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<strong>532</strong>osuna road<br />

A magazine for the <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> Community<br />

<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Lighting the Path<br />

New programs cultivate<br />

innovation at <strong>Prep</strong><br />

<strong>Prep</strong> Profiles<br />

Alumna: Katie Sharp '03<br />

Students: Odyssey Scholars<br />

Faculty: Helen Haskell<br />

Alumni Wrap-Up<br />

<strong>Prep</strong>Studio: Photography


<strong>532</strong>osuna road<br />

17<br />

<strong>532</strong> refers to the school’s physical address - and the sense<br />

of place felt by all who come here. The <strong>532</strong> staff welcomes<br />

you to our school magazine, published for alumni, parents,<br />

students, friends, and the entire <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> community.<br />

We hope you enjoy the magazine.<br />

Our Mission: The joy of learning and living is at the<br />

center of all we do. <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>aratory School provides<br />

remarkable opportunities for intellectual and personal<br />

growth within a challenging and balanced program. As an<br />

extension of our families, <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>’s diverse community<br />

inspires students to find their academic focus, talents and<br />

creativity.<br />

Our Vision: At <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>, we will inspire our students to<br />

discover their purposes in the world by:<br />

• Developing essential skills and intellectual potential<br />

through challenging academics;<br />

• Cultivating a socially responsible environment of<br />

innovation and creativity; and<br />

• Engaging as a vibrant community for the betterment of<br />

society.<br />

FEATURE STORY<br />

17<br />

Cultivating Innovation<br />

In this age of innovation, <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> has<br />

developed new programs that unleash critical<br />

thinking and curiosity, distinguishing the<br />

School and its students on both local and<br />

national levels.<br />

On the Cover<br />

SPACE Director and Spanish instructor<br />

Daniel de León and students Calvert King '21<br />

and Warren Stacy '19 oversee a 3D printer<br />

demonstration in <strong>Prep</strong>'s makerspace.<br />

Our Five A’s: To foster growth toward human as<br />

well as academic excellence, <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> seeks<br />

to create balance among the Five A’s:<br />

Academics • Arts • Athletics • Activities • Atmosphere<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>’s logo represents our balanced philosophy<br />

and program. Our Five A’s converge to form an integrated<br />

whole with the student at the center, reflecting the<br />

comprehensive, well-rounded education that <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong><br />

students receive.


11 13<br />

15<br />

FEATURES<br />

IN EVERY ISSUE<br />

5<br />

Alumni Recaps<br />

3<br />

<strong>Prep</strong> Around the Web<br />

11<br />

Alumni Profile: Katie Sharp '03<br />

4<br />

7<br />

From the Head of School<br />

Alumni Notes<br />

13<br />

Student Profile: Odyssey Scholars<br />

10<br />

From the Archive<br />

15<br />

Faculty Profile: Helen Haskell<br />

20<br />

SPS Briefs<br />

17<br />

Drumroll, Please: Innovation at <strong>Prep</strong><br />

21<br />

24<br />

Smart Giving<br />

Sundevil Sports<br />

19<br />

<strong>Prep</strong>Studio: Photography<br />

25<br />

Congrats Class of 2017!<br />

Visit us online<br />

sandiaprep.org<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>aratory School OFFICIAL Accounts<br />

f facebook.com/<strong>Sandia</strong><strong>Prep</strong><br />

@<strong>Sandia</strong><strong>Prep</strong><br />

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@sandiaprep


<strong>532</strong>osuna road<br />

is published by<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>aratory School,<br />

an independent co-ed school with a<br />

nationally recognized college preparatory<br />

program for students in<br />

grades 6 through 12.<br />

Bill Sinfield - Head of School<br />

Scott Jeffries - Dean of Students<br />

Cheryl McMillan - Head of Upper School<br />

Susi Hochrein - Head of Middle School<br />

Julie Cook - Director of Development<br />

Jenny Davidson - Director of Information Technology<br />

Laura Fitzpatrick - Director of Admission<br />

Melissa Morse - Director of College Counseling<br />

Melissa Jo Stroud - Director of Marketing &<br />

Communications<br />

Managing Editor - Melissa Jo Stroud<br />

Designer/Editor/Contributor - Alexis Magaña-Jaggli<br />

Contributors:<br />

Melissa Besante Dineen ’97<br />

Julie Cook<br />

Pete MacFarlane<br />

Patricia Gabbett Snow<br />

Susan Walton ’72<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>aratory School<br />

<strong>532</strong> Osuna Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113<br />

505.338.3000 phone • 505.338.3099 fax<br />

sandiaprep.org • info@sandiaprep.org<br />

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about...I find the new sections...Can you<br />

have a place for...Where is <strong>Prep</strong> Post?<br />

The<br />

PREP<br />

photos are great. I get to stay in<br />

touch with fellow alumni. The students<br />

are AROUND<br />

doing such amazing things at<br />

<strong>Prep</strong><br />

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You should<br />

WEBwrite a story about...<br />

Proud to be a Sundevil. Go Unicorns!<br />

We love hearing from<br />

Go Lions! Celebrating the Five A's of<br />

the <strong>Prep</strong> community<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> on social <strong>Prep</strong>aratory media. School. Academics,<br />

Athletics, Arts, Activities, and Atmosphere.<br />

"When I think of<br />

The joy of learning and living Pete MacFarlane is I think at the<br />

about how much he<br />

center of all we do. <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>aratory<br />

changed and altered<br />

School provides remarkable the course opportunities<br />

of <strong>Sandia</strong>’s<br />

athletic department.<br />

for intellectual and personal<br />

Pete started to change<br />

growth<br />

within a challenging the and culture at <strong>Sandia</strong> balanced<br />

<strong>Prep</strong> and I benefitted<br />

program. As an extension of from our his competitive families, but T<br />

" <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> has such<br />

o provide remarkable<br />

responsible<br />

opportunities<br />

nature. Pete is<br />

a great environment for<br />

definitely one of the forces<br />

for personal kids to learn in a small growth, and that led to me to become cultivate<br />

classroom setting. Our<br />

a successful Division I<br />

each student's passions, talents,<br />

sons are thriving in their<br />

college athlete.<br />

creativity academics and as well as intellectual - Kerin development,<br />

Jones '81<br />

their activities. We are so<br />

Pete MacFarlane's<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> thankful Our to be a Five part of A's converge to form<br />

retirement after 42 years<br />

an integrated<br />

such a great school, with<br />

whole, reflecting as <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>'s the<br />

great administration and<br />

Athletic Director<br />

comprehensive, great teachers! - well-rounded education<br />

James Huron,<br />

that <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> students receive. 10<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> Parent<br />

Things We Believe: Educating is not a<br />

job; it is a calling. Education is about<br />

the students. Their needs always come<br />

"The school's beginning, as a place to creatively<br />

first. The measure educate of young our women and success to encourage them is how<br />

to strive for excellence in whatever field(s)<br />

we treat our most challenged student<br />

called to them, must still resonate<br />

on his or her most in the character challenging of the school.” day.<br />

- Barbara Sparks Federico '75 recalling the<br />

<strong>Prep</strong> seeks to create balance among<br />

years when <strong>Prep</strong> was an all-girls school<br />

the Five A's: Academics, Athletics,<br />

Arts, Atmosphere, and Activities.


