Awards

Since receiving its charter only four years ago, the school and its students have received significant recognition.

• MACCS was the only public school to be named to its list of the city’s top schools by Albuquerque the Magazine.
• In National Geographic’s “Future Voices of New Mexico Photography Contest,” student work won second and third place in the “Best Overall Photo” Category.
• In the national Stock Market Game, a group of MACCS students took third place out of over 10,000 teams.
• In the Robo Rave, sponsored by Microsoft, MACCS students took third and fourth place, beating out many schools that focus on science.
• Student work won recognition or top-place honors in several local independent film festivals, such as the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Fest and the Digital Deserts Film Festival.
• The City of Albuquerque awarded MACCS the Creative Bravos Award in 2012.