| Save the date for Arsenic & Old Lace, a doubly-cast comedic play about a dysfunctional family involved in murder, insanity, crime, romance, and mistaken identity. Our five seniors—Emily Hilla and Lucinda Patrus as the "sweet old aunts," Barrett Vimont as "Boris Karloff," Gabe Faulkner as "Dr. Einstein," and Eliza Hillenkamp as ingénue "Elaine"—along with the rest of the cast, will leave you in stitches!
Show opens Thursday, November 1 at 5:30 pm, with additional performances on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, November 4 at 2:00 pm.
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| Grandparents’ Day is approaching and we look forward to seeing our Griffin Grandparents! On Tuesday, November 20, 9:00 am to 1:30 pm, grandparents and grand "friends" are invited to spend the day experiencing their grandchild’s life at Santa Fe Prep. Please RSVP to Advancement Associate Julia Abbiss by Wednesday, November 14.
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| Led by New Mexico History teacher Lisa Nordstrum, the 7th grade class went on a field trip to Posi Owingue last month. Students learned about the settlement of the Ancestral Pueblo people of the area, examined pottery shards, and discussed archeological and cultural sensitivity. Additional activities included English teacher Sarah Stark leading a reflective narrative and nature poetry session and Life Science teacher Robin Koval working with students making observations in their nature journals about the New Mexico life zone in the area.
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The Tanzania TAP group organized a video conference call with the teachers and students from the Majani ya Chai School, one of several schools in Dr. Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots network that faculty leader Russell Spinney and Prep students are working with to develop an exchange program. Students across grades 8-10 recently sent illustrated letters to three schools in Tanzania to re-start a pen-pal project, and
the Tanzania TAP held a bake sale to raise money for art supplies so that they can illustrate their letters in return. Through the pen-pal project, the group hopes to develop greater intercultural understanding, and create interdisciplinary projects involving history, literature, and science.
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| Shout out to Adrian Whitten '19, who in the final turn at the Desert Academy Cross Country Invitational last Friday, took 1st for Prep and 3rd overall. Adrian ran like a champ and also led the boys to a 1st place finish as a team! Congrats as well to Henry Lyons '24 and Kiran Beleu '24, who came in 1st and 2nd respectively for the middle school team.The girls and boys teams will travel to Sapello, New Mexico for the district race this Saturday at the Pendarais Golf Course. The girls race at 10:00 am, followed by the boys at 10:45 am. Run like the wind, Blue Griffins!
Congratulations to both Soccer Teams for qualifying for the state tournament! The girls earned a 5th seed and will host the Santa Fe Indian School this Saturday, November 3 at 1:00 pm on Sun Mountain Field. The boys are an 11th seed and will travel across town to play St. Michael's at 3:30 also on Saturday.
Volleyball wraps up the final week of their regular season with their final home game tonight against Santa Fe Indian School—JV at 5:00 pm and varsity following. Come support the Blue Griffins and celebrate senior Daisy Cunningham at her final home match. Next week...district tournament!
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Dear Prep Families and Friends,
We are in the process of reaching out to each of you to ask for your support to our Annual Fund. The Annual Fund is a cornerstone of what makes Santa Fe Prep an exceptional school!
Five Reasons Giving to Our Annual Fund Matters:
1. Your gift connects every student to an enriching education, our school to our greater community, and you to a promising future.
2. Tuition covers only about 80% of the real cost of an education at Santa Fe Prep.
3. Over 120 students benefit from tuition assistance provided by the Annual Fund.
4. Participation counts.
5. Your gift supports our school’s greatest strength—our faculty.
Our community is strong and connected thanks to each of us contributing what we are able. Click here to make your gift to the Annual Fund today
Please call or email Director of Advancement Pamela Emsden with any questions—505.795.7526 or pemsden@sfprep.org.
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PARENTS' ASSOCIATION NEWS
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| Our next Parents' Association Meeting is on Wednesday, November 14, 5pm to 6pm in the Prep Auditorium. Please join us for an update on school safety with Head of School Jim Leonard and Prep’s Campus Safety Team. The Parents’ Association would like to thank School Counselor Mikahla Beutler for organizing last month's Parent Education Event with speaker Kate Reynolds. Kate was generous with her wisdom in providing strategies and practices to help make navigating the teen years a little less stressful for both parents and teens alike. You can look forward to more PA-sponsored events like these in the future. - Cameron Anderson & Hunter Redman, PA Co-Presidents
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RUMMAGE SALE DONATIONS NEEDED!
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| On Thursday, November 15, we'll hold our first rummage drop-off at Prep. Please bring your rummage to our storage container behind the gym from 8:00 am to 8:30 am. We are looking for gently used and clean items. Please no ski gear older than 5 years, electronics, encyclopedias, or mattresses. For more information, please contact Rummage Chair Julie Murray at 505.501.2150.
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| Winter Arts Night is Wednesday, December 5. The event will begin with an Art Opening at the Meem from 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm, followed by performances in the Prep Auditorium from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. We hope that you are able to join us in celebrating our students' wonderful, inventive accomplishments from the fall term. We look forward to sharing music, performance, ceramics, sculpture, installation, printmaking, photography, drawing and painting.
- Brad Fairbanks, Chair, Performing Arts Department
- Alex Peña, Chair, Visual Arts Department
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| Calling all Alumni! Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for the Annual Alumni Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 26 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the Prep Library. We’re also hosting the Annual Alumni Games in the Gym at noon that day. Please get in touch with Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Becky Anderson for more details.
