Page 8 - Priorities #19 2002-July

Conversation With
Liz Miranda
and
Taylor Eigsti
For most students, high school is a series of experiences that help clarify who they are, and who they aren’t. For a
small number, that question of identity is
at a very young age. A clear talent or consuming becomes a pathway through the teen years.
Priory has three students who fit, or nearly fit, this
v e r y answered p a s s i o n Woodside definition.
Taylor Eigsti, Class of 2002, can’t remember a time wasn’t his life. His standout talent for music was clear before elementary school, before he could read either words or pianist, he began performing publicly with highly regarded musicians such as David Benoit and Dave Brubeck when middle school, and he now heads a professional jazz trio, three CDs, and has a performing schedule more many adult professionals.’
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Elizabeth (Liz) Dellheim, also a graduating senior, began dancing in preschool because she was good at it and because she loved to perform. After sorting her way early through jazz, tap and theater dance, she fell in love with ballet, for which her petite size and classic style of movement is perfectly suited. By high school, she was training with the best Bay Area ballet schools and performing with the San Jose/ Cleveland, San Francisco and New York’s American Ballet Theater—the latter arguably the most highly regarded company of its type in the country.
Miranda Maas, who will be a senior in the fall, is a nationally ranked diver who as a child loved to swim but wasn’t especially fond of the board. Then she discovered the joy of winning competitions. She has participated in numerous competitions and is considered a serious contender for the US Olympic team. A back injury has added extra physical therapy and pain management to an already full training schedule. The injury has led her to consider for the first time the cost as well as the benefit of pursuing her passion.
For all three, a major part of a Priory education means being free to pursue their
For some students, a clear talent or consuming passion becomes a pathway through the teen years.
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