Winter at a Glance

High Spirits Precede Academic Crunch

High jinks took over the campus as each class tried to outdo the other in bright decorations and silly break activities, such as the seniors’ pretend beach— complete with sand and volleyball—on Red Square. The relaxation seems to work—most students have a 3.0 or better grade point average. Almost one-third of the senior class earned National Merit scholarship recognition, and 38 percent of Priory students who took AP tests last year earned AP Scholar recognition. Three were National AP Scholars, the highest honor.

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Will Trade Hair For 15,000 Cans Of Food

When the Priory community hit its goal of 10,000 cans for Second Harvest Food Bank, math teacher Steve Marsheck lifted the target by offering to let a student shave his head if the total hit 15,000 cans. It did, and senior Peter Giovannotto did the honors in front of the whole school. Further tantalized by offers of free dress, a day off, and a can-forcan match, the community raised almost 25,000 cans or the cash equivalent for the holidays. That is roughly 58 cans or dollars per person.

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Grandparents, Grandkids Study Together

More than 150 of these special guests also attended chapel and had lunch at Grandparents Day in November. Senior Julia Duncan reminisced for all of the students about the many little things grandparents do that kids love them for. The young lady pictured here, who appears to be studying the ceiling in math class, is actually helping to amuse the visiting elders by balancing a pencil under her nose.

Students Shine at Latino Indigenous Festival

The festivities began in midNovember with visiting Peruvian musicians, student dancing and cultural displays in Red Square. It continued with two weeks of Latino awareness in the daily bulletins. The grand finale, in the Assembly Hall, included dance, bilingual presentations, and great Latino food prepared mostly by parents. The modern foreign languages faculty and students proved again that you don’t have to be born Latino to love the cultures.

Thespians Leap From Shakespeare to Sondheim

A line of ghostly kings, from the left Raffi Soafer, David Nimer and David Calbert, appear to Macbeth in a witches’ cave and bring a shiver of mortality. The Shakespeare classic played in the Priory Assembly Hall on Nov. 18-20. Student actors used language and articulation exercises to master the play’s 400-year-old language, and imaginative exercises to bring life to the supernatural aspects of the play, said John Sugden, director. The authentic-looking weaponry was hand made by WPS’s metalsmithing students. The Priory’s first Broadway musical, Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” is already in rehearsal and will open on March 3, 2005, in the Assembly Hall.

Seventy-five tastes so good! Father Pius celebrated his milestone birthday on January 3 with the school community at morning chapel, and shared coffee cake with friends in Founders Hall.

Class Hosts Special Olympics for Second Year

Every year, each class takes on an all-day service project, and their experiences range from saving beach environment to sorting and packing school supplies for students that need them to hosting a Special Olympics, as pictured above. 5