FROM THE<br />

Head of School<br />

“I want to oppose the idea that<br />

the school has to teach directly<br />

that special knowledge and those<br />

accomplishments which one has<br />

to use later directly in life. The<br />

demands of life are much too<br />

manifold to let such a specialized<br />

training in school appear possible<br />

[...] The development of general<br />

ability for independent thinking<br />

and judgement should always be<br />

placed foremost.” - Albert Einstein<br />

I don’t usually start my articles with quotes as long as the<br />

one above, but I think that Einstein’s statement needs to<br />

be understood as a whole, especially in these times, when<br />

education is seen as a means to a lucrative end.<br />

Einstein included this statement in his book, Ideas and<br />

Opinions, published in 1954. Though I am sure that Einstein<br />

had the intellectual capacity to see into the future with more<br />

clarity than most, I wonder if he could have contemplated the<br />

magnitude of change that would come with the development<br />

of digital and cyber technology. He states that the “demands<br />

of life are much too manifold to let such specialized training<br />

in school appear possible,” but could he have ever anticipated<br />

the complexity of the demands and the rapidity of changes<br />

that our children are experiencing in their lives today? I don’t<br />

know the answer to that, but my guess is that he wouldn’t be<br />

surprised. He was a thinker, and, as such, he had the courage<br />

to untether himself from conventional wisdom of his day,<br />

and to let his mind and thoughts take him to places of which<br />

others could not conceive.<br />

Schools should aspire to develop that kind of untethered<br />

thinking. Certainly, our students must be exposed to the<br />

knowledge and wisdom of the ages, and there are skills and<br />

algorithms that they need to learn. However, the fundamental<br />

purpose of education should always be to develop<br />

independent, critical thinkers. That is the skill that is essential<br />

to our children’s future, and the future of our society.<br />

Unfortunately, because of national and state educational<br />

policies that fixate on standardized curriculum (e.g., Common<br />

Core) and state assessments that compel teachers to teach<br />

to those tests (e.g., the PARCC), we miss the mark on what<br />

is truly important. The emphasis is on grades rather than<br />

enlightenment.<br />

Happily, <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> has long rejected the notion of<br />

standardization. The school has for many years pushed back<br />

on the populace slide toward homogenized education that<br />

force marches students through a preordained curriculum<br />

and leaves no room for deep and meaningful exploration<br />

of content and concepts. Instead, we put much greater<br />

value on curiosity, imagination, and critical thinking skills.<br />

We encourage our students to find joy and passion in their<br />

learning experience.<br />

I have the great pleasure of roaming this campus and stepping<br />

into classes where students are led on a journey of discovery.<br />

I see young people, from grades 6 to 12, challenged to think<br />

rigorously, to engage skillfully in conceptualizing, applying,<br />

analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information. I<br />

witness collaborative, hands-on, active learning in all our<br />

classes, from math to art, English to science, history to theater.<br />

And when I come back to my office after those “walk-abouts,”<br />

I feel grateful that we have teachers who have chosen to take<br />

the road less travelled in education, and who will, indeed,<br />

make all the difference.<br />

In the pages that follow you will read stories of students<br />

and alumni who have benefitted from the kind of education<br />

offered at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>. Some of them have taken circuitous<br />

routes to their present positions. This is, to be certain, the way<br />

of the future. Our children will take many turns on their life<br />

journey. They will meet challenges and take risks. It will be<br />

their ability to think with clarity, work collaboratively, and<br />

communicate confidently that will ensure that the journey will<br />

bring them joy and satisfaction.<br />

Bill Sinfield<br />

Head of School<br />

<strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 4


Alumni RECAPS<br />

classroom crawl<br />

dallas meet and greet<br />

alumni voices:<br />

early days<br />

NOVEMBER 12<br />

2016<br />

santa claus visits prep<br />

APRIL 7<br />

2017<br />

APRIL 8<br />

2017<br />

A special thank you<br />

to <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>’s<br />

Young Alumni<br />

Committee for<br />

planning this<br />

event, as well as<br />

Tim Hebenstreit '09<br />

and Karl Nelson '09<br />

of ABQ Events.<br />

DECEMBER 5<br />

2016<br />

Washington dc Meet and greet<br />

recent grad lunch<br />

Alumni voices: how i got to where i am today<br />

MARCH 4<br />

2017<br />

5 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

JANUARY 5<br />

2017<br />

JANUARY 18<br />

2017


DECADES celebration<br />

pete macfarlane<br />

5<br />

k<br />

sundevil athletic hall of fame 2017<br />

APRIL 8<br />

2017<br />

Thank you to our 50th<br />

Anniversary Committee<br />

JULY 7<br />

2017<br />

The inaugural Sundevil<br />

Athletic Hall of Fame<br />

induction ceremony<br />

celebrated 13 alumni,<br />

1 former coach, and<br />

the 1985 Boys Soccer<br />

Championship team.<br />

JULY 8<br />

2017<br />

100+ community<br />

members joined<br />

the race to honor<br />

the long-time<br />

Athletic Director's<br />

retirement.<br />

Photo by Andrea Kennedy '02<br />

alumni weekend 2017<br />

Atlanta meet and greet<br />

APRIL 20<br />

2017<br />

Alumni Induction Breakfast<br />

MAY 19<br />

2017<br />

JULY 7 - 9<br />

2017<br />

Included:<br />

Class Reunions<br />

Campus Tours<br />

Alumni Family Picnic<br />

Alumni Athletic Events<br />

Children & Tween Clinics<br />

<strong>Prep</strong> Scavenger Hunt<br />

teacher appreciation day<br />

MAY 9<br />

2017<br />

<strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 6


AlumniNOTES<br />

’80s<br />

Dean C. Hines '81 was selected by NASA<br />

to be a Co-Investigator on "Network for<br />

Exploration and Space Science".<br />

Dana (Mozer) Reed ’84 is a Contracts<br />

Manager at Quest Aircraft Company, LLC<br />

in Idaho.<br />

In June, Julie Curro '92 and her foreign<br />

exchange student sister, Mirna Mirkovic<br />

'90 stopped by <strong>Prep</strong> for a campus visit.<br />

They coordinated a gathering with<br />

Melanie East Polansky '92 and their<br />

<strong>Prep</strong> faculty favorites Pete MacFarlane<br />

and Ernie Polansky.<br />

Kelly Heath ’96 is the<br />

director for Webster<br />

University’s Study<br />

Abroad program.<br />

Kelly spent the last 15<br />

years working with<br />

Loyola University Chicago as a Study<br />

Abroad Advisor, Assistant Director and<br />

Beijing Center Coordinator, and Associate<br />

Director of Study Abroad. Our ’96 grad<br />

has a B.A. in Spanish from Bates College in<br />

Maine and an M.Ed. in Higher Education,<br />

Student Affairs Specialization, from Loyola<br />

University Chicago.<br />

Dr. Aaron Reich '85 and his family<br />

stopped by <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> in July for a<br />

campus tour. Aaron is the President<br />

of TRINU Healthcare, an accredited<br />

healthcare education, development and<br />

consulting company; and the President<br />

of the Arlington Independent School<br />

District Board of Trustees.<br />

’90s<br />

Sundevil alumni continue to support<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> in a variety of ways.<br />

