“Redefine” is the theme of the 2025 yearbook, which envisions the many new beginnings happening at Archer: new uniforms, themes, colors and curricula, to name a few. Since August, staff members of Hestia’s Flame have been working on creating the yearbook, taking photos and conducting interviews. Throughout the year, they have covered campus news, sports teams and community events. The yearbook staff distributed yearbooks to purchasing students Wednesday, May 21, in the courtyard.
Juliet Carter (‘28) said the yearbook theme was especially meaningful to her because she was a new student this year.
“Stepping into ninth grade, it’s like you’re a whole new person,” Carter said. “So getting to define yourself as you get older is a really big part of life and something I will look back on.”
Every year, the editorial board of Hestia’s Flame chooses the new yearbook theme. Luna Huber-Verjan (‘28) said this year’s design choices reflected both internal and external evolution in students through the intentional tone, from the cover to the layout.
“I thought the theme, ‘Redefine,’ was very unique,” Huber-Verjan said. “I really like the simplicity and the minimalist part of it, but it also has a deeper meaning.”
Beyond the theme and design, the yearbook serves as a way to look back on previous memories and to remember the events that happened throughout the year, Carter said. She said the yearbook helps students reflect on their growth and progress from the beginning to end of the year.
“The yearbooks are really cool to look back on and see how far you’ve grown,” Carter said. “ You also get to re-embark on all the different memories.”
The cover of the yearbook was dark green, gold, silver and white. To design the yearbook, the staff split into groups each month to focus on one entire spread, such as sports, arts or academics. Isabella Argiropoulos (’28), an intro student on the yearbook staff, said she enjoyed seeing her peers’ Archer experiences and lives through the yearbook.
“It’s really cool to just see the different experiences of people in your grade or even across different grades,” Argiropoulos said. “I love seeing how their year is being compared to mine.”
As senior graduates leave and new students join the school, the yearbook remains the one book that aims to capture all the events of the year, allowing students to look back at their peers and those who came before them, Carter said.
“Everybody changes as they get older, and so [do] your friendships, your mind and your soul,” Carter said. “[It is] really important to look back on previous memories to not forget who you once were.”
