Santa Fe Preparatory School
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.
| Santa Fe Preparatory School | |
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| Address | |
1101 Camino de la Cruz Santa Fe , , 87505 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1961 |
| Head teacher | Jim Leonard |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 340 |
| Website | http://www.sfprep.org |
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. Santa Fe Prep's current address is 1101 Camino de Cruz Blanca, 87505, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 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.