Jackson Morris ’17 has been named Gatorade’s New Mexico Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year for 2014-15. Jackson is now in the running for the national award which will be announced later this year. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, academic achievement, and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the track. Jackson captured three individual state […]

The Albuquerque Academy Chamber Players earned second place in the Class A-5A String Division of the State Orchestra Contest on Saturday, April 11. The ensemble received scores of 95, 96, and 97 (out of 100), from the judges. Congratulations to these students on an impressive performance: Class of 2015: Suzie Carty, Celece Chavez, Mieke Doezema, Alan Duong, Abi Hunter, Katja Vassilev, Daniel […]

Congratulations to visual arts faculty members Liz Fritzsche and Orlando Leyba, selected by a public vote to exhibit their work at the Albuquerque Museum. The show, “Public Selects,” features twelve of the numerous artists who opened their private studios to the public in March. Guests who attended the March event were invited to vote for three of the participating artists […]

Although students are about to start their summer break, many Academy faculty will be going back to school, participating in workshops and activities locally and across the country. Here is a sampling of the kinds of professional development our faculty will be pursuing: Samuèle Baca (world languages) and Marnie Bethel(English, world languages) will attend the inaugural Independent […]

Charger athletes brought home multiple State Championships this season in baseball, golf, tennis, and track and field teams. ***** Baseball After a great season and winning District, varsity baseball captured the State title defeating teams from Belen, Valencia, Artesia, and Goddard. ***** Boys Golf The team placed second in District and won the State title. Ben […]

Albuquerque Academy held its fifth annual LogosVocabulary Contest on May 11. The contest is a vocabulary competition specifically designed for 8th grade students. Earlier in the year, all eighth grade students took a preliminary 50 question multiple-choice test to determine who would compete in the final oral round, conducted in a manner similar to a spelling […]

Students recently got a glimpse of the world of international politics in a mock session of the United Nations Security Council and activities based on the United Nations Millennium Development Plan. Last week, about 125 sophomores — every member of the Class of 2017 except those taking AP History courses — participated in Sophomore Model […]

On Saturday, May 2, students in Grades 6-12 competed in the 4th Annual Trashion Fashion and Art Show. Recycled materials used to create costumes and art included aluminum cans, milk cartons, newspaper, and cardboard. Through their creative use of recycled materials, students hope to teach the community about conserving natural resources and the protection of […]

A group of young Academy scientists spent the first weekend in May in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl®, a competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. The Academy’s Middle and High School teams earned the honor of representing New Mexico by winning the […]

Two Albuquerque Academy teams competed in the year-long 2014-2015 New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge. Both were selected to the top 10; one team placed second. Sixty-four teams from throughout New Mexico competed in the finals at the supercomputing contest held at Los Alamos National Lab on April 20-21, 2015. Comprising all sophomores, the two teams that placed […]