By Rachel Kolb ’08 | Guest Contributor When the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law on this day in July 1990, my parents didn’t yet know how much the landmark civil rights law would soon shape my life — and theirs. I was born profoundly deaf, but my parents didn’t even know this […]
Academy Commencement Makes National Headlines
Comedian and late-night TV host Seth Meyers has brought widespread attention to the 2025 Academy commencement, where his wife, 2002 alum Alexi Ashe Meyers, gave an inspiring alumni address while comforting their daughter. Seth praised Alexi’s performance – her speech as well as the “nonstop balancing act” that parenthood requires – on his Instagram account […]
Speech & Debate Coach Earns National Honor
Speech & Debate Coach Elise Matton ’10 was awarded a 2025 District Leader Commendation from the National Speech & Debate Association. One of five award winners nationwide, recipients are nominated by their district chairs “for going above and beyond in their district.” There are 111 NSDA districts.
Meet the Lawyer in Snakeskin Boots Who Takes Cases for as Little as Minimum Wage
Jon Miller (Academy Class of 1980) travels 4,000 miles a month as a private contract lawyer, a little-known job representing criminal defendants for a flat fee Read the article in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). In her June 24, 2025 piece, Wall Street Journal National Legal Affairs Reporter Mariah Timms covered Jon’s work as […]
How Norah Doss ’08 Found Her Way Back to the Academy
To shine a light on the transformative power of tuition assistance, Alumni Council member Ted Alcorn ’01 is telling the stories of alumni who were grateful recipients during their Academy years. By Ted Alcorn ’01 When Norah Doss caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror in the Albuquerque Academy’s lower-school bathroom, her reflection seemed […]
Albuquerque native Clark Sonnenberg steps up at right time for UNM men’s golf
By Sean Reider / Journal Staff Writer By all accounts, it was supposed to be a regular freshman year for Clark Sonnenberg. One of Albuquerque’s best junior golfers would play a little here, a little there and develop behind a UNM men’s golf team roster filled with veteran talent. But there were no plans for […]
NCAA golf: UNM (Clark Sonnenberg ’24) and NMSU men’s golf are one round away from national championship
By Sean Reider / Journal Staff Writer When they needed it most, the Lobos got a major boost from one of their underclassmen. Freshman Clark Sonnenberg shot a blistering four-under 68 Tuesday, steadying New Mexico men’s golf to a fourth-place finish in the second round of the NCAA Tallahassee Regional. After carding a one-under 71 […]
Gustav Parker Hibbett ’14 wins John Pollard Prize
Martin Doyle | The Irish Times Gustav Parker Hibbett has received the 2025 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize for their debut poetry collection, High Jump as Icarus Story (Banshee Press) at an award ceremony in Trinity College Dublin this evening, Thursday, May 8th. This is the seventh year of the prize, which is awarded […]
Find out which New Mexico filmed Netflix series continues to hold a top five spot for streamer
By Adrian Gomez / For the Journal Kenneth Miller ’07 went from living on his personal Texas ranch to the set of “Ransom Canyon” last year. The Albuquerque native is one of many celebrating the success of the Netflix series as it continues to hold in the top five in its third week of streaming. […]
ABQ author Kit Rosewater ’07 debuts first young adult novel ‘All’s Fair in Love and Field Hockey’
By David Steinberg / For the Journal Kit Rosewater’s book “All’s Fair in Love and Field Hockey” is a thoughtful, luminous romance novel for young adults. It’s a tale not unlike the rival families in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” — the Montagues and the Capulets. In the novel, two young people overcome team rivalry […]
