Sandia Preparatory School

Sandia Preparatory School
Address
532 Osuna Rd. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87113
United States
Information
Type Independent
Motto Constantius Possumus
(With devotion, all things are possible)
Established 1966
Headmaster Steve Albert
Faculty 80[1]
Grades 6-12
Enrollment 650[1]
Average class size 16[1]
Student to teacher ratio 8:1[1]
Campus Suburban
Campus size 30 acres[1]
Color(s)      Cardinal Red
     Columbia Blue
Athletics conference NMAA
Mascot Sundevil
Nickname "Prep"
Rival Hope Christian
Accreditation Independent Schools Association of the Southwest
Publication La Chispa (literary magazine)
Newspaper Sandia Prep Times
Yearbook Sandglass
Endowment $5 million (2011)[1]
Tuition $17,400 (2011-2012)[1]
Website http://www.sandiaprep.org/

Sandia Preparatory School is a private, secular college preparatory school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In 1958, Barbara Young Simms began to investigate the possibility of starting a girls day school in Albuquerque. In 1965, she secured land, established a board of trustees and formed the Sandia School, a nonsectarian school. In late January 1966, the Rev. Paul G. Saunders, an Episcopal priest, was selected headmaster and, later that year, the school opened. The year began with 75 students in grades 5 through 10 (grade 11 was added the next year; grade 12 the year after), and finished with 82 students.

In 1969, Orell Phillips served as interim headmaster while the school's board searched for a new head. In 1970, Mose Hale became third headmaster. Three years later, Sandia School became coeducational. In 1974, Elton Knutson was selected as fourth headmaster.

The school began to refer to itself as Sandia Preparatory School and expanded to a coeducational school during the 1974-75 academic year. Fifth-grade classes were discontinued in the 1985-86 school year. For the next academic year, Dick Heath joined Sandia Prep as its fifth headmaster.

Since its founding in 1966, Sandia Prep has grown from a girls' school serving 82 students in three buildings to a coeducational institution serving 670 students in multiple buildings and facilities that fill a 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus. The first graduating class in 1969 consisted of six girls; this year's graduates will number 100.

Sandia Prep is "descended" from the original Sandía School, a private day and boarding school for girls founded by Ruth Hanna McCormick (Barbara Young Simms' aunt by marriage) in 1932. Its first year, Sandía School held classes for five students and one teacher in a private house where Manzano Day School is now located. The school was formed in part to help prepare girls for further study or college in the Eastern United States.

In 1937, the school moved to a new permanent campus (now part of Kirtland Air Force Base). Mrs. Simms commissioned architect John Gaw Meem to design the school complex in the territorial style. By 1938, the school had 75 students, nine of whom were boarders, and 18 faculty. In 1942, due to World War II, Sandía School closed. A number of alumnae from the first Sandía School actively participated in the organization of the current Sandia Prep School.

Curriculum

Sandia Prep is an independent school, so thus its curriculum is independently created. The school does not offer AP and other standardized courses due to the justification of their courses already being accelerated.

The school has a rotational schedule of six days lettered "A"-"F." There are also eight periods, six or seven of which are featured in a school day. For instance, periods 1-7 are held on an "A" day. The eighth period is then carried out to a "B" as the first period, which then goes through period 5, due to an added activity day twice a rotation. Session 6 and 7 will then be carried out to the next day and so on.

Philosophy


Sandia Prep's philosophy is derived from the balance of the "5 'A's;" "academics", "arts", "athletics", "activities", and "atmosphere."

Facilities

Saunders Library

The library contains over 17,000 volumes. The facilities in the library include a computer lab with 23 computers plus 20 drop-in computers to be used at any time by students. There is also one multi-purpose classroom.

Athletic facilities

Sandia Prep has two soccer fields, one baseball field, one softball field, a six lane track, recently resurfaced, and four tennis courts. The campus also includes the West Gym that seats 600 people in the bleachers and can be configured for four basketball courts or four volleyball courts. The second gym is the Field House, completed in 2008, and, in addition to the main gymnasium, it includes a weight room, multipurpose room, locker rooms, offices, and spacious lobby area. In September 2010, the track had been renewed, with new landscaping. The outdoor Heath Sports Complex was dedicated to the past headmaster, Dick Heath.

