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Unicorns<br />
Spirit<br />
Week<br />
and Lions of all ages celebrated<br />
Spirit Week at Sandia Prep. The fun<br />
included Fantasy Career Day, Rock Star<br />
Day, Holiday Day, Color Day and, of<br />
course, Lion & Unicorn Day.<br />
The week culminated with Homecoming<br />
games and a barbecue on Saturday.<br />
Girls varsity soccer, boys varsity soccer<br />
and varsity volleyball all won their<br />
Homecoming 2013 tournaments.<br />
Way to go, Sundevils!<br />
Student 411<br />
Sandia Prep freshman Linnea Cheek ’17<br />
auditioned for four different intensive<br />
summer ballet programs and was accepted<br />
to all four. She chose to attend the Joffrey<br />
Ballet School Summer Intensive in New<br />
York in July, which exposed students to a<br />
rigorous and exciting ballet program. The<br />
School invited master teachers to join the<br />
renowned faculty who gave instruction in<br />
a professional setting while challenging each student to reach the<br />
peak of their potential.<br />
Sandia Prep seniors, Elena Saavedra<br />
Buckley ’14 and William Groff ’14<br />
(pictured below)have been recognized<br />
as a National Merit Semifinalists by the<br />
National Merit Scholarship Corporation.<br />
They will compete for an estimated<br />
8,000 National Merit scholarships worth<br />
approximately $35 million that will be<br />
offered next spring.<br />
It’s a family affair for two sets of<br />
sisters on the Varsity Volleyball<br />
Team. This is the first time two<br />
sets of sisters have played varsity<br />
volleyball. Sophie Kelly ’14,<br />
Catherine Kelly ’18, Cailee<br />
Nelson ’14 and Camryn Nelson<br />
’18 take the court as Sundevil<br />
sisters.<br />
William Groff ’14 (also a National Merit<br />
Semifinalist, see above) of Troop 381 was<br />
awarded the highest Boy Scouting rank<br />
of Eagle Scout, during an Eagle Scout<br />
Court of Honor on August 3. For his Eagle<br />
project, Will worked at the Bernalillo<br />
County Open Space Visitor Center, where<br />
he landscaped, mulched and added to the<br />
irrigation system.<br />
SPS junior William Cheek ’15 competed<br />
last spring to attend the <strong>Fall</strong>ingwater<br />
Architecture Camp. William was accepted<br />
to the program where students will engage<br />
in a series of hands-on exercises focusing<br />
on space, light, structure, and materials<br />
with special emphasis on creative problem<br />
solving, and Wright’s ideas about nature<br />
and organic architecture.<br />
Alexandra Osterloh ’20 was recently<br />
featured in ABQ Sports magazine as one<br />
of the State’s talented young runners.<br />
Alexandra competed in one of the U.S.<br />
Track & Field National Competitions,<br />
placed fourth in the race walk at the Youth<br />
Nationals and eighth in the race walk in<br />
the Junior Olympics, earning her All-<br />
American status.<br />
Senior Matt Stanasolovich ’14 wrote and<br />
directed the feature film “When I Get Out<br />
of Here,” which was shown at the Guild<br />
Cinema in September. The film stars fellow<br />
student Bryan Morreale ’14 and features<br />
original music by Elena Saavedra Buckley<br />
’14 and Samuel Albert ’14. View the trailer<br />
at youtube/3xF7oM1BTPU.<br />
21 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Fall</strong> 2013<br />
Natalie Benson ’15 was recognized for<br />
her dedication to her pageant platform,<br />
“Chemo Courage.” She was named a “Teen<br />
in Action” by the National Miss Teen<br />
America Pageant; she was recognized<br />
by the NM Cancer Center for her work at<br />
the Annual Health Fair; and was awarded<br />
a $1000 scholarship by the Jerome<br />
Westheimer Foundation, when she passed<br />
on her Miss NM crown.
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