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| name = Albuquerque Academy
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| logo = Albuquerque Academy Logo.png
motto = ''Scientia ad faciendum'' <br> (Knowing through doing) |
| image = Albuquerque - aerial view of Albuquerque Academy.jpg
established = ] |
| caption = Aerial view of Albuquerque Academy in 2013
type = ], Grades 6-12 |
| motto = ''Scientia ad faciendum'' <br /> (Knowledge for the sake of doing)
principal = Head-of-School Andrew T. Watson |
| established = 1955
faculty = 139 |
| newspaper =
enrollment = 1070 |
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| grades = 6-12
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| head_of_school = Julianne Puente
location = 6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE <br> ], ] 87109<br> ]|
| faculty = 174
information = (505)828-3200 |
| enrollment = 1,195 (2024-25)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=87199&Miles=1&ID=00909478|title=Albuquerque Academy|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>
website = http://www.aa.edu
| endowment = $86.8 million (2022)
| tuition = $28,149
| address = 6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE
| city = ]
| state = ]
| zipcode = 87109
| country = United States
| website = {{URL|http://www.aa.edu}}
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| conference = ], AAAA Dist. 5
| mascot = Charger
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'''Albuquerque Academy''' (known locally as simply '''The Academy''') is a private co-educational school for grades six through twelve located in ], ], USA. It is accredited by the ]{{ref|isasw}} and the New Mexico State Department of Education. Albuquerque Academy is also a member of the ]. It is not to be confused with ], the first high school established in Albuquerque, which was originally named Albuquerque Academy. '''Albuquerque Academy''', known locally as simply '''the Academy''', is an independent, co-educational day school for grades 6-12 located in ]. The school is accredited by the ]<ref name="isasw"> {{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the New Mexico State Department of Education, and is also a member of the ].


The school has routinely ranked among the top 200 private high schools in the United States,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aa.edu/50-of-the-best-private-schools-in-america/ | title=50 of the Best Private Schools in America | date=4 February 2021 | access-date=24 July 2022 | archive-date=24 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724001659/https://www.aa.edu/50-of-the-best-private-schools-in-america/ | url-status=live }}</ref> peaking at #5 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=ABQ school ranked fifth-best private high school in U.S. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2015/10/abq-academy-ranked-fifth-best-private-high-school.html |website=] |date=2015-10-15 |last1=Sams |first1=Rachel}}</ref> Albuquerque Academy comprises three different divisions (groups of grade levels): the 6-7 division, the 8-9 division, and the 10-12 division.
Albuquerque Academy is split into three different divisions: the six-seven division (or "lower school"), the eight-nine division, and the ten-twelve division (both in the "upper school").


==History== ==History==
Albuquerque Academy was founded in 1955 as a school for boys in the basement of a small Albuquerque church. Between 1957 and 1964, the Academy received a large tract of undeveloped land north of Albuquerque. The Academy has an enrollment of just over 1,000 in grades 6 through 12, with students drawn from throughout the Albuquerque metropolitan area and the state of New Mexico. The current headmaster is Andrew T. Watson. Albuquerque Academy was founded in 1955 as The Academy for Boys in the basement of a small Albuquerque church by William B. S. Wilburn. The school was eventually moved into a facility that is today used by ]. In 1965, the school moved to its current site in northeast Albuquerque.<ref name="aa_history"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313205105/http://www.aa.edu/today/about/ |date=2007-03-13 }} (school website)</ref>


Between 1957 and 1964, the academy received a large tract of undeveloped land north of Albuquerque, part of the Elena Gallegos Land Grant,<ref name="Elena_Gallegos">"New Mexico Office of the State Historian: Elena Gallegos Grant", ''New Mexico Office of the State Historian'', http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=24996 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425182637/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=24996 |date=2011-04-25 }}, accessed 1 Oct 2011.</ref> from the ] family. The western portion (from Wyoming Boulevard to the ]) was sold to finance the creation of the current campus and the first endowment fund, and the present campus was created in the middle of the tract. The land east of the campus, reaching the crest of the ], was sold later in a series of deals. First, the section from the campus to Juan Tabo Boulevard was sold to create a second trust. Later, the City of Albuquerque attempted to facilitate a deal to sell the remainder to the ] by putting up a parking garage as collateral.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} The deal fell through, and the academy became the garage owner while still retaining the area.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}}
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In July 1982, the city purchased most of the land in a complex deal with the academy and the ]. The City paid the academy $23.9 million, raised by a ] issue supported by a temporary ¼ percent ].<ref name="abq_journal_open">"City Acquires 7,761 acre (31.4 km²) Elena Gallegos Property in Sandias", ''Albuquerque Journal'', July 2, 1982.</ref> The City retained part of the land, which is now the {{convert|adj=on|640|acre}} Elena Gallegos Picnic Area/Albert G. Simms Park, located at the feet of the Sandias at the mouths of Bear and Pino Canyons. The {{convert|adj=on|7000|acre}} plus remainder of the purchase, most of it forest land in the canyons proper, was sold to the Forest Service and is now part of the ] and the ].<ref name="cabq_open">, City of Albuquerque, accessed 3-8-2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404181457/http://www.cabq.gov/openspace/history.html |date=April 4, 2007 }}</ref> The academy retained two parts of the tract, the larger adjoining Tramway Boulevard. The school set up the High Desert Investment Corporation (HDIC) to develop this portion as the master-planned community known as ]. (The smaller portion, within Bear Canyon itself, is still used by the academy for experiential education purposes.) HDIC then purchased a large tract of land in the northern section of ], developed as Mariposa.<ref name="mariposa">Patrick Armijo, "Mariposa Plan Earns an OK, Council Approves Land Annexation", ''Albuquerque Journal'', February 15, 2002.</ref> The proceeds from the land sales and from HDIC have provided the academy with a substantial endowment, which is used partly to defray tuition expenses and to subsidize a significant need-based financial aid program. HDIC has since been dissolved.
The Albuquerque Academy celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2004-2005 school year with a year-long celebration of the school's history.

