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2025

March

March 2025
3/10/2025
HRAI Students Rack Up Honors and Awards

Congratulations to Valentina Ramos '26, piano winner of the 2025 Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians, (13-15 category). Valentina performed the first movement of Grieg Concerto in A Minor, Op 16. Valentina is a student of Natalia Varloshova. The winners of the DCCYM will perform with the Wilmington Community Orchestra in the Concert Hall of the Wilmington location of The Music School of Delaware on Friday, May 9 at 7:30 pm.

In addition, violinist McKayla Hwang '27 received Honorable Mention in the 2025 Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians, (13-15 category) for her Mozart Concerto No. 3. McKayla is a student of Shelley Beard.

Congratulations and best wishes to Isabelle Kim '27, soprano, a national finalist for the Music Teachers National Association Senior Voice Performance Competition. As one of seven finalists, Isabelle will compete on March 16 at the MTNA national convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Violinst Daniel Qi '26 has been named a national finalist for the Music Teachers National Association Senior Strings Performance Competition. As one of seven finalists, Daniel will compete on March 16 at the MTNA national convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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February

February 2025
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 went to: Andres Ramos '26, strings and Valentina Ramos '26, piano. Honorable Mention was awarded to Arlene Chiu '25. The students study under Mrs. Mary Ellen Schauber, Director of the Helena Raskob Arts Institute.
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January

January 2025
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 reasons to write persuasive pieces.

Students gathered in the Oratory to transform their state of mind as they wrote, connecting them spiritually to their assignment and centering them in their faith/beliefs as well as the charisms of Archmere.

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