Oh My Goddess
This year’s Night of Dance theme, Odyssey, conjured the hero’s journey including our namesake, Artemis, the archer and protector of girls. More than 100 students led the Archer community through captivating performances combining music, spoken word, and dance to tell the stories of Greek goddesses who have inspired many modern-day female archetypes. A powerful through line of sisterhood moved many in the audience to tears and left us inspired by the promise of female strength.
If you saw the show last weekend then you know that Ms. Locke, the student leadership team, and everyone else involved managed yet again to set the bar higher for excellence in the arts at Archer. The entire cast and crew exceeded expectations in choreography, technique, and overall artistry and production quality. This does not happen by accident; the passion behind this year’s theme and the high expectations of the student leadership in particular resulted in an incredibly moving evening that left us all believing in the power of our girls to change humanity’s trajectory.
The Archer School for Girls admits students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status in its hiring or in the administration of its educational policies and programs, admissions policies, financial aid programs or other school-administered programs.
The Archer School for Girls’ mission is to educate students in an environment specifically designed for girls. As such, the school will consider any candidate for admission who identifies as a girl. Once admitted to Archer, all students in good academic standing who abide by Archer’s code of conduct and who meet requirements for graduation will be eligible to receive an Archer diploma, regardless of any change in sexual identity or other legally protected status.
