MIDLAND SCHOOL Midland News
September 2008

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September News from Midland:

in this issue
  • Opening Days at Midland
  • Midland Faculty Update
  • Alumni/ae Notes
  • Midland Reception in Los Angeles ~ Please Join Us!
  • Questions about estate planning? Planned giving? Your will?

  • Midland Faculty Update
    Chris Rea

    New on Midland's faculty this year are Humanities Instructor Sarah Campbell, Heath Director Donna Williams, Physics Instructor Chris Rea, and Interns Gillian Kinnear '04 (primarily Midland 101 and the Equestrian Program), Will Clark (primarily Music Club and academic assistance), Rob Hopkinson (Faculty Intern) and Hayley Anson (Admissions Intern).

    In the photo above, faculty member Chris Rea assists Ross Kellogg '09 and LiBang Shi '10 in class. Chris, a 2008 National Science Teachers Association's Fellow, was featured in the Santa Barbara News Press..


    Alumni/ae Notes
    Simon Sterling Sawyer

    Barron Sawyer '99 reports that Simon Sterling Sawyer (photo) was born on June 4, 2008.

    Katie Cromack '08, through Thinking Beyond Borders, (a 35-week program to educate youth about the economic, political, and cultural realities of our world) has been in the rural community Bua in Ecuador working on building ecological toilets for the school (toilets that produce usable compost after a year of adding drying materials like lime or ash to the waste).

    Alexis Kidd '08 is also participating in Thinking Beyond Borders. Follow Alexis and read her blog...

    Nora Livingston '07 was in Lee Vining, working as an intern for the Mono Lake Committee and reported, "I can't describe how amazing it is being welcomed so readily in this small Eastern Sierra community, it's like Midland all over again. Everyone I work with is great, interesting, enthusiastic, outdoorsy, the works. In the first few weeks of getting here I have hiked, camped, backpacked, ran, kayaked (down a rushing creek!), canoed, swam, danced, yoga-ed, slack-lined, and rock climbed."

    Tristan Brenner '06, during an orientation outing at Prescott College in AZ, captured, killed, skinned then served a rattlesnake for dinner.

    Megan McGrath '93 was featured in Coastal Woman.

    Jeremiah Clark '92, after traveling and studying English Lit and Fine Art at Cornell College, is now working and living in NYC as a graphic designer and does some painting and other fine art on the side.

    Jim Morris '61 enjoyed a visit to Midland in early September and met several of the class of 2009, looked at the chapel boards, checked out the Asagai spear that his great uncle Fred Burnham brought back from the Boer Wars, looked at the room he stayed in his senior year (it was brand new then). He reports, "I noticed a lot that was the same and some that changed."


    Midland Reception in Los Angeles ~ Please Join Us!

    Thursday, October 30, 2008
    6:00 - 8:00 PM

    The Home of
    Gloria Gerace and Tom Mone '72
    2259 South Canfield Avenue
    Los Angeles 90034

    Please RSVP to Debbie Jones:
    805-688-5114, ext. 18 or
    djones@midland-school.org


    Questions about estate planning? Planned giving? Your will?

    New This Month...

    4 Easy Steps to Designing a Charitable Gift Annuity
    When you make a gift to us, you not only help support our mission and future success, but you also receive certain benefits for your generosity. A charitable gift annuity (CGA) pays you and/or another person lifetime payments in exchange for your gift.

    Is Your Holiday List Growing? Create a Plan Now to Relieve the Stress of Last-Minute Decisions
    There are a lot of reasons to wait until the end of the year to make charitable giving decisions. By then, you most likely have a broad overview of your tax situation. But more than that, this time of the year spurs generosity and goodwill.

    Passing the Torch: Teaching Children to Care for Others
    It has been said that we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Nurturing a child's natural inclination toward helping others builds self-esteem, reinforces the joys of giving, and teaches the importance of community and fiscal responsibility.


    Opening Days at Midland
    Seniors and New Students

    Midland School opened this year with 92 students! New students arrived on Friday, September 5th, and classes began on Monday, September 8th.

    In this photo Midland seniors lead all new students in some "ice-breakers."

    See highlights from the week.

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    2008-09 Calendar

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    Midland's 2008-09 School Prefects: Frances King and Ross Kellogg

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