Page 9 - Priorities #11 1999-October Annual Report

ParentInterest and Energy
Priory community. This was a sharing of hospitality, friendship and holiday good wishes. The fire will be burning warmly and a good cup of tea ready to welcome again this holiday season.
• For the first time, we have systematic financial records, job descriptions, and binders for each Board position.
• We triumphed over a substantial list
of activities in support of PA goals -
creating a warm and welcoming community, acting as liaison to other elements of the Priory community, supporting awareness of Benedictine values, and contributing to campus life, especially in the academic realm.
Looking ahead, we have many new job titles for the coming year: Boarding Student Liaison, Photographers, Open House Liaison, Bulletin Board Designer and Foyer Table Decorator. We are proud of this synergy of shared goals and mission and are looking forward enthusiastically to our second year as PA Board Co-Chairs.
Liz and Al Cirino
Parent Association Co-Chairs
Parent Association
The WPS Parent Association approached the 1998-99 academic year with a vibrant enthusiasm to recruit, harness, systemize and direct the considerable talents of our diverse, multi- national parent community. A marked increase in parent interest and energy made it possible to divide up tasks that formerly fell to just one volunteer - we got a lot done!
It is a pleasure to report these accomplishments:
• Support for the Arts, a new committee created last year, has now blossomed into four separate divisions— Theater, Choir, Orchestra and Visual Arts. Our hope is that parent volunteers can help enrich opportunities in these programs, which are all growing.
• A fledgling Spirituality/Reflection Group for parents has been nurtured into a successful existence.
Parents’ informal Make-a-Monk sessions revived an old craft tradition from a past era of parents. The ornaments decorated the foyer at Christmas and raised $700 for charity. This year, we have an official crafts leader on the PA Board.
• The Christmas Tea and Ornament Exchange proved to be a popular new event for the whole
Seventh Grade Linda Andreini Patty Burch Janet Smith
Eighth Grade
Lisa Lawrence (March)
Carol Triest (Waylonis)
Belinda Shoemaker (Cowell) Cyndi Rothmeier (Moss)
Ninth Grade Wendy Fleming Cosette Bixler
Mary Anne Hurlimann (Perret)
Nancy Eigsti
Tenth Grade Pat Amento Sherri Coats Pattie Martin
Eleventh Grade Linda Lewis
Sandro and Joan Centofanti Sharon Ladrech
Katie Stasun
Twelfth Grade Aloysius and
Sharon Van Dalen Stella Gonzalez
Parent Association Board • 1998-99
President, Co-Chairs Liz and Alan Cirino
Vice President, Co-Chairs Cindy and Wayne Davison
Treasurer Pearlasia
Past Pres. and Advisors
Ramsay Waterman and Sharon Ladrech
Back to School Coffee Laurie Gundell
Family Picnic
Sue Sullivan and Ramsay Waterman
Founders Hall and Chapel Decorations Margaret Herzen, Linda Moore, SharonLadrech andLizCirino
Parent Student Brunches LindaAndreini, LizFitzpatrick and Lili Walker
Auction Co-Chairs
Wayne and Cindy Davison
Teacher Appreciation Event Donna Wengert-Neff
Pass the Gavel
LuAnn DeMartini Cathy Voelker
Co-Editor, Priory Parent Newsletter Bette Anderson
Library Advocate Sharon Upjohn
Athletic Booster Club
Daryl Larsen and Julie Simmons
Support for the Arts Laurie and Jeff Gundell Used Book Exchange Pearlasia
Class Parent Representatives Sixth Grade
Carol Duncan
Mary Bussman
Cosette Bixler
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Liz and Alan Cirino, Parent Association Co-Chairs
Parent volunteers got a lot done!