The Prep Collective

Fly Fishing Trip For Upper School Students and Parents 

June 19 - June 21
White Mountains, Arizona
Ages: Sandia Prep Upper School Students and Parents
Cost: $400 double occupancy, $650 for single room (limited option)
Fly rods available for rent or purchase

Join Sandia Prep's Outdoor Leadership Program (OLP) this summer on a three-day, two-night, fly fishing trip to the White Mountains of Arizona, June 19 - 21. We’ll be fishing the Little Colorado and Black rivers chasing browns, rainbows, and elusive Apache trout!

The cost of the trip includes an instructional class on Tuesday, June 15, flies tied by Prep parent and trip co-leader Izzy McMullin, two breakfasts, two lunches, transportation, lodging at the Lazy Trout Motel in Greer, Ariz., and additional fishing supplies.

The trip will be led by OLP Associate Director Charles Gwinn and Izzy McMullin, Prep parent, fly tyer, and excellent fly fisher.
 
Upper school students are encouraged to take the trip with friends or with a parent. Rooms have multiple bed options, and we will do our best to accommodate rooming requests. 

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Border Immersion Experience for Educators and Community Members 

June 1 - 5 plus travel days
Limited to eight participants*
Ages: 18+
Cost: $1,500

The Prep Collective invites you to a Border Immersion Experience in El Paso, Texas, with Sandia Prep's Modern Languages Department Chair Claudio Pérez. The program is for adults 18 and up.

Cristo Rey's Border Immersion Program offers a unique perspective on border issues, emphasizing empathy and understanding. The goal is to recognize and celebrate the diversity of communities while acknowledging their interconnectedness with all people.

Throughout this reciprocal learning program, participants will visit the border region in El Paso and Juárez, Mexico. They will engage in meaningful conversations with individuals affected by border policies, including visits to shelters to speak with family members. There also will be opportunities to share meals with refugees and to dialogue with social workers, immigration officers and other community members to gain a comprehensive perspective on immigration issues.

These immersive engagements will help participants better understand their shared humanity and strengthen relationships with neighbors as they work toward greater empathy and solidarity in confronting the barriers communities face along the border.

* If the trip fills up, a waiting list will be started. If at least five additional people want to go, another group will be added. 

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Late-Start Wednesday Futsal for Middle Schoolers

Session 2: February 11, 25, March 4, 11, and 18, 2026
Session 3: April 8, 15, 22, 29, and May 6, 2026
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Sandia Prep West Gym
Ages: Sandia Prep Middle School
Cost: $50

Futsal (Futebol de Salão in Brazil) is an indoor soccer game played with a smaller, heavier ball. It is often cited as the reason Brazilian players have beautiful 1v1 moves and advanced technique. The sessions at Prep will consist of a technical warm-up followed by playing futsal. No previous experience necessary.

Coach Sibby Browne has a USSF "A" License (the highest coaching license in the United States). Most recently, Coach Sibby was the Elite Club National League Director for NM Rapids Soccer Club in Albuquerque. He has 30+ years of coaching experience. He's coached boys and girls of all ages in both club and high school environments. Growing up, he played club soccer in Pennsylvania and represented the University of Pennsylvania ('93). He was voted to the All-Decade team by his teammates at Penn (1985 to 1994).

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Driver's Education

Saturday, March 21 - Saturday, April 4, 2026
Saturday - Saturday (No class on Sunday)
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sandia Prep Saunders Library
Ages: 14.9+ years old by the first day of class
Cost: $375
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Monday, June 8 - Thursday, June 25, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sandia Prep (Classroom location TBD)
Ages: 14.9+ years old by the first day of class
Cost: $375
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This New Mexico Department of Transportation Program 2 course (56 hours in-person classroom instruction + 50 hours parent-supervised driving time is open to the Albuquerque community, but preference is given to Prep students if the class reaches maximum enrollment. Instructors are Kenny Ortega, owner of Roadrunner Driver's Education, and Lesha Rupert, instructor and 2025 NM Teacher of the Year.