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Greetings!
February News from Midland:
| San Francisco Gathering for Alumni/ae, Parents, and Friends |
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Over 60 people - Midland Alumni, Parents and
Friends - joined us on Friday, February 27 at
Il Fornaio for our San Francisco gathering!
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| Alumni/ae News |
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Megan McGrath '93 married Esron Gates
on December 27, 2008 (see photo above). Megan
is the winemaker for
Lucas and Lewellen
Vineyards in Solvang, CA.
Robert Pierret '99 is now married (as
of October 4, 2008). His wife is Justine
DeMayo, now Pierret, from San Rafael. Ira
Bowen '99 was his best man, with Geoff
Thornhill '99
and Cooper Brossy '99 standing up in front,
along with Vinnie, Justine's dog, as
ring-bearer. Various other Midlanders were
in the audience, in a redwood grove in the
Santa Cruz mountains. They're now living in
Petaluma and both are back in school.
Nick Christianson '99 is living in San
Francisco and announces the opening of his
new business, Urban Hardwoods, on
Friday, March 6, 2009, from 5:00pm - 8:00pm.
Patrick Kirby '69 is a Land Surveyor
working in San Juan County, WA, where he has
lived since 1986.
His partner is Gretchen Allison.
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| UCSB Environmental Studies Students Camp at Midland |
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On January 31st, 50 or so students and
faculty from UCSB's Environmental Studies
program visited Midland and camped overnight.
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| Thinking Beyond Borders |
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More than 20 Midland students went to Avila
Beach recently to hear about the "Thinking
Beyond Borders" (TBB) program.
Katie Cromack
'08 and Alexis Kidd '08 spoke via Skype from
South Africa about their current experiences
in the program.
TBB is a 35-week program to educate youth
about the economic, political, and cultural
realities of our world while empowering them
with the tools to create proactive social
change. TBB is a highly selective program
designed for 16 students who have graduated
high school and deferred their college
enrollment. The program consists of an
orientation followed by one month in each of
five Core Countries. Upon completion of the
program, Katie and Alexis will attend
Stanford and Earlham, respectively.
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Midland's Experiential Week |
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During the week of February 9-13, Midland
students participated in activities by
class. The purpose of this week each year is
that we take trips and do activities with
entire classes that supplement our curriculum
and our mission, with our students having
experiences in the field rather than the
classroom.
Freshmen went on local hikes, visited
the Sedgwick Reserve
and Point Sal, and
created artwork and projects on campus.
Sophomores installed a
3.5-kW photovoltaic array that ties into the
electricity meter at Stillman Hall (see photo
above). This
marked the 6th year in a row that Sophomore
classes helped install a solar
array on campus, a claim that is unique to
Midland School. Now, over 15% of
Midland's campus electricity needs (not
including faculty homes) are met with
solar power. The sophomores also toured the Morro
Bay Power Plant and Diablo Canyon's nuclear
power plant visitor center.
Juniors went to Mascota, Mexico for
two weeks, in an effort to further enrich our
language program and promote global
awareness, where they were immersed in the
culture, and each student lived with a
different host family and attended La
Preperatoria de Mascota School with their
"siblings." Mascota is a small town at the
base of the Sierra Madre, 225 miles from
Guadalajara and 60 miles from Puerto Vallarta.
Seniors had the opportunity to explore
a personalized learning experience in an area
of interest and to develop a sense of self
reliance beyond the Midland community. This
year, the topics included job shadowing a
reporter for Chattanooga Times Free Press,
physicians at Sansum Medical Clinic, post
production sound professional at Oregon Sound
Recording, working with non-profit
organizations Global Majority and
Orange County People for Animals, an Eagle
Scout project and a Midland property solo.
See photos from the week...
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