Sandia Preparatory School
| Sandia Preparatory School | |
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532 Osuna Rd NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Motto | The future goes to Sandia Prep. |
| Established | 1966 |
| Headmaster | Bill Sinfield |
| Faculty | 83 |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 554 |
| Average class size | 15 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Campus size | 30 acres |
| Color(s) |
Athletic Colors: Cardinal RedColumbia Blue |
| Mascot | Sundevil |
| Nickname | "Prep" |
| Accreditation | Independent Schools Association of the Southwest |
| Publication | 532 (Community Magazine); La Chispa (Student Literary Magazine) |
| Newspaper | Sandia Prep Times |
| Yearbook | Sandglass |
| Website | http://www.sandiaprep.org/ |
Athletic Colors:
Sandia Preparatory School is an independent college preparatory school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico serving students in sixth through twelfth grade. The school is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) and the New Mexico Public Education Department, and is a founding member of the Independent Curriculum Group and a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).
day school in Albuquerque. In 1965, she secured land, established a board of trustees and formed the Sandía 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, Sandía 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 at its maximum in multiple buildings and facilities that fill a 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus. The first graduating class in 1969 consisted of six girls, and has risen to roughly 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
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