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 […]
Full of Potential, Academy Spring Sports Left to Wait Until 2021 to Compete
Albuquerque Academy spring athletic teams — which have a knack for producing state champions — will have to wait until next spring to return to the field, court, course, or track. Many teams will also have to wait to defend their 2019 state title. The list includes the boys tennis team, who are going for […]
Melinda Modisette ’21 Develops Website to Help with COVID-19 Outbreak
BY OLLIE REED JR. / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Albuquerque Academy junior Melinda Modisette was watching the movie “The Fellowship of the Ring,” based on the first volume of the epic fantasy trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, when she was struck by an exchange between heroic hobbit Frodo Baggins and the wizard Gandalf. As written by Tolkien […]
Charger Writers Earn Scholastic Honors
Albuquerque Academy students received a number of honors in this year’s Scholastic Writing Awards. Those students who won Gold Keys will advance to the national level of the competition.
Visual Arts Student Earn Gold, Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions
Dozens of students have had their artwork recognized by the jury for the regional portion of the Scholastic Art Competition. The work of the students who received a gold key will advance to the national level and be reviewed in New York City by arts professionals.
Juniors Willa Wiese and Lorelei Logan Earn All Metro Soccer Honors
The Journal’s All-Metro soccer teams, which we are announcing here, are unlike the All-Metro listings from any other sport. In no sport are there more quality candidates for our list than soccer. In no sport are there more viable All-Metro candidates from the lower classifications than soccer. It is the one major team sport in […]
Lauren Keller ’21 Named to All Metro Volleyball Team
JOURNAL STAFF REPORT A third of this year’s Albuquerque Journal All-Metro volleyball team for the 2019 season wore the colors of the La Cueva Bears. Four of the 12 players on the first and second teams are from La Cueva, which last month won its second consecutive Class 5A state title. Topping this list are […]
