US Census Help: Many parents have been asking if they claim their children on the US Census when they are at Midland. The answer is that students at boarding schools are counted by the
school.
Hard Luck Camping Trip: On Saturday night, Hye-Min Lee '10, Kirby Kersels '13, Chelsea Young '13 and Peter Coonradt '64 joined Will and Marguerite Graham on an overnight hard luck camping trip. overnight hard luck camping trip. - Socratic Seminar: Last Thursday, World Studies students participated in a Socratic Seminar
which discussed the issue of "why geopolitics trumps genocide,"
specifically in reference to the major genocides of the 20th century and
the current situation in Sudan. The sophomores brought energy, thorough
knowledge, and compelling evidence to support their arguments. In
conclusion to the seminar, students proposed solutions to this issue to
help prevent future genocides from occurring. Well done, World Studies!
- Fox Hunt: On Saturday afternoon, Martina Svennungsen took student riders Miranda
Poett '10, Libang Shi '10, and Kevin Jung '11 fox hunting with the local
traditional hunt group, The Santa Ynez Valley Hounds.
The hunt proved to be very exciting for the students as the hounds
drove out a wild boar in the middle of the ride. To end the fabulous
afternoon, Midland students led the first field that follows the
huntswoman and her hounds over the hillsides of the land, an unexpected
privilege. After the four-hour ride, many group members complimented Midland's riders and their horses, and hoped that they could participate
in future outings.
- Support Midland's First Yearbook: This student led project will be hardcover,
printed on 30% PCW recycled paper, 80 pages, and created using InDesign
CS4. Please help support the yearbook by purchasing an advertisement
for your business that will be a part of the book. Ads/messages can be
business card
sized to full page sized; please view the advertising form for sizing
prices. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of time before the yearbook
is supposed to go off to printing, so please e-mail Mariah Chen '11 ASAP regarding any interest or questions. Mariah
would be happy to work with you; all you need to do is provide a
direction. Thanks for your consideration.
- Water Education Conference: This past week, Laurie Munger went to a conference put on by the Water Education Foundation, it was
their annual Executive Briefing held in Sacramento. Many stakeholders
in the Cailfornia water world attended: Bureau of Reclamation,
Department of Water Resources, agricultural and municipal water agencies
and districts, water policy advisors, lawyers for the Environmental
Defense Fund, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency,
the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior for California and
Nevada, etc. The topics of discussion included new legislation to
reduce the State's annual consumption of water by 20% by 2020, new
groundwater monitoring policies, making the Delta work for all concerned
(residents, agriculture, and urban users), the $11 billion bond issue
for water issues on the November ballot, urban conservation mandates,
and the state of the Colorado River water transfers between the Imperial
Valley Irrigation District and San Diego municipal users.
Ping Pong Tourney: On Sunday, March 21st, Midland faculty members Paul Gelles, Ian Cummings, Ben Munger '79, BG Kresse '68,
and faculty spouse and Ping Pong Czar John Nygren led a contingent of 18 Midland students to play Dunn at both the singles and
doubles level. The day was filled with intense play, good food, and a lot of
commingling with our Dunn counterparts, which made for a special event. While
Midland did not ultimately prevail, several individuals and
doubles teams did quite well. Indeed, while Midland may not
have an underground ping pong bunker, an expensive machine that spits
out balls at two per second, nor consider ping pong a full time sport as
does Dunn, the Midland players held their own!
- Alumni, Parents & Friends Weekend is April 24-25. See the schedule. If you'll be joining us, please remember to RSVP to Debbie Jones, and include the meals in which you'll partake.
- Athletics:
Lacrosse: Although both boys' teams lost to Cate, the girls beat Cate and Thacher this week!
See the sports schedule and updated sports photos.
- Travel Plans: All students' travel plans for Spring Break should be finalized. Please contact Jill Brady with your child's plans. The return trip information is needed as well. Please contact Jill within our normal business hours of 8 AM - 4 PM.
LAST MINUTE CHANGES IN RETURN TRAVEL PLANS: If your child's
return travel plans change on Saturday, April 10th, or Sunday, April 11th,
please note that the Office is closed on the weekend and no one will
receive messages left on the main phone line or in the office email.
You must call the lapmaster phone (805-284-8089) to leave an emergency
message on the weekend. If you need this number and do not have access
to this email, call the main Midland number and the recording will give
you the lapmaster phone number.
Reminder: All students must be back on campus before 6 PM on Sunday, April 11th.
- HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!
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