Thank you Susan Przekurat Epstein<br />

'91, Jillian Gonzales '91, Cristie<br />

Sappington Sandoval '90, and Todd<br />

Sandoval '91 for volunteering in our<br />

Russell Student Center!<br />

Sara Coon '93 was featured in the<br />

May 17, 2017 issue of the <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong><br />

Times article, “Thirty Years Later, Lost<br />

Purse Surfaces”. After an exchange via<br />

Facebook Messenger, we learned that<br />

Sara lives in Belgium with her husband,<br />

Darrin and their daughter, Brennan.<br />

In November 2016,<br />

Raúl Torrez ’95<br />

was elected<br />

Bernalillo<br />

District Attorney.<br />

In March, Jed Brock<br />

'96 of the Jonathan<br />

Brock Insurance<br />

Agency stopped<br />

by campus to<br />

finalize an Alumni<br />

Weekend sponsorship<br />

agreement.<br />

We appreciate our ’96, ’97<br />

& ’98 class reunion liaisons!<br />

Dana Blaugrund Carroll ’97 &<br />

Michael Beinenson ’97<br />

Lesley Siegel ’97<br />

is an Assistant<br />

Professor in<br />

the School<br />

of Education<br />

at Arcadia<br />

University.<br />

She lives with<br />

her wife in<br />

Philadelphia<br />

after many years<br />

in Seattle and Denver. Dr. Siegel has<br />

designed curriculum for museums and<br />

arts based community programs, worked<br />

for the Washington State Department of<br />

Education, directed special education<br />

programming for an alternative teacher<br />

licensing program, and worked on<br />

multi-state grants. Our ’97 grad has a<br />

Ph.D. from the University of Denver and<br />

a M.A. in Special Education from the<br />

University of New Mexico.


In May, Gayle Polansky ’98 graduated<br />

with an M.S. in Environmental Studies<br />

from Lamar University. Gayle is back in<br />

Albuquerque and is actively searching<br />

for a position in Ecosystems Management<br />

while running her photography business:<br />

www.glp-photography.com. Our ’98 grad<br />

also has a Civil Engineering degree from<br />

Texas Tech University.<br />

Sam Stribling’s '98 company, Eight 14<br />

Solutions, is working on the new multimillion<br />

dollar Facebook data center<br />

in Los Lunas, NM. Stribling's business<br />

will help ensure the facility is under<br />

environmental compliance. He said,<br />

"We've completed dozens of projects<br />

in New Mexico, but we've never done<br />

a project that has this type of notoriety<br />

to it."<br />

’00s<br />

In Remembrance<br />

Branson Quenzer ’99<br />

Dr. Adam Raff ’01<br />

is a Board certified<br />

Dermatology faculty<br />

member at Harvard<br />

and is dividing his time<br />

between clinical and<br />

research work. Laura,<br />

Adam’s wife, works at<br />

Stem Cell Technologies<br />

in Boston and is<br />

regional head of that division.<br />

Adam and Laura have a son,<br />

Asher.<br />

Ima Rahmaniar Husein stopped by<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> in August for a campus tour.<br />

Ima was an Indonesian exchange student<br />

during the 2001/2002 school year. Ima<br />

brought her husband and her host father<br />

to meet with some of her former teachers<br />

and Joelle Shaw '03. Ima has three<br />

children and works with PT GMF Aero<br />

Asia.<br />

Sara Tracy-Ruazol ’01 graduated with<br />

a Master of Laws in Military Law at the<br />

U.S. Army JAG School. Sara, her husband<br />

Jerwin, and their son Harrison live in<br />

Charlottesville, Va. where Sara works as<br />

an as an Associate Professor of Contract<br />

and Fiscal Law.<br />

In November 2016, Coach Audra Gentry<br />

'06 led the Lady Sundevils to the 2016<br />

4A Rudy's "Country Store" & Bar-B-Q<br />

State Volleyball Championships with a<br />

3-0 victory over Robertson High School.<br />

This was <strong>Prep</strong>'s third consecutive state<br />

championship.<br />

Corey Cooper ’07 was named to<br />

Albuquerque Business First's "40 Under<br />

Forty". Corey served<br />

as the Deputy Chief<br />

of Staff for the City<br />

of Albuquerque<br />

under Mayor Berry.<br />

In May 2015, the ’07<br />

Sundevil received a<br />

MBA in the field of Study Management of<br />

Technology from the University of New<br />

Mexico’s Robert O. Anderson School of<br />

Management.<br />

We appreciate our ’07 class liaisons<br />

JoAnna (Phillips) Nevada ’07<br />

and Dani Castioni ’07<br />

In May, Kelsey Benedick ’07 graduated<br />

summa cum laude with a J.D. from<br />

Lewis & Clark Law School. She passed<br />

the Oregon bar exam in September.<br />

Lauren Amagai '08<br />

and her husband,<br />

Kevin welcomed<br />

daughter,<br />

Isla Jean Amagai,<br />

on March 30, 2017.<br />

Lauren works at<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> National<br />

Labs and has master’s and bachelor’s<br />

degrees in English from the University<br />

of New Mexico.<br />

Young<br />

alumni<br />

committee<br />

Become a Member.<br />

Make a Difference.<br />

We launched <strong>Sandia</strong><br />

<strong>Prep</strong>'s "Young Alumni<br />

Committee" in October<br />

2016. Within a few<br />

months, the group made<br />

a noticeable difference in<br />

the lives of both students<br />

and alumni. The advisory<br />

board does not have a<br />

membership fee and is<br />

made up of graduates<br />

from 2001 to 2017.<br />

The group’s main goal<br />

is to further strengthen<br />

the relationship between<br />

young alumni and <strong>Sandia</strong><br />

<strong>Prep</strong>, while creating<br />

networking opportunities<br />

for our young professionals.<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>’s Young<br />