The school remained an all-boys school, with grades five through 12, until 1973, at which time girls were allowed into grades nine through 12. Part of the reason for the delay in allowing girls and for the gradual inclusion was that the Simms grant specified that the number of boys not decrease in order to make room for girls.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} The fifth grade was dropped in 1979, and the school became fully coeducational in 1984.

Today, the academy has an enrollment of more than 1,100 in grades 6 through 12, with students drawn from throughout the Albuquerque metropolitan area and the state of New Mexico.
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===Heads of school===
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* William B. S. Wilburn, 1955–60
* Rev. Paul G. Saunders, 1960–64
* Ashby Harper, 1964–85
* Robert L. Bovinette, 1985–96
* Timothy R. McIntire, 1996–99
* Donald W. Smith (interim head), 1999–2001
* Andrew T. Watson, 2001–2020
* Julianne Puente, 2020–present
{{Div col end}}


==Facilities== ==Facilities==
The school sits on an approximately 312 acre (1.5 km&sup2;) gated campus in the northeastern part of the city, near the base of the ]. It is divided into two campuses, the West Campus or lower school and the East Campus or upper school. The two campuses are separated by about a quarter of a mile, with the library, science building, and athletic fields in between. The school buildings conform to a consistent, Mediterranean-influenced architectural style, which incorporates ] buildings, arches, and tile roofs. The school sits on an approximately 312-acre (1.5 km<sup>2</sup>) gated campus in the northeastern part of the city. It is divided into two campuses, the West Campus and the East Campus. The two campuses are separated by about a quarter of a mile, with the library, science building, and athletic fields in between. The school buildings conform to a consistent Mediterranean-influenced architectural style, which incorporates ] buildings, arches, and tile roofs.


===West Campus=== ===West Campus===
The West Campus comprises eight buildings including sixth and seventh grade classroom buildings, an administration building, a dining hall, and a gymnasium. In addition, the Visual Arts building and Natatorium are on the West Campus. All of the buildings except the Natatorium were designed by Robert McCabe of Flatow, Moore, Bryan, and Associates, and opened in ]. The Natatorium was added to the West Campus Gymnasium in ]. The West Campus consists of eight buildings, including sixth- and seventh-grade classroom buildings, an administration building, a dining hall, and a gymnasium. In addition, the Visual Arts building and Natatorium are on the West Campus. All of the buildings except the Natatorium were designed by Robert McCabe of Flatow, Moore, Bryan, and Associates, and opened in 1984. The Natatorium was added to the West Campus Gymnasium in 1997.


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===Simms Library=== ===Simms Library===
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The Dr. Albert G. Simms II and Barbara Young Simms Library (almost always shortened to "Simms Library") is the Academy's most iconic building, housing the school's collection of over 100,000 books, periodicals, videos, and recordings. It is comprised of two wings that open onto a central lobby, with the fiction/nonfiction section housed in the larger north wing and reference materials in the east wing. The Library was designed by Alexander "Sandy" Howe of the ] firm of ] and opened in ] along with the Science Building. The Library spire is the highest point on campus.
The Dr. Albert G. Simms II and Barbara Young Simms Library (almost always shortened to "Simms Library") is the academy's most iconic building, housing the school's collection of more than 140,000 books, periodicals, videos, and recordings. It has two wings that open onto a central lobby, with the fiction/nonfiction section housed in the larger north wing and reference materials in the east wing. The library was designed by Alexander "Sandy" Howe of the ] firm of ] and opened in 1991 along with the Science Building. The Library spire is the highest point on campus. The Head of School's office, Admission office, and Common Grounds Cafe are also located in the library.


