Woodside Priory School

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Woodside Priory School
Address
Woodside Priory School
302 Portola Road

Portola Valley
,
California
94028-7897

United States
Coordinates 37°22′32″N122°12′46″W / 37.37556°N 122.21278°W / 37.37556; -122.21278
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Type Private, day and boarding school
MottoOra Et Labora
(Prayer and Work)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic; Benedictine
Patron saint(s)Saint Benedict
Established1957;67 years ago (1957)
FounderFather Egon Javor, OSB
Oversight Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
Head of schoolPatrick Ruff
Faculty57.8 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 6-12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment375 [1]  (2020-21)
Student to teacher ratio6.7 [1]
Campus size51 acres (210,000 m2)
Campus typeRural/suburban
Color(s)Black and blue   
Athletics conferenceCCS - Central California Section
MascotPanthers
Team namePanthers
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges [2]
YearbookOmnibus
Tuition2020-21 school year
$51,250 (day)
$76,450 (boarding)
Affiliation Saint Anselm Abbey; Goffstown, NH
Website www.prioryca.org

Woodside Priory School (commonly known as The Priory) is an independent, co-educational, Benedictine Catholic, college-preparatory, day and boarding school in Portola Valley, California, United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco and is thirty minutes from San Francisco to the north and San Jose to the south.

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History

The 2008 graduation procession was led by Brother Edward Englund (1942-2014). Woodside Priory School graduation procession 2008.jpg
The 2008 graduation procession was led by Brother Edward Englund (1942–2014).

The Priory was founded in 1957 by a group of seven Hungarian Benedictine Monks from Saint Martin's Archabbey in Pannonhalma, Hungary. In 1974, the monks affiliated with Saint Anselm Abbey in Goffstown, New Hampshire. [3]

The school began on an 18-acre (73,000 m2) ranch and over the years has expanded significantly to the point that the campus now encompasses some 50 acres (200,000 m2). Originally the school was made up entirely of male boarders, but over the years the ratio of boarders to day students changed, and today the boarding school accounts for a smaller percentage of the upper school student body. In the early 1990s, the school began admitting females to the day program; the first coed senior class graduated in 1995. There have been female boarders since 2004.[ citation needed ]

The Priory was granted a seven-year accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Catholic Education Association in June, 2019.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

The Priory offers football, cross country, volleyball, tennis, water polo, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, swimming, track and field, and baseball. [4] In 2000, the girls' volleyball team won the state championship for Division V. The school competes in Central Coast Section (CCS) post-season competition.

The Priory basketball gym was prominently featured in Stephen Curry: Underrated a documentary about Stephen Curry. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL". Private School Universe Survey. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2019.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools" . Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  3. ↑ Javor, Egon (2007). Beginnings : the founding of Woodside Priory. Internet Archive. Portola Valley, CA : Woodside Priory School. ISBN   978-0-9790849-1-1.
  4. ↑ Vogel, Susan (1998). Private high schools of the San Francisco Bay Area. Internet Archive. San Francisco: Pince-Nez Press. p. 224. ISBN   978-0-9648757-7-7.
  5. ↑ Wind, Harrison (2021-10-04). "Inside Michael Porter Jr. and Steph Curry's summer workouts and Porter's burning desire to get better". thednvr.com. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
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