关于我们
任务 & 历史
我们的使命
We believe that children’s lives change when their natural passion for learning is nurtured and transformed into habits of life-long learning and reflection. We believe that the world changes as these children learn to serve country and community with wisdom, 信念, 和同情.
In light of these beliefs,
- We serve students of talent and character, offering them an education that broadens their perspectives, sharpens their minds, strengthens their bodies, and engages their hearts.
- We commit to creating a caring, 包容, 还有社区, using the geography and culture of our home in the Southwest to enrich our educational programs and to foster creativity, 个人平衡, and a connection to the natural world.
- We devote our resources to ensure economic accessibility to our students and to support the wider community through outreach and community service.
- We entrust this mission to our graduates and successors as we preserve our resources and serve the generations of children to come.
历史
Albuquerque Academy opened its doors in the fall of 1955 with 12 boys in grades 7 through 9, 两位老师, and founding head William B.S. 威尔. Classes were held in rented space in the parish hall of St. Michael and All Angels Church. In 1957, enrollment had grown to 75 boys and the school moved to a 27-acre site on north Edith Boulevard. The first class of seven boys graduated in 1960. In 1966, the Academy moved to its present location, and in 1967-68 was home to 405 boys. Girls were admitted in grades 9-12 in 1973. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2005, Albuquerque Academy today serves over 1,100 young women and men in grades 6 through 12.
模拟人生的遗产
模拟人生的遗产The Academy’s remarkable growth was made possible largely through the transformational gift of Albert G. Simms, a New Mexico financier and rancher, and his wife, Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms. In the early 1960s, Mr. 和夫人. Simms gave or bequeathed to the Academy (in trust) more than 12,000 acres of undeveloped land and 7,500 shares of Albuquerque National Bank (now Bank of America) stock. 这个礼物, now supplemented by the philanthropy of generous and grateful recipients of the Simms legacy, enables the Academy to provide students with the highest quality education in a beautiful and uplifting environment.
An Ambitious 任务
An Ambitious 任务The uniqueness of the Academy is due, 很大程度上, to its commitment to a need-blind admission policy. Only after students have been chosen are their tuition needs assessed. A financial assistance budget of over $4.5 million provides approximately 24% of Academy students with need-based assistance. 进一步, every Academy student benefits from the school’s commitment to accessibility and affordability as endowment spending of close to $8,000 annually per student subsidizes tuition to support excellence and breadth throughout the Academy program and facilities.