Santa Fe Preparatory School is a

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located in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

The school provides grades 7-12 with an enrollment of 340 students. It was founded in February 1961.

History

The school was founded in February 1961. The school opened its doors 1963 at a campus on

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, with sixty-three students in seventh through ninth grades.

Campus

In the early 1970s, Santa Fe Prep moved to its current site, a campus near the

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, 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

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Gold-certified library building that houses approximately 11,000 volumes. The campus is also the location of the Meem Art Building, which was originally the home of architect

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Notable alumni

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(class of 1986; actress) *

Tom Ford Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched his eponymous luxury brand in 2005, having previously served as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Ford wrote and directe ...

(class of 1979; fashion designer) *

Brad Sherwood Bradley Sherwood is an American actor, singer, comedian, game show host and writer. Career His first acting job was a recurring role on ''L.A. Law'' as Ned Barron, which lasted for six episodes from 1991 to 1992. Sherwood was introduced to im ...

(class of 1982; comedian) *

Miguel Sandoval Miguel Sandoval (born November 16, 1951) is an American actor of film and television. Biography Sandoval was born in Washington, D.C. He began working as a professional actor in 1975 when he joined a mime school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. H ...

(class of 1969; actor) *

Raul Midón Raul Midón (born March 14, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from New Mexico. Biography Early life Midón was born prematurely in a rural hospital in Embudo, New Mexico, Embudo, New Mexico, to parents of Argentines, Arg ...

(class of 1984; singer-songwriter) *

Peter Sarkisian Peter Sarkisian (born 1965) is an American New Media Artist whose work combines video projection and sculpture in order to create hybrid forms of multimedia installation. He currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sarkisian has exhibi ...

(class of 1984; video and multimedia artist)

References

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