===Science Building=== ===Science Building===
The Science Building sits across from the Library on a brick plaza. It houses all of the Academy's science classrooms, labs, and faculty, as well as some teachers from other departments. The building comprises two classroom wings and two laboratory wings grouped around a square central courtyard. The main foyer houses a large ] (another, much smaller pendulum is located in Brown Hall on the East Campus). The Science Building was also designed by Howe and opened at the same time as the Library. The Science Building sits across a brick plaza from the Library. It houses the majority of the academy's science classrooms, labs, and faculty, as well as some teachers from other departments. The building is made up of two classroom wings and two laboratory wings grouped around a square central courtyard, which includes a small pond, containing some small fish and aquatic pond snails. The main foyer houses a large ]. (Another smaller pendulum is located in Brown Hall on the East Campus). The Science Building was also designed by Howe and opened at the same time as the Library. It is adjacent to the Desert Oasis Teaching (DOT) Gardens, a resource that serves students and the community.


===East Campus=== === East Campus ===
The East Campus currently houses grades 8-12. It includes the Academy's four original buildings, all grouped around a central quad: North Hall, the 8-9 classroom building, Brown Hall, the 10-12 classroom building, the Administration Building, which includes the office of the Head of School, and the gymnasium-dining hall complex. All were designed by Edward O. Holien of Holien and Buckley and completed in ]. The Simms Center for the Performing Arts was designed by George Pearl, completed in ], and remodeled in ]. The last building added to the East Campus was the Music Building, designed by Bill Sabatini of Dekker/Perich/Sabatini and completed in ]. The East Campus currently is home to grades 8–12. It includes the academy's four original buildings, all grouped around a central quad: McKinnon Hall (formerly North Hall, the 8-9 classroom building), Brown Hall (the 10-12 classroom building), the Administration Building, and the gymnasium-dining hall complex. All were designed by Edward O. Holien of Holien and Buckley and completed in 1965. Also on the East Campus is the Simms Center for the Performing Arts, designed by George Pearl, completed in 1975, and remodeled in 2000; and the Music Building, designed by Bill Sabatini of Dekker/Perich/Sabatini and completed in 1996.


===Athletic facilities=== ===Athletic facilities===
The Academy's largest sports facilities are Harper Memorial Stadium (used for ] and ] games and ] meets), the East Campus Gym (] and ]), and the Natatorium (] and ]). There are also several soccer, ], and ] fields, a 16-court ] complex, a ] course, a weight room, and basketball courts. The academy's largest sports facilities are the Athletic Field (used for ] and ] games and ] meets), the East Campus Gym (] and ]), and the Natatorium (] and ]). There are also several soccer, ], and ] fields, a ] complex, a ] course, a weight room, and basketball courts. The Experiential Education department also constructed a pump (bicycle) track used by the summer program, PE classes, and Ex Ed students on the east end of campus.


===Bear Canyon=== ===Experiential education===
The Academy curriculum includes a significant experiential education component, part of which involves outdoor activities such as ], ], and ]. The school's 270-acre (1.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) tract in Bear Canyon is used for this purpose; trips also take place in areas throughout the state. The sixth-grade students take an overnight trip in Bear Canyon and go on day trips. The seventh graders go to Bear Canyon for four days and three nights. The eighth graders go on a half-week retreat together at the beginning of the year, and the ninth graders go on small-group remote ] trips in a regional wilderness area. The 10-12 students may take classes in outdoor leadership as well as ], climbing, and mountain biking.
The Academy has a 270 acre (1.1 km&sup2;) Bear Canyon tract in the Sandia Mountains and other sites throughout the state, which students and faculty regularly use to supplement the curriculum.


==Student body== ==Student body==
The school is roughly half boys and half girls, and more than one-half of the students self-identify as students of color or multicultural. The Academy also ranks among the top independent secondary schools with regard to need-based financial aid, supporting nearly one-quarter of the student body with a total of $4.9 million.<ref name="finaid"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214002206/http://www.aa.edu/today/facts/ |date=2005-02-14 }} (school website)</ref> In addition, the school has a 7:1 student/teacher ratio.<ref name="ratio">{{Cite web |url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/18399 |title=AA at privateschoolreview.com |access-date=2006-08-07 |archive-date=2006-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830155146/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/18399 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The Academy devotes an entire day to diversity each year, called Diversity Day. This Day features a forum with music, dancing, and movies, a special lunch with foods from many different countries, and a long row of booths featuring Academy's many clubs. The school is roughly half boys and half girls, and nearly one third of the students have non-white backgrounds. The Academy also ranks among the top independent secondary schools with regard to need-blind financial aid offered to students, totaling nearly one-third of the student body{{ref|finaid}}.


