EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY: Santa Fe Secondary School is dedicated to striving for academic competence through daily practice. We build skill levels in various ways, most involving traditional means of study. Included in our depth of academic exploration is the focus on individual organization and responsibility, as well as the understanding that independent thinking within a humane environment allows maximum growth.

ACADEMIC FREEDOM: SFSS offers a variety of academic subjects. Once students have reached a satisfactory level of competence in those areas, they are encouraged to seek employment, internships, apprenticeships and/or college placement in order to demonstrate mastery in their chosen subjects. Most juniors and seniors are encouraged to take college level classes (for full college credit) in addition to SFSS curriculum. Our students attend both the College of Santa Fe and Santa Fe Community College.

ACCREDITATION: SFSS is recognized by the New Mexico State Department of Education as a private school. Santa Fe Secondary School is not accredited by a state agency. This means that the legal status of our students is that of students who are home schooled. SFSS tracks attendance, issues grade reports and provide transcripts. SFSS issues a diploma. For sixteen years most public and private high schools have accepted our credits. SFSS prepares college bound students with SAT and ACT prep and our students tend to do well on these tests. We have found that colleges encourage applications from our students. Each graduate that has desired to enter college has successfully done so.

The following is a list of selected colleges to which our students have been accepted: American University, Antioch, Bard, Beloit, Colorado College, Columbia, Cornish College of the Arts, CU-Boulder, CU-Denver, Denver University, Evergreen, Findlay, Georgetown, Goucher, Grinnell, Hampshire, Harvard, Lesley, Lewis and Clark, Northwestern University, Oberlin, Pitzer College, Reed, Rochester Institute of Technology, Tulane, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Cruz, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, University of Oregon, Wellesley, Wheaton, Yale University.

Santa Fe Secondary School encourages seniors to take the GED so that they will not be denied financial aid by some colleges. Students who are 16 or 17 years old and wish to take the GED must obtain an Underage Permission Form. Contact the GED office at the Santa Fe Community College (428-1520) for details. Many colleges have not required the GED for admission or financial aid. Please speak to a faculty member if you have other concerns or questions about accreditation.