Page 8 - Priorities #21 2003-January

Fall/Winter
Take 12 cast members, add 12 laptop computers on loan from the Science Department, and the result is fantastic theater created from the ground up. Director Tom Carter (who has written many plays himself) guided the cast in developing a theme, characters and script. The resulting drama, “Blue or Black Ink Only” was a funny, incisive and compassionate look at issues that matter to teens, with actors demonstrating skills that startled even their parents. All four performances played to full houses. A professionally done videotape is available to buy or borrow. Contact Tom Carter, tcarter@woodsidepriory.com.
Papers, exams and college prep anxiety are punctuated with fun throughout the fall. Halloween and Spirit Week both give students and faculty an excuse to come in costumes. Elena Herzen could be a maid at a Renaissance Fair.
As canned goods for Second Harvest were collected this winter, a few students thinking of ill schoolmate Eugene Koenig began building the shape of a heart with him in mind. Soon, this heart was followed by another in Red Square, and EK initials in cans beside.
They were photographed and sent to Eugene at Boston Children’s Hospital. The news of Eugene’s death on Nov. 19 was an devastating experience for the entire community. Students are making plans now for a way to preserve his memory on the campus.
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The annual Priory Golf Classic brought in $22,000 for the athletics department as well as a good time for the 95-plus participants-including freshman Hap Plain and eighth grader Sam Chavez (who is being called a golf prodigy).