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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 Scholars Foundation (ESF) and the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust, Platt Evans Scholars are chosen based on showing a strong caddie record, excellent academics, financial need and outstanding character. 

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 off the field. 

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 opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships worth more than $28 million that will be offered to the winners. The selection of approximately 6,780 Merit Scholarship award winners from the group of nearly 15,000 will be decided in March.

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 English Teacher Mr. Stephen Klinge. 2024 editor was Alicia Chu ’24. This year, schools in 46 states and five countries nominated 422 student magazines. 

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, communication between members is excellent... expressive and poignant...Magnificent Group...Top Notch Performance.

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 of creative professionals, and awarded for its outstanding merit in originality, skill, and the emergence of your personal voice and vision.

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 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware to acknowledge and honor the region’s best and brightest future leaders who take it upon themselves to make a significant difference in their schools and communities. As a selected student, Kellyn will be honored and recognized during a special celebration held at the National Constitution Center.

During each Catholic Schools Week since 2017, Archmere Academy presents the Carl S. Campion Service Award to a member of the Archmere community in recognition of their dedicated service with consistent, selfless giving for the school community, and a commitment to the many facets of Archmere life. Character, dedication, integrity, and humility have defined the lifelong service of Mr. Campion and this year's recipient, Ms. Anne Wisgo, has similarly left her indelible mark on the Archmere community.

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 Scholastic Art Awards' American Vision Nominees. Grace is an AP 2D Design student of Archmere Art Teacher, Ms. Rachel Briggs.

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 in the night. Students could opt to submit their sagas to a national level competition via the Young Writers 2024 “Fright Club” contest. 

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 consecutive win. 

 

To view a slideshow of the award-winning student art and design, please click here.

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 country's top high school track and field athletes at the world's premier indoor track and field facility. Kindred Ballard ’26 broke the school record in the shot put with a throw of 36-5.5!