This past weekend, the Albuquerque Academy Speech and Debate team competed in the State Tournament. Albuquerque Academy was designated as a School of Honor in Speech and a School of Honor in Debate, which combined to be a School of Excellence overall. The students on the speech and debate team are: Calvin Abdallah ’18 Zach […]

Congratulations to the members and coaches of the Science Olympiad team for their win. The members of the team are: Ian Blumenschein ’20 Daniel Bruce (co-captain) ’17 Connor Butler (co-captain) ’17 Nikita Jaiswal ’19 Sam Keith ’17 Akhil Kholwadwala ’18 Anokhi Kholwadwala ’18 Suraj Kholwadwala ’18 Henry Luo ’18 Bailey McCarthy ’19 William Piwowarek ’19 […]

Fifty-four Albuquerque Academy students had their art work selected for a juried exhibition at the Turner Carroll Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe. The students selected are: Lucas Aspen All-Steir ’20 Pilar Araiza ’17 Stella Asmerom ’19 Noah Baca ’19 Sebastian Baca ’18 Mai Ly Torres Baker ’18 Merritt Barnwell ’17 Isabel Benak ’18 […]

Many Academy students were recognized for their work submitted to the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition this year. The students who were awarded a Gold Key automatically get their work submitted to be judged at the national level. The students selected for the writing portion are: Gold Key Marwa Chohan ’21 Kiki Gonglewski ’19 Maggie […]

Last month, 20 Albuquerque Academy Theater students participated at the State Thespian Conference held in Santa Fe. Of those 20, six students qualified to present at the national festival to be held this summer in Nebraska. Those student are: Trey Caperton ’19 – Duet Scene, Monologue Lily Gates ’18 – Duet Scene Clara Johnson ’18 […]

24 Academy students were selected to participate in the New Mexico Youth All-State Festival in Las Cruces. The students are: Youth Choir Olivia Burkhardt ’22 Kyle Crist ’20 (East Mountain Youth Choir) Talia Czuchlewski ’22 John Dominguez-Trujilo ’21 Gretchen Eberhardt ’21 Laurie Fleenor ’21 Analise Granados ’21 Tati Gross ’20 Kate Gusta ’21 (New Mexico […]

Adeeb Khan ’22 took first place at the Private and Parochial Spelling Bee this past week. Khan’s championship word was “conjecture” in the 15th round. Albuquerque Academy student Laurel Nash-Jarecki ’23 also participated and finished 3rd overall.

In December, Advanced Placement French V students took part in the UNM French essay-writing contest for New Mexico high school students. Students were tasked with writing on the following topic: ”Qu’est-ce que c’est que l’identité française?” or “What is French identity?” The essays were judged on proper French grammar and syntax, as well as intellectual […]

Staff members of Albuquerque Academy’s student newspaper, the Advocate, participated recently in the New Mexico Scholastic Press Association state competition for newspapers and yearbooks. The following students received recognition at this event: Eliana Yatskowitz ’18 tied for third place in the newswriting category. Adam Noel, ’17 took second place in sports writing. Stella Asmerom ’19 took first in editorial writing. […]

Earlier this month, three teams from the 6-7 Division competed in the 2017 Future City Competition. The three teams are: Innova City: Mireya Macias ’23, Levi Richard ’23, Jade Stone ’23, Sefi Yapita ’23, and Sahani San-Gil ’22 Koenisegg City: Tay Hwang ’22, Ankit Jaiswal ’22, Aiden Lee ’22, and Joseph Perez ’22. Novum Aurora City: Evan […]