Alumni Committee<br />

meets once a month<br />

and encourages support<br />

for the School through<br />

social event coordination,<br />

educational programs<br />

and community service<br />

projects. We appreciate<br />

their time and expertise.<br />

Thank you!<br />

To learn more, please email<br />

alumni@sandiaprep.org.<br />

<strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 8


Alumni NOTES<br />

continued<br />

In April, Julia Fay Bernal '09<br />

was featured in an Albuquerque<br />

Journal article for her work with the<br />

AmeriCorps' Native American Water<br />

Corps program. Julia is working on a<br />

Master of Water Resources degree at<br />

the University of New Mexico. The ’09<br />

Sundevil works with Earth Force, an<br />

international non-profit, and volunteers<br />

with the Pueblo Action Alliance.<br />

’10s<br />

In May, Jake Contos-Heidrich ’10,<br />

Michael Hudock, Elise Peterson ’10, and<br />

Caitie McGuire ’10 met for lunch at Café<br />

Lush in Albuquerque.<br />

In May, Michael Eaton '11 received<br />

an MBA from the University of New<br />

Mexico’s Anderson School of Business.<br />

Michael works as a Financial Services<br />

Professional at MassMutual Southwest.<br />

In August, William<br />

Verrillo ’11 began<br />

a four-year program<br />

at Creighton<br />

University School<br />

of Dentistry in<br />

Omaha.<br />

Emily Maxwell ’13 was accepted<br />

to and will attend San Diego State<br />

University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy<br />

Program.<br />

Sammy Navarro ’10 and RJ Ortiz ’11<br />

welcomed daughter Aubriana Elena Ortiz.<br />

She was born at 6:16 a.m. on December<br />

8, 2016, was<br />

20.5 inches,<br />

and weighed<br />

in at 7 pounds,<br />

six ounces.<br />

Sammy attends<br />

the University<br />

of New<br />

Mexico’s nursing program, and RJ works<br />

with <strong>Sandia</strong> National Laboratories.<br />

In November 2016, Amanda Custer ’15<br />

was nominated by the Department of<br />

International Studies at Dickinson College<br />

(Carlisle, PA) to represent Dickinson at<br />

the 68th Annual Student Conference<br />

on U.S. Affairs at the United States<br />

Military Academy at West Point. This<br />

conference tied into her internship at the<br />

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations<br />

Institute at the U.S. Army War College.<br />

Amanda is pursuing a B.A. in International<br />

Studies with a concentration in U.S.<br />

National Security Policy.<br />

In July, Samuel Albert ’14 and Gabi<br />

Albert ’15 met up with former ’13-’14<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> exchange student Alex Flok at<br />

Cologne, Germany.<br />

Sam Binkley '16 was named to the<br />

Dean's List in the Ira A. Fulton School of<br />

Engineering at Arizona State University for<br />

the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters.<br />

Sam is a Mechanical Engineering student<br />

in the Barrett Honor College at ASU.<br />

Kiersten Huitt ‘16 was named to Hendrix<br />

College’s All Region Team for both indoor<br />

and outdoor track<br />

and field, All<br />

Conference 2nd<br />

team as a runner<br />

up in the 100<br />

meter hurdles, and<br />

was chosen as a<br />

Southern Athletic<br />

Association all<br />

academic honor roll student. Our ’16<br />

grad spent her summer vacation in Fresno<br />

interning with TFS Investments.<br />

In Remembrance<br />

Alex Askenazy '16<br />

UPCOMING<br />

SANDIA<br />

PREP<br />

EVENTS<br />

Noche de Celebración<br />

Saturday, April 28, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Alumni Weekend <strong>2018</strong><br />

July 13-15, <strong>2018</strong>


FROM THE<br />

Archive<br />

All About "A"s<br />

We talk about education at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> using<br />

words that begin with "A": academics, athletics,<br />

arts, activities, and school atmosphere. Our<br />

founders knew that when students engage<br />

in efforts outside the classroom or of books,<br />

their education comes to life, creating deeper<br />

understanding.<br />

2010<br />

1980s<br />

ATHLETICS • Our first<br />

individual state championships<br />

were in gymnastics. Freshman<br />

Brenda Horn took 1st in State<br />

Championship Floor Exercise in<br />

1974, and Marion Bushnell won<br />

1st in Balance Beam. Our no-cut<br />

policy allows students to compete<br />

in sports and win many state<br />

championships.<br />

ACADEMICS • Science classes<br />

took to the field, where they could<br />

launch class-made rockets or keep<br />

a paper mâché ball in the air. Field<br />

trips to the Ojito wilderness for<br />

geology or to the (then) Holiday Inn<br />

Pyramid Hotel to see the physics<br />

of those open elevators, or simply<br />

to the nearby gravel pits, all meant<br />

engaging in hands-on learning.<br />

1974<br />

ATMOSPHERE • Studentdirected<br />

community service has<br />

led to important partnerships in<br />

Albuquerque. The December trip<br />

that middle schoolers make to the<br />

Roadrunner Food Bank after the<br />

semester ends is a School tradition<br />

with important messages taught in<br />

the spirit of giving back.<br />

ACTIVITIES • Teachers follow their<br />

passions in choosing what they offer for<br />

activities twice per week. Students who<br />

chose Ms. Karen Lyall’s African Dance<br />

activity learned movements, music,<br />

and dress. Guests from United World<br />

College visited campus and reinforced<br />

the students’ newly acquired skills.<br />

ARTS • Rick Wilde was a music<br />

teacher who encouraged his<br />

students to perform for an audience,<br />

not just to practice and play in class.<br />

He was one of many music teachers<br />

who brought students out of the<br />

classroom or under an architectural<br />

element for them to hear how space<br />

affects sounds.<br />

1990<br />

2000<br />

Susan Walton '72<br />

Parent Relations, Archives, & Activities


Alumni<br />

PROFILE<br />

Katie Sharp '03<br />

11 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

11 <strong>532</strong> Fall 2017


Fruit flies have followed Katie Sharp for many years and<br />

through many transitions. Not literally, perhaps. But the<br />

tiny insects have been an important part of her life since<br />

her days in Ernie Polansky’s Biology class at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>.<br />

