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Explore China - <strong>Spring</strong> 2016<br />
Walk along the Great Wall in Beijing, tour the famous Bund waterfront in Shanghai,<br />
marvel at the stately Terracotta Warriors in Xian, and take in the Li River's majestic<br />
scenery in Guilin.<br />
Plans are underway for an SPS-sponsored trip to China over spring break 2016. The<br />
two-week trip, open to Upper and Middle School students and parents, will include<br />
visits to Chinese cities and rural areas as well.<br />
If you’d like more information, please contact Ying Ding (yding@sandiaprep.org),<br />
Rob Minear (rminear@sandiaprep.org), or Joan Goessl (jgoessl@sandiaprep.org).<br />
The Faculty Wall<br />
Sandia Prep bids farewell and thanks to three of our distinguished<br />
faculty members who are retiring this year.<br />
• Dave Schindel, College Counselor and faculty member, has<br />
been at Sandia Prep for nine years.<br />
• Ron Briley, History teacher and former Assistant Head of<br />
School, retires after 37 years.<br />
• Rick Wettin, Physical Education teacher and soccer and<br />
basketball coach, will retire after 33 years at Sandia Prep.<br />
All will be greatly missed!<br />
Sandia Prep science teacher and Outdoor<br />
Leadership Program member Helen Haskell<br />
has been selected to take part in the 2015<br />
EARTH workshop with the Monterey Bay<br />
Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in<br />
Oregon. The workshop brings together<br />
educators and scientists to learn about new<br />
research and how to incorporate it into the<br />
classroom. EARTH uses near-real-time data to<br />
design and test Internet outreach.<br />
Sandia Prep guitar teacher Dr. Lynn<br />
McGrath has had a busy year. She directed<br />
the Guitar Foundation of America Regional<br />
Symposium in Las Vegas with over 200<br />
registrants, adjudicated for the CU-Boulder<br />
International Guitar Festival, presented<br />
masterclasses at Cerritos College and the<br />
Vanguard University Guitar Festival, and<br />
adjudicated for the Clark County School<br />
District Guitar Festival.<br />
Math teacher and Helping Hands<br />
(community service) advisor Susi<br />
Hochrein will be taking on a new role<br />
in the 2015-2016 school year. She will be<br />
Sandia Prep's next Dean of the 7th and<br />
8th Grades. Susi has been at SPS since<br />
2010 and will continue to teach two<br />
sections of Beginning Algebra.<br />
The Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña<br />
(State Arts Agency of Puerto Rico) honored<br />
Sandia Prep Band Director, Dr. José Mariano<br />
Morales-Matos, for his achievements as<br />
a composer, arranger and educator and<br />
his contributions to music and culture in<br />
Puerto Rico. The Government of Puerto Rico<br />
dedicated the 48th Fiesta de la Música de<br />
Puerto Rico to Dr. Morales. Morales’ CD was<br />
released in January and is available through<br />
Amazon and iTunes.<br />
Encircle Publications has published a<br />
second chapbook of poetry by Sandia<br />
Prep faculty member Steve Ausherman.<br />
Marking the Bend, Ausherman's new<br />
chapbook, is concerned with the grounding,<br />
transformational experiences that are found<br />
in connecting deeply to place. The book is<br />
available at encirclepub.com.<br />
Sandia Prep photography teacher Michael<br />
Hudock was featured on the NM PBS<br />
series, ¡COLORES!, a weekly art series<br />
highlighting local and national stories<br />
about film, visual and performing arts,<br />
theatre, photography, literature, painting,<br />
sculpture, poetry and dance.<br />
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