All four Academy guitar students who participated in the NMMEA District VII Solo & Ensemble Festival in April earned the highest rating — 1/Superior — for their performances. Congratulations to Ashley Melendres ’21, Diego Moore ’21, Taryn Ortiz ’25, and Josh Zamora-Griego ’23!

For the second year in a row, the Academy chess team claimed the state championship title, finishing first ahead of Los Alamos and Onate. Congratulations to the team! Philippe Bakhirev ’23 Jared Duran ’21 Quinn Ennis ’22 Andrew Potts ’21 Jonah Romero ’21 Andrew Spears ’21 Ryan Ardalan ’21, alternate

“Given the challenging circumstances — with all three levels in the same block for one trimester only — this year’s results are especially noteworthy,” says Latin teacher Hugh Himwich. “All of these students were exceptionally devoted to their Latin studies.” The National Latin Exam is a test given annually to Latin students across the United […]

Akilan Sankaran ’25 finished in first place at the New Mexico State Mouthcounts competition and will represent the Academy and the state at the national competition in May. This competition, says Mathcounts club adviser Jason Zuffranieri, is the pinnacle of middle-school mathematics. “Akilan has been coming to the club since he was a sixth grader […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER New Mexico’s most decorated high school coach, and one of its most beloved, is calling it a career. Hall of Famer Dave Barney, who has led the Abuquerque Academy boys and girls swimming programs to an astonishing 41 state championships in his 47-year career coaching the Chargers in […]

New Head of School Julianne Puente was profiled in the April 2 issue of Albuquerque Business First. Read the article here.

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Lovington’s goal, under the circumstances, had to rank as one of the most unexpected and stunning goals in the history of New Mexico’s high school state soccer tournament. Albuquerque Academy’s response led to one of the quickest overtime finishes in the history of the tournament. The Wildcats’ punch, […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER It was a terrible day for the No. 1 seeds at the high school state volleyball tournament on Friday. It was, however, a perfectly glorious day for the No. 2s. Three No. 2 seeds – Albuquerque Academy (Class 4A), Sandia Prep (3A) and first-time champ Cloudcroft (2A) – […]

Academy faculty members George Ovitt and Peter Nash have collaborated on a new work, Trotsky’s Sink: Ninety-Eight Short Essays About Literature. Their 350 essays touch on the works of well-known and lesser-known authors from around the world, reflecting on literature and politics, history and culture, and love, longing, and death. Trotsky’s Sink is available at […]

“Everyone is human! Just like we’re all human, all branches sprout from the same tree; each branch helps the tree to catch sunlight. All branches different together!” This is how Sabina Cottrill ’27 described her piece, “One Tree, Many Branches,” first-place winner, middle school category, in the Mountain States Anti Defamation League’s No Place for Hate […]