weeks.

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• Football Team Makes Headlines for Two Big Wins
  News • 10/30/2023
  On Friday night October 20th, Archmere earned a decisive 44-6 win over Tower Hill. The very next weekend, the Auks ran for 229 yards and held Howard's big ticket offense in check on October 28th at Abessinio Stadium. This was the fourth victory in a row for the football team.

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• October 2023
  News • 10/25/2023
  Cultural Geography Travels to Jamaican Restaurant  The Cultural Geography class ate lunch on Tuesday, October 24th at Jamaican restaurant Reggae Reggae Vibes in North Philly. The class is studying cultural landscapes, including the food, architecture and clothing of different countries and regi ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2023
  News • 9/28/2023
  College Counseling is a-buzz with activity. College admission visitors are coming in daily, seniors are in and out for their family meetings and essay reviews, transcript requests are being processed, letters written, and classes taught. It’s probably the busiest time of year, but we wouldn ...

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• Archmere’s "Imagine Brandywine" Student Exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum
  News • 8/30/2023
  One-hundred and seven works of original art created by eighty-three Archmere Art students are now on display at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA, through October 16th, 2023. Original student artwork was created across all four grades in four distinctive elective courses, including Intr ...

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• 89th Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/14/2023
  Archmere Academy welcomed 136 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 4th in the Performing Arts Center. The Baccalaureate Liturgy &; Commencement Exercises were also live streamed for friends and family to view on the Archmere  YouTube Channel .

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• Spring Athletes, Teams Earn Post Season Awards
  News • 6/8/2023
  Congratulations to all of our spring athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State or All-County teams. Six out of our ten sports teams all won their respective Diamond State Athletic Conferences: Golf, Girls Tennis, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Soc ...

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• Girls Soccer Wins State Championship!
  News • 6/7/2023
  For the first time in school history, the Archmere girls soccer team took home the State Championship title, defeating Saint Mark’s in a dominating 6-1 victory at Delaware State University’s Alumni Stadium on June 2nd. The Auks’ 6-1 win in the Division II final equaled the sec ...

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• Ella Strohmaier, Andy Zhu Win Tennis State Championship
  News • 5/31/2023
  Archmere junior Ella Strohmaier entered the DIAA State Tennis Tournament in second doubles bracket as the second seed. To win, she had to compete strategically against No. 1 Erin Gross of Caesar Rodney. On May 25 at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Ella did just that, winning in two set ...

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• Archmere Students Travel to Madrid, Spain
  News • 4/25/2023
  The Department of World Languages and Cultures began the next cycle of Archmere's Spanish Exchange Program this month. From April 2 - April 14, fourteen students traveled to Madrid, Spain to spend time with exchange students at Colegio Maristas Chamberí, a K-12 Catholic school in ...

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• Winter Athletes, Coaches Earn Conference, All-State Awards
  News • 3/29/2023
  Congratulations to all of our winter athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State teams. Archmere team accolades also include the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship title for the girls basketball team and Diamond State Conference Coach of ...

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• Mock Trial Team Places Fourth in Delaware Competition
  News • 2/28/2023
  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 wit ...

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• Twenty-Six Archmere Art Students Featured in Youth Art Month Exhibition
  News • 2/24/2023
  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 Mont ...

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• Mr. Brian Manelski Receives 2023 Carl S. Campion Service Award
  News • 2/9/2023
  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. C ...

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• Kieran Udovich Recipient of the 2022 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award
  News • 1/30/2023
  Archmere senior Kieran Udovich has been named winner of the 2022 Michael DeLucia Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a senior football player from a Delaware Catholic high school. The award is presented to a player who has exemplified outstanding performance, attitude and character on an ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka"
  News • 1/24/2023
  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 N ...

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• The College Search Starts with the Student....and Questions
  News • 12/16/2022
  We recently started Junior Introductory meetings at Archmere Academy. It’s a refreshing reset button from seniors who are anxiously awaiting the early round of admission decisions. It’s also a good time for our office to assess our healthy recommendations on how to commence a college sea ...

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• December 2022
  News • 12/6/2022
  Co-founder of D3b Speaks to Advanced Cancer Research Class Dr. Adam Resnik (co-founder of D3b) visited the Advanced Cancer Research class to talk about the connections between the work they do and the biological background students have been studying. He also showed our students CHOP’s online ...

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• Fall Athletes, Teams Earn Conference/District Awards
  News • 12/6/2022
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-District team for football. Several teams won the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship: field hockey, volleyball, and the JV boys cross country team all claimed the title w ...

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• Dr. Myron Rolle Speaks at Archmere
  News • 11/30/2022
  On November 10th the Archmere community welcomed neurosurgery resident, author, Rhodes Scholar, former NFL and Florida State player, Dr. Myron Rolle to campus. Dr. Rolle, who works in guidance with Dr. Jay Storm '86, studied medicine while playing at Florida State before heading to Oxford. He t ...

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• Cross Country Tops Off Successful Season with 2nd and 3rd Place in the State Championships
  News • 11/21/2022
  On Saturday, November 12, the Archmere cross country team competed at the DIAA State Championships at Killens Pond State Park. Following a 3rd place finish at the New Castle County Championships, the girls took home 2nd place in the state, competing incredibly well against a very talented St. A ...

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• Football Wins Last Game of Regular Season over DMA, Heads to Playoffs
  News • 11/16/2022
  On the morning of November 12 at home on Coaches Field, the Archmere football team forced four turnovers as they defeated Delaware Military Academy, 29-8. With only a one-point margin at the end of the second quarter, Archmere pulled away in the second half and are now riding a five-game winning str ...

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• November 2022
  News • 11/16/2022
  AP 2D &; Drawing Students Create Art History Alphabet, Visit Philadelphia Museum of Art Advanced Placement Studio Art &; Junior Portfolio students explored 200 galleries of art in Philadelphia this month, including the Henri Matisse Exhibition.   The students were tasked with creating an "Art H ...

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• October 2022: All Hallow's Eve
  News • 10/31/2022
  Dear Friends, All Hallow’s Eve is a celebration that historians tell us dates back to the Celts who lived in Ireland, England, and Northern France more than 2,000 years ago. The festival was called Samhain, and marked the start of the New Year in their calendar - November 1. In the eighth cent ...

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• Chris Albero '23 Leads Football Team to Victory over Saint Mark's
  News • 10/11/2022
  Archmere Quarterback Chris Albero '23 helped bring the Auks their first undefeated season and State Championship in 2021, and is looking to do the same in 2022. On Friday, October 7th, No. 5 ranked Archmere traveled down the road to take on the undefeated No. 3 ranked Saint Mark’s Spartans on ...

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• Archmere Science Department Introduces New Advanced Cancer Research Course This Year
  News • 10/6/2022
  Archmere Academy introduced a new course this year, Advanced Cancer Research and Analysis, designed for students who are interested in pursuing careers in the medical field. This course includes a genetics class, a data analysis class, and an internship opportunity with Children’ ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2022
  News • 9/28/2022
  The College Counseling Office is a very active place right now. Seniors are in daily for Fall Family Meetings, practice interviews, essay reviews, and application questions. We’ve returned to a busy college admission representative visit calendar and are approaching 100 scheduled appointments. ...

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• September 2022
  News • 9/28/2022
  Mandarin/Chinese Classes Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival This month the Mandarin Chinese classes celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival. They learned one of the legends, a love story about "Chang-er and Hou-Yi." Hou-Yi, the Lord Archer, was Chang-er's husband, who was strong and shot nine suns off.; Chan ...

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• 88th Archmere Academy Commencement Exercises
  News • 6/28/2022
  Archmere Academy welcomed 126 alumni into its ranks during Commencement ceremonies on June 5th in the Performing Arts Center. The Baccalaureate Liturgy &; Commencement Exercises were also live streamed for friends and family to view on the Archmere YouTube Channel .

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May 2022
  News • 5/31/2022
  Class of 2022! On May 6th we celebrated our seniors with a College Decision Day celebration. The day included a class photo, games, a photo booth, and an ice cream truck. Most importantly, seniors had time to spend with their classmates. We are grateful that they had this time and thankful to have b ...

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• Boys Lacrosse Upsets Previously Unbeaten Sanford, Celebrates Penna Day
  News • 5/10/2022
  In the rain and wind on Saturday, May 7, the boys lacrosse team took on the previously undefeated and higher ranked Sanford Warriors at home, defeating them in a notable 13-6 upset. The game also marked the fourth annual Penna Day, held in memory of Anthony Penna, attack player for the Archmere lacr ...

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• April 2022
  News • 4/27/2022
  Archmere Academic Bowl Team Wins Championship Academic Bowl is a team trivia competition where students compete against another team to prove they are the most knowledgeable in a wide range of academic subjects, including history and literature, math and science, and geography and the arts. Througho ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2022
  News • 4/27/2022
  Season of Celebrations for the Class of 2022! We’ve reached the end of one journey and the beginning of another as the majority of seniors have made decisions about where they will continue their educations. About 70 seniors attended our second College Counseling Coffee during Work Period on T ...

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• Archmere Names National Honor Society Members
  News • 4/26/2022
  The National Honor Society recognizes students who have excelled in four areas: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character. The Archmere chapter requires juniors and seniors to have a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.70 or higher to qualify for membership. Members are expected to serve as peer tutor ...

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• Archmere Academy Continues Global Studies Program, Introduces Global Studies Diploma
  News • 3/30/2022
  After a two-year postponement due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Global Studies Program, introduced in the fall of 2019, announces two important developments: travel abroad with students in 2023 to Spain and to Belize, and the introduction of Archmere’s Global Studies Diploma.

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• March 2022
  News • 3/29/2022
  Sophomore Alicia Chu Places Third at Senior Voice Competition Alicia Chu ‘24, placed third in the national senior voice competition sponsored by Music Teachers National Association. Alicia, winner of the Delaware and Eastern region competitions, performed songs in four languages. Her performan ...

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• Juniors Maya Shah and Philip Himmelreich Named LLS Students of the Year
  News • 3/15/2022
  On Thursday, March 10, The Leukemia &; Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Eastern PA-DE Region announced the 2022 Delaware Students of the Year winners, Maya Shah and Philip Himmelreich, both Archmere juniors. They led the team, It’s In Our Blood, raising $162,800 during their 7-week fundraising e ...

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• Archmere Wins Second Place in Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition
  News • 3/8/2022
  Congratulations to the Archmere Mock Trial team! After multiple rounds of competition and a thrilling and closely scored championship round, the team won second place in the Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition, held the first weekend in March. For the second year in a row, the ...

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• Archmere Art & Design Students Showcase Art at Three Special Exhibitions
  News • 2/27/2022
  Youth Art Month, traditionally recognized during March, celebrates visual art education for schools through art shows, special exhibits, fundraisers, and community activities. It is a month of promoting art and art education in the United States. Thousands of K-12 schools pa ...

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• February 2022
  News • 2/24/2022
  Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science Competition On Wednesday, February 23, 8 teams of 2 - 4 students (17 girls and 10 boys) participated in the Delaware TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science). The theme for the 2022 event was Engineering in Entertainment, ...

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• Jocelyn Zavala Garcia ’22 Wins Herschel-Pensole Design Contest
  News • 2/22/2022
  Archmere senior Jocelyn Zavala Garcia was notified last week that she won first place in the prestigious Herschel Workshop Design Challenge sponsored by Herschel Supply Company, Pensole Academy, and the National Art Education Association. In January, Jocelyn was named one of 20 semifinalis ...

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• Archmere Academy presents "Once Upon a Mattress"
  News • 1/26/2022
  The Archmere Academy Drama Club is proud to present its winter musical, the Broadway comedy classic, Once Upon a Mattress .  This hilarious Broadway musical originally starred comic legend Carol Burnett and premiered on Broadway in 1959, and the most recent Broadway revival (1996) featured Sara ...

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• Archmere Student Named Semi-Finalist in Herschel-Pensole Design Contest
  News • 1/11/2022
  Senior Jocelyn Zavala Garcia ’22 is one of 20 semi-finalists in the prestigious Herschel Workshop Design Challenge sponsored by Herschel Supply Company, Pensole Academy, and the National Art Education Association. Students designed a concept for Herschel backpack to compete for one o ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2021
  News • 12/27/2021
  Career Day The Class of 2023 participated in Junior Career Day on December 3rd. All students listened to our keynote speaker, Chris Ryan ’87 - co-founder of Silverquicken Education. Chris delivered a message focusing on Four S’s: Skills Will Bills, Sparks, Stockdale Paradox, and Still Sm ...

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• Archmere Football to Play for State Championship Title
  News • 12/6/2021
  On December 4th the Archmere football team met a spirited Delaware Military Academy for the semifinal match up of the DIAA State Tournament. Playing at Abessinio Stadium in front of a large crowd, the Auks came back from a 10-0 deficit at halftime to a thrilling 20-16 win. They will play Woodbridge ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2021
  News • 11/30/2021
  Class of 2022 Seniors will be receiving a lot of admission decisions in the next three weeks. The College Counseling office will learn more about context in the coming weeks to better understand the landscape and competitiveness of admission pools. Please support our seniors in their conceptualizing ...

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• November 2021
  News • 11/22/2021
  Ms. Lauren Walton Leads Faculty/Staff Book Club on Neuroteach; Attends Boston Conference  Archmere Learning Specialist Ms. Lauren Walton is currently running a Faculty/Staff Book Club on Neuroteach, and recently attended the  Learning and the Brain  conference in Boston. The conferenc ...

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• Archmere Academy Celebrates Student Who Earned a Rare “Perfect” Score on Advanced Placement Exam
  News • 10/27/2021
  Archmere Academy celebrates 2021 graduate Margaret Atkins for earning a perfect score on a college-level Advanced Placement (AP) Exam, taken last spring. Margaret is currently in her first year at Dartmouth College, majoring in Engineering and minoring in Visual Art.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2021
  News • 9/30/2021
  Archmere Seniors The College Counseling Office is completing individual meetings with all senior families in preparation to process nearly 1,000 applications in the next month. We’d like to thank all the teachers that wrote recommendation letters for seniors and urge our students do the same.& ...

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• September 2021
  News • 9/27/2021
  Students and Alumni Sing At Ordination On July 13, 2021, Monsignor William Edward Koenig was ordained as the 10 th  Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington.  This was the first Episcopal Ordination to take place in the diocese in 100 years.   There was a large Archmere presence in the mus ...

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• Ms. Francesca Pileggi ‘06 Launches Peer Support Training; Named One of Delaware’s Top Teachers
  News • 9/24/2021
  Francesca Pileggi ‘06, Archmere School Counselor &; Director of Wellness, received a grant from the Pennsylvania Care Partnership through the PA Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to develop peer support training for students. The training, which equips students with basic he ...

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• 3D Design Students Develop Design Solutions to Address Homelessness
  News • 8/30/2021
  This spring, Mrs. Silverman’s Junior Portfolio 3D Design students were challenged to devise an original, creative solution to address homelessness. Students used the design thinking process to explore and research the problem of “basic human needs.” A key component of the design th ...

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• Spring Athletes, Teams Earn Conference and All-State Awards
  News • 6/9/2021
  Congratulations to all of our spring athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State teams. Archmere accolades also included the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship title for boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse, girls soccer, golf and the Archmere baseba ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2021
  News • 3/30/2021
  Decisions Are Rolling In... Final round of application decisions for seniors will be released over Spring Break and everyone will transition to final enrollment decisions. It’s an exciting time of year and one we relish every Spring. College Counseling will be responding to emails from the Cla ...

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• Art + Science = Innovative 3D Printed Jewelry Designs by the Junior Portfolio Students
  News • 3/23/2021
  Stephanie Silverman’s Junior Portfolio 3D Design students just completed an interdisciplinary curricular unit blending art and science to design original wearable 3D printed jewelry. 

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• February 2021
  News • 2/26/2021
  Archmere Ranks 4th in the State in Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place virtually on February 19 and 20, 2021. Archmere Academy fielded both a Varsity and a JV team in a surprisingly exciting case about drone surveillance, land restor ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2021
  News • 2/26/2021
  Seniors   Regular decision application releases are occurring throughout the spring semester. Influenced by the pandemic, some schools are releasing earlier and some later than normal. We welcome conversations about final decisions, comparing aid and scholarship awards, and continuing to learn ...

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• Freshman Matthew McCarthy Leads Archmere to Overtime Win vs. Saint Mark’s
  News • 2/10/2021
  At the 3rd Annual Unlocke the Light Basketball Classic held on February 5, the Archmere boys basketball team took on Saint Mark's at the 76ers Fieldhouse as part of the weekend event. The Unlocke The Light Foundation is dedicated to "unlocking the students' light" by providing resources for those st ...

