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 […]

Five Albuquerque Academy students have been nominated for the 2016 Popejoy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. Additionally, Albuquerque Academy’s production of Bye Bye Birdie has been nominated for Best Production. The nominated students are: Trey Caperton ’19  Ariacella DelGrande ’17  Adam Foster ’18  Nataly Moreno-Martinez ’17 Craig Short ’16 Winners of these awards will be […]

Albuquerque Academy was represented by four students in the competition earlier this month. Every student who participated received an award. The team of Richard Dargan ’17 and Carl Cherne ’17 took first in their category and will advance to the state competition on April 1 and 2, Antonio Perez ’17 won an honorable mention in his category, and AnaMaria Perez ’20, who participated […]

This past weekend, the Albuquerque Academy Mock Trial Team won the State tournament. The “Black” team won every ballot in their rounds during the State competition. Along with winning the State title, Samsara Durvasula ’16 and Gabe Remer ’16 took home the Zamzok awards for the most outstanding attorney and most outstanding witness. The team […]

Albuquerque Academy’s Middle School Chess Team has earned the city title for Albuquerque School Chess Leagues. The team received the traveling trophy Monday evening at the final meet of the year. Congratulations to the following team members: Andrew Wolz ‘20  Jared Duran ‘21  Jonah Romero ’21  Kate Alcalde ‘21  Ashley Melendres ‘21  Victoria Barreras ’21  […]

Thirty students in grades 9 through 12 competed in the Central Regional Science Olympiad competition held at the University of New Mexico on Saturday, January 30, 2016. The two Charger teams placed first in 11 events and second in eight events, with the Academy’s C1 team earning first place overall and the C2 team earning […]