Five Albuquerque Academy students participated in the 2015 New Mexico District 1 Congressional Art Competition, a nationwide high school visual art competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute. Students submit their entries to the state representative’s office, and a panel of district artists then select the winning entries. Selected pieces this year are: Libby Marrs ’16, one […]

Molly Sandweiss ’16 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 […]

Works by Albuquerque Academy visual arts students in grades 9 through 12 have been selected for a week-long emerging artist exhibition in Santa Fe hosted by Turner Carroll Gallery. Students submitted over 270 pieces of art for consideration by a panel of six art historians, artists, curators, director of a creative think tank, and gallery […]

Eleven Albuquerque Academy students currently enrolled in Latin I and Latin II took the National Latin Exam and received the following honors: Perfect Scores Alexander Touche ’17 — the first Albuquerque Academy student to achieve a perfect score twice Charles Touche ’17 Ellie Wynn ’16 — the first Albuquerque Academy student to achieve a perfect score on the advanced Latin II exam Gold […]

Fourteen works by Albuquerque Academy students will be on display at the Albuquerque Museum from May 3 through June 7, 2015. An opening and awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 3 at 1 p.m. Each year high school students from throughout Albuquerque are invited to submit work to the Focus on Youth Photography […]

The Albuquerque Academy Advanced Guitar Ensemble competed in the District VII Guitar Large Group Festival, which included every APS high school guitar program. The Charger ensemble scored 100% from both adjudicators at the event, earning 10 out of 10 in all 10 categories. Congratulations to the following students: Class of 2015: Connor Ritchie Class of 2016: Andrew […]

Albuquerque Academy history faculty member Danny Packer has been selected as an AP teacher panelist for the 2015 AP U.S. History Standard Setting. According to Danny, he will be part of a small committee that will meet in Kansas City, Missouri in mid-June. The committee, composed of a select group of high school and college history teachers […]

With the 2014-15 school year in the final stretch, accolades for Charger athletes are starting to come in. Below is news to date for basketball, swimming, and wrestling. Additional news will be posted as it becomes available. ***** Girls Basketball 5A-4A All District: Alli Leggott ’17, Sophie Long ’17, and Tea Salazar ’16 4A/5A All-Metro Academic: Jordan Cabarrus ’15 […]

The Intel State Science Fair took place at New Mexico Tech on March 27 and 28. Repeating their performance at the regionals two weeks earlier, Academy teams once again won the two top awards in the computer science category. Sophomores Che Olavarria-Gallegos and Antonio Perez placed first with their project which compared the Genetic Algorithm approach with a version […]

A recent middle school team victory at the Regional National Science Bowl Competition means that both the middle school and high school teams will represent New Mexico at the National Finals in Washington, DC April 30-May 4, 2015. In making the announcement, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said, “The National Science Bowl® has grown into one of […]