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GRANDPARENTS' DAYPrep’s Annual Grandparents’ Day is Tuesday, November 24th. Prep grandparents are invited to experience a day in the life of their grandchild by attending classes with them and enjoying a special performance in their honor. There will also be Native dancers in honor of Prep's celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Grandparents and grandchildren are treated to a special lunch in the School Commons on this day—a beloved event for all.
Grandparents can expect an invitation in the mail soon. Please encourage them to attend this memorable day, which starts at 9:00 am and ends at 1:30 pm for grandparents. For students, the day ends at the regularly scheduled 3:30 pm dismissal. For more information or to RSVP, contact Karen Burbank at kburbank@sfprep.org or 505.795.7516.
Note: This is a regular school day and all students are required to attend whether or not their grandparents are able to come.
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This year's Upper School Play, Moon Over Buffalo, is a hilarious backstage farce about a repertory theatre company in Buffalo New York, 1953. Come see doors open and slam on faces, scandalous affairs, mischaracterizations, and sword fighting—it's gonna be a ball!
Show times:
Thursday, November 19th, 5:30 pm; Friday, November 20th, and Saturday, November 21st, 7:30 pm; Sunday, November 22nd, 2:00 pm.
SHOUT OUT to our cast of 12!
Logan Luiz '16, Gina Maran '16, Simone Catanach '16, Marissa Sanchez '16, Mason Hurlocker '16, Rachel Sidebottom '16, Cybele Mayes-Osterman '16, Wyatt Merians '18,
Roxy Roffer '18, Jasmine Alvarado '17, Emma Koolpe '17,
and Grayson Pinto '18.
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The Fencing Team traveled to Colorado Springs for the Air Force Academy Meet over the weekend. Congrats to Lori Garrett '16 and
Annie Schulz '17 who took 8th and 2nd respectively in the Senior Women's Competition!
In the Women's Junior Epee Annie Schulz took 1st place, Shannon Kossmann '16 took 3rd, Adriana Sanchez '18 took 6th, Lori Garrett took 7th, and Kate Schiliro '18 took 12th place.
In the Senior Women's Epee Annie Schulz took 5th and top finish for the guys was Cypres Hayunga '18 who took 18th in junior men's epee. Congratulations to our fencers!
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| Congratulations to the Cross Country Teams who competed in the District Meet last Friday. Both the Boys and Girls took 2nd place and will advance to the State Championships this Saturday, November 7th in Rio Rancho. The Volleyball Team concluded the regular season with a great come-from-behind victory against Monte del Sol. The victory earned them the second seed in this week's District Tournament which began last night, when the Blue Griffins hosted the #5 seeded Pecos Panthers and won 3-2. The team advances to the semifinals tonight when they host the #4 seeded Monte del Sol at 6:30 pm in the Prep Gym.In other Volleyball news, the team's Dig Pink Night was a big success! The Girls won over Pecos in 3 games, raised $425 for Breast Wishes Fund, and Pecos' coach was thrilled to win a gift certificate to Harry's Roadhouse! A lot of fun was had by all. A big THANK YOU to Harry and Peyton for their donation!
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| The Boys' Soccer Team opened its defense of last year's State Championship with a first round victory over the #10 seeded NMMI Broncos. Three Blue Griffins contributed to a 3-0 victory: Adam Weyhrauch '16, Patrick Boyd '17, and Elliot Thornburg '18. The team will now advance to the Quarterfinals at the APS Soccer Complex where they will face the #2 seeded Taos Tigers this Thursday, November 5th at 9:00 am. For complete information on all the fall sports, you can go to the NMAA website.
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From Good
To Great
Our Sustaining Fund is launched and our 37 Sustaining Fund Parent Ambassadors are hard at work personalizing notes for parents and reaching out to answer any questions. All of the Prep community will be contacted soon to jump in and support our efforts. The Sustaining Fund is named such because it sustains and nurtures our school. It takes the education at Santa Fe Prep from good to great and opens the doors for bright and motivated kids with financial need to have access to this life-changing experience.
We thank Jessica and Nathan Aufrichtig--owners of Pizza Centro and parents of 7th grader Max--for offering a pizza party for the first class to reach 100% parent participation to the Fund!
If you’re a parent, click here to see who the Ambassadors are for your grade and please thank them for their time and dedication when they contact you.
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The NM State Highway Safety Office and the Ford Fund is bringing a great program to Albuquerque on Saturday, November 14th called Driving Skills for Life. This is a free driving course offered to all teen drivers and those with permits. It reinforces defensive driving skills and gives young drivers the chance to learn from professional drivers.
Teens will drive vehicles on a closed course under the supervision of professional instructors, improving their skills in key areas like hazard recognition, vehicle handling, reaction time and distracted driving. This has been a wonderfully successful program around the country (and the world) and it’s the first time Ford is bringing it to Albuquerque.
