Last week, eight members of the Albuquerque Academy Business Club attended the New Mexico DECA District 2 conference and found out that all eight students qualified for the state conference in February. Students qualified by taking two exams prior to winter break. The students who qualified are: Carter Abdallah ’18, Trevor Dean ’20, Adam Foster […]
Anokhi Kholwadwala ’18 Receives Young Asian-American Student Award
Anokhi Kholwadwala ’18 recently received the Young Asian-American Student award from the Association of Chinese American Engineers and Scientists of New Mexico. Anokhi is one of four local students to receive the award this year. The program recognizes Asian-American high school students who demonstrate excellent academic achievements, leadership in community service, global awareness, and professional […]
Albuquerque Academy Students Well Represented at New Mexico Scholastic Art Awards
Albuquerque Academy art students are very well represented at the New Mexico Scholastic Art Awards. The following students received regional awards, and the Gold Key winners will advance to the national level of the competition. An exhibition showing the work that won Gold and Silver Keys will be held at Warehouse 508 (508 1st St. […]
Albuquerque Academy Speech and Debate Team Earns 2016-17 Leading Chapter Award in New Mexico District
The Albuquerque Academy Speech and Debate Team has earned the 2016-17 Leading Chapter Award in the New Mexico District. This honor is the highest recognition a school can receive from the National Speech and Debate Association. Out of more than 3,000 member schools nationwide, only 108 receive the Leading Chapter award. Only the top school in […]
Adam Foster ’18 Wins Common Cause New Mexico Award
Senior Adam Foster was recently awarded the Best Student Advocate award by Common Cause New Mexico. Adam has been registered as an unpaid lobbyist with the Secretary of State since he was in 7th grade, working to push for more broadband access and dual credit courses. This session, Adam helped push through legislation to protect […]
Sixth Graders Sweep Middle School Spelling Bee
Sixth graders Uzair Hammad ‘24 and Sydney Marks ’24 will represent Albuquerque Academy at the Private and Parochial School Spelling Bee in January. Uzair and Sydney, the two top spellers, declined the chance to vie for first and second place, opting instead to proceed as co-winners. Adán Olbrich ‘24 edged out Jack Hubbard ‘23 in a spell-off to determine […]
Fall State Champions
The Academy boys and girls cross country teams, and the girls soccer team all won the state championship this past weekend. All three teams also won the state championship last year, in record weekend where four teams (boys soccer as well) all brought home the blue trophy. The girls cross country team placed five runners among […]
Peter Nash Publishes Debut Novel
Congratulations to English faculty member Peter Nash for publishing his debut novel, “Parsimony.” The novel follows a New York-based architect who moves to Florida to care for his aging father. “Parsimony” will be released October 1.
26 Academy Students Named Semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program
The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation announced earlier this week that 26 of the Albuquerque Academy juniors who competed in the National Merit Scholarship Program last spring have been named Semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program by […]
Academy finishes 22nd in the nation in 2016-17 MaxPreps Cup Standings
Albuquerque Academy student-athletes had a historic 2016-17 school year. With eight state championships and one runner-up, Academy collected 675 points in the MaxPreps Cup standings, enough to finish 22nd in the nation. The MaxPreps Cup annually honors the top all-around high school sports programs in the nation. “It comes down to two things to be […]