Sharp, ’03, uses fruit flies in her work as a postdoctoral<br />

researcher at the UC Berkeley Department of Molecular and<br />

Cell Biology. With fruit flies as her model organism, Sharp<br />

studies epithelial cell polarity and function.<br />

"Tubes or sheets of epithelial cells make up many of our organs,<br />

including kidneys, liver, lungs and intestines, to name a few,"<br />

she explains. They are polarized with a distinct top and bottom<br />

side, and this polarity is crucial to their proper function.<br />

“For example, without it, your kidneys can’t filter blood,” Sharp<br />

says. “Also, most human cancers come from epithelial cells<br />

that have lost polarity and started growing out of control.”<br />

Researchers don’t understand very well how this polarity is<br />

established or maintained. Sharp hopes her research will<br />

contribute to scientists’ understanding of how disrupted<br />

polarity causes cancers and other diseases.<br />

Fruit flies are Sharp’s organism of choice because “they’re small<br />

and cheap, their genetics are easy to manipulate, and because<br />

their cells and genes are very similar to our own,” she explains.<br />

Sharp first worked with fruit flies during Polansky’s Biology II<br />

class. “Mr. Polansky’s class was the first time I really understood<br />

the idea that you can learn things by doing experiments,” she<br />

says. “It opened my eyes to the idea of a career in research and<br />

prompted me to seek out lab experience in college.”<br />

The reward, however, “is when you get a great result or have a<br />

flash of insight and you’re the first person in the world to know<br />

a new piece of information. Then the fun begins because you<br />

get to tell everyone about it by publishing papers and talking to<br />

other scientists. That’s the part of my job I love the most.”<br />

During college, Sharp worked in a research lab studying T-cell<br />

activation. After graduation, she spent a year teaching English<br />

to high school students in Lyon, France, “which was mostly just<br />

an excuse to live abroad for a year,” she says.<br />

She landed in Boston for her next job, as a research assistant at<br />

Harvard Medical School. From there, Sharp headed to Stanford,<br />

where she worked as a graduate student while earning her<br />

PhD. During a 2005 summer study abroad program in France<br />

run by the University of Rochester, she met her now-husband,<br />

Toby Teel. They married in 2013.<br />

Sharp, an Albuquerque native, attended <strong>Prep</strong> for grades 6-12<br />

and describes herself as a “very diligent” student. Outdoor<br />

Leadership Program camping trips are among this Lion’s<br />

fondest memories. Sharp credits her science classes and<br />

teachers at <strong>Prep</strong>, especially Polansky and former chemistry<br />

teacher Leigh Thompson, with putting her on the path to a<br />

research career. “Along the way, I’ve considered other options,<br />

but you can really draw a pretty straight line from Mr. Polansky<br />

and Ms. Thompson to my job now,” she says. Still, <strong>Prep</strong>’s<br />

emphasis on learning to write well was perhaps the most<br />

important preparation for college and career. “A career as an<br />

academic scientist requires strong writing skills to win grants<br />

and fellowships to fund your work as well as to get your work<br />

published,” Sharp says. Sharp’s long-term goal is to become a<br />

professor.<br />

Sharp in the lab<br />

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry, with<br />

a minor in French, from the University of Rochester in 2007,<br />

and a Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford in 2016.<br />

Sharp spends most of her time reading the scientific literature,<br />

planning and executing experiments, and analyzing her data.<br />

While she enjoys being responsible for planning her time,<br />

deciding what work to do and following her interests, “It can<br />

be hard because when you’re struggling, you have to keep<br />

yourself motivated,” she says.<br />

“Scientific research requires a lot of relentless determination,<br />

resilience in the face of disappointing data, and optimism<br />

that you’ll discover something eventually,” Sharp adds. “It’s<br />

not uncommon to have months of disappointing or confusing<br />

results.”<br />

When she’s not studying her fruit flies, Sharp enjoys cooking<br />

and baking. “I’m always trying to make ever more impressive<br />

desserts. My husband always teases me because I remember<br />

events in my life based on what I was eating at the time. I’ll<br />

say, ‘Don’t you remember when so-and-so told us they were<br />

engaged? We were eating that really good chocolate mousse.’ ”<br />

She also loves spending time outside, especially biking, taking<br />

Pilates classes, and exploring restaurants and cuisines. “My<br />

husband and I are always on the hunt for the best ice cream,<br />

the most creative brunch, and really excellent Vietnamese<br />

food," she says.<br />

Sharp’s advice to <strong>Prep</strong> students as they venture into the<br />

world? Keep an open mind. “Just follow your interests in<br />

college and don’t worry too much about what specific jobs<br />

a particular major prepares you for,” she explains. “If you do<br />

things you love and take advantage of interesting and exciting<br />

opportunities as they present themselves, you’ll be okay. Use<br />

your college summers wisely: study abroad, travel, do a cool<br />

internship or research project. It’s those experiences that will<br />

help you figure out what you want to do next.”<br />

- Patricia Gabbett Snow<br />

Alumni PROFILE


Student<br />

PROFILE<br />

Odyssey Scholars<br />

Jake Blanchfield '19<br />

Abby Crouch '19<br />

Emma Mannal '19<br />

Colin Miller '19<br />

13 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

13 <strong>532</strong> Fall 2017


Jake Blanchfield '19<br />

Online Entrepreneurship Abby Crouch '19<br />

Life Through the Eyes of Immigrants<br />

"I have been a student at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> since the eighth<br />

grade. I decided to transfer from another independent<br />

school in Albuquerque, and it was one of the best<br />

decisions I’ve ever made. Since I started attending<br />

<strong>Prep</strong>, I have enjoyed the vast variety of classes, and<br />

am excited about what the future has to offer. After<br />

learning that I had been accepted for the Odyssey<br />

Program, I was thrilled to get started. In the Odyssey<br />

Program, my ultimate goal is to learn all there is to<br />

know about online business. I have created an online<br />

e-commerce business, and every day I strive to better<br />

my business and learn. During the remaining duration<br />

of the Program, I hope to deepen my understanding<br />

and gain a fresh outlook on business, spending<br />

many hours getting hands-on experience, as well as<br />

developing new ideas to offer to the global discussion."<br />

"Hi, my name is Abby Crouch and the focus for my<br />

two year Odyssey project is studying people who<br />

have been marginalized in society. This includes<br />

people who have faced prejudices and overcome<br />

them. I’m doing this by interviewing those who fit my<br />

topic and telling their stories through journalism. My<br />

mission is to educate people on views, cultures, and<br />

ideas that they may not relate to, yet hopefully learn<br />

to be accepting and tolerant of."<br />

Colin Miller '19<br />

How the arts affect and serve those with autism<br />

Emma Mannal '19<br />

The Business of Fashion blogging<br />

"Hi, I’m Emma Mannal. I am a junior at <strong>Sandia</strong><br />

<strong>Prep</strong>aratory School and recently moved to Albuquerque,<br />

New Mexico, from a quaint town on the coast of Cape<br />

Cod, Massachusetts. For as long as I can remember,<br />

I have always been interested in fashion and design.<br />

At age eight, I created my first dress, with absolutely<br />

no experience. With nothing more than a stapler,<br />

some fabric scraps, and a vision, I designed my first<br />

outfit. Since then, I have evolved tremendously as a<br />

designer, and have decided to pursue my love of fashion<br />

here at <strong>Prep</strong>. Over the next two years, I will have the<br />

opportunity to learn about the business behind the<br />

beautiful garments we see, on and off the runway. By<br />

using social media and marketing to develop my own<br />

personal brand, I hope to catch a glimpse at the inner<br />

workings of the fashion industry."<br />

"I am Colin Miller, and I am a junior at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>. In a<br />