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• Jim Malseed Receives Carl S. Campion Service Award
  News • 2/4/2021
  On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, athletic trainer and health teacher Jim Malseed, M.Ed., ATC, received the Carl S. Campion Service Award for his exemplary service to Archmere Academy. This award is given annually to a current or former faculty, or staff member whose contributions, work ethic, humilit ...

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• Five Pieces of Advice For Your Archmere Interview
  News • 1/29/2021
  Words of Advice for our Class of 2025 Prospective Families, written by Brayden Smith '24: Hello and welcome all future Archmere interviewees. The following will provide you with a few things you might want to keep in mind during your Interview. These tips will help you better understand what yo ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2021
  News • 1/28/2021
  Junior Career Day We were thrilled to be able to deliver  Junior Career Day  this month! Archmere parent and PwC Advisory Principal Brad Denning kicked off the day with a keynote emphasizing taking risks, exploration, and being willing to not always follow the crowd. We welcomed ...

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• Fall Athletes, Coaches Earn Conference, All-State Awards
  News • 12/22/2020
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State teams. In addition, the girls cross country team, field hockey team and the football team all captured the DSAC Championship for their fall seasons. Congratulations to two ...

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• Chris Albero '23 Leads Auks to Football Championship; Team Places Second in the State
  News • 12/21/2020
  The Archmere football team scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to rally for a 31-22 victory on its home field on Saturday, December 12th against Woodbridge in the DIAA Division II semifinals, earning them a trip to the State Championship game. Top-seeded Archmere (8-0) played ...

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• Archmere Students Find New Ways to Give Back
  News • 12/21/2020
  For Archmere Academy, community is one of the five tenets that make up the core values of the school. The B+ Foundation Club allows students to get involved in the community in a very meaningful way. They host fundraisers throughout the year to support the B+ Foundation, which provides financial ass ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: December 2020
  News • 12/18/2020
  Junior Meetings We don’t think any office was more disappointed about the forced-virtual week than College Counseling. We were enjoying introductory meetings with the juniors - their energy and optimism is infectious. This week was also the biggest for colleges releasing early action and ED ap ...

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• Anna Garcia '21 Signs To Play Soccer At Lafayette College
  News • 11/11/2020
  Anna Garcia, senior at Archmere Academy, signed her National Letter of Intent to join Lafayette College’s Soccer Team on November 11, 2020.

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• Chinwendu Emedoh '23 Addresses UN on Girl Empowerment
  News • 10/29/2020
  This year, Chinwendu Emedoh '23 addressed the United Nations on October 11 to virtually to share not only why it's important to cultivate girl leaders, but also how to take action so girls can empower themselves. 

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• Madison Kennedy '16 is inspiring youth through Alaska Fellows Program
  News • 10/13/2020
  Madison Kennedy '16 started a new venture in the middle of a pandemic — in Sitka, AK.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2020
  News • 9/29/2020
  Admission Landscape   Drastic changes to testing policies, deadlines, and admission processes led to changes in the college counseling timeline. We instituted a senior check-in meeting during late summer early fall semester, before family meetings, in order to get a pulse of every student and a ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents: Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"
  News • 9/23/2020
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved and most produced plays in his repertoire. The play’s simple love-story and hilarious takes on love and life produces some of the most immortal lines in history like, “Lord, what fools these mortals be” and ...

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• Looking Back, Through the Eyes of a Student: "Transitioning to Online School"
  News • 5/28/2020
  For over two months, our lives and routines have been drastically changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, especially for students. As a junior at Archmere, I now attend all of my classes on Zoom instead of going to school. It was very difficult to go from seeing my classmates and teachers every day ...

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• May 2020
  News • 5/12/2020
  Students Participate in US National Chemistry Olympiad Nicholas Zhu, class of 2022, and Alex Lu, class of 2021, represented Archmere in the Delaware state competition of the ACS US National Chemistry Olympiad last month. Because of the Covid crisis, it was an online competition without a lab compone ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2020
  News • 3/24/2020
  Our everyday lives have been greatly impacted by COVID 19, quarantining, and shelter-in-place. We pray for the best for all members of the Archmere community and beyond. Like most things,  the higher education landscape is in flux .

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• March 2020
  News • 3/9/2020
  Guidance Resources for Families Dear Parents:   Please know that you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers, especially as we enter another week of distance learning. We set up a "sign-up genius" for all of you to contact a member of the Guidance Department (Fr. Zagarella, Mrs. Campion ...

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• February 2020: Renewed in Spirit
  News • 2/28/2020
  When I was growing up, we never owned a new car. My parents could not afford one. Instead, I remember going with my father to the used car lots of new car dealerships, walking up and down the rows to find that “deal” – a car that was in good shape, practical, and within my parent's ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2020
  News • 2/24/2020
  Career Day On Thursday, February 13th, College Counseling hosted our annual Junior Career Day. We were fortunate to welcome 20+ speakers to campus including nine alumni and five current or past Archmere parents. Throughout the day, students were able to select five different sessions they could atte ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2020
  News • 1/29/2020
  Mr. Boehm and Ms. Souza Teach Winterim Classes The Spring Semester has started with a whirlwind of activity in College Counseling as we have been engaging the entire Archmere (present and future) community in just the first week. Mr. Boehm and Ms. Souza both taught Winterim classes, which allowed us ...

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• January 2020
  News • 1/13/2020
  College Composition and Literary Analysis Class Writes Mini-Memoirs The seniors in Mr. Dougherty's College Composition and Literary Analysis class wrote their own ten-chapter mini-memoir as a culmination of their work in Semester 1. Focusing on the significant people, events, or phases in their live ...

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• International Students in Archmere
  News • 12/18/2019
  Article by Katie Kent '20, Writer for The Green Arch Archmere’s student body this year includes four international students from China: Jeffrey Huang ‘20, Ricky Wu ‘21, Mandy Jiang ‘22, and Leo Chang ‘23.

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• December 2019
  News • 12/13/2019
  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 ...

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• Fall Athletes Earn All-State, All-Conference Honors
  News • 11/20/2019
  Congratulations to all of our fall athletes who were named to the Delaware All-State or All-Conference teams. In addition, congratulations to varsity soccer player Andrew Rosenbaum ’20 on being named  Player of the Year for the Diamond State Conference, soccer coach Bob Bussiere for ...

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• Archmere Soccer Wins DIAA Division II Boys State Championship
  News • 11/19/2019
  "The Auks made an early goal stand up, thanks to a strong defense that continued to get better as the game went on for a 1-0 victory over Wilmington Friends on Saturday night at Dover High School."

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• Andrew Rosenbaum '20 Signs To Play Soccer At University Of South Carolina
  News • 11/15/2019
  Andrew Rosenbaum, senior at Archmere Academy, signed his National Letter of Intent to join the University of South Carolina’s soccer team on November 14, 2019. University of South Carolina is a Division 1 athletic program located in Columbia, SC. A varsity soccer player since he was a freshman ...

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• Mike Hare '79 Honored at St. Joseph's University Leadership Awards Dinner
  News • 11/8/2019
  On October 24, Archmere graduate Mr. Mike Hare '79 was honored at St. Joseph's University for his  "unprecedented devotion" to his alma mater . Mike graduated from St. Joseph's University in 1983. The dinner, held at the  Loews Philadelphia Hotel, honored four alumni who all were able ...

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• Executive Council spearheads new initiatives
  News • 10/15/2019
  Student Executive Council representatives recently announced new additions to Archmere for the 2019-2020 school year. This year, new ideas are being continuously implemented that will affect all students.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2019
  News • 9/25/2019
  Fall Meetings and College Admission Visits It’s fall application and meeting session time in the College Counseling Office. All seniors are required to meet with their college counselor to finalize their application plan as October 15th and November 1st deadlines are right around the corner. O ...

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• Archmere Dramatics Presents: "Aristopia!"
  News • 9/19/2019
  Inspired by the Archmere school trip to Greece this past summer, the Drama Club is proud to present a mash-up of two zany comedies by the Greek writer Aristophanes, lovingly titled  Aristopia!  The two-comedies-in-one production takes a playfully satirical look at wild suggestions on how t ...

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• Archmere Girls' Lacrosse Competes in State Championship Game
  News • 5/24/2019
  "This group of seniors, who were joined on the varsity by Lexie Maloy in 2018, wrapped up their high school careers on May 23 in the state championship game. And although they lost to Cape Henlopen, 15-8, they will graduate having done something no other Auks team had. They reached the title match." ...

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• Tommy Alexander '19 Commits to Play Baseball at Franklin & Marshall College
  News • 5/8/2019
  Tommy Alexander, senior at Archmere Academy, committed to continue his academic and baseball careers at Franklin &; Marshall College on May 2, 2019. A starting varsity baseball player since freshman year, Tommy has also been recognized as a Pre-Season All-American and All-Region player for the ...

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• April 2019
  News • 4/11/2019
  2019 Fine Arts Festival On March 23 rd  the Archmere Academy Fine Arts department showcased our students' artistic accomplishments with a wonderful exhibition of their creativity. The Art Department invited Gregory Barna ’93 back to Archmere to recognize him for his fantastic accomplishme ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2019
  News • 3/27/2019
  Seniors   Final college decisions will be out next week and all seniors will transition to the final stage of the college search process - making their decision. This will include reviewing aid and scholarship offers, attending accepted student programs, and comparing all options. College Couns ...

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• March 2019: Harmonizing
  News • 3/27/2019
  My piano at home was recently tuned. I sat down at the keyboard to try it out, and I was so impressed by the wonderful sound, that I pulled out a few of my old piano recital pieces and played through them. My wife enjoyed the impromptu concert, and asked me what inspired me to sit and play through a ...

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• Maura Corsini '14 Pursues Acting Goal and Gets Break in "Unplanned"
  News • 3/15/2019
  The opportunity to appear in “Unplanned” unfolded unconventionally. Maura Corsini '14 had been in touch with producers, then lost contact. Suddenly, in February, one of them was a customer in the restaurant where she worked. She got an audition and was on the “Unplanned” set ...

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• Brennan Stark '17 Builds the First Affordable, Eco-Friendly Home in Wilmington
  News • 2/26/2019
  2017 Archmere graduate Brennan Stark has made headlines for years in his quest to tackle the problem of homelessness in our area. What began as an idea when he was at Archmere is now a creative solution to an ongoing problem and as of last weekend, a completed city project. On Saturday, Februar ...

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• Almost 3 Credit Course on "What Mark Dombroski Means to Me"
  News • 2/11/2019
  What Mark Dombroski means to me can not be described in simply what I am about to write, but rather an entire 3 credit course and textbook, that Mark would not want anyone to go to on a Friday for class. I want to begin by saying the circumstances under which I met Mark Dombroski. It was a Thursday ...

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• November 2018: Keeping a Joyful Heart
  News • 11/29/2018
  Our daughter was married on Saturday, November 17, 2018. After 17 months of planning from the engagement, the day came and went. It was a wonderful day, but as people say, it goes by quickly, and the “day after” depression is a challenge. In our case, my wife and I both contracted conges ...

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• Caroline Donovan '19 Signs To Play Lacrosse At College Of William And Mary
  News • 11/19/2018
  Archmere senior Caroline Donovan signed her National Letter of Intent to play Division I lacrosse at the College of William and Mary. A field hockey and lacrosse player at Archmere, Caroline has been a standout on both fields since her freshman year.   During her high school career, Caroline ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: September 2018
  News • 9/17/2018
  Fall Meetings and College Admission Visits It’s fall application and meeting session time in the College Counseling Office. All seniors are required to meet with their college counselor to finalize their application plan as  October 15th and November 1st  deadlines are right around t ...

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• Christine Ford '16 Builds a Bridge in Bolivia with Fellow Duke University Students
  News • 9/17/2018
  This summer, 2016 Archmere Academy graduate Christine Ford spent eight weeks in Tablas Monte, Bolivia with four other Duke University students and three University College of London students, working with the non-profit organization, Bridges to Prosperity. Tasked with building an 84 meter ...

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• The Start of a New Tradition: The John G. Ambrogi ’76 Gates
  News • 8/27/2018
  On Wednesday, August 22 nd , the 126 members of the Class of 2022 and several new students were the first students to walk through Archmere’s most recent addition to campus, the Ambrogi Gates, during New Student Orientation.    The John G. Ambrogi ’76 Gates, located o ...

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• Alisa Yakovenko '18 Named 2018 Stamps Scholar
  News • 6/21/2018
  From the Stamps Foundation Press Release: Archmere Salutatorian Alisa Yakovenko '18 has been recognized as a 2018 Stamps Scholar,  which for her means a full ride to the  Georgia Institute of Technology  this fall.  The 13th class of Stamps Scholars includes 230 top students from ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: June 2018
  News • 6/12/2018
  Congratulations to the Class of 2018!   As May 1 approached in the College Counseling Office we asked seniors to list the mascot and nicknames of the college they were attending on our office graffiti board. Our Auks will be future Gauchos and Garnet, Cardinal and Orange, Crimson ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May 2018
  News • 5/24/2018
  College Transition Program In an effort to say farewell and good luck to our graduating seniors and their families, we will be hosting a College Transition Program prior to graduation practice on  Friday, June 1st .

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2018
  News • 4/18/2018
  Decision Day Celebration We are quickly approaching the universally practiced  May 1st  enrollment deposit deadline day. This is the date that most colleges guarantee their offers until and thus the date when students must decide where they are matriculating.

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• March 2018: Season of Renewal
  News • 3/23/2018
  W e are entering Holy Week in the Catholic Church beginning with Palm Sunday  on March 25. This year, Easter is arriving earlier in the calendar, and the recent series of cold, wet, and snowy weather events make it a challenge to “think Spring,” with all its promise o ...

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• December 2017: Rock and Sand
  News • 12/14/2017
  W hen I was young listening to or reading the story of the Nativity , I imagined it taking place in a dusty small town surrounded by sandy desert with mountainous terrain created by jutting rock. Now with Google Earth and other internet sources, I don’t have to imagine, because we can see for ...

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• Shreyas Parab ’18 Invited to Serve as U.S. Delegate at Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)
  News • 11/17/2017
  Shreyas Parab, senior at Archmere Academy and CEO of NovelTie and Co-Founder of SpellForSuccess, has been invited to serve as one of only 100 entrepreneurs on the U.S. Delegation at the upcoming   Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017  (GES). GES is the preeminent annual entrepreneurship gat ...

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• Outstanding November Opportunities at Local Colleges
  News • 10/31/2017
  There are a lot of wonderful academic opportunities at local colleges that are open to the public. ; Below is a sampling for the month of November. ; We encourage you to attend if the subject matter is interesting to you. ; ;

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2017
  News • 10/20/2017
  Senior Applications November 1st  is the largest of the early application deadlines and approximately 90% of students will have submitted an application by this date. Most colleges and universities will begin reading applications in early to mid-November with hopes of releasing decisions b ...

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• Fashion Designer Amanda Phelan '06 Featured in The Museum of Modern Art
  News • 9/19/2017
  2006 Archmere Academy graduate Amanda Phelan, the Creative Director and CEO of designer fashion label "Phelan", will be featured in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) starting in October. This is the first time in 73 years that MoMA has included an exhibit from the world of fashion and design. Amanda's ...

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• May 2017
  News • 5/18/2017
  World Languages and Cultures Teacher  Hannah   Mistovich Earns Masters Degree in Language and Literacy Archmere Spanish Teacher  Hannah   Mistovich was awarded her  Masters Degree in Language and Literacy  from the University of Pennsylvania this past weekend. She gradu ...

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• April 2017
  News • 4/6/2017
  Archmere Hosts TEAMS Competition On March 16th, 36 Archmere students participated in a State TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) Competition in the SLC. The goal of TEAMS is to have students work collaboratively to develop practical and creative solutions to real world eng ...

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• Shreyas Parab ’18 Accepted into International Accelerator Program in Oslo, Norway
  News • 4/4/2017
  Shreyas Parab, junior at Archmere Academy, was recently accepted into the prestigious international accelerator program, Young Sustainable Impact (YSI), based out of Oslo, Norway. Shreyas is one of 25 entrepreneurs selected out of 10,000 applications from across 160 countries. After witnessing the P ...

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• February 2017: Advancing God's Love
  News • 2/16/2017
  T his is the month when we celebrate  Valentine’s Day . Flowers, candy, cards, gifts, candlelight dinners, and marriage proposals are all associated with a holiday that has a history in both pagan and Christian traditions. The common thread in all of the debated origins of the feast is th ...