Observatory and 1-9 classrooms

Sandia prep is the only high school in New Mexico that has its own observatory. The nine classrooms adjacent to it include some of the school's math and science rooms.

100 Building

Located in the Commons, it contains the science labs and 2 computer labs, 1 being the journalism room.

200 Building

Built in 2002, the 200 building contains the majority of all the classrooms with 20 classrooms.

300 Building

The 300 building has 2 math classrooms and 1 art room.

400 Building

The 400 building is the 28,000 sq. ft. Field House which holds an 850 seat gymnasium.

500 Building

The 500 building holds 6 classrooms, an art classroom, and the photo lab.

Theater

The school theater is a part of the performing arts center(700 building). It includes a full stage, seating, and offices as well as a box office.

700 building

The 700 building is the most recent building built in 2009. It contains seven classrooms, administration offices, band, choir, and drama rehearsal rooms.

Russell Student Center

Built in 2002, the Russell Student Center contains the school supply store, the boardroom, the college counseling office, cafeteria, and the west gym.


Fields

Sandia preparatory school has 1 track going around a soccer field and another soccer field without a track. One baseball field with another soccer field inside of it. They also have 4 tennis courts. They also have a softball field. They have a garden beside the soccer field without a track around it. In 2013 some student help put up a greenhouse. the school will receive many of its vegetables from there.

Athletics

New Mexico State Champions

New Mexico State Championships Runners-Up

State Competition History

[2]

Year Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Boys Cross Country Girls Cross Country Volleyball Girls Swimming and Diving Boys Swimming and Diving Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Baseball Softball Girls Golf Boys Golf Boys Track and Field Girls Track and Field Boys Tennis Girls Tennis
20101st A-AAA 2nd AAA X 3rd AAA X X 1st A-AAA 3rd A-AAA
2009 2nd A-AAA 2nd A-AAA X X 15th A-AAAAA 14th A-AAAAA 3rd AAA X 1st AAA X X 6th A-AAA 2nd AAA 6th AAA 1st A-AAA 1st A-AAA
2008 2nd A-AAA 2nd A-AAA X X X 8th A-AAAAA 2nd A-AAAAA 3rd AAA 9th AAA 5th AAA 9th AAA X 6th A-AAA 5th AAA 11th AAA 3rd A-AAA 2nd A-AAA
2007 5th A-AAA 2nd A-AAA X X 9th AAA 11th A-AAAAA 2nd A-AAAAA 5th AAA X 3rd AAA X X 5th A-AAA 21st AAA 12th AAA 5th A-AAA 3rd A-AAA
2006 1st A-AAA 1st A-AAA X X 9th AAA 12th A-AAAAA 7th A-AAAAA 2nd AA 6th AA
2005 1st A-AAA 2nd A-AAA 3rd A-AA 12th A-AA 1st AA 7th A-AAA 5th AA 15th AA 1st A-AAA
2004 1st A-AAA 1st A-AAA 8th A-AA X 1st AA 7th A-AAAAA 3rd AA
2003 1st A-AAA 6th A-AA 9th A-AA 2nd AA 10th A-AAAAA 7th A-AAAAA
2002 1st A-AAA 1st A-AAA X 5th A-AA 13th A-AAAAA 3rd A-AAAAA 1st A-AAA
2001 1st A-AAA 1st A-AA
2000 2nd A-AAA 4th AA 2nd AA
1999 1st AA
1998 1st AA
1997
1996 2nd A-AAA
1995
1994
1993 1st A-AAA
1992 1st A-AAA
1991
1990 1st A-AAA
1989 1st A-AAA
1988 1st A-AAA
1987 1st A-AAA
1986
1985 1st A-AAA
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974 First Soccer Team First Basketball Team First Tennis Team
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966 Sandia Prep Founded
Sandia Preparatory School Athletic Districts Year:
8AA ?-2006
5AAA 2006–Present-Day

The Tennis Team won the only State Championship in 2010. They haven't lost a match in over two years.

District Championships

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Key Facts". Sandia Preparatory School. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. ↑ NMAA. "New Mexico Activities Association Web site". Retrieved 2007-11-20.

External links

Coordinates: 35°09′00″N 106°37′05″W / 35.15000°N 106.61806°W