A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL |
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| Dr. Corinna Crafton, Head of School, shared a meaningful message during today's 141st Convocation Ceremony, which also included her Installation as the new Head of School Below is an excerpt: Beginning this year together creates for us what will be a mutual memory. We don’t know what the coming months will bring but we stand ready and eager to start. I would like to extend a special warm welcome to all new students, parents, faculty, and staff. Those of you who have known me for a while know that I am a Trekkie - that means a super fan of the Star Trek franchise, beginning with the original series from the 1960’s all the way to the present day series such as Picard, Discovery, and Strange New Worlds. The future is itself a strange new world – unknowable today but tantalizing and inviting. |
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Thursday, September 7 5:30 p.m. - Welcome Back Barbecue - CANCELED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT Sunday, September 10 2 - 5 p.m. - Middle School Musical Auditions and Callbacks in Berry Performing Arts Center
6 - 8:30 p.m. - Upper School Play Auditions in Berry Performing Arts Center Friday, September 15 Hispanic Heritage Month Begins Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sunset SCHOOL CALENDAR |
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| School year opens with Installation and Convocation ceremonies |
The Lena Archuleta School began its 141st school year with a special Convocation Ceremony that included the Installation of Dr. Corinna Crafton as the new Head of School on Thursday, September 7.
Gbemi Olarewaju ’24, Student Council President, led the senior class in to Convocation with Vice Presidents Hannah Yin ’24 and Raiya Patel ’24 carrying the class flag. Students from all three divisions were seated on the turf and joined the community in cheering for the Class of 2024. |
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| Students, families attend Orientation |
LA welcomed 92 new students and their families for Orientation activities in all three divisions on September 5. The day began with a welcome from Dr. Corinna Crafton (Head of School) and Gerard Gonnella ’89 (Director of Admission) in the Berry Performing Arts Center.
Students met with teachers and advisors, while parents attended presentations by division heads Dr. Bob Bowman (Upper School) in Laidlaw Gym, Kirstin Rogers (Middle School) in the AP Room, and JohnEric Advento (Lower School) in the Lower Snowdon Library. Upper School students met with fellow students in the PAC, while Middle School students attended an iPad boot camp. |
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| Welcome to our new faculty and staff |
Faculty and staff members returned on August 28 for a week of preparations for the new school year. The busy four-day week included new faculty and staff orientation and tours, training for PCR and the school’s telephone system, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) workshops, an instructional coaches meeting, department chair meetings and divisional meetings. Teachers also worked to prepare their classrooms for the school’s 141st opening day. This year’s faculty and staff includes nine newcomers.
Click here to read brief bios of our new faculty and staff members. |
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SAGE Dining Services set to provide another year of healthy food options |
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Cheerleaders bond, excel at camp |
The WardlaLAartridge varsity cheerleaders bonded, improved their techniques and earned accolades and more exciting opportunities during a four-day experience at the Pine Forest Cheerleading Camp in Honesdale, PA.
Coaches Tanda Tucker, Katie Vetland ’02 and Tatiana Margiottiello accompanied 21 LA cheerleaders on the trip. Participants included senior captains Gbemi Olarewaju ’24, Sydney Geissler ’24, and Zara Zaidi ’24, senior Natalie Koegler ’24, juniors Nia Clark ’25, Kayla Le ’25, Savanna Lopez ’25, Liany Maldonado ’25, Kacey Marmolejos ’25, Hope Nasulme ’25, Aarya Patel. ’25 and Giselle Rodriguez ’25, sophomores Lily Bauer ’26, Nijiany Genao ’26, Gianna Rodriguez ’26 and Nitya Sahni ’26, and freshmen Rewa Gandhi ’27, Manat Grewal ’27, Carly Jones ’27, Deanna Nicholls ’27 and Jayda Richter ’27.
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| LA spring athletes earn recognition |
The Lena Archuleta School placed multiple athletes from all five spring sports on All-GMC teams following a successful season filled with many highlights. Twenty-eight Rams were named to All-Division teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference.