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• February 2017
  News • 2/16/2017
  2017 Summer Driver Education Program at CSW  The Charter School of Wilmington is offering a Driver's Education program this summer. Classroom Sessions I &; II are scheduled for The Charter School of Wilmington Campus and Classroom Session III is tentatively scheduled for James H. Groves Ad ...

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• January 2017
  News • 1/19/2017
  Terry Newitt and Students To Exhibit Artwork at The Darley House The Darley House, located across the street from Archmere Academy, has invited Art Teacher Terry Newitt to exhibit his artwork, along with selected works by his Archmere students.  The reception is  Friday, February 24th  ...

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• Shreyas Parab ’18 Named Finalist in Congressional App Challenge
  News • 12/13/2016
  Congressman Pat Meehan recently named Archmere Academy junior Shreyas Parab the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in his district. Out of 2,150 students from across the United States, 650 apps were chosen as finalists. Shreyas’s application, StartMeUp, was one of them. The app finalist ...

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• October 2016: Coming Home
  News • 10/18/2016
  A lthough the weather was rainy for  Homecoming Day  festivities, the crowds were enthusiastic and significant in size to celebrate well the Archmere spirit. One of my favorite roles as Headmaster is to serve and host and act as a tour guide to guests visiting the campus. It is particularl ...

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• June 2016: The Light of God's Goodness
  News • 6/1/2016
  “Y our life is something opaque, not transparent, as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way. But if you hold it up against the light of God’s goodness, it shines and turns transparent, radiant, and bright. And then you ask yourself in amazement: Is this really my own life I see ...

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• Jessica Zutz Hillbert '04
  News • 2/6/2015
  A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Jess Zutz Hilbert attended Archmere Academy from 2000-2004 where she was a five-sport athlete in field hockey, basketball, soccer, winter track &; field, and ice hockey. She also thoroughly enjoyed complementing her athletic pursuits with those on the stage as a fou ...

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• Jessica Tigani: Class of 2005
  News • 5/21/2014
  A 2009 graduate of the University of Delaware, Jessica currently works as a Marketing Manager at JPMorgan Chase. In the fall of 2013, Jess began attending Villanova University’s School of Business to work towards her MBA.  As a current Council member, she has spearheaded the Young Alumnni ...

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• News Journal features Archmere swimmer Alec Giakas' return from surgery
  News • 2/27/2014
  From the News Journal: On Jan. 29, Archmere Academy sophomore swimmer Alec Giakas was on an operating room table at A.I. duPont Hospital having spinal fusion surgery.Exactly four weeks later, he did not know what to expect when he took to the pool for the first time since the operation in the warm-u ...

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• Junior Class Ring Mass
  News • 4/24/2013
  Tonight, Archmere Academy’s Junior Class received their class rings. Over the next 13 months, these rising seniors will make decisions that lead them to the next chapter of their lives. With the support of their families and the strong foundation of an  Archmere education , I am confident ...

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• Dr. James Stockman '61 Receives Award for Lifetime Contributions to Pediatric Medical Education
  News • 4/17/2013
  James A. Stockman III, MD '61 presented with Special Award by the Association of Pediatric Program Directors for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Pediatric Medical Education and the Development of Pediatricians. Dr. Stockman is Senior Advisor for the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and Senio ...

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• David Kubacki: Class of 1992
  News • 4/2/2013
  A 1996 graduate of Case Western Reserve University, David also holds a M.A, in Scriptwriting from the University of London and a Masters in Education in School Counseling from Wilmington University. David currently serves as President of Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington.

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• Dennis Lynch: Class of 1982
  News • 4/2/2013
  A graduate of Penn State University, Dennis currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Goverment Relations at Temple University.

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• "Young Auks Start Off Strong:" News Journal Reports
  News • 9/21/2012
  Sept. 20: With seven new starters on offense and eight new starters on defense, coach Jerry Ambrogi was afraid the Archmere football team would get off to a slow start.But a 35-7 victory over Chichester (Pa.) and a 34-0 win over St. Andrew’s isn’t a slow start. The Auks, ranked fourth in ...

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• Archmere Senior Brianna Nelson Commits to Loyola Track & Field
  News • 4/30/2012
   Archmere senior Brianna Nelson (Glen Mills, PA) has committed to Loyola University of Maryland as a member of the track and field team. A 3-varsity sport student-athlete, Brianna holds three school records in track: the 200M, the 4x100, and the 4x200. She was named Delaware State Champion in b ...

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• Archmere Names Alumni Kristin (Wasnewski) Mumford '96 & Andrew Cocco '04 to Admissions Team
  News • 4/27/2012
  Archmere announced today that Kristin B. (Wasnewski) Mumford ’96 has been named Director of Admissions for Archmere Academy effective July 1, 2012, and that Andrew P. Cocco '04, current faculty member, will be taking on the role of Associate Admissions Director.

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• Junior Patrick Reilly Wins National JFK Profile in Courage Essay Contest
  News • 4/6/2012
  The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced that Patrick Reilly '13 has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students™. Reilly will be honored by Caroline Kennedy during the May 7, 2012, Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy ...

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• Seniors McGowan, Canfield Sign Letters of Intent
  News • 3/1/2012
  Seniors Carly McGowan and Joe Canfield signed letters of intent on Tuesday, February 27. McGowan is headed to Saint Joseph's University, where she will run on the women's track team and Canfield will be a member of the Division I Lafayette College men's soccer team.

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• DE Attorney General Beau Biden - Class of 1987
  News • 1/12/2012
  DE Attorney General Biden created the Child Predator Task Force in Delaware, was deployed with the 261st Theater Tactical Signal Brigade supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq, and served as Interim Legal Advisor for the United States Department of Justice in post-war Kosovo. Biden says, R ...

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• Archmere Alum Named Among "Delco's Movers & Shakers"
  News • 12/28/2011
  Senate Majority Leader Dominic F. Pileggi '75 was featured in The Daily Times' "Delco's Movers and Shakers" Series this month, in an article titled "Delco's Movers &; Shakers: From Chester to state Senate, Pileggi a man on the move."

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• Donate to the Fashion Show Today!
  News • 11/21/2011
  Jingle Auk the Way” is almost here… The Silent Auktion and Raffle Committee remind you that it is not too late to seek donations from your favorite store, restaurant, coffee house or business.However, we must have the description of the item and name of donor or business by Tuesday, Nove ...

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• Ryan Lee '09 Finishes Among USA Junior team's top three in World Mountain Running Championship in Albania
  News • 9/14/2011
  University of Richmond cross country runner Ryan Lee (Archmere class of 2009) finished among the USA Junior team's top three harriers at the 2011 World Mountain Running Championships in Tirana, Albania.

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• Jordan Finnegan '08 named Scholar-Athlete
  News • 7/25/2011
  Archmere graduate and Washington College student Jordan Finnegan '08 was named a 2011 Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Read more.

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• Archmere Students Named AP Scholars
  News • 7/20/2011
  70 Archmere students were named Advanced Placement Scholars in a recent report, with both of Delaware's State AP Scholar slots awarded to recent Archmere graduates.

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• Kathryn Cunningham Hall - Class of 2004
  News • 6/6/2011
  Kathryn was named the 2011 Alumna of the Year. The first female graduate to ever receive this award, Kathryn is a third year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania and the founder of "Power Up Gambia," an organization dedicated to providing reliable electricity and water to healthcare fac ...

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• Archmere Alumnus Honored by Daily Times Columnist
  News • 4/26/2011
  Ed Gebhart, Times Guest Columnist writes: I want to be like Fred Neeson when I grow up. Consider: He hops out of bed around 7 each morning, strolls a couple of blocks to Chichester High and does a quick 2½-mile walk around the track. I’m lucky to fall out of the sheets before 9 and my m ...

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• Community Pub: Saint Edmond's and Archmere Academy Lecture Series
  News • 4/12/2011
  Brandywine Hundred, Del. —Saint Edmond's Academy and Archmere Academy launched their new Learning Series program at Saint Edmond’s on Monday night. The program is designed to showcase excellence in education and in leadership in the community. Read more

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• Mothers' Guild Garage Sale: The Big Show
  News • 2/22/2011
  The day for Archmere Garage Sale is rapidly approaching – a week-long event, anticipated and appreciated by the Claymont community, as well as by Archmerians.  This event takes lots of preparation and help to pull off, so please consider where you might be able to lend a hand. Saturday, M ...

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• Archmere Students Win Highest Honors in WordMaster’s Challenge
  News • 2/10/2011
  Participating with 541 other school teams and more than 53,000 students from across the country and four foreign nations...

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• February 2026
  News • 2/10/2026
  Advanced Engineering &; Design Class Vists CTDI Advanced Engineering &; Design class went to CTDI for a field trip. CTDI is a world-leader in servicing and repairing telecommunication devices. The class talked to engineers and saw many of the operations and solutions from a variety of engineers. The ...

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• January 2026
  News • 1/20/2026
  Drama Club Takes on NYC On Saturday, January 17th, 50 Archmere Drama Club students and faculty braved the weather for a memorable day in NYC—enjoying a backstage tour of the historic Hudson Theatre and taking in two Tony Award–winning musicals, Maybe Happy Ending  and  Operatio ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2025
  News • 12/8/2025
  Seniors In the last cycle of College Seminar we discussed the different types of decisions that students could receive in the coming weeks and months. We shared advice on healthy responses both emotionally and strategically. Counselors also discussed the need to be caring and supportive of peers as ...

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• November 2025
  News • 11/17/2025
  Newly Formed Pickleball Club Hosts First Tournament for Charity The newly formed Pickleball Club came to play and give back! Their first tournament was a smashing success for a great cause. Earlier this month, 28 doubles teams comprised of teachers, alums, current students, current parents and frien ...

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• October 2025
  News • 10/20/2025
  Science of Everything Visits Episcopal Academy for Learning Focus On October 16, the Science of Everything class visited the Center for Teaching &; Learning at Episcopal Academy as part of The Science of Learning focus. The CTL supports the work of teachers and students to put evidence-informed insi ...

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• September 2025: Looking Back, Moving Forward
  News • 9/29/2025
  Dear friends, It’s officially Fall, and we are already at the mid-point of the first quarter of the semester. Summer is starting to seem like a long time ago, and pumpkins, hot apple cider, warm apple pie, and even the mountains of Christmas decorations already in the stores prepare us for the ...

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• Spring Athletes, Teams Earn Postseason Awards
  News • 6/24/2025
  Congratulations to all of our spring athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State or All-County teams. Many of our spring teams boasted winning records and playoff appearances; spring accolades also included a few State Championships!

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• Katherine Ball-Weir Named Recipient of Service Award
  News • 5/13/2025
  On Sunday, April 26 th , Archmere Academy Director of Institutional Advancement, Mrs. Katherine Ball-Weir, received the Service Award from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ), the global organization for the promotion of Irish traditional music, song, dance, and lang ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2025
  News • 4/28/2025
  Season of Celebrations for the Class of 2025! We’ve reached the end of one journey and the beginning of another as the majority of seniors have made decisions about where they will continue their educations. Seniors attended our second College Counseling Coffee during Work Period on Tuesday, s ...

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• Students Participate in Third Annual World Language Showcase
  News • 4/8/2025
  On Saturday, March 29, 2025, Archmere Academy sent 44 French and Spanish students to the state World Language Showcase at the University of Delaware, sponsored by the Delaware Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (DECTFL). The students competed in 6 rounds of competition and used their time ...

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• Dr. Michael A. Marinelli, Ed.D. ’76 Announces His Retirement
  News • 4/2/2025
  On Monday, March 30, Head of School Dr. Michael A. Marinelli, Ed.D. ’76 announced his planned retirement from Archmere Academy. After 15 years in the position, Dr. Marinelli has decided to retire effective June 30, 2026. Please see below for the press release and information on the search comm ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2025
  News • 2/25/2025
  Upcoming Programs: Why Health Science?  - As part of our  Why?  career series cycle, we’re offering an evening of Q&;A panels on Wednesday, March 12th at 6:30 pm in the SLC. This is an in-person program and will not be repeated for another three years. We’re very excited a ...

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• November 2024: Simple Traditions
  News • 12/5/2024
  Dear friends, On Tuesday of this week, the students and staff gathered around the large Advent wreath in the quad, as Father McLaughlin blessed it and the first candle was lit. As I shared with the students and staff, it is one of my favorite rituals we celebrate as a school community. Brief, but ve ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: November 2024
  News • 12/4/2024
  Seniors In the past cycle’s College Seminar we discussed the different types of decisions that students could receive in the coming weeks and months. We shared advice on healthy responses, both emotionally and strategically. Counselors also discussed the need to be caring and supportive of pee ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2024
  News • 11/1/2024
  Seniors: November 1st is the largest annual application submission deadline nationally and at Archmere. Over 95% of seniors will submit a college application prior to this deadline. College Counseling highly encourages students to submit well before the deadline; however, some students do work right ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May/June 2024
  News • 6/5/2024
  This is a great opportunity to remind all families that the college counseling office is open and staffed the entire summer. Please feel free to continue to reach out with questions via phone or email. If a counselor is going to be out of the office, their out-of-office reply will instruct you who i ...

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• May/June 2024
  News • 5/13/2024
  Physics Club Competes in Regionals  The Archmere Physics Club won 3rd place for the Physics Bowl Competition in the regional division, which encompassed the regions of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia, and West Virginia. Congratulations to the moderator, ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: April 2024
  News • 5/2/2024
  As we do every year, on May 1st we celebrated our seniors with a slightly different twist. While there was certainly a college theme to the day, we didn’t want to make it all about college decisions because there are some students that are still making their final enrollment decisions due to t ...

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• Archmere Names National Honor Society Members
  News • 5/10/2024
  The National Honor Society recognizes students who have excelled in four areas: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character. The Archmere chapter requires juniors and seniors to have a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.70 or higher to qualify for membership. Members are expected to serve as peer tutor ...

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• Winter Athletes Earn All-Conference, All-State Awards
  News • 3/20/2024
  Congratulations to all of our winter athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the Delaware All-State teams. Archmere winter accolades included the best finish in program history at a State Championship meet for the boys indoor track and field team. At the meet, Jack ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2024
  News • 2/28/2024
  Application decision releases for seniors are still trickling out as schools have begun to vary their release dates. However, it’s also a great time for the College Counseling Office to start  Junior Family Meetings before a big wave of regular decision releases in mid to late March for t ...

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• February 2024
  News • 2/26/2024
  Global Studies Wine &; Cheese Information Session We invite you to join current and past host families on Tuesday, March 5, from 6:30-8pm in the Patio Music Room, to learn more about the possibility of hosting a student through Archmere’s Global Studies Program. With several international visi ...

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• January 2024
  News • 1/25/2024
  Global Studies Program Update   The Global Studies Program is humming along these days. After Mr. Dougherty's successful trip to India over Thanksgiving with twelve students, Ms. Witte is leading forty students and four teachers to the British Isles over Easter break, where they ...

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• October 2023: "A Light in the Darkness"
  News • 11/2/2023
  Dear Friends, One of my favorite psalms is Psalm 119, which proclaims, “Our heart is restless until it finds its rest in You.” Saint Augustine prayed the words of this psalm and in his Confessions, he states, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restle ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May/June 2023
  News • 6/8/2023
  The Class of 2023 Graduates! We were thrilled to watch the 136 members of the Class of 2023 graduate last weekend. Greeting and congratulating them in the faculty line is one of the highlights of the year. It was a pleasure to walk along side them and their families through their college search proc ...

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• Archmere Names National Honor Society Members
  News • 4/24/2023
  The National Honor Society recognizes students who have excelled in four areas: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character. The Archmere chapter requires juniors and seniors to have a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.70 or higher to qualify for membership. Members are expected to serve as peer tutor ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2023
  News • 3/31/2023
  As we approach Spring Break, we reach the end of the process for seniors, an exciting time of exploration for juniors, and the commencing of interest for a certain percentage of our sophomores. Really a wonderful time of year full of celebration, glimpses into futures, and growth. While the idiom
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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2023
  News • 2/28/2023
  Upcoming Programming Digital Testing Webinar - Last week’s webinar by Compass Education Group on the new SAT digital testing format was well attended by sophomore and first-year families (the groups first to be impacted by the change). A video of the program will be emailed out at the end of t ...

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• February 2023
  News • 2/27/2023
  Three Archmere Students Sit For American Invitational Mathematics Exam  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 prestigi ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2023
  News • 1/31/2023
  This is the time of year in the College Counseling Office that you never know what the day is going to bring. Seniors are still getting admission decisions and doing scholarship searches, we have juniors in class which is sparking a lot of questions, and providing CIALFO to sophomores this past cycl ...

