Earlier this year, 33 Academy students received Gold Medals in the 2017 Regional Scholastic Art & Writing competition (see earlier story). Those award-winning entries then moved on to review in the national competition, along with thousands of entries from throughout the United Stated and beyond. Fourteen pieces submitted by students throughout New Mexico received national […]

Academy student Lakshay Sood ’23 won the New Mexico State Geography Bee on March 31. This was the third time in three years that Lakshay has won this statewide competition.  Lakshay will compete in the National Geographic Bee at National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington D.C. in May. Congratulations Lakshay!

At his first-ever quiz bowl tournament, Ramses Tanedo ’21 was not only the tournament’s overall top scorer but also won the tournament playing solo. As a result, Ramses won two books as prizes and was named Middle School Player of the Week by the National Academic Quiz Tournaments. With a record of four wins and one loss, […]

Earlier this month, five Academy students who qualified in January for the UNM French Essay Writing Contest for New Mexico High Schools attended the UNM World Language Expo to participate in the second part of the contest. This time, they participated in the UNM French Conversation Contest. The students were interviewed in French for 5-7 […]

Stefan Biller will travel to Baltimore, Maryland, in March to compete as a National Finalist in the Music Teachers National Association’s Senior Voice Competition. Stefan earned this opportunity after representing New Mexico in the Southwest Division of the Senior Voice Competition in Hawaii. Stefan is a member of the Academy’s Bel Canto Choir and has been studying […]

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 […]