Congratulations to all our players on becoming the 2024 New Mexico 2A Esports Champions!
ECA Esports are the 2024 New Mexico 2A Esports Champions! This makes ECA the 4-in-a-row state champs!
Varsity Mario Kart finished 2nd in the state led by Captain Alex Alvarez.
Varsity Rocket League finished 1st in the state led by Captain Brandon Hanert and will represent New Mexico in the national PlayVS Esports Cup for scholarships of $4500.
Varsity Valorant will compete on Tuesday in the finals of the western United States.
ECA Esports competed in the 2024 NMSU Invitational the first weekend in April
Valorant Varsity - 3rd place, highest placing high school
Captain: Sophie Strassner
MVP: Aymeen Raad
Highlight: ECA stomped Del Norte High School in a 13-0 shutout, and took 3 rounds off of the champion US Air Force Academy, which is ranked top 1% in the nation.
Rocket League Varsity - Top 8, undefeated until loss to NM Tech in quarterfinals
Captain: Brandon Hanert
MVP: Liam Kramer
Highlight: ECA beat Las Cruces High (in Las Cruces) on stage. ECA also beat Centennial High on stage in double-overtime.
Mario Kart Varsity - Top 16, loss to Gadsden High
Captain: Alex Alvarez
MVP: Jaxon Wright
Highlight: Jaxon Wright secured 1st place in every race the team played.
Super Smash Bros. Varsity
Individual Placements:
MVP: Zach Waring 3-2 #33 of 128
Joseph Martinez: 2-2
Jaxon Wright: 1-2
Eligh Sanidad: 1-2
Gabe Sandoval: 1-2
Highlight: Zach and Joseph met in the bracket, with Zach winning.
ECA Esports is in the NMAA 2A playoffs!
Super Smash Bros Varsity enters as 2nd seed with 6-3 regular season record
Mario Kart Varsity enters as 6 seed with 4-5 regular season record
Rocket League Varsity enters as 2nd seed with 8-1 regular season record
Valorant Varsity enters as 1st seed with 5-1 regular season record
ECA is in the lead for overall eSports Champion!
We have 26 points, 2nd place has 24.
ECA Esports has two teams in the top four of New Mexico, and one team in the top 4 of the western U.S.!
Our Varsity Rocket League and Mario Kart teams will be representing our school at Berna Facio Complex the week of April 15th, with the potential to bring home TWO state championships. Varsity Valorant will play on Tuesday, then potentially the week after for the western conference championship.
Congratulate the students on their hard work all season!
ECA student wins 2nd Mock Trial Journalist State Championship
ECA Senior Aileen Ukwuoma recently won her second consecutive Mock Trial Journalist State Championship and has qualified for the national competition. Congratulations Aileen!
Since 1978, the Gene Franchini New Mexico High School Mock Trial Program has helped 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. Coaches help students develop questioning, critical thinking and oral advocacy skills. Teams are made up of three witnesses, three attorneys and a timekeeper on each side (prosecution/plaintiff and defense) of the case. Working with their mentors, the students prepare opening statements, direct and cross-examinations and closing arguments. The cases are presented before judges and panels of “jurors,” where the teams are judged on their demonstrated knowledge and presentation skills, rather than on the legal merits of the issue at hand. In addition to students who participate as lawyers, witnesses and timekeepers there are courtroom artist and courtroom journalist contests.
March 11, 2024: Last week Cosmetology collaborated with EMT to create a real life feel of emergency scenarios. Special shout out to the ECA Cosmetology students who gave up their lunch to participate and prepare the model with wounds and lacerations.
March 11, 2024: Last week our Cosmetology students collaborated with our Nursing students to practice their skills - Nursing students received a free facial!
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Eberman, Kevin Huang and Aileen Ukwuoma! Their performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) has entered them into the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program!
From more than 1.3 Million program entrants, each of these students is among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants who will be recognized as either a Semifinalist or Commended Student in the fall.
Way to go Kaitlyn, Kevin and Aileen! We know that you work hard and take your academics seriously and it's great to see you recognized for this. We wish you luck in the next qualifying term.
March 13, 2023: Students in the CEC Chinese language program participated in cultural exchange activities with students from Hualien City in Taiwan. At 7 pm New Mexico time, 15 CEC students met virtually with 20 Hualien Senior High students in their morning class at 9 am Taiwan time. Students in the two cities used Google Jamboard to introduce Albuquerque and Hualien, then all students were divided into groups and chatted in both English and Chinese for three 10-minute sessions. Students from both cities enjoyed this meeting and will participate in a second meeting in April. The event was featured in local newspapers in Hualien.
Visit the news link for coverage of this event in Taiwan
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Students from both schools also shared cultural exchange videos. Hualien students voted on CEC student videos featuring the New Mexico State Fair, the International Balloon Fiesta, and life in Albuquerque, etc. Students voted on "Video they like to share with friends" and "Video contents they are most interested in." Teachers in the Hualien Senior High School expressed that they were very impressed by the contents and quality of the videos produced by CEC students
Stephany Flores of Highland earned the highest votes for both categories.
Emmanuella Chionye earned the 2nd highest votes for both categories.
Harmony Guan of La Cueva (like to share), and Thomas Winder of Sandia High (content most interested) earned the 3rd highest votes.
March 2023: Members of the ECA Paint4Peace Club put together a "Tiny Purple Pantry" at the Albuquerque Peace and Justice Center in Nob Hill.
Designed to help address food insecurities, the pantry is an outdoor cabinet where people can donate non-perishable foods or take what they need. The club hopes to establish several more pantries.
April 2022: ECA Dream Warriors raised over $500 and delivered 30 sleeping bags, 20 umbrellas, 30 pairs of socks, gloves, food, and water to over 30 homeless people from our community. They also gathered 10 bags of clothing and delivered it to Good Shepard Men’s homeless shelter and Barrett House Women’s shelter.