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• January 2023
  News • 1/11/2023
  Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards Gold Key Awards Art &; Writing Exhibition For the third consecutive year, Archmere won more individual awards and more Gold Key awards than any school in the state of Delaware at the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards Show. Seventy-one Archmere Academy Students Recognized wi ...

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• Archmere Football Celebrates State Championship Win at the White House
  News • 7/13/2022
  Archmere Academy, the undefeated Class 2A Football Champions, accepted an invitation from 1961 graduate President Joe Biden to visit the White House on the Fourth of July to celebrate their State Championship. Not only did they meet the President, they received tours of the White House, took picture ...

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• Stephanie Silverman '00 Selected as NAEA-Crayola Creativity Ambassador
  News • 6/28/2022
  Archmere Academy Art Department Chair and Art Teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Silverman '00, was recently informed that she was selected as a NAEA-Crayola Creativity Ambassador. Mrs. Silverman is among 75 visual arts education professionals who will engage in a leadership collaboration with the National Art ...

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• Spring Athletes, Teams Earn Conference and All-State Awards
  News • 6/22/2022
  Congratulations to all of our spring athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State teams. Six out of our ten sports teams all won their respective Diamond State Athletic Conferences: Golf, Girls Tennis, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Soccer and Girls ...

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• May 2022
  News • 5/31/2022
  National Art Honor Society Spearheads Creative Fundraising Project for Humanitarian Relief in Ukraine Led by NAHS President Jocelyn Zavala Garcia ‘22 and Vice President Helen Qi ‘23, students in Archmere’s National Art Honors Society created artwork featuring sunflowers, a symbol o ...

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• Mrs. Tara Creekmore Nominated for National History Day Teacher of the Year
  News • 4/12/2022
  Archmere history teacher Mrs. Tara Creekmore has been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award. Mrs. Creekmore is one of two teachers in the state of Delaware nominated in the senior division of the National History Day National Contest, the largest NHD program that encourages
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• Monthly College Counseling Update: March 2022
  News • 3/30/2022
  Seniors Next week the Class of 2022 will participate in a reinvented senior career program. The pandemic has made guaranteeing job shadowing unlikely. This year we will roll out our first Young Alumni Panel during April 6th's Green Day. We will be welcoming six alumni who will discuss their college ...

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• Junior Portfolio 3D Design Students Commissioned to Design Site-Specific Outdoor Classroom
  News • 2/25/2022
  Archmere’s administration has commissioned Mrs. Silverman’s Junior Portfolio 3D Design students to develop original concepts for a site-specific outdoor classroom space, to be built behind the Manor near the baseball field. The outdoor classroom is supported by a gift from the class ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2022
  News • 1/30/2022
  Seniors Semester grades should be finalized during the first week of February and forwarded to all schools to which students have an active application, unless the school required a self reported transcript. If the student self reported their grades in the application and we did not send an initial ...

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• January 2022
  News • 1/26/2022
  Model UN Club Competes at Harvard This month, ten Archmere students from the Model UN Club attended a three day conference at Harvard University. Model Un was represented by Alex Chen, Tony Liu, Andy Zhu, David Konitzer, Richie Smith, Brendan McGuire, Leo Chang, David Cui, Brianna Yang and Zimo Liu. ...

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• Football State Championship Ticket Information
  News • 12/7/2021
  Dover, DE (December 6, 2021) – The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Football Championships will be played on Saturday, December 11th at University of Delaware. Gates will open at 10:00 a.m.    Finals Schedule: 11:00 a.m. – 2A - Woodbridge vs. Archmere 1:30 p ...

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• November 2021: Lighting the Advent Wreath - Bringing Light to the Darkness
  News • 11/29/2021
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, Candles were used centuries ago by many of the great civilizations. They were made from a variety of materials and were often used in ceremonies to symbolize bringing light to a dark situation. In a spiritual context, candles illuminated the truth. Lighting th ...

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• October 2021: Weathering the Storms of Life
  News • 10/30/2021
  Dear Friends,  On Tuesday afternoon this past week, I was sitting in my office looking out the window as dark clouds rolled in, the wind kicked up, and rain came down in a flash. It reminded me of the scene from the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy was caught up in the tornado before she ended up in O ...

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• Margaret Atkins '21 Named Winner of Annual Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship
  News • 5/7/2021
  Press Release from the Beau Biden Foundation: The I Could Do Great Things Foundation, founded in 2009 by Stuart M. Grant and Suzanne B. Grant, is pleased to announce the 2021 winners of the annual Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship. The 2021 Scholarship recipients are an i ...

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• March 2021
  News • 3/29/2021
  2021 Summer Driver Education Program at Ursuline Academy  Ursuline Academy is offering a Driver's Education program this summer that includes 30 hours of classroom instruction along with the 14 hours of in-the-car driving instruction and observation. To register and reserve a spot, contact  ...

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• January 2021: Listening to God's Call
  News • 1/27/2021
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,   The Christmas Season officially ended on January 10 and just a little more than a month later, the Season of Lent begins on February 17. This in between time in the Church calendar is called “Ordinary Time.” There is nothing that feels ̶ ...

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• December 2020: Repackaging Our Traditions
  News • 12/22/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,   I have been wrapping Christmas presents using boxes and bags, tissues and wrapping paper, and curling ribbon. Curling ribbon is interesting in that if you use the edge of your scissors to slide down a length of the ribbon, it suddenly turns into a short ...

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• December 2020
  News • 12/15/2020
  Math Madness Wins Final Four, Heads to Championship Match On December 9th, by a 47-second margin, Archmere's Fall Math Madness upset their opponents, the Franklin Regional High School Panthers (Murrysville, PA), earning Archmere a spot in the Final Four. Math Madness is an online, team-based co ...

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• November 2020: The Hope of Advent
  News • 11/30/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, On Saturday evening, November 28, my wife, Diane, and I were invited to attend Solemn Advent Vespers at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, PA, to begin the year-long celebration of the 900 th  anniversary of the founding of the Order of Canons Regular of Pré ...

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• October 2020: Silver Linings
  News • 10/30/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, On Wednesday, October 21, we held a LEGO Serious Play Seminar for our freshmen, led by consultant David Kubacki, a 1992 Archmere alumnus. Students were given their own LEGO kits and asked to build various things based on a prompt. The last two of the five prom ...

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• Kristen Witte Selected For National History Day Summer Webinar Series
  News • 8/14/2020
  Press Release from National History Day , College Park, MD: Ms. Kristen Witte, teacher at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, is one of only 98 teachers selected for a National History Day® (NHD) summer professional development program. This new course focuses on using online Library of Con ...

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• Administrative Update - 03/31/2020
  News • 3/31/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, One of our five core value words is "community," and it is based on the Norbertine tradition of "communio." It has as its key components, "contemplation on God's Word made visible in worship and service within the local church," as articulated in the mission s ...

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• March 2020: Resilience
  News • 3/27/2020
  A month ago in my February 28 letter, I concluded, " I pray that you will consider ways to make this Lent a unique and special opportunity to grow deeper in faith, to be renewed in spirit, and to be joyful and excited with the anticipation of something new and renewed coming into your life. Never di ...

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• Abby Kates '20 Claims Indoor High Jump Title and Participates in Musical on the Same Day
  News • 3/4/2020
  Last weekend, Archmere senior Abby Kates once again claimed the High Jump Title at the DIAA Indoor Track and Field State Championships. Abby jumped an impressive 5’4”, cementing her place in history as the High Jump State Champion three years in a row. She not only placed first in the st ...

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• January 2020: Winterim, 2020
  News • 1/30/2020
  January typically brings windy blasts of cold air, snow, and ice to our area. This year, in addition to fairly mild weather for the month, our hearts were warmed and spirits raised by “Winterim” at Archmere. When I was a student at Archmere (1972-1976), we actually had a similar break be ...

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• Art Students Recognized at 2020 Regional Scholastic Art Competition
  News • 1/30/2020
  Archmere students won over 75 awards at the 2020 Delaware Regional Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, the nation's most prestigious and competitive contest for excellence in fine art.

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• December 2019: New Paths
  News • 12/17/2019
  I was recently leaving the campus from an evening concert presented by our students, and experienced the long line of cars waiting at the red light of Manor Avenue and Philadelphia Pike. (You can no longer make a right-turn-on-red legally at the intersection, making the line of cars even longer and ...

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• October 2019: The Hope of Our Faith
  News • 10/31/2019
  Saint Augustine in his “Confessions” focuses on the topic of time as  kairos,  which is measured by a lifetime of meaning and purpose - God’s time ,  rather than  kronos,  which is measured by matter moving through space. He writes “…in You is n ...

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• September 2019: Empathetic Leaders, Prepared For Every Good Work
  News • 9/23/2019
  We are already through the fifth week of classes, and summer officially ended with the autumnal equinox that occurred on September 23rd. The school year began with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm from our students, faculty and staff. After fall sports practices began on August 12th, and a week ...

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• September 2019
  News • 9/23/2019
  Spring Break in Belize The Science Department is offering another trip April 9-16, 2020, which will be an opportunity for experiential learning of unspoiled terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The trip also includes cultural exposure and guided adventures such as tubing an underground cave and s ...

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• July 2019: Building Our Community
  News • 7/17/2019
  When I was growing up, I used to go with my mother and aunts and uncles to feast day celebrations of saints. Each June in Wilmington, we have the celebration of Saint Anthony of Padua with an Italian Festival that includes a Mass and procession through the streets, carrying on biers statues of vario ...

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• May 2019: Life's Journey
  News • 5/30/2019
  This time every year I get teary-eyed as I think nostalgically about all of the proms, Junior Ring Masses, Honors’ Convocations, end-of-year banquets, awards ceremonies, Baccalaureate Masses, and graduations that have taken place at Archmere – happy times for so many students and their f ...

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• April 2019: Giving Thanks for the Gifts We Are Given
  News • 4/25/2019
  It was shocking news – Notre Dame de Paris was on fire! It was even more disturbing to watch the video as the 19 th  century spire of the Church was consumed by flames and fell into the nave of the Church, along with a good portion of the original 13 th  century roof timbers that qui ...

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• March 2019
  News • 3/25/2019
  Archmere Students Compete in American Mathematics Competition In February, forty nine Archmere students participated in the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) by taking a math test (non-calculator) focused on improving the problem solving skills of our nation’s students. Students who score ...

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• February 2019: Rending Our Hearts
  News • 2/27/2019
  In preparing the music for the celebration of Mass on Ash Wednesday, I studied the readings for the day. One short phrase in the Old Testament reading struck me. “Rend your hearts, not your garments” (Joel 2:13), the prophet, Joel, tells the Israelites. Specifically, he was speaking to t ...

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• January 2019: "Learn. Lead. Serve. Succeed."
  News • 1/31/2019
  In a recent book, “Poor for the Poor: The Mission of the Church,” written by Cardinal Gerhard  Müller , he comments, “When we speak of the development of man, we must say that his relationship with the transcendent is part of it. In being a creature of God, man therefore ...

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• Art Students Recognized at Regional Scholastic Art Competition
  News • 1/25/2019
  Archmere students won close to 100 awards at the Delaware Regional Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, the nation’s most prestigious and competitive contest for excellence in fine art.  The Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation ...

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• World Language Classes Team Up With Food Chemistry
  News • 12/19/2018
  Dr. Escobar’s Food Chemistry class joined forces with the World Languages &; Cultures Department to plan a week-long culinary experience. Students had the opportunity to learn about and create international takes on a similar theme: pockets. A ravioli, pierogi, dumpling, em ...

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• December 2018: The Gift of Giving
  News • 12/19/2018
  Christmas is a time for family and friends and gift-giving. It’s a time when we focus on that moment when the human and divine connected, and because of it, the world was changed forever. And yet, somehow in the daily routines of the year we lose the wonder and excitement of that moment. The h ...

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• October 2018: Positive Change
  News • 10/30/2018
  I had a wonderful English teacher in grade school. Her name was Sister Alice Marguerite, S.J., a Sisters of Saint Joseph nun. “Voyages in English” was the textbook, and I recall working through grammar exercises, rewriting sentences and diagraming sentences in my black marble copybook, b ...

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• September 2018
  News • 9/20/2018
  2018-2019 Archmere Mastersingers Announced Congratulations to the members of the 2018-2019 Mastersingers. The following students have been chosen to be part of this year's group:

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• June 2018: Changing the world for the better
  News • 6/19/2018
  I  would like to share a few thoughts that I expressed to the members of the senior class at Commencement Exercises on June 3, 2018. Members of the Class of 2018: Words matter.  What we say, write, email, text, IM, tweet - it all has an impact. In Pope Francis’ message for  ...

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• Katherine Ball-Weir Recipient of 2018 Mary O’Connor Spirit Award
  News • 6/1/2018
  From the Philadelphia Rose Center Press Release: Archmere Academy’s Director of Institutional Advancement, Katherine Ball-Weir, is the recipient of the 2018 Mary O’Connor Spirit Award. The Mary O’Connor Spirit Award was established in 2009 by the Philadelphia Rose Ce ...

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• May 2018: It Is The Journey That Matters, In The End...
  News • 5/21/2018
  A t this time of year, I often attend other commencement exercises and end-of-year programs, in which the speakers offer some inspiring words, talk about an institution’s mission and values, explain how they have been personally affected by the educational experience, or describe a vision ...

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• April 2018: The Joy of Being Hopeful
  News • 4/19/2018
  W e are still in the  Easter Season  and the Gospel readings for daily Mass recount Jesus’ appearance and conversation with the disciples after his resurrection. The account that is most compelling for me is Luke’s Gospel ( 24:35-48 ), proclaimed on the Third Sunday of Easter, ...

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• February 2018: Hearts and Ashes
  News • 2/21/2018
  I t was Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday on the same date this year – February 14. As the day began, I saw students walking in with colorful cards and gift bags, and French Club members delivering roses sent from students to other students and teachers. The red and pink colors changed t ...

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• Art Students Recognized at 2018 Regional Scholastic Art Competition
  News • 2/1/2018
  Archmere students won close to 60 awards at the 2018 Delaware Regional Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, the nation’s most prestigious and competitive contest for excellence in fine art. The Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nat ...

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• January 2018: New Year's Resolutions
  News • 1/19/2018
  A t this time of year, all of us may be thinking about the recent New Year’s resolutions we have made. I always enjoy seeing the number of commercials advertising weight loss and fitness programs in January. A friend recently commented to me that the gym was bursting with people at the end of ...

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• November 2017: Happy Thanksgiving
  News • 11/17/2017
  My wife and I just celebrated our 31 st wedding anniversary, and we are in the process of planning the wedding for our daughter and her fiancé next November. How did we get here? It was just a few years ago that we were married and a few years after that we raised our children. Where has the ti ...

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• September 2017: Personal Innovation
  News • 9/18/2017
  O ne of the books on my summer reading list was  The Other Side of Innovation  by  Vijay Govindarajan  and  Chris Trimble . The authors analyzed multiple organizations in an effort to study why innovations succeeded or failed. I thought this would be timely reading material ...

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• September 2017
  News • 9/13/2017
  Spring Break in COSTA RICA! The Science Department is pleased to announce that this Spring Break, students can travel to Costa Rica. Students will have a wide range of activities: hiking in both a cloud forest and a tropical rain forest with great biodiveristy of both flora and fauna, white-water ra ...

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• Why Have We Dummied Down FIT?
  News • 9/6/2017
  ‘Fit’ is perhaps the most often used word in the college search process. ; There’s also no other word that evokes more eye-rolls from parents and students outside of perhaps ‘holistic.’ ;It’s a simple three-letter word with complex components that are sometimes di ...

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• Shreyas Parab ’18 Tackles Mental Health with Innovative Startup
  News • 9/6/2017
  Shreyas Parab, senior at Archmere Academy, was recently accepted into the prestigious international accelerator program, Young Sustainable Impact (YSI), based out of Oslo, Norway. Shreyas is one of 25 entrepreneurs selected out of 10,000 applications from across 160 countries. After witnessing the P ...

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• Thoughts About Better
  News • 8/23/2017
  How can we relate Archmere’s summer reading, ; Better ;by Atul Gawande, to college admission and higher education? ; It might be easy and applicable to pinpoint Gawande’s recommendation to ‘write something’ as Archmere seniors continue to craft application essays. ; But this ...

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• Archmere Students and Faculty Participate in Social Action Trip to India
  News • 5/18/2017
    Twelve students, two moms, and four teachers traveled to northern India during Spring Break to visit Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES), an organization that promotes rural development through education, employment and empowerment of rural girls and women. PPES is situated in rural An ...

