BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The Albuquerque Journal each year selects an individual metro athlete of the year in prep baseball and softball. As the regular season enters its final 10 days, here are our top five candidates in both sports. Softball SARAH POST, sr., SS, Albuquerque Academy: Post, who has signed with […]
Mr. Baklini Receives Inaugural Award from Alumni Council
The Inaugural Albuquerque Academy Alumni Council Faculty Legacy Award: Ed Baklini This year, the Alumni Council is excited to announce the creation of a new award – the Albuquerque Academy Alumni Council Faculty Legacy Award. This award is given to a member of the Academy’s faculty who has rendered distinguished service to Albuquerque Academy and […]
Two Students Earn Perfect Scores on National Latin Exams
All seven students in the Academy’s Latin program received recognition for the 2023 National Latin Exam, including two who received perfect scores. Gold Medals Audrey Finkelstein ’27, Introductory Latin Exam – Perfect Score Nate Klein ’23, Level I – Perfect Score Matthew Stein ’23, Level I Silver Medals Michael Kienzle ’23, Level I Jayraina […]
Student-Led Sticker Initiative Benefits Local Non-Profits
Three students – Lynn Zhang ’23, Joanne Li ’23, and Karen Zhang ’24 – wanting to combine their passion for community service with their artistic talents – have launched Mirukafei (pronounced MEER-oo-ca-fey), a sticker fundraiser whose name comes from the Japanese word for milk and the Chinese term for coffee and was influenced by their […]
Youth & Government Conference Mimics Legislative Process
A delegation of eight Academy students took part in the 2023 Youth & Government Conference at the Roundhouse in early April. The students wrote bills aimed at improving many areas of life in New Mexico and spent three days moving them from committee into the House and Senate, where they advocated for their bills, entertained […]
Three Students Nominated for Enchantment Awards
The New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards announced the qualifying nominees and finalists for the Enchantment Awards. Three students from the Academy’s production of Chicago: Teen Edition are in the running — Nori Little, Best Actress; Thomas Wray, Best Actor; and Ani Field, Best Supporting Actress. In addition, Albuquerque Academy’s production of Chicago: Teen […]
Eight Students Qualify for Nationals in Speech and Debate
Albuquerque Academy recently hosted the New Mexico District National Qualifier for Speech and Debate. Thirteen Academy students competed for the chance to represent New Mexico at the 2023 NSDA National Championship, held in Mesa/Phoenix in June. As a whole, eight participating students qualified for nationals. Students qualified in more than half of the events they […]
‘Millet’ for the win: State spelling bee finalists go 29 rounds head-to-head
BY ALAINA MENCINGER / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER “Your word: privet,” said pronouncer Paul Hopkins at the New Mexico State Spelling Bee on Saturday. “Huh?” asked 11-year-old speller Eren Zeynalov, in response. Eren, a fifth grader at Manzano Day School, was one of the state’s 25 best spellers competing in the state bee hosted at the […]
Academy Red Going to Mock Trial Nationals
The Academy Red mock trial team edged out Academy Black at the state competition in mid-March, earning them the privilege of representing Team New Mexico at the High School Mock Trial National Championships in May. Academy Red, an experienced, charismatic team led by Maanav Patel ’23 and Inaaya Hasham ’24, went 3-0 at state, defeating […]
8-9 Students Advance to State STEM Research Challenge
Sowmya Sankaran ’27 and Aarush Tutiki ’26 are taking their work to the state STEM Research Challenge following their success at the Central New Mexico competition. Sowmya’s research into artificial intelligence, An Analysis of the Code Generation Capabilities of Large Language Models ChatGPT and Github, won First Place Junior Physical Sciences, First Place Junior Computer […]