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| Please mark your calendars for Saturday, February 23, 2019 for our fabulously entertaining Dancing with the Santa Fe Stars! More details to come!
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| Tomasita's Restaurant is hosting a "Santa Fe Prep Night" on Tuesday, November 13. Families who dine here on this evening will enjoy some tasty New Mexican dishes, with 40% of the proceeds going directly to the spring senior class trip. You simply need to mention that you are with Santa Fe Prep when making a reservation. Tres Colores has also generously offered to contribute to our senior class' fundraising initiative. They will donate 50 cents for every tamale our community purchases throughout the holidays! Families should mention they are with Santa Fe Prep when they place their orders with the restaurant. Click here for tamale menu choices and pricing. We hope many of our Griffin families and friends are able take advantage of these two offers and support Santa Fe Prep's senior class in raising money for their phenomenal year-end trip! - Nick Wirth, Senior Class Sponsor
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| Thank you Jim and Robin Gavin for the donation of a beautiful 1911 Mason and Hamlin Grand Piano. It has found a home in the Green Room and is being used for vocal performance rehearsals and for our students to have a first-class instrument for practice. To Gabe Rippel, father of Arlise '22 and owner of Rippel Metal Fabrication, for the design, execution, and contribution of our new sign: We’re inspired—thank you, Gabe!
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| Thurs, Nov 1:
Student Flu Shot Clinic
Commons' Lounge
10:50 am - 12:50 pm
Thurs, Nov 8:
Benedicto Ixtamer
Meet & Greet
Prep Library
8:15 am
Thurs, Nov 8:
Middle School Dance
Prep Auditorium
5:30 pm
Fri, Nov 9:
Heads' Holiday
No School
Mon, Nov 12:
8th Grade Parent
Life Skills Mtg
Library IC
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Tues, Nov 13:
Annual Blood Drive
Founders' Room
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Wed, Nov 14:
PA Meeting
Prep Auditorium
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sat, Nov 17:
US Fall Ball
Prep Auditorium
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Mon, Nov 19:
7th Grade/Senior Luncheon
Tues, Nov 20:
Grandparents' Day
9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Wed, Nov 21: Thanksgiving Holiday Break Begins
Mon, Nov 26:
Classes Resume
Wed, Nov 28:
MS Spelling Bee
Prep Auditorium
1:00 pm
Wed, Nov 28:
9th/10th Grade
Adelante Night
5:00 pm
Wed, Nov 28 -
Fri, Nov 30:
Model UN at the Roundhouse
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| Wondering what's for lunch this month?
Click here: Lunch Menu
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Congratulations to Bernice Talachy '19, who won 3rd place in the Intermountain All-Women Hoop Dance Competition last month in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is the only event of its kind in the world for all-female contestants of all ages to hoop dance for the people, for the prize money, and for the title. This was Bernice's first time participating in Salt Lake and her first time placing in a hoop dance competition; she has been competing for four years.
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Congrats to Santa Fe Prep's High School Chess A Team who took first place at the Northern Schools Chess League Tournament last month. The team won 16 of 16 games!
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The EE Ford Summer Teachers' Colloquium was nominated by Carroll Strategies as part of a national competition through the Public Relations Society of America. The entries are judged on national criteria as to the quality of the outreach campaign.
Over the past two years Santa Fe Prep's EE Ford program has refocused its outreach away from digital means and towards analog efforts. This included sending out an artifacts box to 300 schools, a direct mail campaign, print advertising, radio spots, and Program Director Drew Nucci visiting schools in person to meet with headmasters and faculty. The program was one of only a few in New Mexico to win a gold-level award for outreach.
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| The Language and History departments are hosting Guatemalan Mayan Artist and Activist Benedicto Ixtamer for a week-long residency November 7- November 14. Benedicto was the host and local coordinator for Prep's Language/Cultural Immersion Trip in the summer of 2017. He is a self-taught Mayan artist from the highlands of Guatemala. His art has been displayed in Guatemala and the U.S., and his mural style has been compared to that of Diego Rivera. He and his family run the Eco Spanish School in San Juan la Laguana, Lake Atitlán.
Benedicto will be guest speaking in several language and history classes, as well as at an upper school forum. We will hold a "Meet and Greet" for parents on Thursday, November 8, 8:15 am to 9:30 am in the Library.
Please RSVP for the parent event to Anna Westen or Dan Murray
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| Santa Fe Prep's Annual BLOOD DRIVE will be held on Tuesday, November 13, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in the Founders' Room. Volunteers age 16 and 17 need a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian. Everyone needs to bring an ID to the donation. Please contact Rennae Ross at 505.795.7522 for more information and to schedule a donation appointment.
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| Please help us support our student athletes and coaches by joining the Santa Fe Prep Athletic Booster Club for what is widely known as one of the most fun & festive events of the year—BOMBAY NIGHT! This is the Booster Club’s one-and-only annual fundraising party. We guarantee you’ll have a great time with some absolutely fabulous people while helping us raise the necessary funds to keep our athletic programs vibrant, robust and accessible to everyone. The party is Friday, December 7, 6:30 pm at The Inn & Spa at Loretto. Tickets are $250/couple and $125/person and are very limited due to the small venue size. Every year we sell out, so don’t delay—click here to purchase!
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