ASE Success Story

ASE has regularly been recognized for its accomplishments and notes the following as past highlights:

• Designated in 2018-2019 as a "Spotlight" school by the NMPED Dashboard accountability system. This system replaces the school report card and grading system of previous years. This places ASE in the top 25% of NM schools! Please CLICK HERE to read more.  
• Rated “A” by New Mexico Public Education Department – the highest possible academic achievement in 2013-2014, 2015-2016,
• 2017-2018
• Rated “B” by New Mexico Public Education Department in 2011-2012 and 2016-2017
• Three First Place Team in different Categories New Mexico Junior FLL Robotics League 2018
• 4th Place in Regional Mathcounts and Advanced to State Qualifying Contest 2018
• Boys Basketball 4th place out of 14 teams in the Albuquerque Charter Sports League- 2017
• 3rd place Albuquerque Charter School Spelling Bee 2018 - Monica Ballard
• 7th Place in International RoboRave Contest High School Category – Kaga, Japan - 2017
• 2nd place Humorous Interpretation, 4th Place Dramatic Interpretation, 5th Program of Oral Interpretation - Speech & Debate State Tournament 2017
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Hispanic Heritage Youth Art Contest - Sandia Laboratories 2017
• Two Special Awards and $450 Prize for Grade 9-12, Regional Science Fair 2017
• Two 1st Places in Special Awards and $475 Prize for Grade 6-8, Regional Science Fair 2017
• First and Second place students at Farmington Speech & Debate Tournament 2016
• Four Honorable Mention in Regional Science Fair- 2016
• Top five placed students in New Mexico Hispanic Art Competition 2016
• Three First Place students in the New Mexico Junior Robotics League 2016
• Top four placed students in New Mexico in the International Aviation Art Contest 2016
• Best Coach of the Year Award in New Mexico State Science Olympiad 2016
• 3rd Place Albuquerque Charter School Spelling Bee 2016 - Sherwin Thiyagarajan
• Highly qualified teams and individual students in Science Olympiad in 2015 and 2016
• First Place team in New Mexico Junior Robotics League in 2015
• Fifth place team in Albuquerque Mathcounts Chapter event in 2015
• Multiple top place students and teams in New Mexico English Exposition 2015
• Second place student in Albuquerque Speech & Debate - Humorous Interpretation 2015
• First and Second place students in New Mexico Matter of Life and Death Essay Contest 2015
• National finalist in Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest 2015
• First and Second place students in Rio Grande Speech & Debate Tournament 2015
• First place in New Mexico State Fish Contest in 2015
• Top Five Places in UNM Essay Contact in 2015
• Highly placed students in the New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair from 2011 to 2015
• First place in NM State FLL Robotics competition – three years in a row 2011-2014
• First place team in 2013-2014 New Mexico Championship First® Lego® League (Robotics)
• First, Second and Third place students in the Hispanic Heritage Month Youth Art Contest in 2014
• Multiple awards from the Central New Mexico Science and Engineering Research Challenge, including forty special awards, along with six students advancing to State competition in 2014
• Top Ten as a team at Highland High School Speech and Debate Tournament 2014
• Southwest Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Winner in 2014
• Fourth place team in State Mathcounts event in 2014
• Third Place for New Mexico in the International Aviation Art Contest in 2013
• First and Second place (Middle School) in Voice Over Violence Essay Contest in 2013
• First and Second place (High School) in Voice Over Violence Essay Contest in 2013
• First place National SunWise with SHADE Poster Contest Winner in 2012
• Winner of the “Best Design/Aesthetic” category in ISEA2012 STEM Arts Competition in 2012
• Artsonia 2012 Art competition State Winner
• State finalist student in National Geographic Geography Bee in 2012
• Charter School Student of the Year Award in 2011
• First place in Cross Country Charter School Cup in 2011