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9th Grade Interdisciplinary Learning

Teachers Kristin Kalangis (English), Marc Reynolds (Biology), Lindsey Reader (Biology), and Jebb Norton (History) have joined forces to integrate the major themes and concepts of their 9th grade courses. Through […]

College Horizons

College Horizons is a week-long intensive program for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian high school students, specifically designed to encourage personal identity growth while preparing indigenous youth for the […]

Betting Against The Odds

Our chances of holding US Commencement outdoors this very wet spring, in the US quad as is our custom, were maybe . . . 50-50. We’ve had two hailstorms in the last week and many showers. But the skies cleared on Friday morning as 47 seniors in the Class of 2019 and

Mamma Mia! Competing For Top Honors At Enchantment Awards

Santa Fe Prep is proud to celebrate the talents and accomplishments of the Performing Arts Department: This year’s Upper School Musical, Mamma Mia!, has been nominated for Best Musical, Best […]

Peyton Ellis ’20 Nominated For Mayor’s Arts Awards

Congratulations to Peyton Ellis ’20, who has been nominated for the 2018 Mayor’s Arts Awards. From artists to educators, philanthropists, supporters, nonprofits and businesses, the annual Mayor’s Arts Awards truly […]

Dancing With The Santa Fe Stars!

What a fabulous gala Saturday evening! Seven amazing Prep parents, coupled with terrific instructors, showed how they could shake, rattle, and roll at Dancing with the Santa Fe Stars! These […]

Santa Fe Prep Tanzania Project Update

Teachers and student leaders from all four schools involved in the Tanzania Penpal Project met over Skype for the first time last week: Santa Fe Prep, the Irkisongo School in Arusha, theMajani ya Chai School, […]

Mamma Mia: The Musical!

It’s not the movie. It’s not the sequel. It’s MAMMA MIA: THE MUSICAL! It came first (well, after Abba) and is, by far, the best iteration of this timeless classic

Raul Midón ’84 Earns Grammy Nomination

Raul Midón ’84 has earned a GRAMMY nomination for his album “If You Really Want.” This fabulous tome of original music was conducted and arranged for the Metropole Orkest. The […]

December Traditions At Prep

We celebrate two traditions at Santa Fe Prep this time of year: Hot Chocolate Grams and Candy Cane Bingo. During lunches, Student Council members have been selling Hot Chocolate Grams, […]

Breakthrough Profile

Meet Viviana Ornelas! Viviana applied to Breakthrough Santa Fe  because of the resources it could offer on her path to college. After her second summer with the program, she has learned that […]

Middle School Reading Initiative

Fall is new book season, and the Prep library has a bunch of new books in—and more on the way! We have a few favorite Young Adult (YA) authors and […]

Prep Outdoors

There was no lightning threat in any direction; swirls of mist climbed the valleys, with pools of sunshine in the distance; we were working our way up the shoulder of […]

Understanding “The Other”

Beneath bluebird skies in our upper school quad on Friday morning, 57 members of the Class of 2018 celebrated their graduation from Santa Fe Prep. (You can catch the video […]

Prep Benefit Concert—June 5

Tickets are selling fast for Big Head Todd and The Monsters at The Lensic on June 5 at 8pm! Get your tickets today! A premium $140 ticket gets you one of the […]

Santa Fe Prep Tanzania Project

Five student leaders from the Santa Fe Prep Tanzania Project met with Dr. Jane Goodall on Sunday, February 25 before her presentation at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on current threats facing the planet and her five […]

Day Y At The Roundhouse

DAY Y is an important day every year for youth at the state capital. Students learn directly about the political process here in New Mexico and share their voices by serving […]

New At Prep: Shakespeare Club

Santa Fe Prep’s Shakespeare Club will perform in the second annual Youth Shakespeare Festival, December 9, 2017, at 3:50 pm at the New Mexico School for the Arts. Ninth grade students Margaret […]

By Youth For Youth: The Convergence Project

By Youth For Youth: The Convergence Project is a teen-run organization working to create opportunities and events for youth in the Santa Fe area—and a TAP project here at Prep. The […]

College Reps Introduce Students to Options Across the Country

Over the past month, close to 100 college representatives have visited our campus from all over the United States and abroad: small liberal arts colleges from Maine to Tacoma, Washington, […]