Page 6 - Priorities #12 2000-April

FALL/WINTER ‘99
More than 90 grandparents were on the campus for the annual Grandparents Day celebration. The honored guests shared classes, Chapel and lunch with their grandchildren, and took home a souvenir family photo.
Seven WPS friends honored with St. Benedict Medals at an Oct. 2 dinner and dance are Sir Daniel Donohoe, John and Dianne (Didi) Fisher, Carl and Shirley Larson, Matt O’Rourke, and Matilda Wilbur. They are honored for devotion to Benedictine education.
E-bulletin is now the most popular way for parents to keep in touch. It is available on-line every morning at about 7 a.m.
Third Annual Golf Classic winners in various categories were the Jamie DiBoise Team, Tim and Kip Kado, Doug Sargent, Mark Stogner, Alan Will, Andy Duncan, Buzz Ogren, Grant Evans, Kevin Schofield, Dan Alegria, Bob Waterman, Jim Salter, Gene Flath, Matt O’Rourke, Art Schultz, and John Newman. The eventraisedfundsfor schoolscholarships.
Best of the Fall-Winter Months
Students and teachers are busy but pleased with the eight additional Advanced Placement course offerings and expanded elective opportunities (especially evident in the arts).
The Parent Association created a new volunteer group to provide communication and support between the dorm students and staff, and the day student community.
Campus Ministry offers its own community service options, including transportation, supervision, and usually pizza served up with conversation after the activity. Student groups leave weekly for tutoring elementary-school children, activities with the elderly, and feeding the homeless. The new student-center- and-Campus-Ministry-office is one of the most popular student hangouts.
The entire student body turned out to hear Father Martin bless the addition to the Fine Arts Building; everything to the right of building sign is new. Expanding both the facilities and the course offerings was a high priority recommended by faculty last year. Students react with surprise and amazed delight when they see the quality of the work they can create at the new metalsmithing stations.
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What better way to learn the force of wind power - and student design power - than to build a kite? Kim Heffernan’s sixth grade tried out their models on a breezy day last fall. Michelle Bradford was especially tied up in the project.
Zuzka Fedorkova and Maria Ferencova were among students carrying some 30 national flags for the fall Diversity program in the Chapel. The two girls, from the Republic of Slovakia, are each spending the year with a Priory family and are members of the senior class.