Santa Fe Preparatory School is a

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located in

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The school provides grades 7–12 with an enrollment of 340 students. It was founded in February 1961.

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 campus near the

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, 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

* Anna Gunn (class of 1986; actress) *

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(class of 1979; fashion designer) * Brad Sherwood (class of 1982; comedian) *

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(class of 1969; actor) * Raul Midón (class of 1984; singer-songwriter) * Peter Sarkisian (class of 1984; video and multimedia artist)

References

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