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• April 2017: Sharing Your Faith Experience
  News • 4/12/2017
  H ave you ever had such a great day that you did not want it to end? While you were having that wonderful experience, did you have the impulse to want to share it with someone who was not with you at the time? How often are we told stories with the person concluding, “You should have been ther ...

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• Art Students Recognized at Regional Scholastic Art Competition
  News • 1/26/2017
  Archmere students won close to 70 awards at the 2017 Delaware Regional Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, the nation’s most prestigious and competitive contest for excellence in fine art. The Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nat ...

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• Bella Abbrescia ’19 Selected To Perform At Carnegie Hall And Sydney Opera House
  News • 1/17/2017
  Archmere Academy sophomore Bella Abbrescia has been selected for the 2017 National High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York as well as the 2017 International High School Honors Performance Series at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. She will perform Soprano 1 in February ...

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• Welcome New Alumni Council Members
  News • 11/21/2016
  Introducing the newly appointed Archmere Academy Alumni Council members: Michael Blahusch '04 Alexis Furlong '06 David Kubacki '92 (second term) Dennis Lynch '82 (second term) Diane Latini-McIntyre '84 * Terms commence July 1, 2016 and conclude on June 30, 2019 The Alumni Council opened nominations ...

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• November 2016
  News • 11/15/2016
  Mock Election The AP U.S. Government class concluded a month long Mock Campaign &; Election with a school-wide debate during an assembly held on November 7th. Seniors Brennan Stark &; Alexa Reilly portrayed the Republican &; Democratic party platforms respectively, highlighting the major policies fo ...

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• October 2016
  News • 10/14/2016
  NHS Clothing Drive   The National Honor Society is sponsoring a clothing drive for the Clothing Bank of DE.  Please donate clothing, shoes, linens, drapes, purses and bags to this great cause. All items are given to struggling individuals in Delaware. Please bring clothes to S-30 between&# ...

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• September 2016: Give of Your Hands to Serve
  News • 9/13/2016
  O n Tuesday, September 6, 2016, we held our traditional Installation Ceremony for the newly elected Student Council officers. The entire student body, faculty, and administration participated in a prayer service during the morning assembly period. The first reading was taken from the writings of a&# ...

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• 88 Archmere Students Earned AP Scholar Awards
  News • 8/9/2016
  Eighty-eight students at Archmere Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. Twelve students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or ...

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• Archmere Students Organize Spring Food Drive
  News • 3/21/2016
  The following is a News Release from Chester Community Charter School regarding Archmere's help with the Blessings in a Backpack service program:   Chester Community Charter School Grads, Now Attending Archmere Academy, Organize Food Drive at Their Former School   7,500 Pounds of Food ...

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• 93 Archmere Students Earned AP Scholar Awards
  News • 10/5/2015
  Ninty-three students at Archmere Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. Ten students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or high ...

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• Creating Community…
  News • 3/10/2015
  On Sunday, March 8, 2015, members of the Archmere Academy community came together to celebrate the annual  Memorial Mass , remembering all alumni, faculty, and staff who have died. A large group gathered in the Patio to listen to the hopeful words of the Scripture and sing songs that inspire an ...

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• Tidings of Comfort and Joy
  News • 1/9/2015
  What was your favorite Christmas gift? Slippers? Pajamas? A sweater? A favorite food? Are you the kind of person who completes research on what would be the “perfect gift” to the surprise and delight of the receiver? Or are you someone like me, who struggles with figuring out that certai ...

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• The Countdown to Christmas
  News • 12/8/2014
  The countdown to Christmas is upon us.  How many shopping days do we have left?  Have we thought of everything? Is our “To Do” list getting longer as we tackle plans to make our holiday celebrations perfect?  Or, have we vowed not to give into the frenetic pace of the shor ...

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• The Expectations of “Doing Your Best”
  News • 10/7/2014
  Over the summer I read  Pope Francis’ “Top 10 Ways To Increase Happiness In One’s Life. ”

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• 93 Archmere Students Named 2014 AP Scholars
  News • 9/29/2014
  Ninty-three students at Archmere Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams, with 16 earning National recognition.

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• Six in the Evening
  News • 8/22/2014
  Six o’clock in the evening is my favorite time of the day.  Usually, the work of the day is completed (or winding down) and the late afternoon is still far enough from the night to give me time to reflect on the day and to plan the evening’s activities. Six o’clock is also a c ...

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• Archmere Alum Bianca Frasier Johnson '98 Honored by Wilmington Jaycees
  News • 7/30/2014
  Recently Bianca received the prestigious 2014 Outstanding Young Wilmingtonian Award from the Wilmington Jaycees primarily for her volunteerism and leadership with the MS Society, on whose board she has served for 10 years, and for whom she founded an Emerging Leaders Council. 

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• Traditions Change But The Story Stays The Same
  News • 4/8/2014
  Last evening, I met with our Pastor to review the plans for the liturgies of Holy Week in our parish. This marks my 21st year planning  Holy Week  services at my current parish, and my 41st year participating as a liturgical musician. I reflected on that stretch of more than 40 years and t ...

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• Temples of the Spirit
  News • 3/7/2014
  At Sunday Mass, the weekend before  Lent , the priest asked the congregation during his homily what we planned to do for Lent – how were we going to use this holy season to grow deeper in our faith, to become better persons?

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• The Dedication of The Immaculate Conception Oratory in Saint Norbert Hall
  News • 2/5/2014
  In the Spring of 2010, the Headmaster’s Council decided that several administrative offices, including the Headmaster’s office, would be relocated to The Patio. Rearranging other office spaces in Saint Norbert Hall left empty the administrative suit of offices created in the space of the ...

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• Archmere Students Win Verizon App Design Contest
  News • 1/27/2014
  An App imagined by a team of students from Archmere Academy won “Best in State” in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. Led by Archmere Computer Science teacher Jared Campbell, this team of students, comprised of Christian Kraft '15, Gregory McCord '16, Joseph Spall '16, Andrew Hurst '1 ...

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• 84 Archmere Students Named AP Scholars
  News • 10/1/2013
  Eighty-four students at Archmere Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.                 

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• News Journal Top Story Features Archmere Senior Athlete, Conor Furey
  News • 8/28/2013
  The August 28th News Journal headline reads "Archmere's Furey lining up at tight end" and features a story on senior Conor Furey's move to the tight end position and a powerful football season expected for the AUKS this year. "An excellent student, Furey already has caught the eye of college recruit ...

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• Paul Pomeroy '88 Named Chairman of the Board of New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
  News • 5/16/2013
  Paul Pomeroy, Managing Partner and Director of Marketing at ab+c in Wilmington, DE, has been named chairman of the board of the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce. As chairman, Pomeroy will energize the County Chamber’s mission and champion for its 1,400 members. ;

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• Martin Devine: Class of 1974
  News • 4/7/2013
  A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Colonel (Ret) Martin J. (Marty) Devine recently retired as Chief of Staff, 261st Theater Tactical Signal Brigade, Delaware National Guard. Marty and his family are 3rd generation attendees of Archmere.

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• Patrick Reilly '13 & Tom Coyne '93
  News • 9/18/2012
  Archmere's students are inspired to distinction in the classroom, on the athletic fields, in the studio, on the stage and in the community every day. After graduation, our alumni go on to become successful professionals in their fields, leaders in the community, and living testimonies of their Archm ...

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• 82 Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 9/17/2012
  Eighty-two students at Archmere Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams during the 2011-2012 school year. Of those Eight-two, nine students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award.

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• Students Examine the Chemistry of The Patio
  News • 5/22/2012
  This Spring, sophomore chemistry students were challenged to look at a familiar building on campus in a new way, when Dr. Marta Guron assigned her Honors Chemistry students “The Patio Project.” A creative spin on the group research paper, the project asked students to examine the once ho ...

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• Terry Newitt's "Yellow Brick Home" - 2012 Patio print and ORIGINAL for sale now!
  News • 4/18/2012
  Artist and faculty member Terry Newitt unveiled his 2012 Patio painting at the 5th Annual Fine Arts Festival on March 24, 2012. Bid on the original today! Click here to view the listing on eBay. Sales of the painting's prints will benefit the Manor Restoration Fund for the Arts.

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• Monique Rollins - Class of 1998
  News • 2/27/2012
  From Archmere to Florence, professional artist Monique Rollins followed her passion. After receiving her BFA from Syracuse University and her MFA and MA from Pratt Institute, Monique has had her work featured in Wilmington, NYC, Jamaica, France and Italy. She says Archmere “prepared me for my ...

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• Archmere Combines Art and Science with Interdisciplinary Class
  News • 2/13/2012
  Mr. Bill Mulhearn's Environmental Science Class and Mr. Terry Newitt's Architectural/Environmental Design class marry art and science in an exciting new way. The combined classes met for the first time in the Manor this semester. Everyone is very enthused, especially the involved students about this ...

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• Robert Yacyshyn - Class of 1997
  News • 2/13/2012
  A Penn State Schreyer’s Honors College and Columbia Business School graduate, Robert joined MTV Networks in 2002. Promoted to Line Producer in 2010, he has led production for many series, including the reality show, MADE, which was had three nominations and two EMMY wins.

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• Holocaust Survivor Speaks to 9th Grade Religion Classes
  News • 11/11/2011
  Ann Jaffe, a Holocaust survivor, spoke to the 9th grade religion classes and other interested students and faculty on November 9.

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• German Exchange Students visit Archmere
  News • 11/4/2011
  This Fall Archmere and Salesianum are hosting sixteen students from the Kepler Gymnasium in Pforzheim Germany for three weeks. This is our fifth exchange with the Kepler school located at the edge of the Black Forest.

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• Alyssa DiNardo '09 intreviewed after debut on "The Sing Off"
  News • 9/27/2011
  The Middletown Transcipt published an interview with Archmere alumna Alyssa DiNardo. She and the rest of the University of Delaware's Deltones appeared on "The Sing Off" on September 26.

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• Archmere Academy hosts Apple Technology Workshop
  News • 5/23/2011
  Educators from area schools gathered in The Patio at Archmere Academy for a daylong workshop led by Apple representatives on the role of technology in education.

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• Latini '82 named Managing Director at Boenning & Scattergood
  News • 4/26/2011
  Archmere graduate Anthony A. Latini Jr. '82, CFA, recently joined the investment banking team at Boenning & Scattergood as managing director. Mr. Latini goes to Boenning & Scattergood with more than 20 years of experience and expertise serving in corporate finance advisory and investment banking rol ...

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• March 2026
  News • 3/6/2026
  Host Families Needed The Global Studies Program has moved past the midpoint of its fourth successful year of hosting two students from Premonstratske Gymnasium, a Norbertine high school in Kosice, Slovakia. Lucky for Archmere, two more students from the school are looking to enroll next year! This m ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: February 2026
  News • 2/24/2026
  Upcoming Programs: Junior School Day SAT - Mr. Jezyk is handling the coordination and registration for our In-School SAT on Monday, March 13th. About 75% of the class is already registered for the test. Please see Mr. Jezyk with questions.

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: January 2026
  News • 2/6/2026
  Young Alumni Programming Today the College Counseling Office coordinated three programs, one for each of the Archmere classes. First year students participated in the Great Sorting Game, an exercise that introduced students to the College Counseling office, allowing our staff to share healthy messag ...

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• Archmere Art Students Recognized With 134 Scholastic Art Awards!
  News • 1/28/2026
  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!

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• Stephanie Silverman ‘00 Named 2026 National Outstanding Design Educator of the Year
  News • 11/6/2025
  The Design Interest Group (DIG) of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) has recognized Archmere alumna and teacher Stephanie Silverman ‘00 with the National Outstanding Design Educator of the Year Award. This award of distinction recognizes an individual for their exemplary contributi ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2025
  News • 11/3/2025
  Seniors: Over 95% of seniors submitted a college application prior to Saturday’s 11/1 popular deadline. To celebrate this milestone, College Counseling hosted a donut, hot chocolate and coffee gathering during Work Period on Monday, November 3rd . We recommend everyone congratulate seniors for ...

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• One Hundred and Twenty-Six Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 9/9/2025
  One hundred and twenty-six students at Archmere Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous colle ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: May/June 2025
  News • 6/11/2025
  The summer months in College Counseling are still busy as our office is open throughout the entire year. The first few weeks of June are generally about assessment, planning for the 2025-’26 school year, setting dates, and tidying up the final requirements for the Class of 2025. This week alon ...

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• Archmere Academy Approved for Reaccreditation by the Middle States Association
  News • 5/6/2025
  The Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS) recently announced the list of schools that have earned accreditation or reaccreditation. Archmere Academy is pleased to announced that the school has been approved for reaccreditation f ...

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• April 2025: Working Joyfully and Expertly for the Benefit of Others
  News • 4/29/2025
  Dear friends, May Day or May 1 has been celebrated since the Middle Ages, and has roots in ancient Greek and Roman cultures as a celebration of spring and new growth. In the nineteenth century, the day was celebrated as International Workers’ Day by the International Socialist Conference, as a ...

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• January 2025: Making the Journey in This Jubilee Year of Hope
  News • 1/31/2025
  Dear friends, In his Papal Bull delivered on May, 9, 2024, Pope Francis decreed the year 2025 as a Jubilee Year of Hope. In the Catholic Church, a Jubilee Year traditionally occurs every twenty-five years, and it is a time of prayer, repentance, forgiveness, and renewal of our spiritual lives. ( Spe ...

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• December 2024: Making Room for God's Will in Our New Year’s Resolutions
  News • 1/9/2025
  Dear friends, When Saint Norbert established the first community, the Order at Prémontré, he wanted to create a “new way” of religious life, based on the life of the apostles. It would be both a monastic and pastoral life, living and praying in community as monks while serving ...

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• The Patio as an Inspiring Instructional Resource
  News • 11/21/2024
  Not many high schools can claim to have a building listed in the National Historic Registry. Archmere Academy actually has two: the Patio mansion and the Manor, home to Archmere Academy’s nationally-recognized Art &; Design program, both listed on the National Register in 1992. This year, Mrs. ...

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• One Hundred and Thirteen Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 7/23/2024
  One hundred and thirteen students at Archmere Academy have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-leve ...

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• Spring Athletes, Teams Earn Postseason Awards
  News • 6/6/2024
  Congratulations to all of our spring athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State or All-County teams. Seven out of our ten spring sports teams won their respective Diamond State Athletic Conferences: Golf, Girls Tennis, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Soc ...

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• April 2024
  News • 4/22/2024
  Academic Bowl Team Wins Championship On April 16, Archmere defended their title against St. Marks with a thrilling one question lead in the Academic Bowl Championship. The Archmere team has won every championship since 2020, and hasn't lost a single competitive match for at least 3 years. Congratula ...

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• March 2024: Easter Blessings
  News • 3/26/2024
  Dear Friends, On Palm Sunday this year, we heard Saint Mark’s account of the Passion of the Lord. In anticipation of celebrating Passover, the disciples asked Jesus where they should go to prepare for the celebration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Jesus replied, “Go into the city and ...

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• March 2024
  News • 3/15/2024
  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 ...

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• February 2024: Reflect the Light of Christ to Those Around You
  News • 2/28/2024
  Dear Friends, Last Sunday, February 25, was the second Sunday of Lent, and the Gospel reading was the account of Jesus’ Transfiguration according to Saint Mark (9:2-10):  Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured be ...

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• January 2024: Using this Time in our Lives to be Open to God’s Voice
  News • 2/1/2024
  Dear Friends, January 2024 is “in the books” as they say, and it began for some with New Year’s resolutions. It seems that we like to keep time with the number of sunrises and sunsets in our lives by measuring out the days, months, and years, and using those finite points to measur ...

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• November 2023: Making A Christmas Gift List
  News • 12/1/2023
  Dear Friends, Memories of Childhood Remembering my elementary school days, the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas seemed so long. I could not wait to see Christmas decorations in our home and page through catalogs (yes, they were thick books in print in those days) from J.C. Penny and Sears &; ...

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• Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2023
  News • 10/31/2023
  Archmere Academy Reverse Advisory: Last week, the College Counseling Office hosted Archmere’s first Reverse Advisory Visit. Our guests were from a wide variety of schools with extremely different backgrounds. We've invited them to Archmere to make a positive impression upon them for future app ...

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• Archmere Welcomes New Faculty Members
  News • 10/2/2023
  Archmere Academy welcomed several new teaching faculty members this year, bringing with them fresh viewpoints and new expertise in the vital fields of Art, Mathematics, and English. 

