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MLK Day Activities: On Tuesday,
January 20th, the entire school joined
together to watch the historic inauguration
of Barack Obama and to honor Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day, which was on the
previous day. Lise Goddard opened the day by
sharing an inspired poem, a pantoum, "The Politics of Hope."
Following President Obama's speech, we
listened to the wisdom of Babatunde Folayemi,
who also shared a video of the 30 human rights,
followed by lunch and an exercise led by
Silviano Valdez '09 and Andrew Hurley '09,
who attended a Student Diversity Leadership
Conference. Then each class met as a group
and answered questions which we will revisit
on next year's MLK day. See photos.
On Saturday, January 24th, Ben Munger '79,
Lise Goddard and Chris Rea will attend a
sustainability conference with 15 California
Schools at Cate School. Participants will
exchange ideas, best practices, concerns, and
start to develop networks to address
sustainability collaboratively.
Also on Saturday, January 24th, Ben Munger
'79, Lise Goddard (Stanford '92), Chris Rea,
Lynda Cummings (Stanford '87) and Sarah
Campbell will attend a Stanford Alumni event
in Los Angeles called "Leading Matters," to
hear Stanford professors give talks on a
number of issues including sustainability,
California schools, foreign and domestic
policy, brain research, race and inequality,
United States-China relations, and the
mounting water crisis in the American west.
Experiential Week:
During the week of February 9-13, Midland
students will participate in activities by
class.
Here's a list of the faculty contacts for
each class should you have any questions.
Freshmen: Ben Munger '79 for
camping questions or Ashleigh Rosa regarding
on-campus projects.
Sophomores contact: Lise Goddard.
Juniors go to Mascota, Mexico for two
weeks (and leave on January 30th). Contact: Jose Juan Ibarra
'87.
Seniors contact: Martina Svennungsen.
Also, a reminder to parents that travel
arrangements for seniors need to be scheduled
for Saturday, February 7th, after their last
school obligation.
Saturday, January 24th, marks the end of the
first semester this year at Midland.
Katharine O'Brien '05, 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.
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
Athletics:
Basketball: Midland beat OVS, 53-45,
with senior David Everding's best effort of
the year. He scored 19 points, and fellow
senior Andrew Hurley held OVS's top player to
just 11. Current record is 5-1.
Soccer: Varsity Boys lost on Saturday to
Thacher, 0-2, and on Wednesday to Cate, 0-2.
Varsity Girls beat Besant Hill on Saturday
and beat Oak Grove, 2-1, on Wednesday. JV
Boys tied Thacher's 3rd team, 1-1, on
Saturday, and beat Cate's 3rd team, 3-0, on
Wednesday. JV Girls lost to Orcutt on
Saturday.
Varsity Girls current record is 5-3. JV
Girls record is 0-2.
Varsity Boys record is 1-1-6. JV Boys record
is 4-1-1.
See Midland's sports section
online for a full schedule and photos.
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