In a recent award ceremony at Stanford University, Academy alum Zach Lott ’09 was one of 25 top academic seniors in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences to receive the J.E. Wallace Sterling Scholastic Award. Zach chose to honor Academy history teacher Ed Baklini during the ceremony. In a recent award ceremony at Stanford University, Academy alum Zach Lott ’09 was […]

Sixteen Academy guitarists participated in the District VI Large Group Festival on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Out of 11 New Mexico schools (not just in District VI) participating, the Albuquerque Academy Advanced Guitar Ensemble and the Albuquerque Academy Latin American Guitar Ensemble received superior ratings and were ranked first and second, respectively. Sixteen Academy guitarists […]

For a fourth consecutive year, the Academy chess team took first place in the 4A/5A State Chess Championship. Congratulations to the following team members: Sarah Blog ’14, Jordan Fonseca ’13, Ryu Hsu ’16, Evan Liu ’13 (captain), Thomas Mathine ’16, Simon Mattsson ’13, and Dylan Purcell ’13. Additional accomplishments in chess include: For a fourth consecutive year, the Academy chess team took first […]

The middle school science bowl team just returned from a 5-day whirlwind of activity at the 2013 National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C. The middle school science bowl team, comprising Harrison Bay ’18, Thor Larson ’17, Henry Luo ’18, Eric Swiler ’19, and Mark Swiler ’17, just returned from a 5-day whirlwind of activity at the 2013 National Science Bowl held in […]

Marcus Dominguez-Kuhne ’16 just completed his year-long 2012-2013 New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge on April 23, with a presentation before panels of judges at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Marcus Dominguez-Kuhne ’16 just completed his year-long 2012-2013 New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge on April 23, with a presentation before panels of judges at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Marcus and other […]

Molly McCarthy ’17 is one of 52 students to receive a certificate of recognition from the 2013 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Promising Young Writers Program. Molly McCarthy ’17 is one of 52 students to receive a certificate of recognition from the 2013 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Promising Young Writers Program. This year, […]

Two Albuquerque Academy students received first place cash prizes in the Bosque School-sponsored Aldo Leopold Writing Contest. Two Albuquerque Academy students received first place cash prizes in the Bosque School-sponsored Aldo Leopold Writing Contest. Aerlin Decker ’19 (grades 6-7 category, 300 words or less) and Daria Hofmann ’17 (grades 8-9 category, 400 words or less) each wrote essays responding to the […]

The United States Department of Education Commission on Presidential Scholars has announced that Robert Chen ’13and Geelon So ’13 were selected as semifinalists in the 2013 Presidential Scholars competition. From nearly 3.2 million graduating high school seniors, about 3,900, including 12 Academy students, were identified as candidates in the program based on their exceptional performance on either the […]

The 2013 New Mexico Scholastic Press Association (NMSPA) results are in, and the Academy’s student-run newspaper — The Advocate — received numerous awards. Six students participated and four placed in the NMSPA/NMAA state competition on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Highland High School: Feature Writing: Eliza Ennis ’15 – 2nd Editorial cartooning: Calvary Fisher ’14 – 3rd News writing: Jessica Grubesic ’14 – 3rd Editorial […]