phrase, I love to act. I feel absolutely free on the stage, and<br />

it is the one place where I have not a care in the world. As<br />

much as I love the theatre, academics come first. I am vastly<br />

aware of the importance of research, turning in timely work,<br />

and digging deeper to find as much information about a<br />

subject as I can. I maintain at 3.85 GPA at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> and<br />

hope that will rise this spring. The Odyssey Scholars project<br />

that I will be working on for the next two years is a two-man<br />

stage play that I will write, direct, and perform, along with<br />

my mentor and very good friend, Darryl Bryant, MFA. This<br />

play will have a main focus on autism and how the arts affect<br />

those with autism – especially the performing arts. I plan to<br />

have the performance(s) at a small theatre in town, and all of<br />

the proceeds will go to an autism center to continue assisting<br />

those with autism and the families of those with autism. I am<br />

so pleased to be working on this project because it has always<br />

been my dream to write, direct, and star in a stage play. This<br />

opportunity will assist me in gaining more responsibility as a<br />

person, and I hope will continue to further my career as an<br />

actor/director/writer. Thank you so much for supporting this<br />

project, and I hope you will come see the finished product."<br />

Student PROFILE


Faculty<br />

PROFILE<br />

Helen Haskell<br />

Haskell "takes the wheel"<br />

during her stay aboard the<br />

NOAA ship, Fairweather.<br />

15 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong>


From self-proclaimed “desert dwelling ocean rookie”<br />

to Teacher at Sea alumna in Southeast Alaska, <strong>Sandia</strong><br />

<strong>Prep</strong> science instructor Helen Haskell experienced a<br />

profound transformation last summer that she’ll be sharing<br />

with her land-locked students.<br />

Haskell, who teaches 6th Grade General Science and 9th<br />

Grade Geology and is a faculty member of <strong>Prep</strong>’s Outdoor<br />

Leadership Program, spent June 2017 aboard the National<br />

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship<br />

Fairweather, learning about hydrography. This science uses<br />

sonar to examine the ocean and marine floors. Data is used<br />

to make nautical charts but also to learn more about plate<br />

tectonics, effects of natural disasters, and coastline changes.<br />

As a Teacher at Sea, Haskell was exposed to lots of different<br />

jobs on the ship, done by a “cast of characters” from different<br />

backgrounds and areas around the nation. One task was<br />

“bottom sampling,” or collecting seafloor mud to determine<br />

good locations for vessels to anchor.<br />

students to figure out neutral buoyancy with a glass vial – for it<br />

to not sink or float – as part of their quest to learn more about<br />

density, buoyancy, and how boats stay afloat.<br />

This year, she will integrate her seafaring experience with<br />

lessons on sonar, bottom sampling, mapping, and bathymetry<br />

(the study of water depth), as well as NOAA and career<br />

paths. Students will communicate with and interview the<br />

Fairweather’s scientists and staff.<br />

Haskell’s most important take-away from the Teacher at Sea<br />

experience? “Perhaps that there is so much to learn about our<br />

planet,” she says. “It’s a huge endeavor to collect valid data<br />

and to use it in meaningful ways.”<br />

Haskell was born in Mansfield, England, near Sherwood<br />

Forest. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Applied Community<br />

Studies at Manchester Polytechnic in England, then a master’s<br />

in education from the University of New Mexico.<br />

She first came to <strong>Prep</strong> in 1996 when she worked for a<br />

non-profit organization that used non-releasable raptors in<br />

classroom presentations. “Dave Darling and Dibby Olson<br />

housed the birds, and I would come to <strong>Prep</strong> several times a<br />

week to pick the birds up from the front office,” Haskell says.<br />

She began teaching at <strong>Prep</strong> in 2004.<br />

Haskell says the relationships <strong>Prep</strong> teachers forge with their<br />

students inspire her.<br />

Haskell and her students show off their science project.<br />

"We were out in pretty wet, windy conditions on a small boat,”<br />

Haskell recalls. “By the end, it was hard to stand up on the<br />

boat, we were soaking wet, but had so much fun.”<br />

The Fairweather crew also was tasked with surveying a mud<br />

volcano in the Gulf of Alaska. “Finding a mud volcano and<br />

a big fault was pretty great,” she says. “We picked up the<br />

methane plume on the sonar coming from the mud volcano.”<br />

Though New Mexico is hundreds of miles from any coastline,<br />

Haskell says she is slowly incorporating more oceanography<br />

into her desert classroom. “The geologic connection is in fact<br />

an easy one to make,” she explains.<br />

For one thing, New Mexico hosted inland seas millions of<br />

years ago, so <strong>Prep</strong> students who visit the top of the <strong>Sandia</strong><br />

Mountains can find brachiopods and crinoids, fossils, and<br />

remnants of the ocean. But unless they apply that knowledge<br />

to learn how oceans function, “we are unable to understand<br />

how Earth fully works and how our daily actions and choices<br />

have global impacts,” Haskell says. “The challenge for me<br />

as a teacher is connecting my students to this modern day<br />

ecosystem so many miles away, one that many of them have<br />

not seen, or at least have not spent time with.”<br />

As soon as she learned last spring that she would be part of the<br />

NOAA Teacher at Sea program, Haskell challenged her<br />

“Sometimes the small, but specific<br />

conversation or opportunity or connection…<br />

is one of the pivots that propels a student<br />

in a direction that they might not have<br />

gone if that small conversation had not<br />

happened and had the teacher not known<br />

the student quite as well.”<br />

The connection with students’ families - especially through<br />

the <strong>Prep</strong>'s Outdoor Leadership Program (OLP) - distinguishes<br />

<strong>Prep</strong>. “It hits me every time we do a trip,” she says. “We<br />

share an experience, sometimes one with challenging weather<br />

conditions, and the parents watch their CAs (Camping<br />

Associates) and middle school students step up and meet<br />

the challenge. They support the OLP staff in making sure the<br />

group is safe, and we eat, hike, laugh, and clean up together<br />

as a community.” Haskell is married to Morris Albert and has<br />

two stepchildren: Samuel Albert ’14 and Gabi Albert ’15. They<br />

have an 18-year-old cat named Harry.<br />

When she’s not teaching, Haskell enjoys hiking and camping<br />

as well as experimenting with art. “The latest is silk painting,<br />

thanks to (<strong>Prep</strong> art teacher) Lynn McColl,” she says. “I love to<br />

travel and see new places and what’s around the next corner.”<br />

- Patricia Gabbett Snow<br />

Faculty PROFILE


ENGINEERING<br />

INNOVATE<br />

PREP<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>'s Engineering & Coding<br />

classes begin in the 8th grade and<br />

continue through senior year. Students<br />

build on a foundation of engineering<br />

concepts and basic coding taught in 8th<br />

grade and progress to Mechatronics and<br />

longer, more complex strings of code.<br />

As an Independent Curriculum<br />

Group founder, <strong>Prep</strong> prides itself<br />

on remaining at the forefront of<br />

education. In keeping with that<br />

tradition of innovation, <strong>Sandia</strong><br />

<strong>Prep</strong> is excited about the latest<br />

programs and ever-evolving<br />

opportunities for our students.<br />

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SPACE<br />

The <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> Autonomous<br />

Creative Environment (SPACE)<br />

is a community-oriented<br />

makerspace where science,<br />

engineering, technical, and<br />

visual art enthusiasts meet<br />

regularly to share, explore,<br />

innovate, and collaborate using<br />

textiles, electronic hardware,<br />

manufacturing tools, and<br />

programming techniques.