One member of the Class of 2024 was awarded the US Presidential Scholarship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=Karen Zhang '24 Named Presidential Scholar {{!}} Albuquerque Academy |url=https://www.aa.edu/2024/05/20/karen-zhang-24-named-presidential-scholar/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.aa.edu/ |language=en-US}}</ref>
Albuquerque Academy prides itself on its personal attention to its students with an 8:1 student/teacher ratio, but simply in terms of such tangibles as facilities and average SAT score, the school now ranks alongside such schools as ] in Dallas and the ] in Houston.{{fact}}

Seventeen members of the Class of 2025 were recognized as National Merit Semifinalists, and the class earned an average ACT score well above the national average.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=17 Chargers Named National Merit Semifinalists {{!}} Albuquerque Academy |url=https://www.aa.edu/2024/09/11/national-merit-2025/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.aa.edu/ |language=en-US}}</ref> Individual honors for the senior class of 2025 included a Coolidge Scholarship recipient.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=Junior Awarded Elite Coolidge Scholarship {{!}} Albuquerque Academy |url=https://www.aa.edu/2024/05/20/junior-awarded-elite-coolidge-scholarship/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.aa.edu/ |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Tuition==
The board of trustees sets tuition for each school year. While the current cost per student stands at approximately $35,000 per year, the endowment allows for a tuition cost of $28,149 including lunch fees. Book expenses range average $250-$500 per year depending on grade level. Financial aid is awarded based on a family's demonstrated need and the student's strengths relative to the applicant's class.


==Extracurricular activities== ==Extracurricular activities==
] are an important part of the Academy experience. Some of the larger activities include ] (a student ] that has recieved numerous awards from the ] and the ]), speech and debate, Science Olympiad, and theater. Students are able to submit proposals to the 10-12 Student Senate to create a new club or activity, which nearly always approves activities. ] at the school include state championship sports teams, ''The Advocate'' (a student ] that has received numerous awards from the ] and the New Mexico Press Women), ], ], and theater.


The longest sports state championship streaks by Academy sports teams are the 21-time<ref></ref> defending state champion boys tennis team (2003–present); the eight-time defending state champion girls swim team (2007-present); and the six-time state champion boys basketball team (1989–1994), boys swim team (2006–2011), and boys track team (2002–2007).
Another aspect of extracurricular activates are senior projects. Completed by all seniors at the end of their high school careers, the projects allow students to broaden their mind with topics outside of the school ]{{ref|seniorproject}}.


The swim teams have won 48 combined state titles (24 for the boys, 24 for the girls).
==Rivalry==
The Albuquerque Academy Chargers hold a fierce rivalry with St. Pius X High School's Sartans that has lasted for decades. Albuquerque Academy and St. Pius had evenly matched teams and were the only two major independent schools in the Albuquerque metropolitan area for years, helping the rivalry to grow in the 1980s. Signs of the rivalry show up occasionally in acts of vandalism; Academy students have defaced the statue on the St. Pius campus numerous times, while St. Pius students allegedly burned a large X into the field at Albuquerque Academy. (Whether or not St. Pius students actually burned the X is debatable. Some have attributed the act to students at a local public high school.)


The school's mock trial team won the 2012 National High School Mock Trial Championship, marking the first time a New Mexican team had won the title, and the first time a team from the host state had won. In 2013, the team won the national championship again, which was only the third time in tournament history that a school won twice in a row. The program has qualified at least one team for state competition every year since the program was rebooted in 2005. In 2016, the team finished 4th in the national competition held in Boise, ID. In 2019, Academy's mock trial team placed sixth at the National High School Mock Trial Championship. In 2021, the Academy's mock trial team placed third at the National High School Mock Trial Championship. And in 2022 the team placed seventh in the nation as well.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aa.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=204&id=625579 |title = Albuquerque Academy ~ Albuquerque Academy Team Wins the 2012 National… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718032552/http://www.aa.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=204&id=625579 |archive-date=18 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2023 the Academy's mock trial team took second at the National High School Mock Trial Championship. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://littlerock2023.nhsmtc.org/|title=Archived copy|access-date=2024-09-06|archive-date=2024-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920214641/https://littlerock2023.nhsmtc.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Most recently, students at St. Pius X High School were held responsible for defacing a memorial site on the Albuquerque Academy campus and for spray-painting other areas around the campus, inciting outrage from both Albuquerque Academy and the St. Pius administrations. Though the offending students were dismissed, numerous members of the St. Pius community publicly protested what they viewed as an unfair punishment.


