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 […]

Isaac Lipkowitz ‘17 is one of 36 candidates selected to attend a week-long summer program at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. The summer program brings together students from diverse backgrounds for a collaborative exploration of a literary canon that spans centuries, continents, ideologies, and artistic styles. Participants will stay in dorms at Hampshire College […]

Academy senior, Channing Cimarusti, received a Global Online Academy Citation for her Catalyst Conference project “Seeing Sounds And Smelling Colors: The World Of The Synesthete”. Channing completed the project while enrolled in the GOA Neuropsychology course this spring. Presenters earned this award by recognizing and contextualizing the importance of their topic, articulating a realistic and […]

Kiera Miller ’20 and Elizabeth JohnsonBrown ’20 have been recognized as winners by the National Council of English Teachers (NCTE) in its prestigious Promising Young Writers Program. The NCTE requires each participating school to conduct its own nomination process and limits our school’s nominees to two. To be considered, each student writer had to submit […]

Albuquerque Academy students currently enrolled in Latin I and Latin II took the National Latin Exam. The following students received honors. Caroline Pecos-Duarte ’17: Perfect Score and Gold Medal Joana Hadzhilazova ’18: Gold Medal Alex Touche ’17: Gold Medal (Third successive year for a Gold Medal) Charles Touche ’17: Perfect Score and Gold Medal (Third […]

The annual Focus on Youth Juried Student Photography Exhibit opened this past Sunday, and many Albuquerque Academy students have artwork in the show. The show runs through June 5 at The Albuquerque Museum. Digital Photography Sebastian Baca ’18 on display Kenny Levandoski ’19 on display Maria Metzger ’19 on display and Merit Award Anna Rekow ’16 1st place, Bernalillo […]