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 […]

Last week, 11 Academy Business Club members attended the New Mexico DECA District 2 conference at Popejoy Hall. During the conference, they learned that all 11 Academy students, who took the two very challenging tests to qualify for the New Mexico DECA State Conference, were successful. Those members were Carter Abdallah ‘18, Chris Bass ‘17, Sophie […]

The College Board recently announced 19 Albuquerque Academy students have been named 2016-17 National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) Scholars. The College Board’s NHRP identifies academically outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students. Each year, about 5,000 Hispanic/Latino students are selected from a pool of over 250,000 who take the Preliminary SAT/NMSQT. These students are from the United […]

Josie Lopez, a member of the history department, recently had her book “The Carved Line; Block Printmaking in New Mexico” published by the Museum of New Mexico Press. The book contains a collection of prints and accompanying essays about New Mexican printmakers and their art. The Albuquerque Museum will be opening an exhibit of the […]

After a competitive round of auditions, seven students from Albuquerque Academy have been selected to participate in the 2017 New Mexico Educators Association All-State Choirs. The students are: Mixed Chorus: Trey Caperton ’19, tenor Ariacella DelGrande ’17, soprano Wesley Pick-Roth ’17, tenor Dana Portnoy ’18, soprano Sophie Sanchez ’18, alto Treble Chorus:  Katie Kustra ’18, alto […]

The work of Visual Arts Faculty Member Orlando Leyba will be featured in an upcoming show at the Turner Carroll Gallery on Canyon Road. An opening reception for the show, which includes work by Mr. Leyba, Walter Robinson, and Squeak Carnwrath, is Friday, October 7, from 5-7 p.m. The gallery is located at 725 Canyon Road in Santa Fe. […]