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AlumniNotes continued up our last year at Georgetown (I did a gap year after Prep so now I’m in her class), and it was her 22nd birthday this weekend. Her boyfriend Nick came up from Emory, and Leslie Wilson ’10 and Kristen Ellingboe ’10 live here together like in the show “Friends.” Leslie is studying at Johns Hopkins for a masters in international development economics, Kristen works for a progressive think tank, and Stephen Kersh ’10 also happens to live here, enrolled in the Georgetown sports management program. This is at a bar on U Street for Margaret’s birthday.” Parker Abell ’13, who recently completed his first year at the U.S. Naval Academy, stopped by campus to visit faculty and friends. We snapped his photo while he was chatting with Biology 1 & 2 teacher Ernie Polansky and Interim Head of School Joyce Whelchel. Abell said that his first year at the Naval Academy was challenging but extremely rewarding. “I was just in the Persian Gulf,” he shared. “A year ago, I never would have guessed that in my first year I would already have spent time in Bahrain, on a U.S. naval destroyer.” On September 4, 2014, David Tenorio ’13 was featured in the New York Times column, “Behind Ivy Walls: Why Colleges With a Distinct Focus Have a Hidden Advantage.” The article looked at why Tenorio chose to attend Harvey Mudd after he was accepted by ten other schools, including Harvard and Northwestern University. Alumni Affairs Office Closed for Maternity Leave Sandia Prep’s Alumni Affairs Office will be temporarily closed from early November to late February while our Alumni Affairs Coordinator is on maternity leave. Prep’s Development Office will continue to lead scheduled events and handle alumni requests, etc. Please continue to send Alumni Notes to alumni@sandiaprep.org. Take a look at our newest alumni on Graduation Day 2014 on page 26. In Memoriam Peter D. Harrison, an Honorary Trustee at Sandia Prep, passed away in Albuquerque at age 76 on December 15, 2013. A renowned archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience, he exhibited photos of his digs in the Heath Board Room. He and his wife Alexandra created an endowment at Sandia Prep to support the use of art in teaching. He worked as an archaeologist in Guatemala, taught at Trent University, and was a Senior Research Associate at the Maxwell Museum at UNM. At the time of his death he was director of the Tikal Project West. Nancy Robb Briggs, a student of the Sandía School in the 1930s and 1940s, passed away in Albuquerque August 30, 2014. She had lived an active life in her later years and was active in the League of Women Voters and the Pan American League. An avid tennis player and skier, she supported movements for peace and justice and was involved in many arts and cultural organizations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Reunion Recaps 1994 Reunion Our ’94 graduates had a full weekend of reunion activities in late October. A special thank you to reunion organizers Peter Everett ’94 and Sarah Rosenberg Brown ’94. 1998 & 1999 Reunion Our ’98 and ’99 graduates held a combined class reunion during our 2014 Alumni Weekend festivities. A special thank you to reunion organizers: Greg Farah ’99, Andrea (Brue) Kendall ’98 and Lydia (Jones) Pizzonia ’99. 9 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Fall</strong> 2014
From the Archive What’s the buzz in the lunchroom? The culture of an institution is reflected in many ways. At Sandia Prep, lunch period is one such expression. It’s a time when we see happy kids having fun and interacting with faculty. The original Sandía School lunchroom housed tables of eight. Everyone sat down to eat at the same time and at least one adult sat at each table. Pieces of the silver and china the students and faculty used are now on display in the current school. In 1966, when lunch was served at our current location, everyone again sat down to tables set for eight, with one or more adults seated at each table. In both cases, a central kitchen prepared one meal to be served to all and the cost was included in tuition. Summer of ’72 Survival Set About 1970, seated, family-style lunch gave way to bring-your-own lunch, or buy pre-packaged sandwiches. The 1972 school yearbook, actually a box called “Summer of ’72 Survival Set,” included a plastic container that would have held Jell-O, a cellophane hot dog wrapper, a paper napkin and a broken plastic spoon in its “Lunchroom Kit.” The option to buy lunch each day, or bring your own, has continued to this day. What have not changed are the daily conversations. This year at Middle School lunch, students tend to seat themselves indoors or outdoors by grade and in groups of friends. Often the topics are what they are watching on TV, who the current “couples” are, and of course, schoolwork. The Middle School takes lunch first from 11:10 to 11:55 a.m.; Upper School takes lunch from noon until 12:45 p.m. During either lunch period, you will find faculty, staff and students sitting together in the Russell Student Center or in the Quad. Quite a few teachers eat in their rooms while working with students. One such example is new math teacher, Neal Holtschulte, who confessed that he had finally eaten lunch in the lunchroom for the first time – but not until the second week of the second quarter of the school year. It’s a time for faculty and staff to reconnect as friends. One recent October lunch saw history teacher Ron Briley talking with IT Director and Middle School Tennis coach Jenny Davidson. The topic was baseball with a segue to the House Un-American Activities Committee. At the 6th Grade Parent Orientation breakfast, Student Government Association President Uyen Phuong “U.P.” Nguyen ’15 had the parents laughing at the story of her first lunch at Sandia Prep, six years earlier. She said she headed to the bathroom with her lunch bag and a book, since that had been her tradition at her elementary school. She said everyone was nice, but she was shy. On her way to the bathroom, she ran into another 6th grader headed there for the same purpose and the two instead sat at a lunchroom table together. Since then, U.P. said she has continued to make numerous friends and has never had to resort to eating lunch in the school’s bathrooms. One sign of the times nowadays is the sight of student with head bowed over a digital device at lunch, a time when the Upper School students are allowed to use their electronic devices. Occasionally a cluster of kids will watch something together on the small screens. When I was a student here, I remember a group of my classmates reading aloud a paperback book (The Horse is Dead) to howls of laughter at lunch. Another sign of the times is how tasty the food is these days. Some remember the Landshire sandwiches of the 1970s and 1980s that Science Chair Paula Degenhardt and several students warmed up to serve, although the centers of burritos sometimes remained frozen. Today with Hello Prep Deli, operated by local Hello Deli business owner Marcus Cassimus (and parent of two Sandia Prep alumni), a $5.50 hot lunch special is available daily, along with a salad bar, sandwich or pizza special, and a vegetarian option. Cokes and candy bars were sold on campus through the early 2000s, when the voices of nutrition advocates caused the sugary treats to disappear from campus. Food sharing goes on, with kids who eschew pizza crusts passing the last bites on to those who love the crunchy morsels. Good-natured arguments about video games, discussions as to the natures of Stalin and Hitler, and comparisons with previous schools continue. Sandia Prep is a wonderful place. Our school lunch is just one example that reflects the diversity of our student body and the commonality of our focus on exploring our world. - Susan Walton ’72 Parent Relations Coordinator Friend Time-2014 1938 Lunch with Coach-2014
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