Santa Fe Preparatory School
Coordinates: 35°40′09″N 105°54′48″W / 35.669085°N 105.913472°W
| Santa Fe Preparatory School | |
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1101 Camino de la Cruz Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505 United States | |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1961 |
| Head teacher | Jim Leonard |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 340 |
| Website | http://www.sfprep.org |
Santa Fe Preparatory School is a private preparatory day school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe Prep is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest, and is also a member of the National Association of Independent Schools.
History
The school was founded in February 1961. The school opened its doors 1963 at a campus on Canyon Road, with sixty-three students in seventh through ninth grades.
Campus
In the early 1970s, Santa Fe Prep moved to its current site, a 13-acre (53,000 m2) campus near the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, adjacent to the Santa Fe campus of St. John's College. In 2001 Prep built a new School Commons. In 2006 the school completed a LEED Gold-certified library building that houses approximately 11,000 volumes.[1]
The campus is also the location of the Meem Art Building, which was originally the home of architect John Gaw Meem.
Notable alumni
- Anna Gunn (class of 1986; actress)
- Tom Ford (class of 1979; fashion designer)
- Brad Sherwood (class of 1982; comedian)
- Miguel Sandoval (class of 1969; actor)
- Raul Midón (class of 1984; singer-songwriter)
- Peter Sarkisian (class of 1984-video and multimedia artist)
References
- ↑ "Library Wins the Gold". Santa Fe Preparatory School. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 20 November 2008.