Page 4 - Priorities #61 2015-April/May

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
4L Dear Priory Community,
Looking Forward
The sound of progress and innovation is everywhere on campus! Our buildings in Benedictine Square have a roof, an elevator shaft, beauti- ful overhangs and some spacious areas for our community to gather. We are on schedule for a June unveiling. The building, the space, the new Saint Benedict statue and the solar panels create new learning spaces that meet the needs of every Priory student now and into the future. Mark your calendar for our official opening ceremony held on Friday, August 16 at 6 pm in the new square.
The other sounds you may have heard are the screaming fans that cheered our boys basketball team to their first ever CCS champion- ship. The win this year against Pinewood -50-47- goes down as one the Top 10 Priory athletic highlights of all time. Congratulations to the team, coaches, parents and students for their tremendous support.
Adding to our list of successes this year, the Priory earned a Gold Medal from the Department of Education and Environmental Pro- tection Agency’s ‘Green Ribbon Schools’ [GRS] Award. The school earned Gold level recognition based on its commitment to sustain- ability. Thiscommitmentincludestheschool’senergyandresource conservation programs, which includes solar electricity production, drought tolerant landscaping, and robust compost and recycling ef- forts. We will continue to educate our students and staff so that they will be “lifelong learners and stewards.”
Looking Back
From time to time I find myself picking up “Beginnings: The Found- ing of Woodside Priory” the book written by Father Egon about the long journey to find this location and begin a Catholic, Benedictine school in California. He started in New Jersey, which was his first stop when fleeing, Hungary. Father Egon was given the assignment of finding a home and so his travels began. He drove across the U.S. looking for a diocese and a location where his community could be- gin their ministry.