Page 4 - Priorities #30 2005-April

Students Find Benedictine Philosophy in the Andes An amazing 11-day adventure that took a group of Priory students through Uruguay and Argentina, culminating in a three-day horseback trip to the site of a 1970s plane crash, was also an adventure in Benedictine values, said faculty sponsor Jeff Wise. The trip is organized around a study of the book, “Alive!” a survival story, and includes the opportunity to meet and talk with survivors as well as experience the cultures of South American metropolitan and rural life. The five tenets of the Benedictine tradition—spirituality, hospitality, community, individuality and integrity—permeated the experience, Mr. Wise said. Student/faculty trips to Japan and Spain are scheduled for later this spring.
Winter at a
High Jinks Precede Serious Studies
Priory Wins the Golden Apple
This is a community that shares! Students, faculty and staff collected and donated more than 75 pounds of food each for Second Harvest Food Bank in December. Students raised more than $15,000 during a week of “penny wars” for Tsunami victims. The list of causes that students support with time, brainpower and resources—by class, by club, in response to
a tragic event—never ends. The food drive was a campuswide effort and it earned the Priory a Second Harvest Golden Apple Award, given to the school with the highest per-person rate of donation. Priory student body officers Quins Hobbs and Man On Li accepted the Second Harvest award on behalf of the school.
Freshman Ariel Zommer kicks off March Madness activities with Irish dance on
St. Patrick’s Day. The March Madness tradition of crazy dress and antics on
Red Square lives on, and it still is a great
way to unwind before the serious business 4 of papers, exams and SATs take over in the last quarter of the academic year.