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 […]

The results from MATHCOUNTS, UNM-PNM, and AMC competitions are in! MATHCOUNTS Competing against some of the strongest math students in the state, Albuquerque Academy’s middle school team earned second place overall in the state MATHCOUNTS competition held on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Elias Garcia ’19 placed third overall and will travel to Boston as one of […]

Earliler this year, 21 Academy students received Gold Medals in the 2015 Regional Scholastic Art & Writing competition (see earlier story). Those award-winning entries then moved on to review in the national competition, along with thousands of entries from throughout the United Stated and beyond. Seven pieces submitted by students throughout New Mexico received national […]

Albuquerque Academy’s Symphonic Band made a whirlwind trip to Anaheim, California to participate in a special soundtrack recording workshop at Disneyland on March 13-15. Students had the opportunity to sight-read and record music from Disney films in a film-scoring studio. The workshop is designed to illustrate the critical role each member of a concert band […]

Congratulations to all members of the team for a strong showing at the final competitions of the academic year! Read season highlights below. ***** New Mexico National Qualifying Tournament, March 12-14 Seventeen Academy students participated in the three-day competition with the following eight qualifying for the national tournament in June:Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Ria Mazumdar ’15 […]

Porcelain vessels by visual arts faculty member Liz Fritzsche will be on display at Matrix Fine Art (3812 Central Ave SE) from March 6 to March 28. The exhibition, Subtle Imprints, will open with a reception on Friday, March 6 from 5-8 p.m. Two woman artists — Marilyn Dillard and Elizabeth Fritzsche — join forces for the exhibition. Dillard paints bold, abstract representations of […]