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• What's On The Test?
  News • 9/4/2023
  Club crew, a 50-foot rock-climbing wall, great Indian food within walking distance, and a sink in a dorm room—the list of specific college-wants can be long and perhaps to the outsider, trivial. To students and families that are familiar to having their needs and wants met, expectations can be ...

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• One Hundred and Eleven Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 7/19/2023
  The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. Ab ...

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• April 2023: Supporting our "Family" Traditions
  News • 5/1/2023
  Dear Friends, It’s hard to watch a family separate over time, following the natural progression of marriages, aging, livelihoods, and other factors that contribute to the general entropy of families. That is what is happening to my family, especially being the youngest sibling by eighteen year ...

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• March 2023
  News • 3/6/2023
  Painting Class Celebrates Women's History Month Can you name three women artists? Most people cannot! In celebration of Women's History Month, Mrs. Silverman's Painting class has been learning about and researching women artists to ensure that students are familiar with the amazing creativ ...

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• February 2023: Lenten Actions: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving
  News • 2/28/2023
  Dear Friends, Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Don’t we try to do all of these things all year as good Christians? So why the emphasis on them during Lent?   I am not sure of the answer to the question I posed, but I would make a conjecture that our complacency may be a ...

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• January 2023: Preparing for the Lenten Journey
  News • 1/28/2023
  Dear Friends, February 22 will be here before you know it, and on that Wednesday, the Season of Lent begins. Lent is a time of preparation for the celebration of Easter. It differs from Advent in that it is a more solemn time, when we reflect on our own faults and failings and consider ways to make ...

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• November 2022: A Time of Family, Tradition, and Impatience
  News • 11/30/2022
  Dear Friends, The days seem to be flying by, beginning with the weekend before Thanksgiving. While the Thanksgiving holiday is less complicated than Christmas with no elaborate decorations or buying and wrapping gifts, the traditional preparations for the Thanksgiving feast and the excitement of get ...

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• September 2022: New Beginnings
  News • 9/28/2022
   

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• March 2022: Giving to Others
  News • 3/30/2022
  Dear Friends, Lent is a time of “almsgiving” - of giving to others who are less fortunate than ourselves as a sign of our love for one another. Giving alms to the poor can be accomplished with monetary contributions or donations of food, clothing, and other support.  Last weekend, a ...

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• Winter Athletes, Coaches Earn Conference, All-State Awards
  News • 3/11/2022
  Congratulations to all of our winter athletes who were named to the Diamond State All-Conference teams and the All-State teams. Archmere team accolades also include the Diamond State Athletic Conference Championship title for the boys basketball team and Diamond State Conference Coach of t ...

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• February 2022: Making Positive Changes in Our Lives
  News • 2/28/2022
  Dear Friends, The season of Lent begins on March 2 this year. It is described as a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving for those who follow the Catholic tradition and other Christian traditions. Other faith traditions have similar days. Ramadan begins April 2 this year and lasts thirty days. Yom ...

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• January 2022: Recognizing Uniqueness in Others
  News • 1/31/2022
  Dear Friends, Have you noticed how many minutes the television network daily news coverage devotes to the weather? It seems to be increasing each year, and we are learning so many new meteorological terms. When we traveled to Europe on our last Norbertine Heritage Tour, I remember the weather being ...

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• Novel Thinking About Admission (Entry 2) – Starting with Questions & Being Curious
  News • 1/11/2022
  Inspiration taken from Think Again , by Adam Grant , which was Archmere Academy’s summer reading book for 2021.   I read to find nuggets of inspiration to make me better at my job and help our students with their college process. It’s amazing how, with an open mind, you can find res ...

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• December 2021: Your Own Nativity Story
  News • 12/28/2021
  Dear Friends, One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Breath of Heaven,” by Amy Grant. Not only is the music hauntingly beautiful, I think the lyrics truly capture what Mary might have been thinking as she was traveling to Bethlehem with Joseph, about to give birth to the Son of God. The ...

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• September 2021: Let Go and Let God
  News • 9/30/2021
  Dear Friends,  We have all been working so very hard in keeping our daily routines and our lives as normal as possible over the last eighteen months of the pandemic. Adjusting expectations, routines, and plans seems to be part of the “new normal.” At Archmere, we continue to try to ...

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• One Hundred and Eleven Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 9/13/2021
  The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both, for successful performance on the A ...

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• February 2021: The Gift of Faith
  News • 2/26/2021
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,  We are in the season of Lent - a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. During this pandemic, Lent has taken on an even deeper meaning for me. In the national and international news we hear about the needs of so many people affected by COVID-19, from t ...

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• Archmere Students Sweep the 2021 Scholastic Art Competition, Winning More Gold Key and Individual Awards than Any School in the State
  News • 1/23/2021
  Fifty-one Archmere Academy Students Recognized with 138 awards in 12 Art and Design categories, 5 Portfolio Awards, and 2 of 5 Statewide American Visions Awards (“Best in Show,” across all categories) Fifty-one Archmere Academy art students won recognition for their fine art accomplishme ...

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• David Kubacki '92 Uses the Power of Play to Solve Problems
  News • 10/30/2020
  Archmere alumnus David Kubacki '92 facilitated a LEGO SERIOUS PLAY workshop for the Class of 2024. His company ViaDel Consulting Group works with teams to enhance their productivity. He shares his experience in using play for team building and self-reflection. 

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• September 2020: Taking Care of Each Other
  News • 9/29/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, Last Sunday’s second reading from Saint Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he writes, “Brothers and sisters: if there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my jo ...

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• One Hundred and Four Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 9/1/2020
  The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program ®  (AP ® ) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performanc ...

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• Principals Letter - Health & Safety Plans
  News • 8/7/2020
  Dear Archmere Families, For those who were able to join us on our webinar last night, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to do so. We appreciate your supportive messages, and above all, your commitment in helping Archmere Academy to maintain a safe, healthy, and productive envi ...

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• April 2020
  News • 4/23/2020
  AP Exams Moved to Online Format Most of the Advanced Placement exams have been converted into a shortened, online format, where students can take the exam at home (or still in a school setting, if they reopen) on any device.  The College Board has set the Primary Testing schedule to r ...

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• Administrative Update - 04/21/2020
  News • 4/21/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, Most of us have been seeing one another "virtually" for more than a month now. I have remarked on several occasions to family and friends how fortunate we are to have this technology in these pandemic times, and how isolating and frightening it must ...

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• Administrative Update - 03/17/2020
  News • 3/17/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, As the days pass, we hear more and more about business and school closings, postponed and cancelled events, and new recommendations from federal, state, and local authorities on precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. With each day, ...

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• Administrative Update - 03/13/2020
  News • 3/13/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,    As of 8:00 a.m. this morning, Governor Carney enacted a State of Emergency in Delaware.  Recommended as part of his statement, the Governor asks that gatherings of large groups of people be minimized, and that we make collaborative ...

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• Chinwendu Emedoh '23 Speaks at the United Nations
  News • 2/28/2020
  Archmere Freshman  Chinwendu Emedoh spoke at the  United Nations' 5th International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11, 2020.  Chinwendu addressed the need for innovative ideas for girls in science in less privileged areas to over 800 attendees that day. An avi ...

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• Christian Miller '21 Attends National Student Leadership at Yale University
  News • 2/27/2020
  Archmere Mock Trial member Christian Miller '21 spent a few weeks last summer at Yale University at the National Student Leadership Conference. The  National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) provides a select group of outstanding high school students with the opportunity to partic ...

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• Seniors Hit the Runway
  News • 12/18/2019
  Article by seniors Phoebe Brinker and Emma Villaverde, Writers for  The Green Arch Lights, runway, dance! The 2019 Archmere Fashion Show held at DuPont Country Club showcased the Senior class who rocked a plethora of outfits, ranging from athleisure to business casual to even prom wear. Ea ...

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• Searching for the Best...Perhaps an Unhealthy Start
  News • 11/22/2019
  According to Google mobile searches for “best” grew over 80% in 2017 &; 2018 (Wheaton). As we begin initial meetings with juniors about their college search and selection, I wonder how many commence their search by asking Google, what is the best college for (insert major), as if they we ...

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• November 2019: Counting Our Blessings
  News • 11/21/2019
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,   My wife and I have been going through boxes of things that were stored for years in our closets, as we did some painting in our house over the last couple of months. We had several boxes of baby and children’s clothes, as well as sheets, towels, t ...

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• Ninety-Eight Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 9/5/2019
  The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program ®  (AP ® ) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performanc ...

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• Archmere Welcomes New Faculty Members
  News • 9/4/2019
  Archmere Academy welcomes several new faculty members hired to start the current academic year, bringing with them fresh viewpoints and new expertise in the vital fields of History, Mathematics, English, Spanish and Science. In addition, the Administration has appointed Mr. Carl Campion as the new D ...

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• 2019 Language Awards
  News • 5/30/2019
  GERMAN : Herzlichen Glückwunsch  to all students for their outstanding scores in the AATG National German Exam. The American Association of Teachers of German recognizes the achievements of those students in Level II and higher. This year only 5 German level IV students participated in the ...

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• Father Joseph McLaughlin Receives Carl Campion Service Award
  News • 1/31/2019
  On Thursday, January 31, 2019, Archmere Headmaster Dr. Michael Marinelli '76 presented Rev. Joseph McLaughlin, O.Praem the Carl Campion Service Award during the Catholic Schools Week Assembly. This award recognizes a (current/former) factulty/staff member’s devoted and exceptional service ...

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• Summer: Where the Days Are Longer
  News • 12/11/2018
  I’ve spent weeks trying to find a creative introduction to this entry. ;After searching movie quotes and song lyrics (the title coming from a snip-it of Ventura Highway by America), my brain has been unable to fall into a proper bilateral mode and I’ve come up with nothing. ; What I do k ...

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• September 2018: Old and New Traditions
  News • 9/20/2018
  B eing an eighty-six-year-old school, Archmere certainly has developed a number of traditions – customs and beliefs that are passed down from generation to generation. Schools like Archmere develop unique cultures based on these beliefs that are manifested in practices each day and events that ...

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• Ninety-Six Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
  News • 9/18/2018
  The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program  (AP ) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Ex ...

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• 2018 Language Awards
  News • 5/7/2018
  LANGUAGE AWARDS 2018 GERMAN: Herzlichen Glückwunsch to all students for their outstanding scores in the AATG National German Exam. The American Association of Teachers of German recognizes the achievements of those students in Level II and higher. Students receiving awards placed first among th ...

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• Archmere Seniors Plan to Continue Their Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level
  News • 4/30/2018
  Pictured are the 2018 Archmere senior athletes who plan on continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level.  Jacob DiBattista Elizabethtown College  Lacrosse Dominic Cipriano  John Carroll University  Football/Lacrosse Collin Jensen Lackawanna College  Baseball Syd ...

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• March 2018
  News • 3/16/2018
  Students Particpate in Delaware Envirothon The Delaware Envirothon provides students with an integrated approach to exploring five natural resource categories. It tests their creativity, analytical thinking, and team-building skills in a competitive format. Envirothon is a "day-in-the-field" wh ...

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• May 2017: Responding to the Message of Peace
  News • 5/25/2017
  W hen I was in grade school, I looked forward to May, not because it was the end of the school year – though that was exciting – but because it was the month of the Blessed Mother (and my birthday!) Every May, I would set up a “May Altar” in my bedroom. I really don’t k ...

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• 2017 Language Awards
  News • 5/18/2017
  GERMAN : Herzlichen Glückwunsch to all students for their outstanding scores in the AATG National German Exam. The American Association of Teachers of German recognizes the achievements of those students in Level II and higher. Students receiving awards placed first among the Delaware students. ...

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• March 2017
  News • 3/17/2017
  Art Students Participate in Memory Project The Memory Project is a charitable nonprofit organization that invites art teachers and their students to create and donate portraits to youth around the world who have faced substantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse, loss of parents, violence, an ...

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• March 2017: The Power of Family Life
  News • 3/17/2017
  On March 19th, we celebrated the  Feast of Saint Joseph  as the foster father of Jesus and the husband of Mary. From the Scriptures, we know very little about him. What was written can be pieced together to give some sense of who he was and what he might have been like. He was a carpenter ...

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• January 2017: Fulfilling Our Resolutions
  News • 1/19/2017
  I n January we often find ourselves working on those New Year’s resolutions we come up with during the Christmas holidays, when, as we are surrounded by the comforts of family, friends, food, and leisure time, we confidently imagine how we can improve our everyday experiences. So we set down e ...

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• December 2016: May Your Homes Be Blessed This Christmas
  News • 12/16/2016
  The fourth week of Advent is beginning  as I write this reflection. In grade school, I remember how excited I would be at this time of year with the school Christmas play, making “unique” Christmas gifts in art class for Mom and Dad (specifically a macaroni candle with an empty pape ...

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• November 2016: Giving Thanks For Our Community
  News • 11/15/2016
  O ne of the five core values we talk about is  Community.  It is a part of our  mission statement , written on the walls of our classrooms, included in our website and in printed literature about Archmere. It is a word that so many institutions use to describe the family-like atmosphe ...

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• Archmere Welcomes New Faculty Members
  News • 9/13/2016
  Archmere Academy welcomes eleven new faculty members hired to start the current academic year, bringing with them fresh viewpoints and new expertise in the vital fields of Physics, Chinese, Geometry, Fine Arts, Theology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Spanish, and English. The new members of our facul ...

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• 2016 Language Awards
  News • 6/8/2016
  LANGUAGE AWARDS 2016   GERMAN: The AATG National German Exam recognizes the achievements of those students in Level II and higher.   Representing German level 2 was Zachary Pease ’15 who placed in the 91 st percentile and Kurt Clements ’15 who placed in the 86 th percentile. Za ...

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• May 2016: On Being Anxious
  News • 5/1/2016
  I  am guessing that all of us have felt anxious at one time or another. You know some of the symptoms – perspiration, cold hands or sweaty palms, your stomach upset, your heart beating rapidly, pacing and an inability to relax. Amid all of the wonderful experiences life has to offer, we a ...

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• April 2016: The “Dark Night of the Soul” in the Light of the Easter Season
  News • 4/1/2016
  E aster arrived early this year. As I write this, forecasts of lower temperatures in the next few days remind us that spring may be delayed a little, even though we are counting the days of April. During this festive season in the Church, we still celebrate Easter for 50 days. Students and teac ...

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• February 2016: Using Our Gifts For The Good Of All - A Lenten Reflection
  News • 2/1/2016
  T here was a story in the news recently about a waitress at an Applebee’s in southern New Jersey who turned 90 years old. She had been working for the last 13 years at that restaurant, having worked at other eateries over many years. When interviewed, she said that she planned to continue work ...

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• Art Students Win Awards at Regional Scholastic Art Competition
  News • 1/27/2016
  Archmere students won over 92 awards at the 2016 Delaware Regional Scholastic Art &; Writing Awards, the nation’s most prestigious and competitive contest for excellence in fine art.

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• “Such stuff as dreams are made on….”
  News • 4/14/2015
  One of my favorite past times is visiting resale shops. I especially enjoy looking at old furniture and furnishings, imagining how things might have been used and where I might have a new use for it.

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• The Lenten Journey: Living Up To Our Expectations
  News • 2/10/2015
  In preparation for a Lenten retreat for heads of schools given by the Diocese of Wilmington in March, I am reading the book, “ Blessings for Leaders ” by Dan R. Ebener. He uses the construct of the Beatitudes to discuss effective characteristics and qualities that leaders should possess, ...

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• A Time of Remembrance
  News • 11/6/2014
  At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year, in 1918, the  armistice  took effect, ending World War I.

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• The Challenge of Embracing That Which We Cannot Change
  News • 5/6/2014
  Lily of the Valley, a delicate flower that blooms in the spring (late April and early May) is a sweetly-scented and highly poisonous plant native throughout the Northern Hemisphere.  The flower was a favorite of my wife’s Aunt Rose, who, at the age of 101, passed away in the early morning ...

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• Carly Ciarrocchi '04 Is Living Her Dream
  News • 5/6/2014
  Archmere Academy graduate Carly Ciarrocchi has been involved in musicals and plays since the age of 8. While at Archmere, she excelled in the performing arts program. Now, she is living her dream as a TV show host on the kids' station Sprout. --

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• Archmere Students Earn Scholastic Art Awards
  News • 1/29/2014
  Several Archmere students were recognized with Scholastic Art Awards for works submitted on January 6, 2014.  One Gold Key and three Silver Key awards were given to Archmere students for portfolio submissions. Eight students received Gold Key awards for individual works and thirteen students re ...

