Page 11 - Priorities #42 2009-January

From Alumni Relations
Dear Priory Alumni,
The Fall months have been full of fun events for the Priory Alumni Office. In September the Priory hosted Alumni Reunion Weekend for the classes of 1963, 1968,1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003. It was the school’s first-ever attempt to hold a reunion week- end in the five-year-class format. It was a huge success with more than 100 Alumni coming back to campus over the weekend. Activities included: a Friday night reception in Father Egon Plaza, a Saturday morning Alumni Parent Coffee followed by Campus Tours, Saturday night Dinner in the new Performing Arts Center (well attended by many faculty and staff as
well), and Sunday Mass and Brunch with the monks. We are very grateful to the Class Agents who worked very hard to make this a great inaugural reunion weekend.
Next year’s reunion weekend is set for September 11-13, 2009 for the classes of 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004. If you are interested in being a Class Agent and/or helping to organize your class re- union, please contact me at alumni@prioryca.org. This requires minimal work, and the alumni office will provide the necessary tools and information to assist you.
Along with the Reunion, we held our first regional Alumni “after work social”, which took place in Palo Alto, CA. Twelve Alumni attended the reception, along with Father Martin, Tim Molak, John Baldwin and me. The next Alumni social is scheduled for Wednesday, February 4th in San Francisco at the MarketBar Cafe. The Alumni Office will also be organizing an Alumni San Francisco Giants game, and a trip to Los Angeles for an Alumni Reception in the spring. If you want to plan an Alumni “after work social” in your area, please contact me and we can organize it together. Please join the “Woodside Priory Alumni Association” group on Facebook to get the most current news and to update your information on the online community at http://community.wspriory.com/home/index.asp to make sure you get our monthly Priory E-news.
There are other opportunities for Alumni to reconnect with the school in addition to reunions. The Campus Minis- try is looking for two Alumni to give a chapel talk in the Spring. The talks are only 5-7 minutes and are a time for you to share something from the heart that connects
with 6th-12th graders. If you have any questions
or you are interested in doing a chapel talk,
please contact Molly Buccola, Campus Minister,
at mbuccola@prioryca.org or 650-851-6149. The
Dorm Community will also be hosting a Career
Night in the spring, and we are looking for Alum-
ni who would like to participate in this event.
Again, I was happy to see so many Alumni return to campus for the Reunion and hope that it will continue throughout the year. We always love it when Alumni visit, so please stay in touch!
Sincerely, Casey Wynn
Palo Alto Alumni Reception at Nola’s. Front and Center Father Mar- tin, First row from left are Tim Molak, Laura Timpe ’98, Allen Lorenz ’82, Jill Simon ’02, Patrick Sharp ’00; middle row from left are Erik Hansen ’88, Paul Titterton ’82, Steve Welch ’66, Larry Sullivan ’86, Alexandra DeMartini ’03, and Christian DeMartini ’00; back row are Mike Moorman ’93 and Bud McElroy ’83.