this past
weekend! The seniors earned ice cream for
their enthusiastic dress and participation on
the dance floor. Thanks to all current
families who joined us!
All Students: Please contact Jill Brady ASAP
with your travel plans for Fall Break.
Interns Rob Hopkinson and Hayley Anson
attended the Clairbourn School Fair in
Pasadena on Tuesday and met many great
students interested in Midland.
Faculty members Jose Juan Ibarra '87 and Paul
Gelles took 5 students to the Chumash Pow Wow
on Sunday. The students were Andrew Hurley
'09, RossKellogg '09, Joey Hermosillo '09,
Becca Towne '09, David Everding '09, and
Marcus Schmidt '12. They watched the Grand
Entry of all the beautifully
dressed dancers in their regalia, ate Indian
tacos and fry bread and perused the different
booths. A good time was had by all.
Athletics:
Cross Country: On Wednesday, October
8th, Midland attended a Condor League meet at
Cate. Midland Boys took 2nd place. Sophomore
Evan Kidd had Midland's fastest time of 18:04
and an 8th place finish overall. Midland
beat Laguna again because of its strong pack
of seven runners placing 8th, 10th, 11th,
12th, 13th, 14th and 16th overall. Peter
King had our top freshman time this year,
19:20, which is also our second best freshman
time in at least four years.
Midland Girls was missing one of its top
runners to injury, but the girls did well
individually. Sophomore Rose Yates ran in
25:09 and was 14th place overall. Captains
Blaze Elation '09 and Jessica Plumbley '09
both edged out runners in the last 100
meters. Freshman Phoebe Stokes, who joined
the team on Wednesday, participated in her
first practice by bravely racing at Cate!
Our next meet will be a dual meet against
Dunn on October 29th.
Volleyball: The Varsity and JV Girls won
their matches against Oak Grove on Saturday,
and Varsity also won the match against Dunn's
JV on Wednesday. Varsity's record is 4-0,
JV's record is 2-0.
See Midland's sports section
online for a full schedule and updated
photographs.
Vistors from the Trust for Pubic Land, Santa
Barbara Land Trust, and the Wildlife
Conservation Board toured Midland School's
property on Wednesday, October 8th with Ranch
Manager Ben Munger '79.
Interns Rob Hopkinson and Hayley Anson will
be going to the Mayfield School Fair in
Pasadena on Tuesday the 14th , and Derek
Svennungsen will be in Corona del Mar
Thursday the 16th for the Harbor Day School
Fair. Please let friends in these areas know
that they can stop by to meet us!
On Wednesday, October 8th, Head of School
announced that Jessica Plumbley and Colin
Weaver, both '09, were named as Commended
Students in
the National Merit Scholarship Program.
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