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The longlist for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature has been announced, and the Prep library has all the titles for this year’s nominees: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli; Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dimitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson; The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin; Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson; Bone Gap by Laura Ruby; X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kela Magoon; Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin; Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman; and Nimona by Noelle Stevenson.
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The Santa Fe Prep Chess Team participated in their first tournament of the year. The event took place at West Las Vegas High School, where schools from all over Northern New Mexico came to compete over the chess board. The Griffins brought 18 students, including seven 7th graders and nine 8th graders. The team included some seasoned veterans, like Harsh Bhundiya '16, who is playing in his last season at Prep as a senior, and a few middle school students who just learned to play weeks before the tournament. In the end, Griffins Chess won over half of the games that they played.
Chess Club meets for informal pickup games during first lunch in room 1 on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The Chess Team meets during first lunch on Thursdays and after school on Tuesdays.
Prep will be hosting the next tournament in our own gym on Saturday, December 5th. We are excited to once again fill our campus with bright young chess talent, and we are looking forward to a strong showing from our students.
For more information, or to volunteer to help, please contact Joey Reich at jreich@sfprep.org.
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SFP SENIOR CLASS FUNDRAISER
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Hello Santa Fe Prep Community,
My name is Mike Laposata, and I am the President of the 2016 Senior Class. As many of you probably know, each year the Senior class goes on a very fun yet very expensive rafting trip. To help cover the costs, I, along with my Vice-President Jared Lucero, have been tasked with coming up with ideas to help raise money for such a trip.
This year we are very fortunate to be working with Tres Colores, a Prep family-owned restaurant, to start a Tamale Holiday Drive. The Senior class will be selling tamales in person or via this online order form.
- All of the tamales are made with local ingredients and are organic and GMO free.
- You can order any variety of Red Chile Pork, Green Chile Chicken, Vegetarian Green Chile, or Chicken Mole.
- Each tamale is $3, and one third of the proceeds will go to the Senior class.
I can assure you that the tamales are delicious, and the Parents who attended Parent Open House will also be able to attest to this, as Tres Colores catered the event. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at mlaposata@sfprep.org.
Thank you for supporting the Santa Fe Prep Senior Class!
- Mike Laposata '16
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Wed, November 4th:
Native Arts Show, Progressing Traditions,
Prep Library, 5pm
Thurs, November 5th:
Middle School Dance,
Dining Hall, 6 pm
Fri, November 6th:
Head's Holiday
NO SCHOOL
Tues, November 10th:
Alarms & Diversions,
Prep Library, 5:30 pm
Wed, November 11th:
Parent Ed Event,
Stress Management &
Mindful Parenting,
Prep Library, 5:30 pm
Thurs, November 12th:
Alumni Parent Party,
6 pm
Upper School Dance,
Prep Auditorium,
8:30 pm
Tues, November 17th:
Mongolia Trip Mtg,
Founders' Room,
7 pm
Thurs, November 19th:
Upper School Play,
Moon Over Buffalo,
Prep Auditorium,
5:30 pm
Tues, November 24th:
Grandparents' Day,
Prep Auditorium, 9 am
Wed, November 25th:
Thanksgiving Break
Mon, November 30th:
School Resumes
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| Stress Management & Mindful Parenting
Now that first quarter grades are posted and classes are in full gear, families may be experiencing the normal stressors of life with an adolescent. Whether it be grades, peer relationships or extracurriculars, students have high expectations for themselves and are busy fulfilling them...continue reading.
- Mikahla Beutler,
School Counselor
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| Rummage Sale Pick Up
Now’s the time to purge for a cause! The Rummage Sale is coming this spring, but if you have things to donate NOW, we are ready for you! Donations are accepted anytime; just call Karen Burbank at 505.795.7516.
Rummage Chair Jill Gerber will also accept donations on November 9th, 7:45 am to 8:45 am and November 16th, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Then, beginning in January, Jill will have two designated drop off times a month. Please make sure to donate only clean and unbroken items. And thank you!
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| Dreaming of Italy? Book one of the 2016 Italian journeys to Tuscany and the Italian Riviera by November 30th and a percentage of your trip cost will be donated to Santa Fe Prep by Alumni Parent and Beyond Doorways Travel owner Melissa Cicci. Click here to learn more.
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| Congratulations to Jun-Hong Chen '19 who competed at Southwestern Regionals last month. This was the first leg of his qualifying season in figure skating and he placed 2nd!! Jun-Hong is next moving on to Sectionals in mid-November. Tremendously exciting!
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| Prom Closet Congrats again to the Santa Fe Prom Closet who was awarded a $1000 grant last month! The money will be used to purchase tuxedos for Prom 2016. The Closet is also in great need of dresses in sizes 00-4 and 2-3X, men's and women's dress shoes, and all types of accessories. The group accepts donations year-round at Santa Fe Prep. For more information or to schedule a donation, contact Rennae Ross at rross@sfprep.org
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