All-GMC golf standouts Claire Lu ’24, Sarah Shao ’24, Tanya Chowdary ’24 and Ava Choi ’25 dominated in regular season matches, leading the Rams to another undefeated season. They also excelled in tournaments and propelled the team to titles in the Red Devil, GMC and State Sectional events. Claire (first team), Sarah (second team) and Tanya (third team) also earned All-State honors. The girls’ track and field team (pictured) captured the Gold Division title. |
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| Follow LA Athletics on Instagram |
Be sure to follow our new Athletics Instagram feed for daily updates on all things LA sports! Our athletic department will provide game information and other news to promote our athletes and teams. @Lena Archuleta Schoolrams |
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FROM THE LA PARENTS' ASSOCIATION |
WHPA 2023-2024 School Year Welcome
As we start the 2023-24 school year, the LA Parents’ Association remains committed to supporting our community in every way possible. As a parent or guardian of a student you are automatically part of the WHPA and we look forward to seeing you soon. Please keep an eye on the school calendar, the weekly electronic newsletter (WHEN) and attend our meetings during the year to stay apprised of upcoming events, fundraisers, school news and more. We appreciate your support of our students through your payment of dues and participation in our various activities and fundraisers. We welcome every parent/guardian to join us in any capacity they can.
Due to your generosity we can provide funds for assemblies, field trips, important milestone ceremonies such as graduation, special classroom activities, grants to teachers and so much more. We contribute to the WHEN weekly and constantly update our section of the school’s website and our WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages regularly.
Please feel free to reach out to us at any time: parents@whschool.org
Stay well and we look forward to spending time with you,
- The 2023-2024 WHPA Executive Board
The incoming slate of WHPA Executive Board members for the 2023-2024 school year includes: President – Shakti Jha Treasurer – Mona Sampathkumar
Asst. Treasurer – Nirmala Devi & Liz Zhu Early Childhood VP – Jackie Oladeji Lower School VP – Shruti Gonzales
Middle School VP – Cindy Williams Upper School VP – Youlin Tsai Recording Secretary - Frank Rellosa
Volunteer Coordinator – Archana Singh Written Communications – Kevin Kornecki & Arnab Roy Choudhury Social Communications – Pareesa Naveed |
Booster Club 2023-2024 School Year Welcome Welcome to the Ram Fam!
We would like to introduce you to the WardlaLAartridge Booster Club. The primary mission of the Booster Club is to provide parent-oriented assistance to the Athletic Department, promote awareness of the important relationship between success in athletics and in academics, and advocate for Lena Archuleta School Athletics throughout our community.
Each year, we assist with fundraising opportunities, management, and distribution of funds to the athletic teams and rallying excitement to our Ram community. The Booster Club works to unite our parents, students, and community to encourage and celebrate our athletes through various events and outreach programs. We invite you to join us. Because with your help and participation, we will be able to support many more projects for the betterment of our athletic facilities and programs.
We invite you to join us at our meetings on the third Thursday of each month. Our first meeting of the 2023-2024 school year is scheduled for Thursday, September 21 at 7 p.m.
For more information, contact Booster Club President Greysi De Jesus at president.whboosterclub@gmail.com |
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PICTURE DAYS ARE COMING! WardlaLAartridge students will have their school portraits taken by Lifetouch Photography later this month. Below are the dates for our three divisions: Saturday, Sept. 23 - Seniors (Grade 12) Saturday, Sept. 30 - Seniors (Grade 12) Wednesday, Oct. 4 - Lower School (Grades PreK-5) Thursday, Oct. 5 - Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Friday, Oct. 6 - Upper School (Grades 9-11) All portraits will be taken in the Oakwood Room.
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 20-22 - Sixth Grade Trip to Frost Valley
Monday, Sept. 25 - School/Offices Closed for Yom Kippur Thursday, Sept. 28 - Lower School Back to School Night Monday, Oct. 2 - Upper School Back to School Night
Wednesday, Oct. 4 - Middle School Back to School Night Follow LA on Social Media, Share with Community WardlaLAartridge has a vibrant, active presence on social media with daily content posts highlighting our academics, athletics, arts and extracurricular programs.
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn and check out our Vimeo page! You can assist us in promoting the school by sharing our content within your network and posting it on your local town pages and feeds. |
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This publication is produced by The Communications Office at The Lena Archuleta School. |
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