Page 4 - Priorities #18 2002-April

Fall/Winter
Among the students accepting the Priory’s second annual $1 Lenten "talents" challenge are (from left) sixth graders Peter Hurtubise, Ariel Zommer, and Alec Schilling, and seventh graders Will Farino and Kyle Felix. The idea began with the Bible story in which a good master chastises his servant for hiding his "talent" –which meant money in biblical times— instead of using it to good purpose. Priory students were told the story on the first day of Lent, and then each received a $1 bill with encouragement to use their real talents—their skills and abilities—to make the dollar grow. There were bake sales, songs and crafts— and, at the end, more than $2,600 for charity.
Eighth grader Adrianna Andreini presented a gift from the Priory to California’s First
Lady Sharon Davis (wife of Gov. Gray Davis). Ms. Davis was the featured speaker at the seventh annual Community Forum. She said there is no blueprint for a first lady to follow; each carves her own niche. Issues involving the health and welfare of youth, and issues impacting the plight of the homeless mentally ill are her focus, she said.
An angry Josh Rado looms over Jordan Aboud in "Thread That Runs So True," the fall drama production. This funny and poignant story, based on the
autobiography of a rural Kentucky schoolteacher, has it all—the teenager who is still in the first grade, the trustee who believes the kids shouldn’t raise their sights above the crops in the fields, the grandma who finally has time to learn. It is a fun family show, available on videotape by contacting Carolyn Dobervich at (650) 851-6193.
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