BY RYAN BOETEL / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER An Albuquerque high school student’s painting of a coyote howling at a bright moon with red and yellow sand as the backdrop will hang in the U.S. Capitol building for the next year. Melinda Modisette, a senior at Albuquerque Academy, won the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for New […]
Academy Student Wins Art Contest
Academy Attempting to Win 18th Straight Boys Tennis Title
By JP Murrieta When it comes to boys tennis, Albuquerque Academy is one of the most dominant high school sports programs, not only in New Mexico, but in the country. The Chargers have won 17 state championships in a row. “We have a pretty good team,” said sophomore Josh Simon. “Everyone is playing really well […]
Speech & Debate Heads into Nationals with Numerous Honors
The 50 members on the Academy’s speech and debate team — as well as their coaches — have racked up significant honors as they head into nationals in June. Over the course of the year, the team participated in 15 national circuit tournaments and six regular season local tournaments. (Watch the video to hear the […]
ABQ Academy Teacher Answers Jeopardy’s Call
BY ADRIAN GOMEZ / JOURNAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Life has changed for Jason Zuffranieri since his 19-game win streak on “Jeopardy!” nearly two years ago. After his nearly four-week run on the hit game show, the Albuquerque Academy math teacher tied for fourth place on the all-time “Jeopardy!” consecutive games list. He won $532,496 […]
Game Developed by Senior Being Released June 1
qubo, a mathematical puzzle game, developed by Jacob Roberts-Baca ’21, will be released on iOS, Android, and PC devices on June 1. qubo challenges you to reimagine space and perspective with 72 puzzles to solve. Each puzzle involves manipulating a three-dimensional solid into a particular shape by rotating it in two dimensions. Each level’s three-dimensional […]
Mock Trial Team Finishes Third in Nation
The Academy mock trial team finished its season in May in the #3 spot in the nation, going undefeated at the national competition, and Megan Blackwell ’21 was honored at a top-10 witness. The team, which competed against 46 teams from around the country and South Korea, includes: Rosa Bieber-Stanley ’21 Megan Blackwell ’21 Roman […]
Academy Wins Swim Title in Barney’s Last Year
BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Make that 21 – and 42 – for retiring legend Dave Barney. With Albuquerque Academy’s convincing big-schools victory Thursday afternoon at the girls state high school swimming and diving championships at the Academy Natatorium, the 89-year-old Barney – who announced earlier this season that he was stepping down […]
11 Seniors Commit to College Athletics
Congratulations to the Class of 2021 student-athletes who will continue to participate in athletics in college. They include: Brian Armijo, Southwestern University cross country and track Allison Bernier, Yale University swimming Sofia Brito, Rhodes College volleyball Brigid Contreras Ridlington, University of St. Andrews soccer Jodhan Fine, Occidental College baseball Zoe Foster, Washington University volleyball Justin […]
New Molecular Genetics Course Partners with Stanford Lab
Academy students interested in conducting authentic research that could contribute to finding cures for diseases like pancreatic cancer and diabetes will have the opportunity next year through a new course offering: Advanced Research in Molecular Genetics. The new course will be part of the Stan-X program, a partnership between the fruit fly lab of Professor […]
