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By Molly Arseneau Home of many scholar-lead projects, the ASK Academy recently put middle school scholars to work on a community project. Cheryl Kerby, Sean Hurley, and Carl Kinnard collaborated with scholars, as well as a handful of parent volunteers to create cat condos. The assignment was for the 6th and 7th grade engineering scholars to create […]

By Noelle Hoenig Dual enrollment is the process of being enrolled in college-level courses while simultaneously earning both high school and college credits. At the ASK Academy, dual-enrollment is offered for colleges such as Central New Mexico community college and the University of New Mexico as courses that are taken during a scholar’s own time, […]

  By Amber Romero Janisse Vazquez, ASK’s October Manager of the Month, said that one of her most memorable experiences as a student was when she first moved to the country from Puerto Rico – she was  struggling to learn English and her teacher just ignored her because she didn’t know what to do with […]

As seniors begin wrapping up their last few days as ASK Scholars, we asked a few of them to leave some parting words of wisdom for the underclassmen. Below, Nick Newton reflects on life after ASK. Read Devon Blanchard’s letter here. Read Sadina Tarbox’s letter here. Read Johanna Poirier’s letter here. Read Marilyn Cope’s letter […]

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By Milee Smith Anime Club, sponsored  by Ms. Pierce, is hosting a movie night this Thursday. The movie being shown, Howl’s Moving Castle is scripted and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, a famous animator who also helped create Princess Mononoke and Spirited away. Howl’s Moving Castle is about a young girl who works in her parents […]

By Madison Kersey It’s that time of year where ASK scholars gather together to celebrate and say goodbye to the graduating seniors. This year, the dance committee has been working hard to reserve the Albuquerque Aquarium for prom,  with the theme of Atlantis. There will be light refreshments and plenty of dancing. The dress is formal, meaning […]

Scholars from Colin DeGroot’s Aerospace Engineering course have produced a video for the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association’s 2016 Aviation Design Challenge for high school students. The video, which was designed, filmed, edited and produced in a day, expresses why scholars are interested in entering the aviation challenge. Over the next two months, scholars will be designing […]