Albuquerque Academy’s spring musical, “Chaplin,” has been nominated for four 2017 Popejoy Awards. Sophomore Trey Caperton was nominated in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of title character, Charlie Chaplin. The production also received nominations for Best Production, Best Direction, and Best Ensemble. The Popejoy Awards will be held on Sunday, May 17. The winners […]

The United States Department of Education Commission on Presidential Scholars has announced that Thor Larson ’17 was selected as a semifinalists in the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars competition and will now advance to the final round. From nearly 3.5 million graduating high school seniors, more than 5,100, including 12 Academy students, were identified as candidates […]

Academy Technology faculty member Susan Geores has received a grant for more than $4,600 from the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation’s Teachers and Technology grant program. The funds will be used to purchase Google Expeditions, a virtual reality platform. The Google Expedition kit will allow students to go on hundreds of teacher-led virtual field trips. […]

Jade Valenzuela ’03, co-director and middle school librarian, has been selected by her peers in the American Library Association and the Association for Library Services to Children to serve a two-year term on the Sibert Committee. This committee will choose the winners and runners up for the Sibert Award, which is given annually for the […]

Albuquerque Academy Science faculty member Karen Temple-Beamish was invited by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to present her climate steward project “Children Capturing Carbon” at the National Science Teachers Association Conference in Los Angeles in March. The presentation highlights how science and technology can be used to teach climate change in the Academy’s Desert […]

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 […]