In 2023 and 2024, the Academy's middle school and high school Science Olympiad teams both represented New Mexico at the national tournament at Michigan State University.
A notorious event in the rivalry's history occurred in the 1970s when St. Pius students set fire to Albuquerque Academy's stadium. Another well-known event occurred in 1996, when a St. Pius football center played with two buckles on his helmet that were made razor sharp by his father{{ref|football1}}. One Charger football player was hospitalized. Academy coaches generally regard this as the work of an individual rather than a plot by the St. Pius student body.{{ref|football2}}

In May 2010, the school's Science Bowl team won the ] ] Middle School ] competition in ].<ref name="2010_science_bowl">{{Cite web |url=http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/pdf/Champions_2010.pdf |title=DOE press release |access-date=2010-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527172434/http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/pdf/Champions_2010.pdf |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/042322470535newsstate05-04-10.htm |title=ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Brainpower on Display<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-06-29 |archive-date=2015-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511062424/http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/042322470535newsstate05-04-10.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Previous Academy Science Bowl teams had finished second (in 2006) and fourth (in 2009). The middle school science bowl team most recently represented New Mexico at nationals in 2019.

At the 2009 New Mexico State Speech and Debate Tournament, Albuquerque Academy won Speech Sweepstakes, Debate Sweepstakes, and Debate Coach of the Year and had five state champions. The Speech and Debate team had held the state title for 24 straight years by 2010 (winning Speech Sweepstakes and Debate Sweepstakes and having many state champions). At the 2014 New Mexico State Speech and Debate Tournament, the Albuquerque Academy Speech and Debate team reclaimed the title by winning the Speech Sweepstakes and Debate Sweepstakes and having seven state champions. In 2019, 16 members of the team qualified for nationals, and the Academy was named Overall School of Excellence.

In 2022, 2023, and 2024, thespians from the Academy's theatre program were selected to represent New Mexico's Best Actress at the National High School Theatre Awards at Broadway's ]. In 2017 and 2018, the state's Best Actor was a student from the Academy.

In the spring of 2006, the orchestra, the Chamber Players, was invited to attend the ] in Kansas City, Missouri, where they received a superior rating.<ref>, astaweb.com, March 17, 2006 </ref>

===Sports State Championships===

The Academy has won a number of state championships.

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| rowspan="6"| Fall || ] || align="center"|0 ||
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| Boys' ] || align="center"|15 || 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017
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| Girls' Cross Country || align="center”|7 || 1993, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
|-
| Boys' ] || align="center"|14 || 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020 (in 2021), 2021
|-
| Girls' Soccer|| align="center"|11 || 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
|-
| ]|| align="center"|2 || 1998, 2020 (in 2021)
|-
| rowspan="5"|Winter || Boys' ]|| align="center"|10 ||1968, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2023
|-
| Girls' Basketball || align="center"|0 ||
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| Boys' ] || align="center"|24 || 1972, 1973, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
|-
| Girls' Swimming || align="center"|24 || 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
| ] || align="center"|5 || 1969, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983
|-
| rowspan="9"| Spring || ] || align="center"|5 || 1998, 1999, 2009, 2015, 2021
|-
| Boys' ] || align="center"|11 || 1975, 1990, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2024
|-
| Girls' Golf|| align="center"|7 || 1993, 1995, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
| ]|| align="center"|0 ||
|-
| ]|| align="center"|17 || 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
|-
| Girls' Track|| align="center"|8 || 1993, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2018, 2019
|-
| Boys' ]|| align="center"|27 || 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
| Girls' Tennis|| align="center"|13 || 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
| colspan="2" align="center"|'''Total''' || align="center"|<span style="font-size:125%;">'''200'''</span><br />|| Totals current through Spring 2024
|}

==Notable faculty==
* ] (born 1932), swimming coach from 1967 to 2021, English teacher from 1967 to 1995<ref>{{cite news|title=Academy's Barney to retire as coach|last=Yodice|first=James|date=April 23, 2021|newspaper=]|location=Albuquerque, New Mexico|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/things-to-do/academys-barney-to-retire-as-coach/article_14215b1f-bab7-5b0d-b531-05a34ec93141.html|access-date=September 23, 2023|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001130319/https://www.abqjournal.com/things-to-do/academys-barney-to-retire-as-coach/article_14215b1f-bab7-5b0d-b531-05a34ec93141.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ], math teacher from 2013 to 2022, 19-time Jeopardy champ


