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Junior Class Fundraising: At this weekend's Round-Up, the junior class will be selling various goodies and will hold a raffle to help raise funds for their trip to Mascota this year. Cash, checks and credit cards (only if you have one on file at school) will be accepted. Thank you in advance for your support!
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Mr. Graham's Trip to Mascota, Mexico: Mr. Graham traveled to Mascota, Mexico last week (late September) with his daughter Kate and Jose Juan Ibarra '87, Chair of the Language Department. For the past eight years, Jose Juan has taken the junior class to Mascota for a cultural exchange program during Midland's "Experiential Week." Click here to read Mr. Graham's letter to parents of juniors.
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UCSB Talk: On Thursday September 30, all English 9 and Marine Biology students attended a talk at UCSB by author Gretel Ehrlich on her new book In the Empire of Ice. This talk supports Cory Cramer's exploration of sense of place writing with his freshmen and Marine Biology's study of climate change. From the UCSB Arts and Lectures website: " For a National Geographic-supported expedition, writer and Santa Barbara native Gretel Ehrlich, winner of the 2010 Henry David Thoreau Prize for nature writing, circumnavigated the Arctic Circle to document the indigenous cultures inhabiting its starkly beautiful landscapes, as advancing climate change threatens traditional ways of life. In her new book, In the Empire of Ice, and in this illustrated presentation, she tells the story of her journey to explore the 'ecology of culture' that is so intricately interwoven with land, rock, river, sea, and ice."
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Private Music Lessons: See information about private music lessons at Midland.
- Water Quality: Midland Chemistry students began their study of water quality in the local Alamo Pintado creek. On Thursday September 30, Lise Goddard and Anthony Harvey took the students to two downstream sites in Los Olivos and Solvang where they field tested the water with LaMotte field test kits. Next weekend, they'll sample the water at an upstream site on Midland's property and enjoy an overnight camping trip.
- Tango the Horse at Assembly: Celeste Carlisle, Director of Midland's Equestrian Program, and Assistant Director Gillian Kinnear '04 demonstrated at a recent assembly - with the help of Tango - how to properly approach a horse.
- Would You Like to be a Host Family? We are seeking families of juniors and seniors to host students from Mascota, Mexico in October. See the letter from Jose Juan Ibarra '87.
- Two Generations of Midlanders Hiked Grass Mountain: Senior Rachel Featherstone and her family hiked Grass Mountain this past summer. Her father, Steve, is Class of 1978.
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