| Dancing With The Santa Fe Stars—Tickets On Sale Now!
Dancing with the Santa Fe Stars is on Saturday, April 22—less than three weeks away! Our dancers are rehearsing their hearts out (you can follow them on Facebook and Instagram!), the final touches on the evening are being planned—all you have to do is click here to Buy Tickets and Vote Early!
New! We will have a special travel auction with only a few select trips. Items include an African Safari of a lifetime for four (valued at $40,000), generously donated by Sandy and Chip Cunningham through Outside Go, and 7 nights at a Luxury Resort, with your choice of locations including Puerto Vallarta, Cancún, Acapulco, Riviera Maya, Puerto Peñasco, Mazatlán, or Los Cabos—valued at $4,000. We also have relaxing getaways closer to home: a weekend donated by Sunrise Springs including breakfast and all activities, three nights donated by Hotel Parq Central, and a lovely night donated by The Inn of Five Graces. More details to come soon in a special e-news!
As a reminder, dancing for you will be:
• David Barker and Silke Hatch
• Molly Boyd and Carlos Martinez
• Terry Ellis '84 and Aline Harris-Ellis '85
• Jay Heneghan and Lawrence Black
• Jim Leonard and Aviva Baumann
• Valerie Plame and Jonathan Guise
Joined by judges Mayor Javier Gonzales, Irene Hofmann, Garrett Thornburg, and Nancy Zeckendorf.
Space is limited and we expect a sell-out event!
- Melinda Browning and Will Halm
Co-Chairs, Dancing With The Santa Fe Stars
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| Once a year, our gifted Middle School writers call the community together to hear their poetry, prose, fiction, and opinions at an annual literary gathering, “Out Of Our Minds,” or "OOOM". This event highlights the talent and achievements of our students as they present work completed either for an assignment or for personal enjoyment. Parents and classmates are left astonished, delighted, awed, and provoked into deeper reflection, always with a deeper appreciation (and healthy envy) of our high achieving Middle School students.
You are most cordially invited to this special event on Thursday, April 13, at 5:00 pm, in the Santa Fe Prep Library. Light refreshments will be served.
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| Plan to join us in the lovely Prep Library on Thursday, April 20 at 5:00 pm to hear and see some of the finest creative endeavors of our Upper School students. "Elastic Babble" will feature poetry, short vignettes, song lyrics, and even some live music to tickle your ears and your fancy. As per tradition, the new edition of the student literary magazine The Skirmisher will be made available, hot off the presses! Treat yourself to an evening of whimsy, reflection, and humor, and honor the creative talents of our talented young writers and artists! You won't regret it.
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Back from Spring break and full of energy, our Middle School students participated in a two-part, two-hour introductory workshop from Impact Personal Safety. Led by Impact Executive Director and Instructor Alena Schaim, students were reintroduced to the idea of "stranger danger" and were asked to rethink the concept. Classes built on the idea that a majority of assaults come from people we know or who are more similar to us in lifestyle than we imagine. Students then proceeded to break down stereotypes that actually make people more vulnerable, and learned basic physical and verbal stances that help create clear and positive boundaries. We thank the PE department for sharing valuable class time for this important workshop.
As a continuation of this education initiative, we are teaming with Impact to offer Santa Fe Prep families a more in-depth, affordable, personal safety workshop on Saturday, April 29 from 12:00 - 4:00 pm in the Prep Founders' Room. This workshop is suitable for men, women and teens ages 13 and older. The cost is $75 per person. Need-based scholarships and payment plans are available. It’s a great opportunity for a parent and child day out together! Click here to learn more about the workshop. Click here to register.
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| Middle School families are invited to join in an adventure in America's favorite pastime at an Isotopes game in ABQ on Friday, May 26. This is an informal event, where families will provide their own transportation, with the intention of meeting the greater Griffin group at the game. Interested families should please contact Drew Nucci at dnucci@sfprep.org by Thursday, April 13. Game time is 7:00 pm and tickets are $12.50. Thank you, Mr. Nucci, for coordinating this event, and parents, we hope you you can join in the fun!
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SFP TAPS MAKING THINGS HAPPEN!
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| The Santa Fe Prom Closet TAP has been working hard all year to offer prom-wear to northern New Mexican teens without the worrisome prices!! The Prom Closet has a collection of beautiful dresses and tuxes for rent or purchase at their new boutique located at the De Vargas Mall in the former Hastings space.
The boutique is open weekends from March 25 - May 13, Saturdays 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sundays 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm. For more info or volunteer opportunities, please contact Rennae Ross at 505-795-7522.