==Notable alumni== ==Notable alumni==
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* Martin Chavez (A computer programmer and Wall Street broker, not to be confused with the Albuquerque Mayor of the same name.)
* ] (born 1986), soccer player
* Albert Chainey Umphrey (Graduated in 1988; Member of the 1996 U.S. Men's Gymnastics Olympic Team.)
* ], professional swimmer
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* ], former ] and former head of the ] Office of Enforcement<ref>http://www.aa.edu/alumni/news_detail.asp?newsid=484953 {{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ] (born 1990), decathlete
* ], professional golfer
* ], NBA basketball coach <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=265518 |title=Alex Bregman - Player Profile {{!}} Perfect Game USA<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2014-03-26 |archive-date=2013-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427054555/http://perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=265518 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*], professional MLB player
* ], investment banker<ref></ref>
* ], mathematician
* ] (born 1971), neuroscientist, writer, podcaster
* ], ]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1292149/albuquerque-native-elected-new-phoenix-mayor.html |title=Albuquerque native elected mayor of Phoenix » Albuquerque Journal |publisher=Abqjournal.com |access-date=March 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415230317/https://www.abqjournal.com/1292149/albuquerque-native-elected-new-phoenix-mayor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ], actress
* Adrienne Harris, New York State superintendent of financial services
* ], novelist
* ], U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-secretary-miguel-cardona-confirmation-amy-loyd-assistant-secretary-office-career-technical-and-adult-education | title=Statement from Secretary Miguel Cardona on Confirmation of Amy Loyd as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education &#124; U.S. Department of Education | date=8 June 2022 | access-date=9 June 2022 | archive-date=9 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609000339/https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-secretary-miguel-cardona-confirmation-amy-loyd-assistant-secretary-office-career-technical-and-adult-education | url-status=live }}</ref>
* ] (class of 1972), science fiction writer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reed Jr. |first1=Ollie |title=Prolific author Victor Milán leaves science fiction legacy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58750271/albuquerque-journal/ |access-date=September 6, 2020 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=March 5, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920214632/https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal/58750271/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ], journalist and businessman<ref>{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* Arielle Siegel, actress
* ], journalist
* ], basketball player and coach
* ], Olympic gymnast<ref>{{cite web | title=Chainey Umphrey | url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/u/cumphrey.html | publisher=USA Gymnastics | access-date=May 31, 2017 | archive-date=August 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806220920/https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/u/cumphrey.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>


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Not to be confused with Albuquerque High School, which was originally named Albuquerque Academy.
Albuquerque Academy
Aerial view of Albuquerque Academy in 2013
Address
6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109
United States
Information
TypeIndependent, Private
MottoScientia ad faciendum
(Knowledge for the sake of doing)
Established1955
Head of schoolJulianne Puente
Faculty174
Grades6-12
Enrollment1,195 (2024-25)
Color(s)  Red
  Black
Athletics conferenceNMAA, AAAA Dist. 5
MascotCharger
NewspaperThe Academy Advocate
Endowment$86.8 million (2022)
Tuition$28,149
Websitewww.aa.edu

Albuquerque Academy, known locally as simply the Academy, is an independent, co-educational day school for grades 6-12 located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and the New Mexico State Department of Education, and is also a member of the National Association of Independent Schools.

The school has routinely ranked among the top 200 private high schools in the United States, peaking at #5 in 2015. Albuquerque Academy comprises three different divisions (groups of grade levels): the 6-7 division, the 8-9 division, and the 10-12 division.

History

Albuquerque Academy was founded in 1955 as The Academy for Boys in the basement of a small Albuquerque church by William B. S. Wilburn. The school was eventually moved into a facility that is today used by Sandia Preparatory School. In 1965, the school moved to its current site in northeast Albuquerque.

Between 1957 and 1964, the academy received a large tract of undeveloped land north of Albuquerque, part of the Elena Gallegos Land Grant, from the Albert G. Simms family. The western portion (from Wyoming Boulevard to the Rio Grande) was sold to finance the creation of the current campus and the first endowment fund, and the present campus was created in the middle of the tract. The land east of the campus, reaching the crest of the Sandia Mountains, was sold later in a series of deals. First, the section from the campus to Juan Tabo Boulevard was sold to create a second trust. Later, the City of Albuquerque attempted to facilitate a deal to sell the remainder to the Bureau of Land Management by putting up a parking garage as collateral. The deal fell through, and the academy became the garage owner while still retaining the area.

In July 1982, the city purchased most of the land in a complex deal with the academy and the US Forest Service. The City paid the academy $23.9 million, raised by a bond issue supported by a temporary ¼ percent sales tax. The City retained part of the land, which is now the 640-acre (260 ha) Elena Gallegos Picnic Area/Albert G. Simms Park, located at the feet of the Sandias at the mouths of Bear and Pino Canyons. The 7,000-acre (2,800 ha) plus remainder of the purchase, most of it forest land in the canyons proper, was sold to the Forest Service and is now part of the Cibola National Forest and the Sandia Mountain Wilderness. The academy retained two parts of the tract, the larger adjoining Tramway Boulevard. The school set up the High Desert Investment Corporation (HDIC) to develop this portion as the master-planned community known as High Desert. (The smaller portion, within Bear Canyon itself, is still used by the academy for experiential education purposes.) HDIC then purchased a large tract of land in the northern section of Rio Rancho, developed as Mariposa. The proceeds from the land sales and from HDIC have provided the academy with a substantial endowment, which is used partly to defray tuition expenses and to subsidize a significant need-based financial aid program. HDIC has since been dissolved.

