Santa Fe Preparatory School

Santa Fe Preparatory School
Santa Fe Preparatory School
Address
	1101 Camino de la Cruz; Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505; United States
Information
Type	Private
Established	1961
Head teacher	Aaron Schubach
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	340
Website	http://www.sfprep.org

35°40′09″N 105°54′48″W / 35.669085°N 105.913472°W / 35.669085; -105.913472

Santa Fe Preparatory School is a private school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico The school provides grades 7–12 with an enrollment of 340 students. It was founded in February 1961.

History[edit]

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[edit]

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 and in 2006, the school completed a LEED Gold-certified library building that houses approximately 11,000 volumes.^[2]

The campus is also the location of the Meem Art Building, which was originally the home of architect John Gaw Meem.

Notable alumni[edit]

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)^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "Next SF Prep head of school is named". Albuquerque Journal. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ "Library Wins the Gold". Santa Fe Preparatory School. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 20 November 2008.

[1] "Next SF Prep head of school is named". Albuquerque Journal. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[2] "Library Wins the Gold". Santa Fe Preparatory School. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 20 November 2008.

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