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• A New Year and New Beginnings
  News • 1/8/2014
  I have always enjoyed working in a school environment because the academic calendar punctuates the seasons of the year with beginnings and endings. This rhythmic approach to the year seems so natural, like inhaling and exhaling. Those who do not keep an academic calendar still celebrate beginni ...

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• Saying “Yes” Every Day
  News • 10/7/2013
  Where has summer gone? After a busy start of the school year in August, and event-packed September, who can remember the summer as October begins?

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• Megan Healy Corey '02 and Amy Trelenberg '02: Shop Mamie opens in Trolley Square
  News • 8/27/2013
  Lots of teenage girls tending their wardrobes dream of one day opening their own boutique to rescue fashion victims. But for best friends and Wilmington natives Megan Healy Corey'02 and Amy Trelenberg '02, launching their apparel and accessories store in cyberspace was a safer bet. After spe ...

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• Air Conditioning
  News • 8/27/2013
  Comic by Michael Maslin What does it do for us? As I was driving on an 80-degree evening at the beach, I pulled up to a stoplight. Next to me was a large SUV with the windows up and AC on. I suspected mom and daughter were sipping on some cool drinks. I was driving a convertible with the top down, a ...

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• Carol Reardon Thomson '79 Honored as Archmere Academy Alumna of the Year
  News • 6/18/2013
  On June 2nd, Dr. Michael Marinelli '76 presented Carol Reardon Thomson '79 with the 2013 Archmere Academy Alumna of the Year Award. Carol is only the second female graduate to receive this award. Carol was honored for her unwavering commitment, her sincere dedication, and her deep-rooted beliefs tha ...

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• Gothic Cathedrals to Gourmet Kitchens
  News • 6/18/2013
  Having just returned from a week-long immersion into the Nobertine Midwest culture of Saint Norbert  Abbey and  College  in De Pere, Wisconsin, many ideas and images are circulating in my head. A short stop in Chicago on the return trip to engage  Archmere  alumni living in ...

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• Archmere Students Earn Language Awards
  News • 6/5/2013
  Several Archmere students participated in national language exams in the areas of German, French and Spanish. The AATG National German Exam recognizes the achievements of those students in Level II and higher. The National French Contest, a challenging exam sponsored by the American Association Teac ...

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• 41st Honors Convocation
  News • 4/19/2013
  On Wednesday, we recognized students at Archmere who, throughout the course of the year, have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership at the 41st Honors Convocation ceremony, held in the Performing Arts Center. Below is my address to the students.

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• Pray Hard
  News • 3/9/2013
  On Wednesday, March 6, there was a flurry of media coverage around the Dow Jones Industrial Average breaking an all-time high – and, as I write this, the average sits at 14,338.81, up 0.3% from the opening bell. This news of economic upswing (even if slight,) provides a contrast to the early d ...

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• TD Ameritrade Chairman & Former AUK Coach Joe Moglia To Speak to Students
  News • 2/26/2013
  Former Archmere football coach, Joe Moglia is Chairman of the Board at TD Ameritrade, a position he has held since 2008, and the Head Football Coach of Coastal Carolina University. A respected coach, businessman and philanthropist, Joe has been inducted into three Halls of Fame, is the recipient of ...

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• Jason Andrechak '13 & Steve Horan '72
  News • 2/21/2013
  Archmere's students are inspired to distinction in the classroom, on the athletic fields, in the studio, on the stage and in the community every day. After graduation, our alumni go on to become successful professionals in their fields, leaders in the community, and living testimonies of their Archm ...

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• Finding Common Ground
  News • 1/7/2013
  I hope that all of our Archmere families enjoyed time together over the Christmas holidays. It is a wonderful time to reconnect with family and friends that we do not see as often as we would like. My wife and I enjoy gathering the family together in our home to make sure that we stay in touch. But ...

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• Corinne Sullivan '13 & Megan Totino Consedine '87
  News • 11/28/2012
  Archmere's students are inspired to distinction in the classroom, on the athletic fields, in the studio, on the stage and in the community every day. After graduation, our alumni go on to become successful professionals in their fields, leaders in the community, and living testimonies of their Archm ...

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• Season of Thanks & Seeing the Extraordinary
  News • 11/12/2012
  Last weekend, my wife and I attended a wedding of a young couple who were married at Immaculate Conception Chapel on the campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md. The priest, a friend of the couple, talked about the sacrament of marriage, and in his explanation, he focused on ...

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• Archmere Student Learns About Law During Internship
  News • 10/4/2012
  Archmere Senior Kenny Screven, an intern with the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, was highlighted on their Web site for his work as a legal intern with MWUL Project Ready Internship at the Legal Services Corporation of Delaware. Read More.

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• Vice President Biden Speaks at DE Sports' Hall of Fame Event Honoring Coach Walsh
  News • 5/21/2012
  Vice President and Archmere Alumnus Joseph R. Biden '61 served as a surprise speaker at the 2012 Delaware Sports Museum Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday, May 17, 2012. He attended in honor of Coach E. John Walsh, who was being inducted into the Hall of Fame. “He urged us to play the ...

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• Jamie Newitt - Class of 2002
  News • 5/14/2012
  When The Heavy Pets’ drummer, Jamie Newitt ’02, started high school as a freshman at Archmere Academy, he was “at a pretty inexperienced stage on (his) musical path, just getting started on drums.” That is, until he enrolled in a few music classes taught by Archmere’s t ...

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• Keely (Bohner) Barber - Class of 1994
  News • 4/30/2012
  Keely (Bohner) Barber ’94 says that “to work hard and be ambitious” were among some of the values that were instilled in her as a student at Archmere. A Territory Manager for Merck Animal Health with several years of experience in the medical and veterinary pharmaceutical industrie ...

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• Former Archmere Coach E. John Walsh To Be Inducted into the DE Sports Hall of Fame
  News • 3/13/2012
  A successful coach in six sports over four decades at Archmere Academy and Concord High School, John Walsh is believed to be the only person to be named the state's high school coach of the year in three sports. He will be inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony on May 17.

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• Student Language Awards
  News • 6/29/2011
  The Language Awards were presented at the Student Awards Assembly in May. Numerous students were recognized for their achievement in German, French or Spanish. The listing of these awards is included here.

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• Archmere Academy to be highlighted at "Claymont Remembered" Event
  News • 3/4/2011
  The Friends of Claymont Stone School, Inc. will be hosting a "Claymont Remembered" Event on Saturday, March 12.

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• Thoroughly Modern Millie Charms Philly.com Contributors
  News • 3/1/2011
  Check out these two articles on Philly.com, praising Archmere Academy's winter musical: Unforgettable Thoroughly Modern Millie A thoroughly high-spirited 'Modern Millie'

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• February 2026: Underneath the Arches
  News • 3/3/2026
  Dear friends, Mrs. Raskob wrote in her diary about the architectural plans for Archmere, stating, “Recently, I read that every real home should have four rooms, each one contributing to the maintenance of our lives - a dining room to nourish the body, a music room to strengthen the soul, a liv ...

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• December 2025: A Faithful Friend
  News • 1/12/2026
  A Faithful Friend   A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter:      he that has found one has found a treasure. There is nothing so precious as a faithful friend,      and no scales can measure his excellence. A faithful friend is an elixir of life; ...

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• Daniel Hickey, Ed.D., ’89 Appointed Head of School-Elect—Comes Home to Archmere Academy
  News • 12/11/2025
  Important Message from the Archmere Board of Trustees:  The Archmere Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of  Daniel Hickey, Ed.D. ’89  as Archmere Academy’s next Head of School, effective  July 1, 2026 . After an extensive national and internation ...

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• November 2025: A Season of Simplicity: What the First Norbertines Teach Us Today
  News • 12/8/2025
  Dear friends, It may have been a cold, wet, cloudy day in Prémontré, France in 1121 when Saint Norbert and about 30 of his confreres professed their vows for the first time on Christmas Day to establish the Canons Regular of Prémontré, or The Premonstratensians. Think about that ...

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• October 2025: When Faith Becomes Fearless
  News • 11/3/2025
  Dear friends, We just celebrated Halloween, when young and old enjoy parties, trick-or-treating, and scary things. According to the American Brain Foundation, people enjoy being frightened as long as they know they are safe, because of the physiological effect. The rush of adrenaline and the release ...

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• May/June 2025: Prepared for Every Good Work: Lessons from the Life of Saint Norbert
  News • 6/11/2025
  Dear friends, Each year on June 6th the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Norbert. It has been overlooked at Archmere for quite a number of years, because in most years, the school year has already ended, and graduation has taken place. Every few years, however, commencement is held on June 6th, ...

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• March 2025: It's Not the View, It's the Climb
  News • 4/1/2025
  Dear friends, On Sunday, March 30, we rededicated and blessed the Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Performing Arts Center. It is a significant event in Archmere’s history. Approximately 300 guests were in attendance for Mass, which was followed by a luncheon in the Patio. I share with you my commen ...

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• Archmere Art Students Recognized With 186 Scholastic Art Awards!
  News • 1/16/2025
  Sixty-one Archmere Academy Art Students Recognized with 186 Awards in 2025 Scholastic Art Competition, winning the most awards of any school in the State of Delaware for 5th Consecutive Year!   To view a slideshow of the award-winning student art and design, please click  here .

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• October 2024: Making Choices
  News • 11/7/2024
  Dear friends, Needless to say, this fall has been a time of making choices for all of us with the most recent national and local elections. November is also the traditional time when our students are deciding about “early decision” or “early action” for colleges and universit ...

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• September 2024: Connecting the Past, Present, and Future
  News • 10/3/2024
  Dear friends, I am excited to look to the future and begin another school year, while, at the same time, I have been engaged in conversations about Archmere’s history and heritage. Reflecting on the last month, it was reassuring to me that the important connections between the Archmere of the ...

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• National Art Honor Society Completes Collaborative Mural Project with Mary Campbell Center Residents
  News • 8/23/2024
  The Mary Campbell Center’s Charmie Welch Hallway, which houses its Learning Center, Physical Development and Aquatics areas, recently received a vibrant makeover with the installation of the Center’s first resident-created mural. Led by Archmere Academy alumna and granddaughter of MCC co ...

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• May/June 2024: The Class of 2024: "Movers and Shapers with Names in Tomorrow’s Papers"
  News • 6/6/2024
  Dear Friends, On Sunday, June 2, Archmere Academy held Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2024 in the Performing Arts Center theater. The Baccalaureate Mass, celebrated by Fr. Joseph McLaughlin, O.Praem., took place on Saturday afternoon in the theater, as well. I delivered the following commen ...

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• April 2024: God is love. God is here.
  News • 5/2/2024
  Dear Friends, We are still in the Easter Season and the Mass readings for the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Sundays of Easter are from Saint John. In the second reading from the first letter of John, on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, it begins: “Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed ...

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• September 2023: Mattering
  News • 9/29/2023
  Dear Friends, After a number of years out of the classroom, I am teaching once again this year. I am very excited to be the instructor for the theology class, “Norbertine History and Spirituality,” an elective for 11th and 12th grade students. It was a course I proposed to be added to th ...

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• May/June 2023: “Unplug” for the Summer
  News • 6/12/2023
  Dear Friends, Now that another school year is over, hopefully students’ summer schedules provide a break from the daily rigor of classes, sports and activities of the other nine months of the year. Hopefully, it is a time for students to have time to relax and recharge.  In recent weeks, ...

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• Archmere Art Students Sweep Scholastic Art Competition for a Third Year in a Row!
  News • 1/17/2023
  For the third consecutive year, Archmere won more individual awards and more Gold Key awards than any school in the state of Delaware at the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards Show! Seventy-one Archmere Academy Students Recognized with 142 awards in 11 art and design categories including 4 Portfolio
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• December 2022: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
  News • 12/19/2022
  Dear Friends, This past September, my wife and I had our first grandchild - a girl named Virginia Jane born to our son and daughter-in-law. I had forgotten what it was like to hold a newborn child since our children, nieces and nephews were born many years ago. It is an indescribable feeling to hold ...

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• May 2022: We Are Always Connected
  News • 6/1/2022
  Dear Friends, “I am with you always, until the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:20b) This was the verse before the Gospel at Ascension Thursday Mass. This year, the feast day on May 26 (celebrated on the following Sunday, May 29, in the Diocese of Wilmington and Camden, but celebrated on T ...

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• April 2022: An Easter Message of Sacrifice and Hope
  News • 4/29/2022
  Dear Friends, We just celebrated Easter Sunday and the Octave of Easter, which concluded with Divine Mercy Sunday. With our Lenten prayers, fasting, and almsgiving over, and the celebration of Easter Sunday behind us, perhaps we feel as though we are sliding back to our pre-Lenten and pre-Easter dai ...

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• For Second Year in a Row, Archmere Art Students Sweep Scholastic Art Competition
  News • 1/14/2022
  For the second consecutive year in a row, Archmere art students have won more Gold Key awards and more individual awards than any other school in the state of Delaware, sweeping the 2022 Statewide Scholastic Art competition. Sixty-one Archmere Academy students have been recognized with 126 awar ...

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• Archmere Welcomes New Faculty Members
  News • 9/1/2021
  Archmere Academy welcomes several new faculty members hired to start the current academic year, bringing with them fresh viewpoints and new expertise in the vital fields of History, Mathematics, Theology, Art, and Science. In addition, the Athletic Department hired a new Assistant Athletic Director ...

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• May 2021: Creating Meaning From Our Experiences
  News • 5/27/2021
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,  “Things happen for a reason,” is a coined phrase we hear, but what would be the reason for a pandemic? This question is similar to the one, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” which Rabbi Harold Kushner addresses in his boo ...

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• March 2021: Together with God Among the People
  News • 3/31/2021
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,  Holy Week has begun, and we heard the Gospel of Saint Mark recount the passion and death of Jesus on Palm Sunday. We will hear another account by Saint John on Good Friday, as part of the Easter Triduum of services, beginning with the Mass of the Lord ...

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• Administrative Update - 07/10/2020
  News • 7/10/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community: This summer has been like no other I have ever experienced. As a result of the impact of COVID-19 on our lives, we are wearing masks on the beach and sitting in front of computer screens for several hours at a time in virtual meetings. It has been nearly four ...

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• Administrative Update - 05/12/2020
  News • 5/16/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, We have a serving plate in our kitchen that has hairline cracks, a couple of chips, and is a little faded. It was my mother's plate, and perhaps she even inherited it from her mother.  Even though it is very weathered, I still like it. I thought about the ...

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• Administrative Update - 05/05/2020
  News • 5/5/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, "I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me." (John 10:14) We heard these words as the verse to the Gospel Acclamation - the Alleluia - before last Sunday’s Gospel.  I would venture to say that most of us have never enc ...

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• Administrative Update - 04/28/2020
  News • 4/28/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, For the last several weeks, Catholics have been unable to receive communion, since churches are closed due to the pandemic. Instead, many of us have been making an act of spiritual communion, which we pray at the time of communion as part of virtual services t ...

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• Administrative Update - 04/14/2020
  News • 4/14/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, It's Easter! The long wait of Lent is over, and we are now in a time of celebration. Forty days of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving gives way, through the Easter Triduum, to fifty days of hope and joy when Jesus resurrected was present to his followers. IT WAS ...

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• Administrative Update - 04/07/2020
  News • 4/7/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, In the Gospel reading for today's Mass, the scene is the Last Supper, when Judas leaves the table and Peter claims that he will never leave Jesus' side. Both abandon him, as do the rest of his disciples - his friends. Jesus must have felt so isolated, betrayed ...

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• Archmere Alum Makes her Name in the Food Blogging Industry
  News • 4/7/2020
  Article by Archmere senior Phoebe Brinker, Writer for  The Green Arch From the beginning, Skyler Bouchard ‘11 knew her passions: food and media. Bouchard still remembers her first vision of merging these two interests into a future career occurred in Archmere’s cafeteria as she was ...

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• What About College?: Control What You Can
  News • 3/30/2020
  Week three of home confinement starts tomorrow and I'm nearing acceptance that a longer haul is to come. We did our first grocery home delivery order yesterday and are well stocked in paper supplies. My biggest concern right now is my immediate family; providing my children safety, love, structure, ...

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• Administrative Update - 03/24/2020
  News • 3/24/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, In the first reading of the Mass last Sunday, March 22, from the first Book of Samuel, is the statement, "Not as man sees does God see . . . " (1 Samuel 16:7) Sometimes we may find it hard to "let go and let God" happen in our lives which are well-planned and ...

