The College Board recently announced 23 Albuquerque Academy students in the Class of 2016 have been named 2015-16 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 […]

English department faculty member John Knapp was published in this year’s edition of the scholarly journal 1650–1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era (AMS Press, 2015). His article, titled “Akenside’s Hymn to the Naiads and the Turn from the Ode,” covers the topic of 18th-century lyric poetry. There will be a copy of the article in […]

Albuquerque Academy’s Classical Guitar Quartet was recently invited to perform at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. According to Performing Arts faculty member Mickey Jones, the invitation came from the head of the conservatory guitar program, David Tannenbaum, who has admired Academy students very much over the years for their obvious talents, intellectual rigor, and willingness […]

For the fifth year in a row, more students from Albuquerque Academy than from any other program in New Mexico were selected to participate in the All-State Guitar Ensemble. Along with the most overall students, Academy students earned three of the top four spots in the ensemble. The students participating are: Ryan Benavides ’19, Andrew Chu ’16, Richard Dargan […]

The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation announced last week that 27 Albuquerque Academy seniors have been named Semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. This spring these students will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million. Commenting on this announcement, Albuquerque Academy’s Head […]

This summer, Ellen Hager ’16, participated in the 2015 Olympic Alcoa Scholars program.  From more than 190 applicants from around the world, Ellen was one of only 30 students chosen for this elite program. Ellen received a full scholarship for the program, which included eight days in the backcountry of Olympic National Park. Hiking more than […]

Two Charger athletes, Jackson Morris ’17 and Teagun Glenn ’20, successfully competed at the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic championships in Jacksonville, FL this summer. Jackson earned second place in the 15-16-year-old Boys Discus (161’10”), only 1’2” shy of the winning throw. Teagun earned third place in the 13-14-year-old Boys Javelin (155’6”). He also placed ninth […]

The Academy Chess team won the 5A/6A State Chess Championship — for the sixth year in a row! Team members Michael Hsu ’18, Ryu Hsu ’16 (co-captain), Thomas Mathine ’16 (co-captain), Logan Megginson ’15, Ethan Ross ’18, and Ben Zolyomi ’15participated in the 5A/6A State Chess Championship on April 16-17, 2015 and went undefeated in four matches against Las Cruces, Los Alamos, Cibola, […]

Albuquerque Academy faculty member Karen Temple-Beamish recently was named a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Karen is one of only two New Mexico teachers and 108 teachers nationwide to receive the award. The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is awarded annually to outstanding […]

Nine members of Albuquerque Academy’s Speech and Debate Team, including eight members of the Class of 2015, attended the National Tournament in Dallas, TX the week of June 14-19, 2015. The nine members were: Jessica Berry ’15, Carrie Hicks ’16, Nikka Jumalon ’15, EmmaLia Mariner ’15, Ria Mazumdar ’15, Elena Purcell ’15, Raisa Shah ’15, Grace Su ’15, and Victor Wu ’15. Ria Mazumdar took 13th in […]