Page 8 - Priorities #50 2011-June/July

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Middle SA
Stepping Up
chool graduates rise to
As Exsultate Justi began to play, proud parents, relatives, and friends craned their necks expectantly waiting for a glimpse of the 35 graduates of the Class of 2015.
Tim Molak, Head of School enthusiastically encouraged the graduates to “become lifelong learners and stewards who will productively serve a world in need of your gifts” “In the last three years, Priory has not only been a school, but a home,” said Haley Ebert, Student Speaker, continuing she said, the Priory “inspired us to look deeply into our nation’s government, take an artistic risk we wouldn’t normally take, and motivated
us to pursue the meaning in our lives.”
Jane Ross, Student Speaker, likened her class to a Physics experiment that required
students to design an apparatus that could safely drop an egg from two stories. She said, “This class is like the egg project. We attempt many things, and sometimes we crack under the pressure. But after our failed attempts we perfect our cushion.”
The Middle School graduates chose Lisa Wood, faculty in the Math department as their commencement speaker. Wood said, “Do you know how much time we have spent together? Have you calculated it?” Wood continued, “we have spent about 300 class periods together. That is 21,000 minutes, 350 hours!”
In her humorous address, she outlined advice for the graduate from Priory freshmen, some of the advice included: Get as much sleep as possible, ask a lot of questions, do not compare yourself to others, and compare yourself to your own standards.
In conclusion, Wood asked the students to remember her, say hello when they see her in the hallway, and to always stay in touch with each other.