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BY: MS. TRAN
This year during February break, a group of Priory students traveled down to New Orleans to explore the city’s vibrant culture and confront its heartbreaking past. Led by Mr. Molak, Ms. Brown, and Fr. Martin, the trip spanned 10 days and included
entertaining sightseeing as well as important work-- rebuilding homes. Ms. Brown expressed her appreciation of the students’ “openness to exploring a culture very unfamiliar to them.” Mr. Molak added that the students’ “willingness to work no matter where it was -- under the house most of the time” as well as their “resilience, teamwork, and kindness” were what impressed him the most.
The students got to take a break from the academic grind and experienced an entirely different type of work. Ms. Brown noted that “they lost their fear of making mistakes, and they really learned to live in the moment.” Even more importantly, they gained perspective on hardships that we don’t typically witness in Silicon valley. Junior Eva El Fishawy was particularly struck by “the tremendous resilience of the New Orleanians after everything they had been through,” describing the experience of one person in particular-- Ms. Sharon. Eva recalled that even though Ms. Sharon had “suffered immensely during and after Katrina, she remained positive as she welcomed us into her home, shared her story, and told us how blessed she was.” Catherine Flynn (11) was likewise warmed by Ms. Sharon’s hospitality. Ms. Sharon related her story of losing of her husband and struggling with health problems after being displaced from her home. According to Catherine, Ms. Sharon’s hardships did not keep her from having a hopeful attitude, and her story was as inspiring as her homemade pralines were delicious. These lessons learned and memories made will surely stick with the priory community for years to come, and will hopefully inspire more students to take advantage of the wonderful service learning opportunities that are available.
1. Eva El Fishawy (11) and Ms. Sharon embrace. 2. Olivia Flynn (11), Olivia Beriker (10), Catherine Flynn (11), and Chelsea Feng (9) peek out from under the house where they’re working on. 3. The whole crew enjoys hot dogs for dinner at the famous Dat Dog.
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