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Many Albuquerque Academy events and programs are open to the public. Please visit our calendar for details about athletic events and performances.

Ogawa Speaker Series

Launched in 2023, the Ogawa Speaker Series is a platform for intellectual exploration designed to challenge conventional wisdom, question prevailing assumptions, and embrace growth in diversity, community, and belonging.

PAST EVENTS

October 14, 2024 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day: activist, hip-hop artist, and filmmaker Nataanii Means
October 9, 2023 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Tanaya Winder, a poet, writer, and member of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. Ms. Winder gave a presentation about her life journey and read poetry. Her collections include Words Like Love and Why Storms are Named After People and Bullets Remain Nameless. A graduate of Stanford and the University of New Mexico, her ancestors come from the Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Navajo, and Black tribes.

Ramo Lecture Series

This lecture series, established by Albuquerque lawyer Roberta Cooper Ramo, the first female president of the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute, is funded by a gift in honor of Cooper Ramo from the ECMC Group, a family of companies that provides financial tools and services, nonprofit career education, and job placement services to help students succeed and achieve their academic and professional goals.

PAST EVENTS

October 4, 2018: Margaret Marshall, former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
March 5, 2020: Legal Experts Vicki L. Been and Richard L. Revesz
November 4, 2021: Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals
November 17, 2022: Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
November 16, 2023: Pamela S. Karlan, leading expert on voting and the political process
November 14, 2024: Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton

Thursday Seminars

Each seminar, led by English teacher Hughlings Himwich, is based on a thought-provoking text, ranging from poetry and literary classics to philosophy and neuroscience. Thursday Seminars are offered free to the community and are held in Simms Library, Room 141, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Zoom access is available upon request. For more details, visit our calendar.

Lifeguard Training

Charger Aquatics trains lifeguards to work in the Natatorium throughout the school year and summer. Contact Nicole Lopez at (505) 828-3234 or email Charger Aquatics to register and for more information.

Spring Break Classes

Charger Aquatics is looking to train lifeguards to work in the Natatorium throughout the summer and school year! The Spring Break 2024 class takes place March 25-28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and includes a meal break. Candidates MUST pass the pre-course evaluation on March 21 at 3:45 pm. The course is blended with both online and in-person content. Must be 15 or older by the final day of the course to participate. Registration closes on March 21 at 3 p.m.

Upon successful completion of the course, lifeguards will be able to work shifts at the Academy pool during the summer and school year with a starting rate of $15/hour.

Winter Break Classes

Charger Aquatics is looking to train lifeguards to work in the Natatorium throughout the school year and summer! Our Winter Break 2023-24 training session is December 26-29. Candidates must pass a pre-course evaluation on December 22.

Candidates must be able to swim 300 yards continuously with freestyle or breaststroke and tread water for two minutes using only their legs. There will be a timed physical test. Candidates must pass this pre-course evaluation on December 22, 1 p.m.

Schedule (includes a 30-minute break) 9 a.m.-4 p.m.:
Monday 12/26
Tuesday 12/27
Wednesday 12/28
Thursday 12/29

The entire course will be held in the Natatorium, located in West Campus, Building 8, P6. Candidates must bring an appropriate swimsuit and are expected to get in the water for every class.

Course fee is $120 payable by cash, check, or money order.

This is a blended online/in-person course. Candidates are required to complete all the online content prior to the first class and must attend every session in full in order to receive certification.

Upon successful completion of the course, lifeguards will be able to work shifts overseeing practices, meets, and other events held in the Academy’s Natatorium.

Available shifts include both weekdays and weekends during the summer and school year. Starting rate is $15/hr.

Sign-ups close Friday, December 16 at 5 p.m.

NOLS Wilderness Medicine Courses

Do you enjoy spending time in the outdoors and want to ensure you are prepared to respond should things go awry?

The experiential education department hosts three wilderness medicine courses each year, taught by current and former Ex Ed faculty: Wilderness First Responder Recertification, a Wilderness First Aid Course, and a student-only Wilderness First Aid Course. The student-only Wilderness First Aid Course is offered each winter; students are contacted via email and school announcements to sign up.

Hybrid Wilderness First Responder Recertification

Course: Hybrid Wilderness First Responder Recertification
Sponsor: Albuquerque Academy
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Dates: November 2-3, 2024; April 5-6, 2025
Tuition: $375
Location: Multipurpose Room, West Campus, Albuquerque Academy (campus map)

Hands-on, meet online. Enjoy our newly formatted WFR Recertification, which includes an online component in addition to the traditional scenarios and skills!

Pre-work allows you to review the curriculum at your own pace and focus on the hands-on element during your two days on course. You’ll just need to complete all online components, including a written exam, prior to the course.

You’ll learn both in the classroom and in outdoor settings regardless of weather, so come prepared for wet, muddy, cold, or hot environments. This scenario-based approach to recertification provides you the opportunity to test your skills against realistic situations. You’ll practice and relearn wilderness medicine protocols, review evacuation and decision-making guidelines, and receive the latest updates in wilderness medicine over the course of two days.

See the NOLS Recertification Policy here.

See practice tests, wilderness medicine videos, and case studies and stories here.

November 2024: Register Now

April 2025: Register Now

WMI Wilderness First Aid Course

Course: Wilderness Medicine First Aid
Sponsor: Albuquerque Academy
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Dates: February 1-2, 2025; May 3-4, 2025
Location: Multipurpose Room, West Campus, Albuquerque Academy (campus map)
Tuition: $295

Prepare for the unexpected with this fun, hands-on introduction to wilderness medicine taught over two days. If you like to take short trips relatively close to medical resources, work at wilderness camps, enjoy weekend family outdoor activities, or recreate outdoors, this course is for you.

This course is great for people of all experience levels and is best suited for those who recreate outdoors where EMS response can be expected in a timely manner (fewer than eight hours). You’ll learn the Patient Assessment System, how to provide effective first aid treatments for injuries and illnesses common in the outdoors, and how to make appropriate evacuation decisions.

You’ll learn both in the classroom and in outdoor settings regardless of weather, so come prepared for wet, muddy, cold, or hot environments!

February 2025: Register Now

May 2025: Register Now

Hybrid Wilderness First Responder

Course: Hybrid Wilderness First Responder
Sponsor: Albuquerque Academy
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Dates: March 15-19, 2025
Location: Multipurpose Room, West Campus, Albuquerque Academy (campus map)
Tuition: $895

If you work or recreate in the outdoors or in other austere environments where access to medical care is delayed or communication is unreliable, our Wilderness First Responder course is for you. It is the industry standard for professional guides, trip leaders, search and rescue team members, outdoor recreationists, and international travelers.

The Hybrid WFR combines three modules of online learning with five days of in-person training. You’ll begin by completing work on an online platform that includes readings, videos, and quizzes. Each module requires 10 to 15 hours to complete, and you’ll need to finish them before the in-person portion begins. The five-day, in-person course will focus on skills and scenarios.

Upon completion, you will be able to conduct a thorough physical exam, obtain a patient history, assess vital signs, provide emergency care in the wilderness, and make crucial evacuation decisions.