Santa Fe High School (New Mexico)
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| Motto | Home of the Demons |
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| Established | 1899 |
| Type | Public high school |
| Principal | Dan Webb |
| Students | 1,733 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | 2100 Yucca Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
| District | Santa Fe Public Schools |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Demon |
| Newspaper | Demon Tatler |
| Website | http://www.sfps.k12.nm.us |
Santa Fe High School, founded in 1899, is a public high school (grades 9-12) in the Santa Fe Public Schools. It is located about two miles southwest of downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico and is the largest school in Santa Fe, public or private, with an enrollment of 1,733.[1]
Santa Fe High's mascot is the Demons. The school is laid out in multiple buildings, and students walk outdoors from one building to another between classes. There are two distinct clusters of buildings, the "main campus" that offers most of the standard English, math, history and science classes, and the "vo-tech" campus that offers courses such as auto mechanics. Students may take classes at either cluster.
Santa Fe High's student population is as ethnically diverse as is the city itself.[citation needed] Students of primarily native American, Hispanic, Mexican, and Caucasian backgrounds attend.[citation needed] However, there is racial tension at the school because the more affluent white population has, to some extent, displaced the Hispanic and native American families living in the city.[citation needed]
Because the school serves populations of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds, it offers a wide array of classes from advanced placement and honors program college prep classes to remedial English and math classes.[citation needed]
Ironically, the overwhelmingly Catholic city hosts a school with a devilish mascot.[citation needed] This routinely outrages local groups who periodically petition the school board and local authorities to have the Demon mascot removed from the school.[citation needed] Through the late 1980's the Toby Roybal Memorial Gym was host to a wall-size painting of a large demon coming through flames. Without proper notice or adequate authority the newly hired principal instructed the grounds crew to come in to paint over the mural. Attempts to have the image restored failed, and the principal in question has since left the school.[citation needed]
In 2001 the administration building in the middle of the north campus was burned severely, destroying important records, including students' SAT scores.[citation needed] The fire occurred during a weekend when the school was closed. The building was left standing but was scorched inside and out and eventually was torn down. After investigation the fire was deemed arson. This, however, was not the only time flames were spotted on campus. Students with an unusual sense of humor were known to set fire to a large dumpster between north and south campus.[citation needed] It would repeatedly be extinguished just to be reignited shortly thereafter. In 2005 the small shack that housed the security guard at the southern side of the student parking lot was burned down.[citation needed] Also, that same year, a rack of tires used for running football drills was burned, along with a twenty-five square foot patch of the running track and turf field.[citation needed]
There was a concrete and metal staircase leading up to the library and administration buildings that injured many students.[citation needed] The way the metal was coming loose from the concrete allowed people to get their feet caught in between the metal and concrete. This would often trip the student and send them face first into the fairly sharp metal edges. These dangerous stairs became more of a nuisance during the winter months when they were iced over. Because of a lack of school funding, they often remained unsalted, making matters worse.
The school had many security guards that were supposed to keep students in classes. This however failed miserably as there is the Arroyo Chamiso bike trail that runs through the southern part of Santa Fe.[citation needed] This trail passes right under the bridge between the north and south campuses. Students could easily, and very often would, just walk down the slope of the bridge foundation onto the trail and off the campus.[citation needed]
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[edit] Santa Fe High School teachers
Gary Myers was an art teacher at Santa Fe High for 31 years, ending in the late 1990s.[citation needed] He is well known to have inspired many students as well as provided a stable and fun environment for the students.[citation needed]
Karshis was an Art History teacher at Santa Fe High in the 1980s and 1990s.[citation needed] Many of Karshis' students succeeded in the Advanced Placement exams in Art History, earning college credit for his course.[citation needed]
Egle Germanas was an English teacher at Santa Fe High in the 1980s and 1990s.[citation needed] She made her students keep a journal, and she had an extensive reading list.[citation needed]
Anita Gerlach was a chemistry teacher at Santa Fe High in the 1990s, and she still teaches AP Physics and Forensic Science.[citation needed] She was known for her wild red hair and somewhat crazy demeanor.[citation needed] She would bustle about campus wearing her white lab coat.
Thor Christianson was an upper-level math teacher who taught calculus in a room on the vo-tech campus in the 1990s.[citation needed]
Mr. George Perfors was a mathematics teacher who taught in the 1980s.[citation needed]
Ms. Mary Cornish was an English teacher who taught in the 1980s.[citation needed]
Ernestine Hagman was an English teacher who taught in the 1980s and 1990s.[citation needed] She taught at "Vo-tech", a separate school that was later united with Santa Fe High School in the early 1990s.[citation needed] She was known for helping students who were at high risk of dropping out succeed at obtaining a high school diploma.[citation needed]
[edit] Santa Fe High students
Class of 1993:[citation needed]
Sky Hitt
Chalo Wells
Yasha Long
Class of 1994:[citation needed]
Aaron Boland
Damian Chaparro - graduated from Santa Fe High in 1994, and pursued a double major in Management Information Systems and Operations Management. After consulting for four years, he abandoned the cubicle for a career in Personal Training. He co-founded Chrysalis Retreats in 2007. The Los Angeles based company provides an evolutionary style of health retreat, which fuses eastern practices, western modalities, and outdoor adventure.
Paul Geekie
Ezra Kortz
Nathaniel Ari Long - graduated from Santa Fe High in 1994, before changing his name to Nathaniel Ari Gilder. Ari Gilder is now a patent attorney residing in Seattle Washington.[citation needed]
Fausto Mercado
Class of 1995:[citation needed]
Suni Stewart
Other:
Zachary Condon, member of the one-man band "Beirut" attended Santa Fe High from 2000-2002 until he dropped out to travel Europe.[citation needed]
[edit] Principals
| Name | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|
| Claudia Krause-Johnson | 2005 | 2007 |
| Dan Webb | 2007 | ---- |
While many students liked Ms. Krause-Johnson, she unfortunately had to leave after only two years.[citation needed]
Krause-Johnson was replaced by Dr. Dan Webb, who brought many changes to the school.[citation needed] Due to the low teacher rate many students have been placed on a computer program called E2020 (Education 2020) a virtual class where you watch videos of lectures, complete homework and classwork, and even take mid terms and finals. Over 700 kids have been been placed on this program, more than half the students population.[citation needed] This program is very good for some students, while other students are unable to learn and have lost a year of receiving an actual education in the subject they are taking on E2020.[citation needed] In the middle of the 07-08 school year many students were taken off the program and placed into real classrooms with real teachers while other students were not.[citation needed] Many students dislike Dr. Dan Webb because of the new rules he brought with him when he joined the school.[citation needed] It also has been noted that many students in the school have lost credit and the drop out rate has gone up.[citation needed] The new E2020 classes has interfered with many of the students schedules and credits to the point that they may not graduate on time.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Santa Fe Alumni Web Site - http://www.santafedemon.com/
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