When Keith Lee ’29 first encountered the National Civics Bee®, he saw more than just a competition — he saw an opportunity to grow, which is fitting for an essay topic advocating for community gardens. At a time when many worry about youth civic participation, Keith’s journey offers a compelling glimpse into how curiosity, dedication, […]
Philip Friedman Selected for Limitless Space Institute
Philip Friedman, a member of the Academy’s computer science department, has been selected as one of 15 educators nationwide to join the prestigious Limitless Space Institute. This yearlong program brings together educators from across the country to develop and test curriculum to help encourage the next generation of students to explore interstellar space travel. Participants […]
Dominguez, Aime combine for 62 points in Academy’s win over West Mesa
By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Whatever else that can be said about Albuquerque Academy senior forward Eli Dominguez, this much is definitely accurate: Dominguez rates as one of the premier boys basketball players in New Mexico, regardless of classification. The 6-foot-4 Dominguez was a menace all afternoon against visiting West Mesa. He hurt […]
Wrestler Maile Maldonado ’25 Reaches 100 Wins
Senior Maile Maldonado notched her 100th wrestling win at the Senior Night meet on January 29 against Rio Rancho. She is the first female Academy wrestler to reach this milestone.
Albuquerque Academy is big and physical and is making noise
By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Among the roster of Class 4A boys basketball teams in New Mexico, few of them tipped off the 2024-25 season with more glaring question marks than the Albuquerque Academy Chargers. “We really didn’t know what we had,” new coach Alvin Broussard said. This was an extremely guard-heavy group […]
Love of Languages and Logic Drew Abi Hunter ’15 to Tech
By Ted Alcorn ’01 “There are two rabbits in the room,” says Google engineer Abi Hunter ’15, who I just prompted to explain her interest in linguistics. “How are you able to know that is true?” The animals’ wire pens are visible on the Zoom behind her, two massive furry buns dozing within, neither the […]
Transforming Challenges into Change: Peter Gloyd ’98
Remember those days of doodling in notebooks or daydreaming during lectures? Peter Gloyd, a 1998 Academy alum, math teacher, coach, parent of three Chargers, and the school’s director of Diversity, Culture, and Belonging (DCB), has turned such distractions into tools for learning with his creation of Class Bucks – a platform designed to enhance engagement […]
Academy Debate Teams Achieve Historic Milestone with TOC Qualification
Albuquerque Academy’s debate program has reached a remarkable milestone this year, with three Varsity Public Forum (VPF) debate teams earning bids to the prestigious Tournament of Champions (TOC). The TOC, hosted annually by the University of Kentucky, is widely regarded as the premier national speech and debate championship for high school students. Leading this impressive […]
Academy Student Named Regeneron STS 2025 Finalist
Senior Akilan Sankaran has advanced to be one of the top 40 finalists in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) 2025, a highly regarded national science and math competition for high school seniors. His project, From Walking to Tunneling: An Investigation of Generalized Pilot-Wave Dynamics, was part of a comprehensive evaluation that considered research […]
Film by Seventh Graders Selected for International Festival
Skip to My Rick, an almost-two-minute film created by seventh-grade drama students at the Academy, is one of 16 films selected from nearly 450 submissions from around the globe for the Experiments in Cinema v. 20.0 Youth Lens Festival. “The students wanted to make a film, and this is what they came up with,” says […]
