Albuquerque Academy garnered another national athletic honor, being named the top high school athletic program in the state of New Mexico since 2018 by MaxPreps. Since 2017, the Academy has finished in the top 25 of the MaxPreps Cup national standings, a ranking system developed to determine the nation’s best overall high school sports programs. […]
Student Artwork Shown in Windows of Youth Exhibit
Artwork by Academy students is on display in downtown Albuquerque’s Windows of Youth exhibit, part of a statewide project called Windows into the Future.
Addison Fulton ’22 Takes Top National Speech and Debate Honor
Addison, who just completed the 10th grade, delivered a self-written, ten-minute speech on the topic of dress codes, sexism, and racism.
Teagun Glenn ’20 Named Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year
JP MURRIETA / NMAA – In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today announced Teagun Glenn of Albuquerque Academy as its 2019-20 Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Glenn is the sixth Gatorade New Mexico Boys Track & Field Athlete of the […]
AnaMaria Perez ’20 Takes Second in Making for Good Challenge
Recent Albuquerque Academy graduate AnaMaria Perez is part of a team of students who took second place in the 2020 Making for Good Challenge. Their proposal, one of 375 from across the U.S., outlined plans for a portable CT scanner that could be used by first responders. AnaMaria’s multi-state team met through the 2019 Intel […]
Zach Auster ’20 Named Presidential Scholar
2020 Albuquerque Academy graduate Zach Auster was named one of 161 U.S. Presidential Scholars by the Department of Education. The 161 high school seniors are selected based on their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. Zach will attend Yale University. He belonged to the Academy’s Model UN, Speech and Debate, […]
Tim Mullane Sculpture A District Favorite
BY ADRIAN GOMEZ / JOURNAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Public art has the power to inspire curiosity. It also encourages contemplation. Not to mention it facilitates dialogue. And it helps build community engagement by giving a sense of place. This is the exact reason the Bernalillo County Public Arts Program continues to add to its […]
Albuquerque Academy Holds Virtual Signing Day for Athletes
JARED CHESTER / KRQE Albuquerque Academy held a virtual signing ceremony for their 10 senior athletes who are moving on to the collegiate level. Here is a list of the signees: Jessica Allen, Cross Country, New York University Audrey Colter, Soccer, Air Force Julian Garcia, Cross Country and Track, Arizona Teagun Glenn, Track, Air Force […]
Duke City Fencing Improvises and Thrives (featuring Jackson Richards ’25)
BY STEVE VIRGEN / JOURNAL ASST. SPORTS EDITOR A little over a year ago, Evandro Oliveira left the beaches of Rio de Janeiro for the high desert of Albuquerque to become the Maestro — or head coach — of Duke City Fencing. Over the past two months, the different world he has found in the […]
Students, Staff Make PPE for Health Care Workers
TESSA MENTUS / KOB4 There is no age or degree necessary to do something for someone. Students and Albuquerque Academy are proving that. “I’m stuck in quarantine, right, school wasn’t really happening yet, and I felt like I just wanted to do something to help,” said Albuquerque Academy student Rosa Bieber-Stanley. Bieber-Stanley knew that frontline […]
