Peter Nash, English department faculty member, has recently published his book titled The Life and Times of Moses Jacob Ezekiel: American Sculptor, Arcadian Knight(Fairleigh Dickinson, 2014), available on Amazon. The book is a biography of Moses Jacob Ezekiel, telling a “remarkable story of a man’s rise to international fame as an artist in late nineteenth-century Italy.”

On Thursday, February 28, Academy students enrolled in Earth Systems (grade 8) and Biology E: Ecology Emphasis(grades 10-12) helped teach the sixth graders about the importance of water resources in New Mexico. Students also learned about about water quality and storm water from a presentation by Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District, as well as oil spills, aquifers, drought, […]

Averill Nolte ’15 attended the “Land&Water Summit 2014: Drought as an Opportunity For Change” as a representative of the Biology E: Ecology Emphasis science class taught by Karen Temple Beamish. She will present what she learned at the Summit to her classmates as part of a unit on water resources in the West. Averill learned how to more […]

In mid-February of this year, Albuquerque Academy students enrolled in AP Studio Art: Drawing, AP Studio Art: 2-D Design, AP Studio Art: 3-D Design, and AP Art History visited several art museums in Los Angeles, CA. Students researched the institutions, artists, and individual artworks prior to the trip and presented their findings in front of the works at the museums. […]

Students from Albuquerque Academy, Sandia Prep, and Bosque School took part in a Wilderness First Aid and CPR class over the past weekend, held in the Academy’s Science Center. Thirteen Academy students currently enrolled in the Outdoor Leadership II course were joined by nine students from Sandia Prep and two from Bosque School to take part in […]

Albuquerque Academy’s Varsity Mock Trial Team took first place in the New Mexico regional competition on February 21-22. The team now moves on to compete in the state competition in four weeks. The following three teams competed and placed in a field of 30: Red Team — 14th Place: Adam Foster ’18, Sean Jahner ’18, Willow LeTard ’19, Ethan […]

The middle and high school Science Olympiad teams traveled to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro to participate in the New Mexico Science Olympiad tournament on Saturday, February 22. The middle and high school Science Olympiad teams traveled to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro to participate […]

On Friday, February 14, students enrolled in the Biology E: Ecology Emphasis course attended the 2014 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference, organized by Farm to Table, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, and the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service. Allison Merrell ’15 found the conference inspirational and said “The amount of effort and knowledge that has to […]

Opening Reception Thursday, February 27 3:30-5:30 p.m. Administration Building, Heritage Room (East Campus) Opening Reception Thursday, February 27 3:30-5:30 p.m. Administration Building, Heritage Room (East Campus) Visual Arts Department faculty members — Liz Fritzsche, Alison Green, Anne Hirsh Greene, Orlando Leyba, Tim Mullane, Louis Schalk, Michal Sommers, and David Welch — are all practicing artists as well as teachers. This exhibition […]

Albuquerque Academy students made an impressive showing in writing submissions for the SW Regional Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards. Many received multiple honors, and most submitted several pieces of writing in a variety of genres (listed below). Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awardsis the nation’s largest, longest-running, most prestigious visual and literary arts […]