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Reminder to parents: Please send
travel plans for Spring Break to Jill Brady.
1. No departures leaving before
8:00AM on Saturday
2. All students must be back on
campus by 6:00PM Sunday, April 12th
*4:30PM is the latest arrival
time in Santa Barbara to make this deadline
3. Students being picked up by
parents may leave Friday night AFTER the
6:00PM Assembly
4. Students traveling by plane,
train etc. may NOT leave until the official
start of break on Saturday at 8:00AM
5. If you are driving to Midland to
pick students up, Jill still needs to hear
from you to confirm that a shuttle space will
not be needed for your child
6. Thursday, April 2nd is the last
date to have a child added to a Santa Barbara
shuttle. If you have not informed the office
of your child's travel plans by Thursday,
April 2nd, please be prepared to pick him/her
up from campus on Saturday, April 4th.
Thank you for finalizing the travel plans in
a timely manner.
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
is seeking nominations for its 2009 awards.
The Barron Prize honors young people ages
8-18 who have made a positive difference for
people and planet. Ten winners each receive
$2,500 to support their service work or
higher education, and the nomination deadline
is April 30th. For more information and to
nominate, visit http://www.barronprize.org/.
Midland's Ceramics classes hosted
visiting artist, Mike McNutt, on Tuesday
March 24th. Mike conducted a Raku workshop.
Raku firing is a method in which pots are
fired to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, removed
from the kiln while red hot, put into a metal
can of newspaper and then plunged into water.
The pots come out with very vivid metallic
looking luster. Check the website soon for
photos!
Hands-On College Admissions Lesson: Tena
Kline, the college counselor at Dunn, and
Lynda Cummings are collaborating on a Case
Studies
evening event next Tuesday, March 31st from
6:30-9:30PM. Students will read 6 real
college applications and make decisions on
who to admit, deny, and waitlist to a
fictional, competitive, small liberal arts
college. The event will be moderated by
representatives from Northeastern University,
Whitman College, Claremont McKenna College,
George Washington University, Scripps
College, and Dominican University. All
Midland juniors will attend, and interested
sophomores are also encouraged to participate.
Derek Svennungsen is on the road in the
Portland and Seattle areas. He will have a
booth for Midland at the Seattle Green Festival
this Saturday and Sunday.
Lacrosse:
Midland's Varsity Boys beat
OVS last Saturday, and Girls lost to Dunn.
Updates:
Boys' JV team has a game tomorrow, Saturday,
March
28th at 2:00PM at Midland against Thacher.
Boys' Varsity game will follow. Girls have a
new start time of 3:00PM tomorrow at Thacher.
*Note: Due to the shortage of officials, the
girls' games may have different start times
than listed. We will do our best to keep you
updated.
See the sports schedule and photos.
Parents: We need your input on a few
questions for our self-study in our
accreditation process.
Criterion - The school leadership employs
strategies to inform parents, other school
constituencies and the wider community about,
and to involve them in, the life of the school.
Standards - 1) The school effectively informs
and enlists the support, interest and loyalty
of its families, and there is evidence of
constructive parental involvement in the life
of the school; 2) There are established,
effective means of communication between home
and school, and parents make good use of
them; 3) The school's involvement in the
wider community and its use of community
resources is consistent with its mission and
philosophy.
Question 1: Evaluate and describe the
school's community information program. How
are parents and others regularly informed
about the school's programs, needs, plans for
change, and special events and activities?
Are the school's expectations of parents
clear; how are they communicated? How is
information provided about larger issues
pertaining generally to education, child
development, cognitive growth, discipline,
etc.? How does the school communicate with
the non-custodial parent?
Question 2: Evaluate the strengths of the
present program in providing information to
the school's constituencies and involving
them in the life of the school. Describe
ways in which communication could be improved
and community interest and loyalty might be
more effectively engaged.
Question 3: What steps has the school
taken
to describe itself, its purposes and
objectives to the surrounding neighborhood
and the local community? How effectively has
this been done?
To respond to any or all questions, please
either reply to this
email, or send an email to Karen Readey.
Thank you!
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