Distinguished Scholars are students who<br />

have chosen to take additional classes<br />

during their time at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> while<br />

maintaining a 3.5 GPA. These students<br />

graduate with 28+ credits. While some<br />

may focus specifically in a given area<br />

(math, science, arts, etc.) others may<br />

have branched out and accumulated the<br />

credits in a variety of areas.<br />

DISTINGUISHED<br />

SCHOLARS<br />

PROGRAM<br />

ODYSSEY<br />

SCHOLARS<br />

PROGRAM<br />

This program sparks the creative<br />

passion and critical thinking that<br />

lies within our students. Juniors<br />

and seniors challenge themselves<br />

academically, intellectually, and<br />

creatively by designing a two-year<br />

course of study that culminates in a<br />

major public presentation.<br />

This program combines the<br />

elements of Independent Study,<br />

Senior Experience, and research<br />

(capstone) projects.<br />

HERITAGE<br />

LANGUAGE<br />

PROGRAM<br />

Sixth and seventh grade students with a<br />

strong proficiency in Spanish explore language<br />

instruction through advanced reading,<br />

conversation, essays, and presentations.<br />

Discussed themes include Latina women in<br />

history and the idea of the hero.


JOSH HARLING '18<br />

ANTONIA PATTICHIS '23<br />

SAM MCGINNIS '18 NATALIE PEAVY '18<br />

RYAN HUGHES '21<br />

SHAMUS O'LEARY '19<br />

prepSTUDIO<br />

photography<br />

DEREK BENAVIDEZ '18 ARIANNA ARAGON '18 DEREK BENAVIDEZ '18<br />

We asked...<br />

What is<br />

one of your<br />

favorite<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong><br />

classes?<br />

19 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

History Moorea Medina '23<br />

Art Tatiana Dalton '23<br />

Theater Samia Dominguez '23<br />

Science Jolie McGinnis '20<br />

Journalism Cristian Rojo '20


SPS BRIEFS<br />

Our Mini Cooper<br />

Raffle was a<br />

tremendous success<br />

with proceeds<br />

benefiting <strong>Sandia</strong><br />

<strong>Prep</strong>'s Annual Fund.<br />

Our very own Strings<br />

Director, Erin Rolan,<br />

was the lucky winner!<br />

In August, our<br />

Canadian Head of<br />

School, Bill Sinfield,<br />

officially became<br />

a U.S. citizen. The<br />

School gifted him<br />

with a very patriotic<br />

hat and tie.<br />

In April, English<br />

teacher Ms. Molly<br />

Rennie traveled to<br />

Morocco as part<br />

of her Teachers for<br />

Global Classrooms<br />

program trip.<br />

<strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> was<br />

recently named a top<br />

private high school<br />

in New Mexico and<br />

earned an A+ rating.<br />

Gorgeous silk<br />

paintings from <strong>Prep</strong><br />

seniors were featured<br />

in the Biannual<br />

Albuquerque Fiber<br />

Arts Fiesta.<br />

In May, our mid-school<br />

thespians took on the<br />

play Little Women.<br />

The story follows the<br />

adventures of four very<br />

different sisters during<br />

and after the Civil War.<br />

Students from all<br />

over Albuquerque<br />

joined us for<br />

Summer<strong>Prep</strong> 2017,<br />

which featured new<br />

class offerings like<br />

Super Hero Science,<br />

Ultimate Frisbee,<br />

and Star Wars<br />

Jedi Training 2.<br />

The School was more<br />

than ready for the Great<br />

American Solar Eclipse<br />

in August. Hundreds of<br />

solar glasses and half a<br />

dozen telescopes were<br />

available for students,<br />

teachers, and staff<br />

to witness the<br />

astronomical event.<br />

During the summer,<br />

a few of our Outdoor<br />

Leadership Program<br />

Camping Associates<br />

(along with OLP<br />

Director, Mr. Larry<br />

Hanley) embarked on a<br />

camping adventure that<br />

took them through seven<br />

states in two weeks.<br />

One of <strong>Prep</strong>’s<br />

chemistry labs got a<br />

major facelift during<br />

the summer. It now<br />

takes up two classroom<br />

spaces; one area for<br />

lectures and another<br />

area for lab work.


SMART GIVING<br />

21 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2018</strong>


Outdoor Leadership Program Yurt Endowment<br />

Larry Hanley organized the first trip for <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>’s Outdoor<br />

Leadership Program (OLP) to Stone Lodge located between<br />

Heron and El Vado Lakes in Northern New Mexico southwest<br />

of Chama in January 1994. Doctors Marilyn and Paul Duncan<br />

of Albuquerque joined their daughter Lisa ‘98 during her<br />

freshman year in January 1995 to Stone Lodge. “As I remember<br />

we had lots of snow in the Chama area that year and from<br />

Stone Lodge the group spent two days cross country skiing<br />

around the summit of Cumbres Pass,” explains Paul. “I learned<br />

that there were four yurts at the time in the Cumbres Pass area<br />

owned and rented out by Southwest Nordic Center in Taos and<br />

by 1998, I organized the first yurt trip to Trujillo Meadows with<br />

Tom and Kurt VerEecke, Kate Clark, Jen Swearingen (a former<br />

French teacher at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>), my son Patrick ‘01 and me,”<br />

Paul recalls.<br />

A skier since the age of five, Paul still enjoys getting out in the<br />

snow in the mountains. “Cumbres Pass in January is a winter<br />

wonderland that most New Mexicans never experience,” he<br />

says. “I enjoy seeing the students’ enthusiasm when they<br />

have been able to cross country ski into a yurt. Getting to<br />

any of the yurts requires a lot of stamina particularly with the<br />

packs many of them carry. Over the years, Larry Hanley has<br />

acquired very good cross country skis and boots. It is really a<br />

unique experience and I know many of the OLP graduates have<br />

continued to expand their skiing skills,” Paul maintains.<br />

Paul established an IRA when he was on the <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> Board<br />

of Trustees for which <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> was named the beneficiary.<br />

