Lunches were packed,
and everyone enjoyed perfect hiking weather,
and a BBQ dinner on the field.
On Monday evening, Midland Trustee Jonathan
Andrews '64 represented Midland at the Gifted
and Talented Resource Fair in Reno, NV. More
than one hundred families attended.
Live Music at Midland: On Tuesday,
March 31st,
Becca Towne '09 arranged to have Jared Mees and the Grown
Children perform at Midland.
Esteban Pinilla, a Colombian filmmaker, came
to Midland Tuesday night and showed his film
"Jazikidi," about the Colombian Amazon. The
film looks at the indigenous communities and
flora and fauna in different regions of the
rain forest, showing indigenous fishing
techniques and agriculture, as well as their
myths and social organization. Pink river
dolphins, parrots, tucans, monkeys, and other
animals are also seen. Esteban shared his
concerns about the fragile balance of the
rain forest with the 15 Midland students who
attended the film and his talk. He also
discussed how the Amazon possesses a huge
percentage of the planet's water and
generates much of the world's oxygen, and the
wide reaching consequences of environmental
destruction in the Amazon include the
possibility of increased hurricanes and
tornedos in the northern hemisphere.
Ninth Annual Mason Willrich '50
Lecture: On Sunday, April 12th, at 7:30
PM in the Library, Professor John Elder from
Middlebury College will give a lecture
entitled "Place-based Education: Making
Connections."
Three seniors from Chadwick School visited
Midland Thursday, as part of a tour of
California schools in which they showed a
student-made video about environmental
initiatives at Chadwick and engaged Midland
students in a dialogue about student
environmental initiatives at different high
schools.
For the third year in a row, the sophomore
chemistry class will have a booth at Santa
Barbara's Earth Day Festival on
Sunday,
April 19th to discuss and show demos on
different forms of renewable energy they have
studied at Midland.
Hands-On College Admissions Lesson: Tena
Kline, the college counselor at Dunn, and
Lynda Cummings collaborated on a Case
Studies event Tuesday, March 31st. Midland
juniors
read 6 real
college applications and made decisions on
who to admit, deny, and waitlist to a
fictional, competitive, small liberal arts
college. The event was moderated by
representatives from Northeastern University,
Whitman College, Claremont McKenna College,
George Washington University, Scripps
College, and Dominican University.
Derek Svennungsen visited the
Portland and Seattle areas. He had a
booth for Midland at the Seattle Green Festival.
Lacrosse:
In the Midland vs. Thacher games last
Saturday, Varsity Boys beat Thacher's JV
team 13-7, Girls tied 6-6, and JV Boys lost
7-6, but played a great game.
See the sports schedule and photos.
Alumni, Parents & Friends
Weekend will be April 25-26th - we
hope to see you!
Spring Break! Enjoy the warmer
weather, and we look forward to seeing
everyone back on campus after break.
*Reminder:
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.
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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