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As both a Head of School and a parent, I recognize that it is more necessary than ever for schools to be clear about their purpose and their value. Any competitive independent school can point to its attractive student-teacher ratio and roster of AP classes. But Archer has never defined or promoted itself according to its features alone. Founded by three highly academic and intellectual women, Archer was always intended to be an innovative school, a place where every programmatic decision is based on current research about how girls learn, develop, and thrive. And we have always believed that the ultimate worth of an Archer education lies in the promise of its outcomes.
The certainty of that promise is readily apparent in our hallways and our classrooms every day. Like our faculty and our parents, visitors to our campus often remark how unusually poised and stunningly confident Archer girls are. To my mind, the more important thing to note is the competence underlying that confidence. Regardless of her background, talents, or plans for the future, an Archer girl gains mastery of core competencies essential for success in the 21st century world. This outcome shapes the path our graduates will take for the rest of their lives. When asked to reflect on the impact their education has had, our alumnae invariably trace who they become and what they achieve directly back to their unique, transformative experiences at Archer.
An Archer girl knows the value of her education, even while she is in the midst of it, and is always happy to have an opportunity to talk to prospective students and parents about what makes her school at once an ambitious and joyful place. I invite you to visit our campus, get to know our community, and see for yourself all that can be possible at The Archer School for Girls.
Elizabeth English
Head of School |
| | Research recently released by UCLA and The National Coalition of Girls' Schools (NCGS) demonstrates the clear advantages of a girls' school education.
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| | CRITICAL THINKING AND INTELLECT An Archer girl develops a keen analytical mind and critical eye for the world. She is an intellectual and learns to love ideas not merely for the sake of understanding and solving problems, but for the sake of themselves. |
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| A CREATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT Whether through her work in one of our experiential, student-run programs such as The Gallery at Archer or the Student Store, or simply as the result of the deeply creative and generative culture that Archer provides, an Archer girl sees the world foremost as place of possibility, entirely open to whatever her initiative, imagination, and perseverance might create. |
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| THE ABILITY TO TEAM AND COLLABORATE The learning at Archer is fundamentally active and often collaborative and mirrors the way we work today in our global society. An Archer girl graduates with the ability to team and successfully tackle real-world problems because her education has required her to collaborate with others who have a variety of skills, backgrounds, and perspectives often quite different from her own. |
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| POWERFUL SPEAKING, WRITING, AND PRESENTING SKILLS Archer girls find their voices and learn to speak their minds in ways that college admissions officers tell us are consistently beyond their years. At Archer we teach girls to write, speak, and present with precision, cogency, and power. |
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| THE CHARACTER AND DRIVE TO LEAD Girls’ schools produce a disproportionate percentage of the women leaders in our nation and worldwide. At Archer we recognize and take seriously the fact that we are educating this country’s next generation of leaders. All Archer girls come to learn that leadership, in essence, is service and requires abundant humility, self-reflection, and a great deal of good humor. |
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