Page 2 - Priorities #21 2003-January

The New SAT’s, Page 6
Board of Directors
Abbott Matthew Leavy, OSB Father Mark Cooper, OSB Brother Edward Englund, OSB Father Martin Mager, OSB Father William Sullivan, OSB
Board of Trustees
Mr. Dave Arnold
Mr. Peter Campagna Mrs. Liz Cirino
Mr. Wayne Davison
Mr. Al Ebneter
Mrs. Anne Hannigan
Mrs. Dotty Hayes
Father Pius Horvath
Mr. George Huertas
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mrs. Virginia Kavanaugh Mr. Robert Klein
Mr. Steven Krausz
Mrs. Mary Lemuth
Mrs. Janiece Bacon Oblak Mr. Bill Roberts
Mr. Ray Rothrock
Mr. Andy Schilling
Mr. Bob Simon
Mr. Bob Ward
Mrs. Donna Wengert-Neff Dr. Stuart Young
Priorities magazine is published in October, January, April and July by Woodside Priory School for its alumni, parents, students, neighbors and friends. Contact the Communications Office at 650-851-6193 or the school at 650-851-8221.
Editor: Carolyn Dobervich
Design: Jim Kirkland, Copperline Multimedia Photos: Jim Kirkland, Father Martin Mager, Carolyn Dobervich.
Cover: Carolyn Hayes and Daniel Wengert react sensibly to the high-stakes SAT. The exam Carolyn took (she is a senior) is different from the one Dan will enjoy (he is a sophomore). Story on page six.
Chapel Services
Masses at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday
9:30 a.m. Sunday
11:00 a.m. Sunday Hungarian service
8 p.m. third Friday (Taize) ecumenical service
Fall-Winter at a Glance, Page 8-9
Asian tour, Page 12-15
Naming the Arts Center, Page 18-19
Woodside Priory School
A Learning Community for the New Century
In This Issue
SAT and other test scores, new classes and facilities, Benedictine values and more are all covered in State of the School, a look at Woodside Priory 2003. If you haven’t been on the campus lately, Fast Facts will bring you up to speed. From the Headmaster, pages three, four and five.
That big exam looming over every student—the SAT—is getting a thorough examination itself. Experts have reviewed and revised in an effort to bring the test more in line with what classes actually teach. It is a response to criticism from many who rely on the scores, particularly the University of California. Priory students have nothing to fear from the “new” SAT, says Academic Dean Jennifer Martin. Academics, page six.
Gloomy television news and friendship with a Kosovo near-refugee led Priory Alumna Zuzka Fedorkova to help develop a program of leadership training for young refugees. Working with Stanford faculty and a representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the students hope to start with a small project in Africa this summer. Student view, page seven.
Benedictine medalists, students at work and at play, a terrific play written and acted by Priory high school students, and the Priory’s second annual holiday Messiah sing-along are all in Fall-Winter At A Glance, pages eight and nine.
College-aged alumni gathered for the traditional pizza and conversation, Father Martin and Al Zappelli, Director of Admissions, form an alumni network in Asia, Dave Arnold, Class of 1978, is on the campus helping to keep the link between today’s students and the alumni association. And there are LOTS of individual alumni notes. Alumni news and notes, pages 12-15.
When Trustee Bob Simon was a high school student, he whizzed past the competition in track and from his track coach developed a philosophy that he has followed ever since— don’t think too much. It’s a surprising guide for a guy who has accomplished amazing things and shows no signs of slowing down now. Trustee profile, page 16.
Tiffany’s launches the Priory’s Performing Arts Center campaign, which is now well under way. Many major and beloved buildings around the Bay Area had beginnings exactly like the Priory’s Performing Arts Center. Like them, the Priory needs leading benefactors who can help assure the “big pieces” of construction. Then the rest of the plans can proceed—and everyone who donates will have his or her name on the founders’ wall. Golden Jubilee update, pages 17-19.