Santa Fe Preparatory School is a private school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico The school provides grades 7–12 with an enrollment of 340 students. It was founded in February 1961.
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History
The school was founded in February 1961. The school opened its doors 1963 at a campus on Canyon Road, with sixty-three students in seventh through ninth grades.
Campus
In the early 1970s, Santa Fe Prep moved to its current site, a 13-acre (53,000 m2) campus near the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, adjacent to the Santa Fe campus of St. John's College. In 2001, Prep built a new School Commons and in 2006, the school completed a LEED Gold-certified library building that houses approximately 11,000 volumes.
The campus is also the location of the Meem Art Building, which was originally the home of architect John Gaw Meem.
Notable alumni
Ari Aster (did not graduate; director)
Anna Gunn (class of 1986; actress)
Tom Ford (class of 1979; fashion designer)
Brad Sherwood (class of 1982; comedian)
Miguel Sandoval (class of 1969; actor)
Raul Midón (class of 1984; singer-songwriter)
Peter Sarkisian (class of 1984; video and multimedia artist)