Page 2 - Priorities #32 2005-November

Fall at a Glance, Page 4-5
Woodside Priory School
Celebrating 47 Years of Benedictine Education
In This Issue
WPS continues to produce top scholars who attend the most competitive colleges and universities. Equally important, students at the lower end of the class are well prepared and accepted at very good colleges, too. This and other news in Headmaster’s Letter, page 3.
A bountiful community garden, a Panonhalma visit, Katrina fundraiser, and Special Olympics day are among the happenings covered in Fall At A Glance, pages 4-5.
School accreditation lets the world know whether a campus’s claims are substantiated in fact. At the same time, it provides a continuous planning process focused on needs that each school defines for itself. Brother Edward Englund leads the Priory community through the preparation of its upcoming accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, pages 6-7.
Bill Roberts’s skills in global real estate management are key to his work as a member of the WPS Board of Trustees. He is a crucial member of the Performing Arts Center design team. As a parent with a son who is active in performing arts, he has both a business and a user’s view of the project. See Trustee Profile, page 8.
Benedictine educators from around the world gathered recently at Delbarton School and St. Mary’s Abbey for their third international conference. Interestingly, WPS’s founding monk, Father Egon, found his first home in the United States at this same place! WPS sent several repre- sentatives to this important conference, which is reported on pages 14-15.
Athletes from every decade are included in the first-ever Sports Hall of Fame this fall. The stories of their high school years, and the years that fol- low, were shared at a Nov. 11 ceremony. See if you recognize them from their high school photos! Story on page 16.
Pat is still playing soccer, the Class of ’85 has four new babies, Geoff and Brooke are making music news, Laura is a chef at a tres upscale eatery, Susie is in Hungary, and lots of people are headed back to graduate school. That and more in Alumni News and Notes, pages 13-17
Devin Coats, Class of 2001 and Molly Dellheim, Class of 2008, give their views of the Trinity Project. The Priory hopes to conclude fundraising and build a new performing arts auditorium and classrooms, an expanded library/media center and a new student center by the school’s Golden Jubilee anniversary in 2007.
On the cover: Athletics are a big part of Priory life and always have been. We celebrate four decades of great athletes with our first Sports Hall of Fame. The youngest, Cassie Perret (2002) is earning national recognition on the Santa Clara University Broncos womens volleyball team.
WPS accreditation, Page 6-7
Alumni News, Pages 13-16
The Trinity Project, Pages 17-18
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
Mr. Dave Arnold
Dr. Kristin Brew
Mr. Tim Cain
Mr. Peter Campagna
Mr. Wayne Davison
Ms. Betsy Haehl
Mrs. Susan Hafleigh
Mrs. Dotty Hayes
Father Eric Hollas, OSB
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mrs. Ginny Kavanaugh
Mrs. Steven Krausz
Father Maurus Nemeth, OSB Ms. Janiece Bacon Oblak Mr. Dale Pfau*
Mr. Hank Plain
Mrs. Patti Plummer Mr. Bill Roberts
Ms. Alicia Rodriguez Mr. Ray Rothrock Mrs. Kari Rust
Mr. Bob Simon
Mr. Mark Wilson Ms. Andrea Zulberti * Special Representative
Priorities magazine is published in November, April and July by Woodside Priory School for its alumnim, parents, students, neighbors and friends. An Annual Report is published separately in January. Contact the Communications Office at 650-851-6193 or the school at 650-851-8221.
Editor: Carolyn Dobervich Contributing Editor:
Devin Coats Design/Production:
Jim Kirkland, Copperline Multimedia Photos: Carolyn Dobervich, Jennifer Hammer, Father Martin Mager, Jim Kirkland, Kelly Sargent
Chapel Services
Masses at 7:15 a.m. Monday-Saturday
9:30 a.m. Sunday
11:00 a.m. Sunday Hungarian service
8 p.m. third Friday (Taize) ecumenical service All are welcome.