(KRQE) – A local teen is making waves on the national stage for her skills on horseback. Seventeen-year-old Lauren Jorgensen has worked her way up to a series of prestigious national equestrian competitions in recent months. The Albuquerque Academy senior has been riding since she was just four years old and now competes in the […]
Performing Arts Teacher Joins Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Edmund Connolly will perform this season with the prestigious Santa Fe Desert Chorale – a 24-voice group comprised of top professionals from around the country. The group will give eight performances in December in Santa Fe, as well as one in Albuquerque on December 12. “This year celebrates Hispanic composers, so the winter festival will […]
Senior Preps for 2024 Olympics
Seven years ago, Brennan Ghattas ’22 joined a jump rope team under pressure from her school friends who were also members. “From the first practice, I fell in love with the sport and everything that it was.” Her teammates, she says, “are amazing athletes who taught me what a good person was and what a […]
Chargers Commit to College Athletics
Congratulations to these student-athletes who will compete at the next level!
Chargers Earn Spots in All State Choirs
Four students have been selected to participate in the 2022 NMMEA All State choirs. “The students who braved the challenging repertoire and new audition process can be very proud of their hard work,” says chorus teacher Edmund Connolly. Kaede Carroll ’24 – Alto 1, All State Treble Choir Laurel Nash-Jarecki ’23 – Soprano 1, All […]
11 Chargers Chosen for All State Guitar Ensemble
Of the 48 guitar students from around New Mexico accepted into the All State Guitar Ensemble, 11 are Academy students, including three ninth graders. “We are very proud of these students for their hard work and focus,” says guitar instructor Jeremy Mayne. Chris Aubin ’22 Philippe Bakhirev ’23 Caiden Fine ’23 Theo Gallant ’25 Isabelle […]
All State Orchestra Participants Selected
Seven students from Albuquerque Academy have been selected to participate in this year’s All State orchestras that will perform at the All State Festival at UNM on January 8. “They worked really hard to prepare for an unusual audition this year,” says orchestra instructor Carrie Hurtado. “They pulled through the strange circumstances and put together […]
Emotional Academy Holds Off Persistent Lovington in Soccer Final
BY GLEN ROSALES / FOR THE JOURNAL Not to get too mystical, but Albuquerque Academy gave credit to its 12th man Friday for its Class 4A boys state soccer championship double-overtime victory over Lovington. “It’s been the most heartbreaking year, and getting these 22 young men to come together and deal with real-life moments that […]
Academy Nips Highland, to Meet Lovington in Championship
BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The synced-up duo of Sanchit Singh and Neven Zapatka on Wednesday afternoon sent the Albuquerque Academy boys soccer program back to another state final. Singh masterfully set up both of Zapatka’s goals, including a header off a cornerkick in the 62nd minute that broke a tie, and the […]
A 14-year-old won a prestigious award for his discoveries on ‘antiprime’ numbers
NELL CLARK / NPR Akilan Sankaran, 14, is on his school’s varsity track team and plays the piano, the flute and drums — and yet somehow he still found time to devise a computer program that could speed up some of your favorite apps. That program won Akilan, who’s from Albuquerque, N.M., the $25,000 Samueli […]
