Page 2 - Priorities #18 2002-April

Woodside Priory School
A Learning Community for the New Century
In This Issue
SAT scores and AP Scholars are admirable, a new curriculum mapping project is under way, and a fiber optic backbone has been added to the campus network. This and more in From the Headmaster, page 3.
Sharon Davis visits, Page 4
Board of Directors
Abbott Matthew Leavy, OSB Father Mark Cooper, OSB Brother Edward Englund, OSB Father Martin Mager, OSB Father William Sullivan, OSB
Board of Trustees
Mrs. Linda Andreini Dave Arnold
Ms. Janet Brownstone Mrs. Liz Cirino
Mr. Wayne Davison
Mr. Al Ebneter
Mrs. Anne Hannigan
Mrs. Dotty Hayes
Father Pius Horvath
Mr. George Huertas
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mr. Robert Klein
Mrs. Mary Lemuth
Mrs. Kathie Maxfield Mrs. Sandra McCarthy Mrs. Janiece Bacon Oblak Mr. Ray Rothrock
Mr. Andy Schilling
Mr. Art Schultz
Mr. Bob Simon
Mr. Bob Ward
Mrs. Donna Wengert-Neff
Priorities magazine is published in September, April and July by Woodside Priory School for its alumni, parents, students, neighbors and friends. Contact the Communications Office at 650-851-6193 or the school at 650-851-8221.
Editor: Carolyn Dobervich
Design: Jim Kirkland, Copperline Multimedia Contributing Writers: LeeAnn McDermott, Pat Reed, Laramie Treviño, Kelly Wollenberg. Photos: Jim Kirkland, Father Martin Mager, Carolyn Dobervich, Gail Kimball, Catherine Houston, Annie Barnett.
Cover: We have liftoff! Andy Davison, sixth grade, Alicia Kriewall, seventh grade, and Alexis Smith, sophomore, go sky high in support of the school auction. Story on page 6.
Sharon Davis (wife of Gov. Gray Davis) was the Priory’s seventh annual Community Forum speaker; students raise money for charity, and the Priory’s Chamber Music Society is lending a classic touch to campus events. This and more in Fall at a Glance,
pages 4 and 5.
Earthlings! Don’t’ miss the treasures and fun at "Out of This World!," the annual auction and ball scheduled for May 4 at the Hotel Sofitel. See pages 6 and 7.
It’s Out of this World!, Page 6
Al Zappelli embarks on a whirlwind tour of Asia to meet prospective students and re-connect with alumni and their families. The Priory’s involvement with a Slovak foreign student program leads to connections with the new Northern California consulate. Changes in the Residential Life program bring a contemporary feel to 36 boys’ "Priory home." See pages 8-10.
Priory alumni are at work in Africa, volunteering in Central America, pursuing knowledge in biology and environmental science, producing a rip-roaringly successful musical in Thailand, and planning graduations, graduate school and marriages. This and more in Alumni News & Notes, pages 11-13
Asian tour, Page 8
Dotty Hayes brings a wealth of financial management knowledge to her job on the Priory Board of Trustees. Her other passion, music, dominates the Hayes’s family life. Adopting a Slovak student for a year took even more time from an already busy schedule, but "You learn to let go of minutiae," she says. See Trustee Profile, page 14.
Priory Girls Volleyball went to the State playoffs for the second year in a row. Boys Basketball achieved its first ever NorCal playoffs, and the Middle School teams are bringing home more trophies. This and more in Athletics, pages 15 and 16.
Athletics, Page 15
The Golden Jubilee Campaign is moving ahead! The on-campus housing goal— 10 new or refurbished residences—will be complete when the Maas Family Commons is constructed this spring. Now, the Campaign will turn to a Performing Arts Center. As an introduction to this new phase, Priorities is featuring some pertinent student comments. See pages 17-19.