Albuquerque School of Excellence -

It's that time of year! Treasure your memories and bring home your adventure with our 2025-26 yearbook! Each yearbook is $45 and orders are available through May 4th - Order today on mymjthomas.com with code abqseyb26!

We would like to recognize our science teachers, Mr. Russell and Mr. Begit, and our students for taking part in the Governor’s STEM Challenge for the first time in ASE history. Our students did an amazing job on Saturday, representing us and bringing curiosity, collaboration, and professionalism to the experience!

This year's challenge question was, "As natural disasters continue to affect New Mexico (e.g. wildfires, floods, drought, heat waves, dust/windstorms, etc.), how can innovations in STEM help your community predict disaster, mitigate harm, respond effectively, and/or recover long term?” and our team did a wonderful job tackling the subject and presenting their findings!

For more about the NM Governor's STEM challenge, visit https://newmexicostem.org/

It's that time of year! Whether its a friend, crush, or blissful puppy love of a youthful relationship, what better way to say you love someone than to get them a little Valentine's treat! Student Leadership is selling candy grams until they're distributed Friday, February 13th! Get anything from $2 lollypop bouquet to $6 Eternal Roses! But remember - CARD ONLY!

Looking for a volunteer program for your student to engage with? City of Albuquerque is looking for students 14+ to volunteer and earn service hours to engage with seniors! Help the community after school and make a difference today!

Ms. Kintz's class dove into their Chromebooks to explore the array of digital graphing tools as a major part of learning transformations. As they ended their transformations unit in 7th grade Honors, students were given a choice to show what they know. Students created digital and physical art/stories to show their understanding of transformations in the real world!

We're excited to share that ASE has been featured on NM Living this afternoon! Big thanks to KRQE for having Ms. Madsen and Ms. Briceno on to discuss our new West campus open for both lottery and job applications now! See their interview and hear what they had to share about our AweSomE school now!

https://www.abqse.org/article/2667867

We are still in great need of volunteers for our career day next month! If you're interested in sharing your expertise and experiences in your job, please sign up! Food will be provided for our volunteers!

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We're excited to extend a HUGE Thank You to our staff, students, and judges that helped our annual school science fair a HUGE success! We saw hundreds of projects across a wide array of categories! It was absolutely exciting to explore science with our students and celebrate their creative projects and hard work to test and experience science first-hand. Congratulations to ALL of our winners this year!

We've made it! How crazy and exciting it is to see we've made it 100 days through classes, tests, recesses, and lunches with our new and old friends and teachers! Here's to our phoenix flame burning bright so long!

After much preparation, planning, and anticipation for this moment, we have finally broken ground at ASE West! In collaboration with Building Hope, we took Tuesday, January 19th to celebrate our milestones and achievements that grant us the opportunity to open our new West campus, and build up not only a new building, but our excitement for our first K-8 classes coming THIS FALL! We look forward to seeing progress on demolition and construction in the coming months! A big thanks to all who had the chance to attend, and those helping see this project through.

It's never too late to get involved with our PTO - join us tonight at 5pm in the mid/high cafeteria or online to help our PTO get ready for spring activities, from movie night to book fair to fundraisers! If joining online, you can join with GoogleMeet: https://meet.google.com/xas-wyyr-zby

We hope to see you there!

It's not too late to apply - ASE's lottery is open until February 18th for Fall 2026! Apply for the coming school year for both our proven excellence at our campus celebrating 10 years of success, or our NEW West campus coming to expand our reach. Have questions or want to see our existing campus? We have our final Open House before the lottery coming up on February 4th at 5pm!

We are still in need of parents and community members alike to share their careers with our students on February 20th from 8am-2pm! All students K-12 are invited every year to explore the wide range of jobs available to them, and we would love to see our community come together to get our students excited about their career opportunities! Use the QR to sign-up as a volunteer today!

Have a passion for science? Ready to learn from

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We’re proud to share that ASE has been recognized on the 2025 AP® School Honor Roll.
This recognition reflects our commitment to expanding access to rigorous coursework and to supporting students' success in Advanced Placement programs.

It isn't only our AP students thriving, but our school as a whole! We also have been selected as a Spotlight School for the State of New Mexico. Being named a Spotlight School reflects our strong academic performance, commitment to excellence, and the supportive learning environment we strive to provide every day.

Thank you and Congratulations to our students, teachers, and families for this achievement!

We are beyond excited to share that TWO of our very own students were selected out of over 32,000 NM students as Student of the Year by Public Charter Schools of New Mexico. Big congratulations to Alyssa Banks (5th Grade) and Tam Pham (11th grade) for achieving such high recognitions by the state!

Ready to take up the volleyball season? Tryouts for all four teams - middle school boys, middle school girls, varsity boys, and varsity girls - will be taking place on Saturday, February 7th! Our girls will be up first from 9am-11am followed by our boys from 12pm-2pm. Wear appropriate attire and be ready to play!

We're excited to share our school how we can, and what better way than welcoming you to our campus! Whether you've already applied or are still wanting to explore the campus and ask questions, we would love to see your family at our open house this Saturday at 10am for informational student presentations, an open Q&A session, tours of our buildings, and some refreshments! We look forward to seeing you there!

Ever wondered what it takes aside from excellent grades to be matched to an ivy league school? Our ASE Alumni, Marwa Zameer, visited ASE before the break to share her story from freshman year of high school as a Phoenix all the way through her service hours, volunteering, extracurriculars, and other factors that helped her match to Stanford to begin her freshman year back in the fall!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-fyXc4pJQg