School Prof ile and secondary school report 2016-17 On May 3, 2001, the Simms Library was named in hon- A Mission-Driven Independent School Albuquerque Academy or of Albert G. Simms II, M.D. and Barbara Young Simms. Albuquerque Academy is a non-denominational, coeducational, 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE independent day school for 1,156 students in grades six through Albuquerque, NM 87109-3899 twelve. The Academy offers students an education that is without (505)828-3200 equal in the Southwest. (505)858-8988 Fax Admission to the Academy is competitive. In 2016-17, the Secondary School Code 320 003 student body comprises approximately half boys and half girls, www.aa.edu 51% are students of color, and about 21% are receiving over $4 million in financial assistance. Financial assistance is based entirely on Andrew T. Watson demonstrated financial need; only after students are admitted and Head of School their tuition needs assessed is financial assistance offered. The entering sixth grade Class of 2023 includes 52% students Rafael S. Figueroa of color with students coming from 55 different schools. Dean of College Guidance [email protected] Our Mission Dean A. Jacoby We believe that children’s lives change when their natural passion Director of College Guidance for learning is nurtured and transformed into habits of life-long [email protected] learning and reflection. We believe that the world changes as these children learn to serve Donna A. White country and community with wisdom, conviction, and compassion. Associate Director of College Guidance [email protected] In light of these beliefs, • We serve students of talent and character, offering them an Mauree Thordahl education that broadens their perspectives, sharpens their College Guidance Coordinator minds, strengthens their bodies, and engages their hearts. [email protected] • We commit to creating a caring, inclusive, and just community, using the geography and culture of our home in the Southwest to enrich our educational programs and to foster creativity, personal balance, 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. Curriculum Notes The Academy curriculum is exclusively college preparatory and, because of the rigorous nature of the program, and the selectivity of the admission policy, all courses are equivalent to honors-level courses as they are usually known. Since 2002, the Academy has not had an Advanced Placement (AP) English course. The Academy offers a choice of electives for seniors, all of which are highly rigorous college-level literature and writing courses. In each of these electives students are prepared to do well on the AP exams in English. The student to faculty ratio is 9:1; average class size ranges from 19 in the 6-7 Division to 15.5 in the 10-12 Division. More than 75 percent of the faculty have a master’s (or higher) degree. The Class of 2017 Albuquerque Academy Does Not There are 163 students in the Class of 2017. The grading scale is 0-100, with Rank Its Students 60 the minimum passing mark. A distribution of marks within each course is Students in grades 9-12 are required to provided on the transcript. take five courses per semester each year. Twenty-three and one quarter credits are required for graduation, including Advanced Placement Tests 39% 31% four in English, four in history (one in In May 2016, Academy Scored 5 Scored 4 United States History and one in Senior students wrote a total of Humanities), three in mathematics 483 Advanced Placement (though Algebra II/Trigonometry), three exams. Seventy percent of in a single modern language, three in a those Advanced Placement laboratory science, and two in fine arts. examinations received scores 2% 20% The 23 Advanced Placement courses of 4 or 5; 90 percent received Scored 3 Scored 1 8% offered are designated AP on the scores of 3 or above. Scored 2 transcript. Standardized Tests - Class of 2017 Scholastic Assessment Test American College Test Middle 50% Middle 50% EBRW Math Composite 630-720 610-710 26-32 Class of 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 National Merit Scholarship Corp Semifinalists 33 28 27 27 25 National Merit Scholarship Corp Commended Students 14 11 15 11 15 National Hispanic Scholars 19 24 18 23 20 The Senior Appraisal The Senior Appraisal is generated by a committee consisting of 15 members: the three college advisers and 12 faculty members. Each appraisal is drafted by a committee member then reviewed by the entire committee to ensure its comprehensiveness and accuracy. In reporting issues of student character and academic achievement, and in all other college admission matters, Albuquerque Academy endorses and complies with the Statement of Principles of Good Practice produced by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. College Entrance Almost all Academy graduates enroll in four-year colleges immediately after graduation. Follow-up studies indicate that, on average, Academy graduates earn higher academic averages as college freshmen than they did as Academy students. The classes of 2013-2016 have matriculated at the following colleges and universities (numbers in parentheses indicate schools where more than one student matriculated): American University Lewis & Clark College University of Alabama (2) American University of Paris Lipscomb University University of Arizona (12) Amherst College (3) Loyola Marymount University (2) University of Arkansas Arizona State University (40) Macalester College (4) University of British Columbia Arkansas State University Maryland Institute College of Art (2) University of California, Berkeley (3) Auburn University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Davis Austin College Master’s College University of California, Los Angeles (4) Bard College McGill University (2) University of California, San Diego (2) Barnard College (5) Middlebury College University of California, Santa Barbara (2) Baylor University (3) Mills College (2) University of California, Santa Cruz Birmingham-Southern College Montana State University, Bozeman (2) University of Chicago (5) Boston College (2) New Mexico Institute of Mining and University of Colorado, Boulder (5) Boston University Technology (9) University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Brandeis University New Mexico Military Institute University of Colorado, Denver Brigham Young University (2) New Mexico State University (4) University of Dallas Brown University (2) New York University (10) University of Denver (11) California Institute of Technology New York University Shanghai University of Houston California Polytechnic State University, North Carolina State University (3) University of Iowa (2) San Luis Obispo (5) Northeastern University (6) University of Kansas (3) Carleton College (2) Northwestern University (3) University of Mary Washington Carnegie Mellon University (5) Oberlin College (2) University of Maryland, College Park Case Western Reserve University (3) Occidental College (6) University of Massachusetts, Amherst Centenary College of Louisiana Oklahoma State University University of Miami (2) Chadron State College Pacific University University of Michigan (3) Claremont McKenna College Pitzer College University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Coe College (3) Pomona College (2) University of Mississippi (5) College of the Holy Cross Portland State University University of Montana, Missoula College of William and Mary Princeton University (2) University of Nebraska at Lincoln (3) College of Wooster Purdue University (2) University of New Mexico (124) Colorado College (4) Reed College University of North Dakota Colorado School of Mines (6) Regis University University of Notre Dame (7) Colorado State University (17) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3) University of Oklahoma (6) Columbia University (4) Rhode Island School of Design (2) University of Pennsylvania (7) Cornell College (1) Rice University (4) University of Puget Sound (4) Cornell University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Redlands Creighton University (2) Rollins College University of Richmond Dartmouth College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Rochester (4) Davidson College Rutgers University - New Brunswick University of San Diego (5) Duke University (5) San Diego State University (2) University of San Francisco (4) Elon University San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2) University of South Carolina Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Sarah Lawrence College University of South Florida, Tampa Daytona Beach Savannah College of Art and Design University of Southern California (9) Emerson College Scripps College (4) University of Texas, Austin (11) Emory University (2) Seattle University (2) University of the Southwest Fashion Institute of Technology Smith College University of Tulsa Fordham University (3) Southern Methodist University (7) University of Virginia (3) Fort Lewis College (2) Southwestern University (2) University of Washington (5) George Fox University St. Edward’s University University of Wisconsin, Madison George Washington University (3) Stanford University (10) Valparaiso University Georgetown University (2) Stevens Institute of Technology (2) Vanderbilt University (3) Georgia Institute of Technology (2) Sweet Briar College Vassar College Georgia Southern University Texas A&M University (7) Villanova University