The school remained an all-boys school, with grades five through 12, until 1973, at which time girls were allowed into grades nine through 12. Part of the reason for the delay in allowing girls and for the gradual inclusion was that the Simms grant specified that the number of boys not decrease in order to make room for girls. The fifth grade was dropped in 1979, and the school became fully coeducational in 1984.

Today, the academy has an enrollment of more than 1,100 in grades 6 through 12, with students drawn from throughout the Albuquerque metropolitan area and the state of New Mexico.

Heads of school

  • William B. S. Wilburn, 1955–60
  • Rev. Paul G. Saunders, 1960–64
  • Ashby Harper, 1964–85
  • Robert L. Bovinette, 1985–96
  • Timothy R. McIntire, 1996–99
  • Donald W. Smith (interim head), 1999–2001
  • Andrew T. Watson, 2001–2020
  • Julianne Puente, 2020–present

Facilities

The school sits on an approximately 312-acre (1.5 km) gated campus in the northeastern part of the city. It is divided into two campuses, the West Campus and the East Campus. The two campuses are separated by about a quarter of a mile, with the library, science building, and athletic fields in between. The school buildings conform to a consistent Mediterranean-influenced architectural style, which incorporates brick buildings, arches, and tile roofs.

West Campus

The West Campus consists of eight buildings, including sixth- and seventh-grade classroom buildings, an administration building, a dining hall, and a gymnasium. In addition, the Visual Arts building and Natatorium are on the West Campus. All of the buildings except the Natatorium were designed by Robert McCabe of Flatow, Moore, Bryan, and Associates, and opened in 1984. The Natatorium was added to the West Campus Gymnasium in 1997.

Simms Library

Simms Library

The Dr. Albert G. Simms II and Barbara Young Simms Library (almost always shortened to "Simms Library") is the academy's most iconic building, housing the school's collection of more than 140,000 books, periodicals, videos, and recordings. It has two wings that open onto a central lobby, with the fiction/nonfiction section housed in the larger north wing and reference materials in the east wing. The library was designed by Alexander "Sandy" Howe of the Boston firm of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott and opened in 1991 along with the Science Building. The Library spire is the highest point on campus. The Head of School's office, Admission office, and Common Grounds Cafe are also located in the library.

Science Building

The Science Building sits across a brick plaza from the Library. It houses the majority of the academy's science classrooms, labs, and faculty, as well as some teachers from other departments. The building is made up of two classroom wings and two laboratory wings grouped around a square central courtyard, which includes a small pond, containing some small fish and aquatic pond snails. The main foyer houses a large Foucault pendulum. (Another smaller pendulum is located in Brown Hall on the East Campus). The Science Building was also designed by Howe and opened at the same time as the Library. It is adjacent to the Desert Oasis Teaching (DOT) Gardens, a resource that serves students and the community.

East Campus

The East Campus currently is home to grades 8–12. It includes the academy's four original buildings, all grouped around a central quad: McKinnon Hall (formerly North Hall, the 8-9 classroom building), Brown Hall (the 10-12 classroom building), the Administration Building, and the gymnasium-dining hall complex. All were designed by Edward O. Holien of Holien and Buckley and completed in 1965. Also on the East Campus is the Simms Center for the Performing Arts, designed by George Pearl, completed in 1975, and remodeled in 2000; and the Music Building, designed by Bill Sabatini of Dekker/Perich/Sabatini and completed in 1996.

Athletic facilities

The academy's largest sports facilities are the Athletic Field (used for football and soccer games and track and field meets), the East Campus Gym (basketball and volleyball), and the Natatorium (swimming and diving). There are also several soccer, baseball, and softball fields, a tennis complex, a cross country course, a weight room, and basketball courts. The Experiential Education department also constructed a pump (bicycle) track used by the summer program, PE classes, and Ex Ed students on the east end of campus.

Experiential education

The Academy curriculum includes a significant experiential education component, part of which involves outdoor activities such as backpacking, rock climbing, and canoeing. The school's 270-acre (1.1 km) tract in Bear Canyon is used for this purpose; trips also take place in areas throughout the state. The sixth-grade students take an overnight trip in Bear Canyon and go on day trips. The seventh graders go to Bear Canyon for four days and three nights. The eighth graders go on a half-week retreat together at the beginning of the year, and the ninth graders go on small-group remote backpacking trips in a regional wilderness area. The 10-12 students may take classes in outdoor leadership as well as kayaking, climbing, and mountain biking.

