10 • Call 1.800.348.4732 “IT TOOK US ALL DOWN” Colegio San José, a Marianist-sponsored school in San Juan, Puerto Rico, helps students regain a sense of normalcy after Hurricane Maria shattered their worlds. By Jan D. Dixon Before you turn on your faucet to fill a glass of water or flip the light switch in your kitchen. Before you retrieve more ice cubes from your freezer or pick up your phone to make a call. Please say a prayer for the people of Puerto Rico — all United States citizens — who were unable to do many of these simple things during the past six months. Some are still waiting. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the grounds of Colegio San José were strewn with fallen trees and much of the island was inaccessible. PHOTO: RICARDO ARDUENGO PHOTO: ANTONIO MARÍ