By Ted Alcorn ’01 “There are two rabbits in the room,” says Google engineer Abi Hunter ’15, who I just prompted to explain her interest in linguistics. “How are you able to know that is true?” The animals’ wire pens are visible on the Zoom behind her, two massive furry buns dozing within, neither the […]
Transforming Challenges into Change: Peter Gloyd ’98
Remember those days of doodling in notebooks or daydreaming during lectures? Peter Gloyd, a 1998 Academy alum, math teacher, coach, parent of three Chargers, and the school’s director of Diversity, Culture, and Belonging (DCB), has turned such distractions into tools for learning with his creation of Class Bucks – a platform designed to enhance engagement […]
The Implacable Ranalda Tsosie ’96
Teaching the Next Generation of Indigenous Environmental Scientists By Ted Alcorn ’01 As her mother remembers it, Ranalda Tsosie ’96 did not tell anyone she had applied to Albuquerque Academy until she was accepted. Somehow, word of the school had reached the eighth grader at Red Mesa Junior High, up the road from the Four […]
New Charger Cheer Team Ramps Up School Spirit
After four decades, Charger cheer is back! The new 48-member, all-gender, no-cut team made their debut at the boys varsity basketball game on December 3, where they honored cheer alumni Karroll Candelaria-Bauer ’81, Becki Branch ’84, Dee-Dee Butterfield ’84, and Robin Napoleone ’84. The squad was founded by seniors Miel Padilla and Izzy Romero with […]
$1 Million in Gifts from Garcia Automotive Group Family Honors Beloved Former Faculty Members
Albuquerque Academy is proud to announce it has received two gifts totaling $1 million through generous contributions from a family with close ties to the school – the Garcia Automotive Group Family. These new funds were developed in honor of former faculty members (Vincent Cordova and Darell Gage) who positively shaped the young lives of […]
The Starfish Thrower: Mark Dimas ’98 Helped Found a Website That Has Helped Hundreds of Millions of People Turn Their Voices into Real Change
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 The tide has gone out, stranding thousands of starfish on the shore, and a person walking along the beach is […]
Alex Bregman ’12 captures first Gold Glove with stellar year at hot corner
Brian McTaggart | mlb.com news Third baseman Alex Bregman will hit free agency with a Gold Glove on his résumé. Bregman was named Sunday as the American League winner of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award at third base, which goes to the best defensive player in each league at the position. Bregman, a first-time Gold […]
Hub International adds New Mexico president role, Eric Weinstein ’94
By Brody Foster – Reporter, Albuquerque Business First Hub International has added a new leadership position to oversee its day-to-day operations in the Land of Enchantment. Eric Weinstein was named president for Hub International’s New Mexico operations on Sept. 16. He spent the last 24 years at Aon, an insurance brokerage firm in Albuquerque, where […]
Chamiza Pacheco de Alas ’96: Helping New Mexican Children Thrive
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 Chamiza Pacheco de Alas ’96 drops off her sixth-grader at the Academy, she sometimes thinks about arriving there herself […]
What Makes David Eagleman ’89 So Driven?
He Could Probably Design an Experiment to Explain It. Bravery has been brewing inside David Eagleman, Albuquerque Academy Class of 1989, for a long time. On a fall day in the 1980s, when he’d only been a sixth grader at the Academy for a matter of weeks, hot-air balloons touched down on campus, and one […]
