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1960-61
• The first class graduates with 9 students.
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1961-62
• First science lab is built.
• First dance is held on campus.
• Varsity soccer team wins the Peninsula Soccer League championship. The Priory fathers had brought soccer to the Bay Area. • First “Christmas Fantasies” fundraiser featured handmade ornaments and objects for sale.
• The current refectory (dining hall)
is built—the Priory’s first truly “architecturally designed” building.
1963-64
• Father Maurus arrives.
1964-65
• The second dormitory is built.
• The first of several Emerald Balls was held, signaling a change of major social fundraising events.
• Priory seeks and attains the maximum level of accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
1966-67
• Woodside Priory Foundation (WPF) formed.
1967-68
• Woodside Priory School’s 10th anniversary.
• Army barracks housing two temporary classrooms for ten years replaced with three new classrooms.
1968-69
Abbot Matthew Leavy of Saint Anselm enters the Priory as a novice to the priesthood in 1968.
1969-70
Woodside Priory School sponsors the Woodside Priory First Invitational Soccer Tournament.
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1982-83
• Father Christopher Senk becomes headmaster.
• Varsity swim team are the Bay Area Conference (BAC) champions.
1983-84
• The library is moved under the dining hall. The former library space is refurbished for use as an assembly hall and theater.
• First faculty housing units built behind the gym.
• Father Martin builds his first grandfather clock for the Auction.
1985-86
• Father Philip Valley becomes headmaster. • Administration Building, the ranch house, burns down.
1986-87
• Father Jude Gray returns as headmaster.
• First campus-wide technology installation made possible through a grant by the Weigand Foundation.
1987-88
• Woodside Priory School celebrates its 30th anniversary.
• Ground broken for Founders Hall.
1988-89
• Dr. Richard Gray becomes the first lay headmaster.
• Brother Edward Englund arrives.
• Tim Molak arrives as dean of students.
1991-92
• Priory becomes coeducational.
• Seniors win first Priory Spirit Week.
1992-93
• Brother Joachim Froelich becomes last headmaster from Saint Anselm.
1993-94
• The first “Blessing of the Pets” is held. • Sixth grade begins at the Priory.
1994-95
• Computer enhancement plan achieved through gift of William and Rosemary Hewlett.
• Priory joins the PSAL (Private Schools Athletic League).
1995-96
• Dr. Frank Cody becomes headmaster. • First coed class graduates at Woodside Priory.
60th ANNIVERSARY