Page 4 - Priorities #9 1999-March

FALL ‘98 AT A GLANCE
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
Back-to-school parties and socials • National flags display at first Chapel (24 this year) • Appreciation Dinner honors supporters of the Annual Fund • More than 30 co-curricular choices offered at sign- ups • ASB all-school Field Day with free t-shirts in class colors • Mass of the Holy Spirit • Boys soccer, girls volleyball, flag football, cross country seasons begin • Family picnic; National Honor Society car wash raises more than $800 for charity • First Middle School Fun Night of the year • David Wilson’s entry wins a savings bond and certificate in the Respect Life Essay and Poetry Contest sponsored by the San Francisco Archdiocese • .
OCTOBER
Blessing of the Pets • Guitar classes begin • Class Retreats begin • Middle School Outdoor Education camp • Malibu Fun Night • Second Annual Priory Golf Classic • St. Benedict Medals presented to Dr. Peter Kasenchak and Mrs. Suzanne Eyre • First Inter-School Dance • Interact Club’s first project (St. Anthony’s soup kitchen) •First of the visiting
College Reps comes to the campus • First Faculty- Student Advisory Group and first club day (they meet every 7th day) • Priory cheerleading team organizes • Canoe-building project begins • Science Department’s stargazing party • Community Service Halloween party at children’s shelter • Halloween costume contest
NOVEMBER
First place winners of the Science Egg Drop Contest are Sarah Trask and Scott Kimball • Bishop Garcia visits the campus • Spirit Week begins • Monte Carlo Night earns money for charity • The Truth Is That American Fish Are Blind, Priory Players’ Fall production, presents five shows to full houses • Stock market contest begins • Canned food drive for Second Harvest begins • Outdoor Club’s first project (beach clean-up) • Mid-Peninsula presidents of school parent associations meet at Priory for round-table discussion • Magazine sale for charity • Thanksgiving Chapel celebrates the breads of different cultures, then donates breads to charity • Diego Avalos is elected President of Palo Alto Teen Advisory Board • Patrick Sullivan is Palo Alto Weekly’s Athlete of the Week
DECEMBER
Parent Association retreats organized by Campus Ministry begin • Chic Streetman music concert • Middle School Secret Santas, gifts to family shelter and handmade blankets for newborns • Winter Concert • Darren Zulberti wins second place in DAR Good Citizens Program • Ford Walker, seventh grader, wins Middle School Spelling Bee after a protracted competition against first runner- up Daniel Wenger • Parent Association designs, produces and sells Benedictine Monk ornaments for Christmas trees • Student body collects more than 24,000 cans for Second Harvest food drive; Seventh Grade wins the class competition
Martin Luthur King’s life inspired reflections from students at every grade level, many of them shared at a chapel program celebrating the civil rights leader’s message.
Dr. Peter Kasenchak and Mrs. Suzanne Eyre both received St. Benedict Medals at a banquet commemorating their extraordinary service to Woodside Priory School.
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