Albuquerque Academy

Class of 2018 Tops ACT National Average by Nearly 10 Points

Albuquerque Academy's Class of 2018 achieved an average composite score of 30.1 on the ACT. With a possible top score of 36 in each section of the test, a 30.1 places 2018 Academy graduates well above the national average of 20.8 and the New Mexico average of 19.4. It is also the first time an [...]

Chargers Primed for Fall State Tournaments

The Charger cross country teams are once again heading into the state tournament with high expectations. Both the boys and girls teams have had very successful regular seasons, and paired with being defending state champions, both Academy teams have targets on their backs. The girls team is undefeated in New Mexico meets this fall with [...]

Academy Honors Legacy of Barbara Young Simms

Last weekend the Academy family lost a dedicated friend and supporter in the passing of Barbara Young Simms, age 98. Barbara and her husband Albert G. Simms II, M.D., were committed to advancing education in Albuquerque. The Simms family was instrumental in the development of Albuquerque Academy, as well as the founding of Sandia Preparatory […]

Mariner Breaks Records

Academy senior Eliza Mariner broke two state records this past week on the soccer pitch. A four-year starter on the girls’ varsity soccer team, Eliza broke the record for career goals in the state’s second-largest classification (currently Class 4A, formerly Class 5A). Last week, Eliza scored 12 total goals - seven against Bernalillo High School [...]

Eight Academy Guitar Students Selected For All-State

The following eight students have been selected to participate in the 2019 New Mexico Music Educators Association All-State Guitar Program. The guest conductor for this year’s program is former Albuquerque Academy faculty member John Truitt. The selected students are: Ryan Benavides ’19 John Dominguez-Trujillo ’21 Chris Kuang ’19 (Concert Master) Oliver Kumar ’22 Ashley Melendres […]

13 Albuquerque Academy Students Named National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars

The College Board recently announced 13 Albuquerque Academy students in the Class of 2019 have been named 2018-19 National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) Scholars. NHRP Scholars are identified as academically outstanding high school students who scored in the top 2.5% among Hispanic and Latino PSAT/NMSQT test takers in our region while maintaining a high GPA. Each year, […]

25 Academy Students Named Semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program

The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation announced earlier this week that 25 of the Albuquerque Academy seniors who competed in the National Merit Scholarship Program last spring have been named Semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by [...]

Chargers Finish 19th in MaxPreps Cup Standings

With seven state championships, multiple individual championships and awards, and 14 college signees, Albuquerque Academy student-athletes had another monumental school year in 2017-18. Academy finished 19th in the MaxPreps Cup standings, a ranking system developed to rate every high school sport state championship in the country to determine the nation’s best overall high school sports […]

Ale Geisel-Zamora ’19 Awarded Superior Writing Award in the 2018 NCTE Writing Competition

Albuquerque Academy junior Ale Geisel-Zamora has been awarded a superior writing award in the 2018 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) writing competition. The purpose of this competition is to encourage high school juniors to write and to publicly acknowledge the best student writers. The student’s pieces are judged based on the expression of […]

Micah Sandman ’19 Selected for Bronfman Fellowship

Micah Sandman ’19 has been selected to the Bronfman Fellowship’s 32nd cohort. Micah is one of 26 fellows selected from 220 North American applicants who will participate in a five-week program of study and travel in Israel. This is followed by a year of rigorous programming centered around pluralism, social responsibility, and Jewish texts. For […]

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