In the photo above, Emma Munger '08 works on an alumni photo board. Emma spent countless hours putting together photo albums and has now updated class photo boards which can be viewed in the Commons Room. Thanks to Emma for her tireless effort and creativity; an archivist extraordinaire!

Nora Livingston '07 is living at the Point Reyes Bird Observatory's Palomarin Field Station in Bolinas, CA, where she's a Banding Intern. She takes measurements like wing chord, weight, feather molt and wear, and tries to age and sex the bird using species specific criteria. Nora says, "It is really fun and I get to spend all day, every day outside (weather permitting, of course!) When I am not banding, part of my job is just birding--counting birds and mapping where I hear them sing. It is amazing that I get paid to do it!"

Katharine O'Brien '01, after graduating from Midland, helped develop and worked in the writing room of ABC sitcom "Carpoolers" in Los Angeles for two years before returning to grad school. She's currently in Columbia University's graduate film program. "Doppelganger" is her first year film in the program. Summary: When a father pits his twin sons against each other while teaching them how to box, one son must decide how far he is willing to go to earn his father's approval."Doppelganger" is starting its rounds on the festival circuit and in addition to being accepted into the Santa Barbara Film Fest, it has also been accepted to Florida Film Festival, REEL Women International Film Festival, Omaha Film Festival, and First Glance Hollywood Film Festival. Congratulations Katharine!
For those in the local SB area who wish to see Katharine's film, the screening times are:
Shorts Program 5
Sunday January 25th 10:15 pm Metro 4 Theater IV
Tuesday January 27th 3:30 pm Victoria Hall

Rita Kirkpatrick '00, is living in West Hartford, CT, and posted some family photos online.

Joey Ryken '95 is currently living in London, England.

John Frost '86 created a Midland School Network on Ning.com.

Laura E. Eerkens '80 is now Laura E. Eerkens Munoz and lives in Austin, TX.

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Midland faculty member Lise Goddard delivered a brilliant poem (Pantoum) to the Midland community to open our MLK/Inauguration day.