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- Athletics - Go Mighty Oaks!
Cross Country: Midland girls ran a great race at the league
finals on Wednesday, with Phoebe Stokes '12 placing 7th overall,
and eight out of nine girls setting personal records. Although Midland beat Dunn and
Thacher in the race, we lost our third-place standing in the league to Laguna in
a tie-breaker. Thanks to this tie, however, the Midland Girls' Cross Country
team has been awarded a vacated spot at the first round of Preliminary
State competitions. All nine Midland runners will be traveling to Mt. Sac on
November 14th. They will be the first Midland girls' team to compete
at this level, so congratulations to Heather Waldroup '10, Tammy Yang '10, Nessa Ryan '11, Kaya Lindsay '11,
Callie Bryan '12, Lily Brand '12, Chelsea Young '13, Renata Lozito '13,
and of course, top runner Phoebe Stokes!!!
The Boys' Cross Country team held off Cate in the league finals on
Wednesday to place 2nd overall for the season. This is the first time
that the boys have placed 2nd in the Condor league and they were led by
Evan Kidd's '11 personal best of 16:44 on the Dunn course. Evan placed
4th overall and had the best Midland time in at least the last ten
years. Seniors Beau Lino and Gus Dene placed 13th and 14th
respectively while Kevin Jung '11, Marcus Schmidt '12, and Charlie
Lehman '13 beat out Cate's fifth runner in the last mile to place 21st,
22nd and 23rd. The Boys have qualified for the State Prelims at Mt.
SAC for the fourth year in a row. Congratulations!!!
Girls' Volleyball: Congratulations to both JV and Varsity teams for winning their final games on Wednesday against Oak Grove.
Click here to see slide shows of Cross Country and Volleyball.
Soccer and Basketball season is here.
- Thanksgiving: Click here to see schedules for Thursday, Friday, and to see the Student Leave Policy.
- Marine Biology Class Trip: Sunday, Lise and Jeff Goddard took the class on a low tide trip to the
Ellwood boulder field. Lise reports, "It was a gorgeous, sunny afternoon tide, with
no fewer than 10 octopuses, several large crabs out in the open,
several red sea hares that readily inked, lush algae. One of our
little guys, Will, flipped a rock and found a rare nudibranch that Jeff
has never seen before, and that few on the coast have seen - Babakina
festiva. A great day." The students who went were sophomore Kendrick Holmes, and seniors Dominic Cala, Gus Dene, Beau Lino, William Johnston-Carter, Inochi Fukui, and Kyle Hong.
- Equestrians: On Sunday, riders Ruby Goldberg '11 and Meghan Brown '11 went on an overnight
horse camping trip led by Equestrian Director Martina Svennungsen.
This year the semi-annual horse trip changed the venue to Rancho Oso,
a historic guest ranch with camping facilities nestled in the gorgeous
mountains outside of Santa Barabara adjacent to thousands of acres of
Forest Service Land to explore. Riders had great weather, a brilliant
moon, and fabulous trail rides both Sunday and Monday.
- Summer Internship Presentation: On Thursday evening, William Johnston-Carter '10 gave a presentation about the internship in film-making he was awarded with this past summer.
- Halloween Festivities: For Halloween, students took part in pumpkin-carving, story-telling, costumes and a Halloween dance. See highlights.
- Student Video Contest: Admissions Quest is hosting a contest for the Best Student Video.
- Martin Huerta '11 will be performing in the musical "The Fantasticks" at the Grange
Hall in Los Olivos. Remaining performances are Nov. 6, 7 12, 13 and 14; all start at 8 PM.
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.
- 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.
- 350 Dinner: Bill McKibben's efforts to educate the world about the benefits of a
return to 350 parts per million carbon in the atmosphere (350 day
)...it is possible to change the tide if we all consider ways to cut
back on carbon emissions. Midland is a model. "350 Day" was over Fall Break (Saturday, Oct. 24) - Lise Goddard made a
little 350 sign and the Goddard family and a few other faculty members gathered at
the solar panels for a photo. That night the Farm and Garden faculty and spouses gathered at Ireland house to honor 350 Day with a dinner menu
of all ingredients from Midland or locally grown -- Midland beef, tomatoes, 3 varieties of lettuce, scallions,
zucchini, yellow squash, potatoes, onions, garlic, shallots, flowers
from Katie Isaacson's family ranch, home made bread, and dessert of Midland
3 melon salad.
- See photos of Midland's Los Angeles Gathering for Parents, Alumni and Friends last Friday, October 30th.
- Open House: Tomorrow, November 7, Midland is hosting an Open House for prospective families. Please spread the word to potential families!
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