Page 2 - Priorities #22 2003-April

Woodside Priory School
A Learning Community for the New Century
In This Issue
In biblical times, “talents” meant money. During the Lenten season, Priory students are using their actual talents to raise funds for renovating a home in East Palo Alto. This and more about the spring season in From the Headmaster, page 3.
Winter at a Glance, Page 4-5
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
Mr. Peter Campagna Mrs. Liz Cirino
Mr. Wayne Davison
Mr. Al Ebneter
Mrs. Anne Hannigan
Mrs. Dotty Hayes
Father Pius Horvath
Mr. George Huertas
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mrs. Virginia Kavanaugh Mr. Robert Klein
Mr. Steven Krausz
Mrs. Mary Lemuth
Mrs. Janiece Bacon Oblak Mr. Bill Roberts
Mr. Ray Rothrock
Mr. Andy Schilling
Mr. Bob Simon
Mr. Bob Ward
Mrs. Donna Wengert-Neff Dr. Stuart Young
Priorities magazine is published in October, January, April and July by Woodside Priory School for its alumni, parents, students, neighbors and friends. Contact the Communications Office at 650-851-6193 or the school at 650-851-8221.
Editor: Carolyn Dobervich
Design: Jim Kirkland, Copperline Multimedia Photos: Jim Kirkland, Father Martin Mager, Carolyn Dobervich.
Cover: Johnny Rockets in Redwood City is the hep-cat setting for our time travelers . They are Ellie Gold and Greg Pfau at the fountain, Julia and Lauren Duncan with Lauren Frasch at the table and Father Marus polishing glasses. Story on page six.
Chapel Services
Masses at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday
9:30 a.m. Sunday
11:00 a.m. Sunday Hungarian service
8 p.m. third Friday (Taize) ecumenical service
More than 30 talented young musicians performed at the Priory’s Cookies ‘n Classics music recital . . . Blood donors provided Stanford Blood Bank with more than 66 components for individual transfusions . . . Seniors learned to work their way through a complex, university-level research library . . . And two exceptional seniors took over Director Tom Carter’s job for the winter drama production. This and more in Winter at a Glance, pages 4-5.
Auction!, Page 6-7
Experience Woodside Priory circa 1957 at the spectacular auction and dinner dance set for May 3. See Priory history from that first year forward, taste the food and hear the music of that simpler time, and have the time of your life helping the school raise funds. Previews of especially tempting auction items and the evening’s events are on pages 6-7.
Although there are several interpretations of the crosier and its origins, it is clearly a symbol of office whereby a Bishop leads his community as a shepherd might lead his flock. Father Martin has made several, most recently one presented to San Francisco’s newly appointed Bishop Wang. Photos and details are in Benedictine Letter, pages 8-9.
Bihop Wang visits, Page 8-9
Middle School—can there be a more confusing time of life? Perhaps it seems so because the range of “normal development” is never wider than at grades 6-8. Priory faculty have asked for special training in “differentiated learning,” which is one way to make the most of these exciting, challenging years in the classroom. Conversation With Shawna Trujillo and Mitch Neuger, pages 10-13.
The Golden Jubilee Campaign is on target, thanks to these donors. Their names and a progress report on the Maas Family Commons, Chapel renovation, and Performing Arts Center campaign are on pages 14-15.
Middle School, Page 10-13