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. […]

Senior Izzy Jerome’s work, Merritt B., will be on display at the U.S. Department of Education as part of Art.Write.Now.DC, a special exhibition of National Medalist work from the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Izzy’s painting is one of 65 pieces selected for this exhibit. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Friday, September 16. The […]

The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation announced last week that 25 of the Albuquerque Academy juniors who competed in the National Merit Scholarship Program last spring have been named Semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. This spring these students will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships […]

Four Academy students participated this week in the Capitol Congress Debate Tournament at the Santa Fe Roundhouse. More than 100 students from around New Mexico competed in this speech and debate tournament. Nikita Jaiswal ‘19, Adam Foster ‘18, Gabe Sandoval ’19, and Zach Auster’ 20 represented the Academy on Wednesday, September 9. Zach Austerearned 5th place in the Varsity Chamber.

This past weekend the Albuquerque Academy Mock Trial team took fourth place in the National Nigh School Mock Trial Competition. The team finished the competition with a record of 3-1, taking every ballot in the three rounds they won. The students who participated are: Stella Asmerom ’19 Lillian Dineen ’16 Samara Durvasula ’16 Shivaani Gardner […]

Samsara Durvasula ’16 received a 2016 AXA Achievement Scholarship.  Samsara is one of 52 high school seniors — one from each state, plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico — to receive one of these college scholarships. According to AXA, recipients of this scholarship — known as AXA Achievers — are ambitious and talented students that […]