Audrey Colter ’20 — a midfielder for the Chargers’ state championship runner-up soccer team — will be one of 39 elite players participating in the 2019 High School All-American Game December 7 in Orlando. Click here to stream the game on Saturday at 10 am. Mountain. It’s the first time in school history that a […]

Dozens of Academy musicians have been selected to participate in the 2020 All-State Music Festival being held January 8-11 at UNM. Additionally, guitarist Ashley Melendres ’21 and piccolo player Emma McLaughlin ’22 were named the top players on their instruments in New Mexico.  The following students were selected. Youth Treble Choir Laurel Nash-Jarecki ’23 Caroline […]

TJ Trout chats with ABQ’s Jeopardy Champ Jason Zuffranieri​ and tells us the behind the scenes action at Jeopardy. Mayor Keller stops by and talks about bond issues and the state of the city. Listen now. Mr. Z’s interview begins at about the one-hour mark.

BY ADRIAN GOMEZ/JOURNAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Answer: The number of games won by Jason Zuffranieri on “Jeopardy!” Question: What is 19? The 43-year-old Albuquerque Academy teacher captured the nation’s attention when he spent nearly four weeks correctly answering questions on the hit game show. Though his win streak ended on Sept. 26, Zuffranieri is […]

BY JAMES YODICE/JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Home course advantage or not, the Albuquerque Academy boys cross country team is blistering their way through this 2019 season. The Chargers on Friday dominated their home invitational, beating a strong field of two dozen schools on an unusually hot late September afternoon. Read more.

Math faculty member Jason Zuffranieri’s Jeopardy! streak came to an end Thursday, but not without securing multiple records in the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame. His total winnings of $532,496 place Mr. Zuffranieri in third all-time in total winnings, and his 19 wins places him in a tie for fourth place all-time games won. Mr. Zuffranieri […]

BY CHAD BRUMMETT/NEW MEXICO LIVING Nineteen wins, more than $532,000 in winnings, and a run for the ages on the hit game show, “Jeopardy.” It’s the legacy of Albuquerque math teacher Jason Zuffranieri. Zuffranieri’s winning streak came to an end on September 26th. However, his legacy on the show is cemented in television history. He […]

BY JOLENE GUTIERREZ KRUEGER/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL I struggle to find a word that is neither presumptuous nor pejorative, a word that doesn’t unduly stereotype a teenager who is an only child with two successful parents, attends a private school and lives in a Tanoan home with a pool and a Kardashian-level baluster-scrolled staircase. And so I […]

The Albuquerque Academy Board of Trustees announced to the school community September 13 that Julianne Puente has been named the seventh Head of School. She will take on the new position for the 2020-21 school year.  Ms. Puente is a graduate of Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y.; Cornell University; and Columbia University. She worked at […]

BY CHRIS MCKEE/KRQE A 12-year-old Santa Fe boy is turning heads and ears with his skill in playing some of the toughest musical compositions from memory. Kayden Kelly has a knack for piano that’s already taken him to perform in front of crowds around the world. This Friday, Kelly will be among the state’s most […]