- Midland's Los Angeles Gathering for Parents, Alumni and Friends is tonight, October 30th. We look forward to seeing some of you there!
- Open House: On Saturday, November 7, Midland is hosting an Open House for
prospective families. Please spread the word to potential families!
- Midland Coffee: The
juniors are still taking orders for coffee as part of their Mascota fundraising effort. Each bag is 12 oz. with freshly
roasted whole bean fair trade coffee. $15 each. You can order now and
have great gifts for the holidays. Your coffee will be available for pick up at Thanksgiving. You can charge your order to your Midland account. For more information and to order, email Don Redl.
- On Sunday evening, Finn Riggins performed at Midland on Stillman Porch, complete with bonfire and good cheer.
- "The Fantasticks" is coming to the Valley Community Theatre.
Martin Huerta '11 will be performing in the musical, about two neighboring fathers who put up a wall between their
houses to ensure that their children fall in love because they know children
always do what their parents forbid," will have a two-week run at the Grange
Hall in Los Olivos starting Nov. 5.
The curtain rises at 8 p.m.
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights Nov. 5, 6 and 7 and Nov. 12, 13 and 14.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance at El Rancho Market, The
Bookloft and at SYV Coffee Company. A limited number of tickets will be
available at the door. For more information call
Carol Bridgeman at (805) 450-5725.
- Yuchen Zhao '10 wrote an article for the Passage Project that he was a part of over the summer. Read Yuchen's article.
- Midland's Library Advisory Board will be hosting an evening of scary story-telling during Tea Time tonight. The Library Advisory Board members are Librarian Susan Thompson (Advisor) and students Miranda Poett '10 (President), Meghan Brown '11, Savannah Bryant '12, Hyemin Lee '10, Nico Palleroni '10, Nessa Ryan '11, JT Hutt '11, Rachel Featherstone '11 and Kirby Kersels '13. They will also be serving "Ghoul punch."
- More Halloween Happenings include pumpkin carving on Thursday and a Halloween Dance this Saturday.
- Athletics:
Cross Country: Congrats to the Boys' Cross Country Team and Coach Don Redl - Midland's boys team was recently ranked 13th in the Southern Section of California for Division 5 schools! The team competed in a non-scoring league meet at
OVS on Wednesday. Some of the boys did not race in order to stay fresh
for the Santa Barbara County Championships today. Merlin Plumbley
'12 and Eliad Becker '11 had great races on what turned out to be a
very steep course. For the girls, Phoebe Stokes '12 came in third
overall and Tammy Yang '10 came in fourth overall. Both teams are
looking forward to the League Finals next Wednesday at Dunn.
Volleyball: Midland played Cate on Wednesday, and both teams lost but played really well. The next games are tomorrow at OVS.
The last day for Fall sports is Saturday, Nov 7th. Winter sports begin on Monday, Nov 9th.
- EarthWatch Fellowships: Learn more about the Earthwatch Institute's 2010 Student and Educator Fellowships.
- Students from Mascota:
As part of the cultural exchange program, our visitors from Mascota
were here October 16th-30th, and had a great visit. Midland juniors will go to Mascota in February.
- See photos of Miranda Poett '10 and Libang Shi '10 in the Los Olivos "Day in the Country" parade that was on Saturday, October 17.
- Thanksgiving at Midland!
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