BY KATHALEEN ROBERTS / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Orlando Leyba is reclaiming his Chimayó childhood, the fields he plowed with his grandfather and his trips to the tiny Spanish town that bequeathed him a surname. The artist’s work is on display in “Reclaimed: Orlando Leyba” at The Curated Creative through Dec. 2. The Albuquerque Academy art teacher’s […]

Dozens of musicians will represent Albuquerque Academy at the 2023 New Mexico Music Educators Association All-State Festival. The festival showcases the top musical talent from across the state’s high school music programs through large ensembles that include band, orchestra, chorus, guitar, and jazz. Sophomore Quinn Ross was named concertmaster of All-State Guitar as the highest-ranking […]

Five Academy 6-7 students participated in the New Mexico’s very first middle school mock trial competition in November. The new team did very well over the three rounds, with Armaan Vahab ’28 earning an outstanding attorney award and Kashvi Rai ’28 earning an outstanding witness award. No team winner was announced because the purpose of […]

The Albuquerque Academy Model UN team sent 24 members to the three-day State Model UN Conference at the New Mexico Roundhouse in early November, where they picked up several honors: Noor Ali ’23 and Sophia Liem ’23 took home the award for Best Delegation, Iraq, in the DISEC committee (UN committee on Disarmament and International […]

Students, parents, faculty, and staff took advantage of the opportunity to hear from Michael Thompson, Ph.D., an expert in child and family psychology with two decades of experience working with independent schools, at a series of presentations in early November. Dr. Thompson has authored and co-authored several books focusing on the many facets of child […]

This fall, Dr. Casey Citrin presented her essay, “Querencia in the High School Classroom: Grounding Students in Place-Based Knowledge,” at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association conference with a panel of other presenters. She described the advanced, year-long English IV course she taught related to this topic and the many ways her students explored a […]

As part of the Hispanic celebration and in recognition of his vast influence, Head of School Julianne Puente’s grandfather, Tito Puente, was honored with a Google doodle on October 11. Perhaps even more interesting than the doodle is the Behind the Doodle clip that showcases her uncle along with the New York-based Puerto Rican artist Carlos […]

Athletics Hall of Famers Also Recognized Albuquerque Academy honored six alumni and one former faculty member at the 2022 Alumni Awards Dinner on Friday, September 23, during Homecoming Weekend. Administrators, friends, family, and faculty gathered in the Music Building’s Performance Hall to induct the second class of the Albuquerque Academy Athletics Hall of Fame and […]