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| The Convergence Project TAP colloborates with teens from various schools around Santa Fe to produce by-teen-for-teen events. The group is very excited to announce the first-ever Oasis Blacklight Party at Meow Wolf. The House of Eternal Return art installations will be open for teens to explore, they will also get painted by peer artists and glow under blacklights, and will listen to some of the best up-and-coming local teen DJs—including our own DJ Oli (Oliver Hillenkamp '17).
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The Track Team survived crazy, climatic conditions in Estancia this past weekend, highlighted by the qualifying of the Boys' 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relays, and the Girls' 4 x 200 relay. Sam Sparks '19 also qualified his triple jump, and Hayden Colfax '20 qualified her triple and high jumps. The team will compete at Santa Fe High for the Golden Spike Meet this week, followed by the Jaguar Invite at Capital High School this weekend.
The Tennis Team competed at Capital High School for the Los Alamos/ Española /Santa Fe Invitational last weekend, and despite the dubious weather, there were some great individual performances.
The Baseball Team is back in Santa Fe after competing in the Lion Classic in Santa Rosa over the weekend. Although the team came away winless, they played very good ball against some of the state's best teams, and a big Griffin shout out to Brandon Durr '19 for his first career homerun! The team begins district play this week, with matches against Tierra Encantada and McCurdy.
The Middle School Baseball Team opens their season with a match against Desert Academy today, Wednesday, April 5 at Franklin Miles Park at 4:00 pm.
The Girls Lacrosse Team is home again this week after traveling to Durango over the weekend and play Rio Rancho this week. The Boys Lacrosse Team had a great showing this weekend playing two teams from down south; they lost a heartbreaker to Coronado HS on Saturday, and beat Midland Texas on Sunday. Up next, the boys will host Rio Rancho on Brennand Field, today, Wednesday, April 5 at 5:00 pm.
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| Wednesday, April, 12:
PA Meeting,
Prep Library, 8:30 am
Thursday, April 13:
"OOOM" MS Literary Event, Prep Library,
5:00 pm
Friday, April 14:
Good Friday,
No School
Monday, April 17:
Danny Maas Children's Cancer Run,
Las Golondrinas,
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, April 18:
Cum Laude/Scholar Athletes/Book Awards
Prep Auditorium,
9:15 am
Wednesday, April 19:
US Talent Show,
Prep Auditorium,
9:15 am
Thursday, April 20:
"Elastic Babble",
US Literary Event,
Prep Library, 5:00 pm
Friday, April 21:
Girl UP Movie Night,
Prep Auditorium,
6:30 pm
Saturday, April 22:
Dancing With The Santa Fe Stars, Eldorado Hotel, VIP Reception, 6:00 pm, General Admission,
7:00 pm
Monday, April 24:
Senior Interships Begin
Saturday, April 29:
IMPACT Personal
Safety Workshop,
Founders' Room,
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Friday, May 5:
Head's Holiday,
No School
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| Wondering what's for lunch this month? Click here: Lunch Menu
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| Keenan Amer '15 has been an all-conference defender in soccer his first two years at Colorado College. Keenan was one of six Tigers who earned a spot on the all-conference team as well as the Academic Honor Roll, and was the only freshman last year to start all 20 games. His coach, a former Major League Soccer (MLS) player, recommended that Keenan try out for a spot on the Premier Development League team in Boulder. Seventy percent of MLS players go through this league on their way up. Keenan tried out along with players from England, South America, Africa and D1 colleges...and made the team!
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| GRIFFIN
SHOUT OUT & THANKS
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| Congratulations Ben Johnson '21 for making the top-10 in state, and first place in Northern NM at the National Geography Bee!
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| Parents Jill Gerber, Julie Murray, and scores of volunteers, have made magic with rummage—Santa Fe Prep’s annual rummage sale was an exceptional success, grossing over $25,000! Held this past Saturday, the sale was packed from a 7:00 am start to a 1:00 pm finish with people finding incredible buys on treasures donated by our community.
This truly is a Santa Fe city-wide event—people come from all neighborhoods and make it an annual festivity. Along with Dancing With The Santa Fe Stars, the rummage sale is one of the Parents’ Association’s most important fundraisers for Breakthrough Santa Fe and Tuition Assistance. It takes remarkable time and dedication to make the rummage sale fill such a critical need; the work starts the fall before the sale and continues for months until the event is over in April. We owe a great deal to Jill and Julie, and to all in our community who stepped forward with their generosity and their time. Thank you!
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| Congratulations to Visual Arts Department Chair Paula Castillo who is a finalist for SPREAD 6.0 hosted by Site Santa Fe. SPREAD seeks to provide micro-grants for innovative projects and artworks conceived by New Mexico-based artists. At the end of a community dinner, the artist whose proposal receives the most votes is awarded all funds collected at the door to realize their project!
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| Save the Date for this upbeat Middle School Musical about the trials and tribulations of high school life! Performances Friday, May 19 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, May 20 at 2:00 pm.
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