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 […]

Albuquerque Academy students made an impressive showing in the writing portion of the 2016 Southwest Region Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.  Thirteen students received a combined 25 awards, and most submitted several pieces of writing in a variety of genres (listed below). Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s largest, longest-running, most […]

25 students performed this past weekend at the Youth All-State Chorus Festival in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The students who performed are: Bobby Bradley ’20 Emily Brodie ’21 Amanda Carey ’22 Kyle Crist ’20 Talia Czuchlewski ’22 John Dominguez-Trujillo ’21 Gretchen Eberhardt ’21 Ella Evans ’21 Laurie Fleenor ’21 Spencer Goss ’22 Tatiana Gross ’20 […]

After performing in the New Mexico State Thespian Conference in Santa Fe, 14 Albuquerque Academy students have qualified for the National Thespian Festival this summer at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The qualifying students are: Monologue Maddie Roeber ’18 – “Butterflies are Free,” “Lost in Yonkers“ Lily Gates ’18 – “Barbara’s Wedding“ Aria Gaston-Panthaki ’17 – Masha […]

Seventh-grader Wyatt Ziehe won the Geography Bee for the second year in a row. Initially, 16 students participated before two finalists were selected. The final round went into sudden death and exhausted all of the tiebreaker questions before Wyatt was able to win the Bee by correctly identifying Hobart as the capital city of Tasmania. […]

Regional results for the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing competition are in for the art portion, with a number of visual arts awards going to Academy students (listed below). Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s largest, longest-running, most prestigious visual and literary arts program symbolizing excellence and recognizing accomplishments of students […]