Stephanie Dunn | (505) 843-6400 ex: 20210 | Activities Director |
For information on clubs and activities at Albuquerque High School, please contact Stephanie Dunn, Albuquerque High School Activities Director.
Clubs
Best Buddies is a student-run friendship club that works to create "buddy pairs" between students with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. Best Buddies strives to create an inclusive school climate for students and a community culture of acceptance.
Meetings: Every other Wednesday during lunch
Location: Room 105
Advisor: TBA
Student Leader: TBA
Meetings: Wednesdays at 12:15
Location: Room 501
Advisor: Jacqueline Cole
Jacqueline Cole | (505) 843-6400 ex: 20115 | Physical Education Department Head Faculty |
BLISS promotes safety, support and education for people in the Albuquerque community by raising awareness, volunteering, fundraising, and other activities.
Meetings: Thursdays during Lunch
Location: Room 305
Advisor: Elisabeth Gillett
Elisabeth Gillett | Fine Arts Faculty |
Do you want to learn how to make fun and creative projects for yourself or as presents? Do you want to make knitted or crocheted projects for charity? Crafty Dawgs is the answer! Albuquerque High School Crafty Dawgs is a fiber art craft club that primarily focuses on knitting and crocheting. Included amongst the many crafts we have contributed to charity are crocheted mattress pads donated to the homeless through shelters and crocheted and knitted prizes for animal shelters.
Meetings: Mondays and Wednesdays
Location: Ms. Farmin's Room, N-22
Advisor: Silvina Farmin & Connie Adkins
Connie Adkins | (505) 226-4298 | Science Dept. Co-Chair, Webmaster, SafeZone & GSA, CraftyDawgs |
Silvina Farmin | (505) 480-3651 ex: 20121 | Bilingual Social Studies, National Spanish Honor Soc, CraftyDawgs, GSA SafeZone |
Connie Adkins | (505) 226-4298 | Science Dept. Co-Chair, Webmaster, SafeZone & GSA, CraftyDawgs |
Ralph Adkins | Theatre Arts Faculty |
Albuquerque High School Gender & Sexuality Alliance is a student-run club that serves to meet the social, education and advocacy needs of AHS students who identify as LGBTQ+ students and their allies.
Meetings: During Lunch on Tuesdays
Location: Room 903 in the Science Building
Advisors: Connie Adkins and Silvina Farmin
Connie Adkins | (505) 226-4298 | Science Dept. Co-Chair, Webmaster, SafeZone & GSA, CraftyDawgs |
Silvina Farmin | (505) 480-3651 ex: 20121 | Bilingual Social Studies, National Spanish Honor Soc, CraftyDawgs, GSA SafeZone |
International Thespian Troupe 1775 is the theatre honor society. Invitations to join Troupe 1775 come in the Spring and are based upon a student's work in theatre.
Are you curious about the performing arts? Whether it's acting, production, set design, or sound checks, there's a place for you here! We work on one show a month, so get ready for some fun! By working on the shows, you can gain hours towards membership in the troupe. Most shows are open to all students, so please check the website for audition information, or come by the Green Room (Room 601) for more information.
Meetings: Thursdays during lunch, for members only; prospective members may stop by any time to speak to Mr. Adkins
Location: The Green Room (Room 601), next to The Bulldog Theater
Advisors: Ralph Adkins (Primary) and Connie Adkins (Assistant)
Connie Adkins | (505) 226-4298 | Science Dept. Co-Chair, Webmaster, SafeZone & GSA, CraftyDawgs |
Ralph Adkins | Theatre Arts Faculty |
New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, Inc. (NM MESA) prepares high school students for college majors and careers in mathematics, engineering, science and other STEM related fields.
Meetings: Tuesdays at Lunch
Location: Room 507
Advisor: Elizabeth Alvarado
Elizabeth Alvarado | (505) 843-6400 ex: 20102 | Mathematics Department Head Faculty |
High School Mock Trial Program helps New Mexico teens gain an understanding of the legal system by providing opportunities for school teams to participate in academic competitions where players assume attorney and witness roles in a court case. Mock Trial helps students to improve proficiency in such basic skills as listening, speaking, reading, and reasoning, and it fosters cooperation among diverse groups of young people.
Meetings: Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
Location: UNM Law School
Advisor: Elizabeth Alvarado
Elizabeth Alvarado | (505) 843-6400 ex: 20102 | Mathematics Department Head Faculty |
Research shows that students frequently feel more comfortable learning about health issues from their peers than from adults. The students in PAUSE choose the health issues they would like to teach, receive training in these health issues and then teach other students about these health issues. The peer-health educators group is student-led and the advisors serve as facilitators.
Meetings: Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30
Location: Ms. Newsom's Room, 107
Advisors: Joan Newsom, Wilma & Sheena from the AHS Student Based Health Center
Joan Newsom | Special Education Faculty |
The AHS Poetry Club is well-known around the school and around Albuquerque. We have a passion for writing, reading, and emulating those writers who have inspired us along the way.
Our club members have competed in numerous festivals across the southwest and west coast, where they have earned several first place awards. Student work has been published locally and nationally.
Meetings:
Location:
Advisor: Forrest Agee
Forrest Agee | (505) 843-6400 ex: 20364 | Language Arts Faculty |