Page 11 - Priorities #31 2005-July

Celebrates Its Success
Jesse compared his Priory experience to a journey on a grand sailing ship, and he got an extra round of applause when he thanked “the underwriters, our parents.” He confessed to some nervousness when
he “boarded this ship seven years ago with about
30 other passengers,” and again at freshman year contemplating a new infusion of unknown faces.
He thanked teachers who “taught us to ask questions. They didn’t care of they were dumb questions, they answered them anyway. They said ‘you can never be too safe on the ocean...you need answers to so many things.’” Teachers also taught the class of 2005 to listen and to treat each other well, Jesse said.
Speeches are available in full on the school Web site. Click on Activities, then on Graduation. Student honors and awards are listed on pages 12-16.
Yearbook co-editors Daniel Wenger and Lauren Frasch produced a great memento for their class, and they carried the project largely independently after their faculty advisor was forced to take an early medical leave.
Students in high spirits on their way to graduation are (from left),
Humphrey Yang, Ruben Lemmens, Bret Yerkovich and Fu-Yen Yang.
Brother Edward Englund and the traditional bagpipers led the faculty and class of 2005 to the outdoor graduation ceremony.
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