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• Reflecting & Connecting Grayson and the College Admission Process
  News • 8/27/2019
  Just like many of you, I spent some time during my final week of summer to read our schoolwide book, Grayson by Lynne Cox. While it might have been better if I had finished up the required reading before the last week of summer (sorry, Mr. Jordan), it ended up being serendipitous timing as it allowe ...

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• Archmere Welcomes Eleven New Faculty Members
  News • 9/11/2018
  Archmere Academy welcomes eleven new faculty members hired to start the current academic year, bringing with them fresh viewpoints and new expertise in the vital fields of History, Fine Arts, English, Science, Chinese, Spanish and Theology. In addition, the Administration has added a new Associate D ...

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• I Recommend Getting Lost on Your College Visit (Really!)
  News • 3/27/2018
  The months of March and April are some of the busiest for college visit centers. ; Caravans of high school juniors on Spring and Easter Break are taking advantage of vacations to visit potential future homes. ; Accepted seniors return to campuses to finalize their enrollment choices, and even eager ...

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• Being Deferred: Application Purgatory
  News • 12/27/2017
  Synonyms for an application deferral – limbo, postponed decision, holding pattern, punting, wait and see, delayed decision, and application purgatory. ; The result is the same, your application decision is coming at a later date, usually in a school’s Regular Decision (RD) review. Univer ...

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• Opportunities to Explore and Learn at Local Colleges
  News • 9/28/2017
  Below are some wonderful October symposium, lectures, and discussions offered at local colleges that are open to the public.

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• Everyone is Business...A review of Why Business program.
  News • 6/26/2017
  An outstanding panel shared their wisdom and advice to Archmere students and parents last week regarding majoring in business, the different tracks and majors offered within business schools, what is good preparation for college business programs, and many other items. ; “There are so many dif ...

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• June 2017: A Tale of Two Stories
  News • 6/22/2017
  A t this time of the year, I become very nostalgic and reflective whenever I am asked by people, “How was the school year?” Having just experienced once again the traditions and rites of passage that go along with the Archmere experience for our students, I cannot help but be proud and i ...

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• September 2016
  News • 9/6/2016
  Archmere Students Visit Alaska Alaska is the most picturesque classroom: glaciers, mountains, Copper River Delta, birding colonies, Prince William Sound and more! This summer a group of our Auks left for their amazing Alaskan adventure and watched salmon spawning in the Copper River Delta, explored ...

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• March 2016: Experiencing God's Mercy
  News • 3/1/2016
  W e are more than halfway through the season of  Lent . The word “Lent”, derived from Old English, means “spring”. This particular week in March we seem to be experiencing an early spring with 70-degree days and sunshine. The  Church calendar  sets aside these& ...

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• Fathers and Sons
  News • 6/6/2014
  I was once like you are now, and I know that it’s not easy, To be calm, when you’ve found something going on. But take your time, think a lot, Why, think of everything you’ve got. For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not. –  “Father And Son̶ ...

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• Stewards of the Gifts We Have Been Given
  News • 2/7/2014
  On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Fr. Domenic Rossi, O.Praem., spoke to the students, faculty, and staff at an assembly. Father is the  Founder  and Executive Director of Bethesda Project , one of Philadelphia’s largest interfaith homeless housing and support organizations. In a very cha ...

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• The Life of Augustine: Finding Our Path Through Archmere
  News • 8/29/2013
  A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to the beautiful song, “Homeward Bound” by Marta Keen . I thought about my life’s journey and what “home” has meant to me in the context of my life’s travels.

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• Fred Maahs '80 to speak at the Closing Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary March on Washington
  News • 8/27/2013
  Fred Maahs '80, Chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), will speak at the Closing Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary March on Washington on Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Maahs is scheduled to speak prior to President Barack Obama who takes the podium at 3PM EST, which ...

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• Rev. Thomas A. Hagendorf, O.Praem.'s Funeral Mass Homily
  News • 8/22/2013
  Rev. Thomas A. Hagendorf, O.Praem. was on the faculty of Archmere from 1964 to 1988, serving as religion teacher, librarian, college counselor, superior of Immaculate Conception Priory, and member of The Board of Trustees. His Funeral Mass was celebrated at Saint Norbert Abbey on May 23, 2013; Fathe ...

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• 25,000 Mornings
  News • 6/7/2013
  25,000 mornings… I heard in this recent tourism commercial that the average person lives 25,000 mornings. Of course, the commercial is advertising a vacation destination, but I hang on to the idea of 25,000 mornings and find the thought to be one for deeper reflection.

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• Archmere Academy Receives National Athletic Trainer's 'Safe School' Award
  News • 6/3/2013
  Archmere Academy is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School award for its Athletic Program. The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes. The award reinforces the importance of providing ...

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• “Tis the Month of Our Mother:” Celebrating Mary & Our Mothers
  News • 5/8/2013
  “’Tis the Month of Our Mother” is an older Catholic hymn sung often at this time of year when the Catholic Church traditionally has honored Mary during the month of May. The first lines of the song are: ’Tis the month of our Mother, The blessed and beautiful days, When our li ...

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• Change, Tradition and Preparing Spiritually this Advent Season
  News • 12/7/2012
  In a recent article entitled, “’Big Data’ Technology’s Frontier” in the Drexel University iSchool Magazine, “Bridge,” entrepreneur Yori Milner is cited, stating that “in any 48-hour period in 2010, more data was created that had been created by all of ...

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• Archmere Alum Bob Dunn '55: The North Pole is calling
  News • 11/26/2012
  Archmere alum, Bob Dunn '55, was recently profiled nationally for his enthusiastic work as a "Santa" for the past eight years. Bob will be returning to the Sooner Mall in Norman, Oklahoma and was included in 17,000 photos taken last year. ;"The job is pure joy," Dunn said. "For 46 weeks out of the ...

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• Katherine Christenbury '13 & Meagan Miller '92
  News • 10/12/2012
  Archmere's students are inspired to distinction in the classroom, on the athletic fields, in the studio, on the stage and in the community every day. After graduation, our alumni go on to become successful professionals in their fields, leaders in the community, and living testimonies of their Archm ...

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• Finding "Home" at Archmere
  News • 10/11/2012
  Some years ago I read Roads to Santiago: A Modern Day Pilgrimage through Spain by Gees Nooteboom, in which he quotes Julien Gracq who wrote La Forme d’une ville. Nooteboom paraphrases “ . . . when people think back on a city they have visited they take their mental image of a few buildin ...

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• "Welcome!" and "Why am I Here?"
  News • 8/14/2012
  A greeting and a question – so that’s how you start your first blog post as we are about to begin another school year? I asked myself this question in addition to a few others this summer as I considered what I wanted to share with all of you. And I decided that it was important not only ...

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• Archmere Trainer Jim Malseed to Receive Sports Medicine Award
  News • 4/24/2012
  Archmere Athletic Trainer James Malseed will be presented with the Ted Quedinfeld Award by the Philadelphia Sports Medicine Congress at their annual Symposium and Luncheon on Friday, June 1st, in Philadelphia.

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• Classes 1950-1959
  News • 2/10/2011
  Gonzalo T. Palacios, Ph.D. '55  announces that his  latest book, MARY, THE UNWED MOTHER OF GOD  was recently published by Xulon Press. It deals with our continued adherence to the Laws of Moses instead of the Law of Christ, that of Love. Mary's words in Cana. "Do what He tells you". s ...

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• March 2026: Caring for our Land
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• January 2026: Sharing Our Blankets
  News • 2/4/2026
  Dear friends, When we enter this world, our life experiences and stories from our parents and families shape our realities. They help us understand what is sacred, what is truth, what represents danger and those things that are not good for us. So many elements, some common and others unique to us, ...

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• February 2025: A Lent Filled with Love
  News • 2/27/2025
  Dear friends, I have three grandchildren - two-and-a-half years, 11 months, and 7 months old. They are such precious gifts to my wife and me. Watching them grow and learn, being with them is such an indescribable pleasure: clasping their hands as they take their first steps in learning to walk, taki ...

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• December 2023: Lessons from My Childhood Christmas Play
  News • 12/19/2023
  Dear Friends, Each year before Christmas when I was a student in my parish elementary school - Saint Helena’s, in Bellefonte, just down the Philadelphia Pike from Archmere Academy - the students would present the traditional Christmas story of the birth of Jesus. I remember being one of the Th ...

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• March 2023: A Family Story and the Easter Promise
  News • 3/31/2023
  Dear Friends, Everybody has a family story to tell. The story of my grandparents – my father’s parents – has probably shaped my life the most. It began in the hills of central Italy in a rural hill town where my grandmother was born. When she was about twenty-years-old, she came to ...

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• Novel Thinking About Admission (Entry 4) - Less Can Be Better
  News • 8/23/2022
  Inspiration taken from The Paradox of Choice - Why More is Less , by Barry Schwartz . I read to find nuggets of inspiration to make me better at my job and help our students with their college process. It’s amazing how, with an open mind, you can find resources that apply to the college proces ...

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• Novel Thinking About Admission (Entry 3) – College Search Experience Develops Pedigree
  News • 2/18/2022
  Inspiration taken from Pedigree – how Elite Students get Elite Jobs, by Lauren Rivera . ; I read to find nuggets of inspiration to make me better at my job and help our students with their college process. It’s amazing how, with an open mind, you can find resources that apply to the coll ...

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• Novel Thinking in College Admissions - What Size Pond?
  News • 11/15/2021
  Hate to admit it, I didn’t read much in my childhood. Even resisted picking books up in college until well into my adult years (measured in age, not maturity). Perhaps, because I read at a snail’s pace or because I didn’t have the patience to appreciate the benefits of losing mysel ...

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• April 2021: After the Easter Lilies Have Died
  News • 4/30/2021
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community,  It has been nearly a month since Easter Sunday. While we are still in the Easter Season, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, has the excitement and joy of Easter Sunday waned for you? Even if we did virtually or in-person celebrate the meaningful and ...

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• Making the Most of Virtual
  News • 9/23/2020
  The college search almost always starts on the internet. Students will Google a school, enter criteria in a college search engine, or visit a specific school’s website in an effort to find more information. This is because the internet is our quick and efficient resource. In seconds, billions ...

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• May 2020: Let the Light Shine
  News • 5/29/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, O most blessed Light divine, Shine within these hearts of yours, And our inmost being fill! These words are taken from the Sequence, “Come, Holy Spirit,” in Latin, “Veni Sancte Spiritus,” that we sing or proclaim at Mass during the day ...

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• Administrative Update - 05/19/2020
  News • 5/19/2020
  Dear Members of the Archmere Community, May is a particularly nostalgic month for me. My father died 48 years ago on May 14th when I was in eighth grade, two weeks before my 14th birthday and three weeks before my grade school graduation. I had already been accepted to Archmere with a scholarship, w ...

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• Retreat
  News • 12/10/2013
  The word  retreat , I believe, is not a part of the vocabulary of the average successful American. As a verb,  retreat   means  to withdraw “from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable.” As a noun, it  signifies  “the process of receding from a ...

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• Lessons In Remembrance
  News • 11/6/2013
  The Archmere Academy community ushered in November with a Mass on the first day of the month celebrating the Feast of  All Saints . In recent years, to prepare for this month traditionally set aside in the Church as a time when we especially remember all those who have died, we have begun the t ...

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• An Old Order in a New World: Norbertine Tradition in America
  News • 7/9/2013
  One of my favorite summer activities is to catch up on reading that I put aside during the school year. The most recent book in my stack that I just finished is  Dr. Jean van Stratum’s  biography of Abbot Bernard H. Pennings, O.Praem., founder of the Norbertine Order in the United St ...

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• Dr. Stephen Kushner '80 and Dr. Damian Andrisani '91 recognized by National Athlletic Trainers Association
  News • 5/30/2013
  The Archmere Auks Athletic Medicine Staff consisting of Dr. Stephen Kushner '80, Dr. Damian Andrisani '91, Jim Malseed, and Katy Ellis, is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School award for its Athletic Program. Archmere Academy is the first school is Del ...

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• Garth McKinney '90 named English Teacher of the Year by the New Hampshire Council of Teachers of English
  News • 5/16/2013
  It wasn't the letter he was expecting to receive in the mail. In fact, Garth McKinney said he read the letter twice before it sank in. ;McKinney, the Language Arts coordinator at Merrimack Middle School and North Reading resident, was talking about the letter he received over vacation indicating tha ...

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• Classes 1970-1979
  News • 2/10/2011
  Jim Downey '76 and his wife, Tina, have two children, Jim and Melissa. He works as an Officical for Division I Football. Jim is also the Development Manager for BLOCS, Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools, an organization committed to  giving children access to a high qu ...

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• Preparing for College Transition
  News • 8/1/2019
  Tassels have been turned and after the summer you will be off to a new home. You spent four years working hard to gain admission to, and succeed, at a wonderful university. After spending almost 18 months or more on the college search, application, and selection process, we recommend you focus on th ...

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• Lies, damned lies, and statistics: Present State of SAT & ACT
  News • 12/19/2018
  The college search and selection provides many rewards and growth opportunities. ; Some more rewarding than others. ; Testing (SAT, ACT, Subject Tests) is a piece of the application process that students must navigate through. ; They were initially created to level the playing fields for college adm ...

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• Be Your Own Interesting, Not Someone Else’s
  News • 1/16/2018
  Snow days, late starts, and periods of cabin fever are a perfect excuse to commence conversations about summer plans. ; WARNING: Please do not start this discussion with your college counselor like this, “Will a college like to see this summer experience on my application?” ; If the non- ...

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• Opportunities to Explore and Learn at Local Colleges
  News • 9/7/2017
  The colleges and universities in our backyard provide amazing opporutnities for students to explore and learn more about topics that interest them. ;We hope to highlight a few that are open to the public on a regular basis and encourage students to search for others that might excite them. ;Listed i ...

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• Changing Definition of Demonstrated Interest
  News • 7/27/2017
  I sat at a table this May in St. Michaels, Maryland, at an invite only conference of about 30 high school and college professionals listening to admission deans and directors report on the successes of their incoming classes, frantically trying to jot down notes and keep up with the statistics and p ...

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• Starting Over - Exciting or Scary?
  News • 9/6/2012
  A new school year begins, and with it comes excitement, expectations, stress, and pressure. It seems that today’s high school students are under more pressure than generations before them. Well-respected headmaster of Roxbury Latin School in Cambridge, Massachuestts and Episcopal priest, Rev. ...

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• Classes 1960-1969
  News • 2/10/2011
  Wes Mullen '68 and his wife Connie are traveling to Iceland at the end of May 2017. He has also published his fourth book, Flaneur in a Porkpie Hat. It should be available in September on Amazon as well as his website, WesleyRMullen.com. His daughter Stephanie received her M.A. from Duquesne Un ...

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• Classes 1980-1989
  News • 2/10/2011
  Austin Appleton  '89    retired from the U.S. Army on 19 May 2017 after over 24 years of active service with his last assignment as the Deputy Commander of the New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Him and his family have since moved to Houston, TX where he will be em ...

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• Classes 2010-2015
  News • 2/9/2011
  Michael Falkenstein '12 graduated UMBC with a Masters in Computer Science and a Minor in Economics in May 2017. Charlotte Rath ’13 is a senior at Lafayette College. She is an International Affairs major minoring in Spanish. Charlotte was named to the Dean’s List Spring and Fall of 2015 a ...

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• The College Transition: Preparing to Make a Five a Ten
  News • 6/28/2022
  We picked up my daughter, Kennedy, a few weeks ago from her first year of college. As we stuffed the final clothes from her floor into laundry bags and stuffed random Keurig pods into boxes, we began to reflect on the year. I asked her, “on a scale from one-to-ten; how was your freshman year?& ...

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• Enrichment Opportunities at Local Colleges
  News • 1/27/2018
  Our local colleges and universities provide a wealth of opportunities to expand our knowledge and awareness of the world around us. ;All of the engagements below are open and free to the public. ;

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• Classes 2000-2009
  News • 2/10/2011
  Caroline (Corrigan) Eskow '02 and husband Adam welcomed a baby boy, Charlie George, on May 24, 2017. Big brother Jack loves having a brother! Alan Browning '05 is a Software Engineer at Google. Ryan Browning '01 is an attorney at Manion, Gaynor and Manning. Courtney Gannon Fox '07 and Martin Fox wel ...

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• Classes 1990-1999
  News • 2/10/2011
  Ann Marie Mancuso Gerhart '97   and her husband Lee Gerhart welcomed their second child, Luca Joseph, born May 24, 2016. Luca was 6 pounds, 10 ounces and 21 inches. He joins his big sister, Lia Marie.  Abbot Richard Antonucci, O. Praem. baptized Luca on August 14, 2016 at Saints Si ...

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