“Marilyn and I decided in the past year that we wanted that<br />

money to start benefiting the OLP to ensure that the yurt trip<br />

would have permanent financial support,” he explains. “The<br />

students over many years have sent us special notes with “Yurt<br />

Art Sketches,” and it is apparent that this is a trip which has<br />

resonated with each class. We knew it should continue,” he<br />

says. Paul reflects, “Over the past twenty years (this year was the<br />

20th year since that great first trip to Trujillo Meadows yurt) so<br />

much has changed in the Outdoor Leadership Program. Most<br />

importantly the OLP faculty have all become very familiar<br />

with the now five yurts - Trujillo Meadows, Flat Mountain, Neff<br />

Mountain, Grouse Mountain, and Spruce. OLP faculty Larry<br />

Hanley, Kate Clarke (former <strong>Prep</strong> librarian), Paul Ryder, Sarah<br />

Wilson, and Helen Haskell are all very capable skiers and have<br />

been the backbone of the program.”<br />

The Duncans contributed $15,000 to help establish the OLP Yurt<br />

Endowment. Nearly 50 <strong>Prep</strong> community members heard the call<br />

and donated an additional $10,000. This is a great testament to<br />

the popularity of the Yurt Program and to the generosity of our<br />

community. Thank you, Paul and Marilyn, and thanks to all who<br />

help create this endowment to ensure that the Yurt Program will<br />

happen for many, many years to come.<br />

- Julie Cook<br />

Director of Development<br />

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Elizabeth Kirschner, Chair<br />

Todd Sandoval '91, Vice Chair<br />

Vahid Staples '91, Treasurer<br />

Patrick Westerfield, Secretary<br />

Patrick D. Allen, At-Large<br />

Doug Clark<br />

Shari Cordova<br />

Susan Przekurat Epstein '91<br />

Pete Henderson<br />

Linda Kier<br />

Jeff Lawrence<br />

Jerry M. Lovato<br />

April Camilli Marker '93<br />

Raymond Nelson<br />

Parents Association President<br />

Al Park '88<br />

Brandon Saylor '03<br />

Alumni Association President<br />

Dominic Serna '01<br />

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ENDOWMENT<br />

SPOTLIGHT<br />

In appreciation of the education their three<br />

children received at <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>, not to mention<br />

the countless memories made through sports,<br />

community service, and life at the school, Len<br />

and Liz Trainor made an unrestricted gift of<br />

$100,000 to the 2016-2017 Annual Fund, giving<br />

the school the greatest amount of flexibility to<br />

use their gift.<br />

We are truly grateful.<br />

The Trainor family were involved in just about<br />

every aspect of <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> over the 11 years<br />

they were parents at the school. Len is a past<br />

chair of the Board and member of numerous<br />

board committees. Liz also served on the Board<br />

of Trustees and most recently chaired the<br />

Development Committee. Len and Liz were<br />

fixtures on the sidelines of countless soccer and<br />

basketball games, and a constant presence at<br />

the girls' tennis matches.<br />

Len and Liz have four grown children, three<br />

of whom are <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> alumni. Ben '13<br />

is a graduate of West Virginia University,<br />

Samantha '16 a sophomore at the University of<br />

Alabama, and Madison '17 attends Flordia State<br />

University. Len and Liz were recently named<br />

Honorary Trustees of <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong>.<br />

The Odyssey Scholars Program Endowment was established in<br />

Fall 2016 by <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> grandparents Dr. Stuart D. and Jane<br />

V. Wilson of Farmington, NM to support <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> students’<br />

passion for a particular field or interest by connecting them<br />

to experts around the globe. Through this program, selected<br />

students focus on an academic passion during their junior<br />

and senior years requiring rigorous levels of reading, writing,<br />

studying, and research. This endowed fund pays for travel<br />

expenses, program activities, and other fees associated with the<br />

student experience.<br />

“The Odyssey Program appeals to me as well as my husband<br />

because it is an ‘out of the box’ endeavor that promises personal<br />

growth,” explains Jane. “Certain students think about dreams and<br />

goals that are theirs alone, not presented in the classroom. The<br />

Odyssey Program allows them to go down these special paths<br />

and investigate what they discover. Sometimes projects like this<br />

can even turn into a lifelong quest or career for these students.<br />

We want to give them that opportunity.”<br />

The idea of endowing the program holds particular appeal for<br />

the Wilsons. They believe “an endowment allows us to build on<br />

it annually.” Furthermore, “it has an outcome that our family can<br />

be proud of. We always like to know where our money is going,<br />

and the Odyssey Program is specific toward that end.”<br />

Philanthropy is a Wilson family value. “We believe strongly in<br />

helping. Our family has been profoundly blessed, and it is our<br />

wish to pass some of that along to individuals who are trying<br />

to find their own handhold to lift themselves up,” Jane reasons.<br />

“We consider <strong>Sandia</strong> <strong>Prep</strong> to be one our big blessings. With total<br />

confidence we watch our granddaughters walk through its doors.<br />

We feel assured that the outcome to their time spent there will<br />

make a difference for the rest of their lives.”<br />

The Wilsons established the Odyssey Scholars Program<br />

Endowment with an initial gift of $30,000.<br />

If you are interested in learning about the<br />

Odyssey Scholars Program,<br />

visit sandiaprep.org/academics.<br />

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Sundevil SPORTS<br />

2017<br />

SUNDEVIL HALL<br />

OF FAME INDUCTEES<br />

CINDY CELNIK ’89<br />

TOMMY EBEL ’89<br />

JOHNNY GRAY ’81<br />

KERIN JONES ’81<br />

AUDRA McCAMMON ’90<br />

LARA MOCK ’93<br />

STACIE McLAIN ’90<br />

DANA MOZER ’84<br />

BRUCE RAE ’94<br />

CONGRATULATIONS!<br />

New Athletic Director<br />

WILLIE OWENS<br />

COACH JUAN RAMOS<br />

ARTURO SANCHEZ ’91<br />

DAVID SHASKEY ’79<br />

VANESSA VENARDOS ’92<br />

TRAE WOOD ’84<br />

1985 BOYS VARSITY SOCCER TEAM<br />

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Congrats<br />

Class of 2017<br />

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SAVE THE DATE<br />

Cultivating<br />

Cultivating<br />

INNOVATION<br />

NOCHE DE CELEBRACIÓN<br />

Saturday, April 28, <strong>2018</strong> • Hotel Albuquerque<br />

Tickets on sale now at sandiaprep.org/Noche<br />

S A N D I A<br />

A L U M N<br />

P R E P<br />

SAVE THE DATE<br />

JULY 13 - 15<br />

SANDIA PREP<br />

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W E E K E N D<br />

2 18<br />

Sundevil Hall of Fame<br />

Induction Ceremony<br />

Pete MacFarlane 5K<br />

Alumni Family Picnic<br />

Happy Hour<br />

And more!

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