Student body

The school is roughly half boys and half girls, and more than one-half of the students self-identify as students of color or multicultural. The Academy also ranks among the top independent secondary schools with regard to need-based financial aid, supporting nearly one-quarter of the student body with a total of $4.9 million. In addition, the school has a 7:1 student/teacher ratio.

One member of the Class of 2024 was awarded the US Presidential Scholarship.

Seventeen members of the Class of 2025 were recognized as National Merit Semifinalists, and the class earned an average ACT score well above the national average. Individual honors for the senior class of 2025 included a Coolidge Scholarship recipient.

Tuition

The board of trustees sets tuition for each school year. While the current cost per student stands at approximately $35,000 per year, the endowment allows for a tuition cost of $28,149 including lunch fees. Book expenses range average $250-$500 per year depending on grade level. Financial aid is awarded based on a family's demonstrated need and the student's strengths relative to the applicant's class.

Extracurricular activities

Extracurricular activities at the school include state championship sports teams, The Advocate (a student newsmagazine that has received numerous awards from the Albuquerque Tribune and the New Mexico Press Women), Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, and theater.

The longest sports state championship streaks by Academy sports teams are the 21-time defending state champion boys tennis team (2003–present); the eight-time defending state champion girls swim team (2007-present); and the six-time state champion boys basketball team (1989–1994), boys swim team (2006–2011), and boys track team (2002–2007).

The swim teams have won 48 combined state titles (24 for the boys, 24 for the girls).

The school's mock trial team won the 2012 National High School Mock Trial Championship, marking the first time a New Mexican team had won the title, and the first time a team from the host state had won. In 2013, the team won the national championship again, which was only the third time in tournament history that a school won twice in a row. The program has qualified at least one team for state competition every year since the program was rebooted in 2005. In 2016, the team finished 4th in the national competition held in Boise, ID. In 2019, Academy's mock trial team placed sixth at the National High School Mock Trial Championship. In 2021, the Academy's mock trial team placed third at the National High School Mock Trial Championship. And in 2022 the team placed seventh in the nation as well. In 2023 the Academy's mock trial team took second at the National High School Mock Trial Championship.

In 2023 and 2024, the Academy's middle school and high school Science Olympiad teams both represented New Mexico at the national tournament at Michigan State University.

In May 2010, the school's Science Bowl team won the US DOE Middle School Science Bowl competition in Washington, DC.

Previous Academy Science Bowl teams had finished second (in 2006) and fourth (in 2009). The middle school science bowl team most recently represented New Mexico at nationals in 2019.

At the 2009 New Mexico State Speech and Debate Tournament, Albuquerque Academy won Speech Sweepstakes, Debate Sweepstakes, and Debate Coach of the Year and had five state champions. The Speech and Debate team had held the state title for 24 straight years by 2010 (winning Speech Sweepstakes and Debate Sweepstakes and having many state champions). At the 2014 New Mexico State Speech and Debate Tournament, the Albuquerque Academy Speech and Debate team reclaimed the title by winning the Speech Sweepstakes and Debate Sweepstakes and having seven state champions. In 2019, 16 members of the team qualified for nationals, and the Academy was named Overall School of Excellence.

In 2022, 2023, and 2024, thespians from the Academy's theatre program were selected to represent New Mexico's Best Actress at the National High School Theatre Awards at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre. In 2017 and 2018, the state's Best Actor was a student from the Academy.

In the spring of 2006, the orchestra, the Chamber Players, was invited to attend the National Orchestra Festival in Kansas City, Missouri, where they received a superior rating.

Sports State Championships

The Academy has won a number of state championships.

Table of State Championships
Season Sport Number of Championships Year
Fall Football 0
Boys' Cross Country 15 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017
Girls' Cross Country 7 1993, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Boys' Soccer 14 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020 (in 2021), 2021
Girls' Soccer 11 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
Volleyball 2 1998, 2020 (in 2021)
Winter Boys' Basketball 10 1968, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2023
Girls' Basketball 0
Boys' Swimming 24 1972, 1973, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
Girls' Swimming 24 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Wrestling 5 1969, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983
Spring Baseball 5 1998, 1999, 2009, 2015, 2021
Boys' Golf 11 1975, 1990, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2024
Girls' Golf 7 1993, 1995, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Softball 0
Boys' Track 17 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Girls' Track 8 1993, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2018, 2019
Boys' Tennis 27 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Girls' Tennis 13 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Total 200
 Totals current through Spring 2024

Notable faculty

  • Dave Barney (born 1932), swimming coach from 1967 to 2021, English teacher from 1967 to 1995
  • Jason Zuffranieri, math teacher from 2013 to 2022, 19-time Jeopardy champ

Notable alumni

Alex Bregman

References

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  4. Sams, Rachel (2015-10-15). "ABQ school ranked fifth-best private high school in U.S." American City Business Journals.
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