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Kenan Alpay, class of 2000 – graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in international business marketing and Japanese (not a triple major, just one major with two emphases, he says.) He spent a year in Tokyo and is approaching business fluency in Japanese. At the present time he is living in Pacifica and looking for work in a company that is dealing or will deal with companies in Japan on a regular basis.
Amanda Davison, class of 2000—is working part-time on the faculty of the Priory Performing Arts Depart- ment, as Assistant Conductor for the Middle School orchestra. She also works part time as a law clerk for a firm in San Jose, and will begin an MA degree program in European History at Purdue University in the fall. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. program after completing the MA, she says.
James Cirino, class of 2000 – completed an airport operations/administration internship at the Daytona Beach Int’l Airport in the fall of 2005. He graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Business Administration on December 17, 2005. He was accepted into the MBA program at Embry-Riddle in December 2005 and is currently a full time student He also works full time as an academic advisor for the university.
Emily Kirkland, class of 2001 – is now working as the Community Outreach Coordinator in the Community Relations Department at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and volunteering as a Research Assistant at the Children’s Health Council.
Taylor Eigsti, class of 2002 –His new CD “Lucky To Be Me” (Concord Records) was released in mid-March and is available online, at record stores—and at Starbucks! After a busy March, with performances at the Berkshire Music Festival, in Germany, and Princeton University, he just was confirmed for a performance on May 13 with singer Ernestine Anderson at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He will be at Herbst Theater in San Francisco with his combo on April 8.
Cassie Perret, class of 2002, went on from the college stardom in volleyball described in the last issue, to being named First Team All American in December—a first for the Priory as well as the player!
Josh Rado, class of 2002 – is excited about his new job with Ducati North America (Ducati Motorcycles’ North American headquarters.) Armed with Business Management training, he works in aftersales customer relations management.
Jayna Sutherland, class of 2002 – is in the middle of a four-month study program in Rome, Italy. She has traveled all over Italy and Egypt, and during the summer will travel to Romania, Greece, and Paris. She is studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she is a European History and American History major with a Politics minor.
Michael Yost, class of 2003 – played Happy, brother of Biff and son of Willy Loman in a UC Davis production of “Death of a Salesman.” Camille, Mike’s mom and a member of the Priory Admissions staff, said that working with a guest director from the mid-Peninsula’s Theaterworks was a wonderful experience for Mike and the show was great.
Lori Teraoka, class of 2004 – made the Dean’s List at Loyola Marymount University last semester.
Elaine Haegle, class of 2005–spent spring break with eight cohorts in B’Ibirville, Miss. helping with the Huricane Katrina recovery effort. They joined other college students in tasks ranging from building houses and teaching children to working in fields. Volunteers cooked their own meals and slept overnight in a city park. The eight University of Washington honors students have been interviewed on local and national new.
Phil, Ray and BJ got together in Hong Kong, and Jayna is studying in Rome. Max is enjoying traveling with the airlines, and Elaine traveled to Mississippi to help with the Katrina rescue effort.
Bernadette Austin and Michael Bower, class of 1998, announced their engagement and are planning a September wedding. News to follow!
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