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A visiting athletic team demonstrated Takrow, a sport that combines skills from soccer, tai kwan do and volleyball. Proponents hope it will become an Olympic sport. Middle Schooler Leon Johnson, gives it a try.
Will’s Week - Visiting theater group presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet • The 2nd Annual All You Can Eat, Up All Night, Better Than A Date Shakespeare Film Festival with T-shirt, sleeping bag space on the gym floor, and breakfast included • Brooke Barry visits the National Honor Society to discuss obsessive-compulsive disorder, the topic she selected for her community outreach project in the Miss California competition • More than 60 Christmas in April volunteers help renovate Roosevelt School and two private homes • Students studying Japanese take a field trip to Japantown • Priory winners in the Canada College popsicle-stick- bridge-building contest are Ross Anderson (747 pounds), Jerry Chu (303.2 pounds), and Roxanne Crittenden (236.5 pounds); Ross also won fourth place overall • Chess tournament winners are Raymond Austin, Daniel Riveong, Joe Daly and Brian Quinn • Sen. Bill Bradley is keynote speaker at Fifth Annual Community Forum • Middle School Bridge- Building Contest winners are Ryan Horton (142.5 pounds), Claudia Meyer (132.5 pounds), and Josh Rado (85 pounds and still unbroken) •
May
College Planning Case Studies Program • Junior- Senior Prom Cruise • Faculty-Staff Appreciation Party hosted by Parent Association • Speech class wins the weeklong Environmental Trivia Contest • National Honor Society Pizza Lunch • Middle School Dance at Castilleja • Biology field trip to the beach • Harvey Jones, Anna Lind-Guzik and Alex Van Dalen compete in Bay Area Japanese speech contest • Faculty vs Boys Varsity Volleyball Classic • Freshman class mousetrap car winners are Laura Nowell,17.3 meters, Julia Dobervich, 17.2 meters, and tied for 3rd, Jerry Chu and Ann Halsey, 14.2 meters • Statistics class uncovers and publishes amazing Priory trivia • Bosnian soccer team visits Priory; game is rained out • Sixteen girls attend the National Women in Business Day Conference in San Francisco • Yearbook-signing-party • Play production class performances • Junior-Senior Breakfast • Spring Concert • Sports Awards Ceremony • Baccalaureate Mass and Dinner • Graduation Ceremonies
Ross Anderson had to dash – literally – from the PSAL Track Meet to pick up his entry from the Canada College Model Bridge Competition. He took 4th place in both competitions (the popsicle stick bridge held 747 pounds).
Members of the Middle School Choir literally shined with new vests, hats and choreography. “Quintet”, a newly created men’s ensemble, brought the house down with Richard Lin’s falsetto in “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and Jeff Lin’s version of the lead singer in Boyz II Men’s “In The Still Of The Night.” The Sophomore Bell Ensemble also made its first public appearance.
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