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| Midland's Annual Alumni/ae, Parents and Friends Weekend is
April 30-May 1, 2011 | | |
Attention Alumni/ae!
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Please email photos from your Midland days for the
Midland Photo Archives on Midland's website
Email photos to Karen Readey | | |
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February is Love Your Library Month
Please support Midland's Library
Purchase books from the Midland Library Book Wish List |
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2011 Tax Law Changes: Are You Affected?
| With the new year comes the return of the estate tax. You may be wondering what this means for you? Find out here how this major change will figure into your plans and what other updates are taking place this year.
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Midland's Annual Scholarship Fund | 
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Funds Raised to Date
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| Greetings!
Thank you for taking the time to read the Midland School Monthly Newsletter. We hope you find that our communications with you help keep you connected to Midland. Please contact us at any time with comments, suggestions or questions.
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 | Midland Basketball Team Makes CIF Playoffs/Midland History!
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 | | Shane Williams '12 scores early in the game |
This year's basketball team has shown us skills and thrills! Making Midland history by earning a spot in a wild card game for the CIF playoffs, the Oaks also make it to the Southern Section quarterfinals for Division 6A.
In the wild card game, Midland beat Southwestern Academy (San Marino), 76-34, on Wednesday, February 16th.
Then, Midland came from behind to beat Lee Vining, 58-53, on Friday, February 18th. Midland overcame a rocky start as the Oaks were affected by the 7000 ft. elevation. Finally, the Oaks fell to the top seeded-team in the Division, Padre Pio Academy, 74-53, but not after putting up a valiant fight. The entire school went to support the team at Santa Ynez High School's gym. Faculty member Ian Cummings introduced the teams, and Ray Duncan '14 sang the National Anthem. It was a momentous occasion, filled with true Midland spirit. See highlights and photos. |
| Backpacking Trip for Midland 101 Students
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 | | Midland 101 students crossing one of many creeks |
Midland freshmen went on a backpacking-camping trip to the back part of Midland's property on the Manzana River with Derek Harwell '88. Other faculty members who joined for part of the trip were Hayley Anson, Cory Cramer, Ben Munger '79 and art instructors Johnny and Ashleigh Ninos. It was the first-ever backpacking trip for all but 2 students. The students learned interdisciplinary skills as they hiked, backpacked, camped, and made art in nature using stones, leaves, sticks and other "found" objects. The assignment was to create site-specific outdoor installations, using the work of Andy Goldsworthy as inspiration.
See more photos.
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| Santa Barbara Mayor Honors Midland Volunteers
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 | | Mayor Schneider thanks Hanqi Ran '14 |
On Monday, January 31, 2011, Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider honored and recognized Midland School students and faculty members who volunteered for Project Healthy Neighbors in Santa Barbara in November 2010. Project Healthy Neighbors is a mobile medical clinic that provides services to homeless and near-homeless individuals by offering a range of services in one place. For 3 days, Midland students walked participants through the stations and also handed out shoes donated by Soles 4 Souls.
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| The Latest on Midland's Farm/Garden, Horse Program and Environmental Program | |
Garden: This winter season's Garden Crew led by Ben Munger '79 and Katie Isaacson also included students Meghan Brown '11, Savannah Bryant '12, Becca Rantanen '12 and Selena Wrightson '13. In addition to extensive weeding, the crew moved fencing, planted lettuce, witnessed early blossoming of the almond trees, moved cattle and even did some pig-herding. Katie pruned the fruit trees this month, and the students in Midland 102 planted their own garden plots.
Horses: Kevin Jung '11, Meghan Brown '11, Ruby Goldberg '11 and Gabriela Rocco '14 were Midland's first "Foal Training Class" students. Local horse trainer, Rouven Krauer came to Midland to demonstrate some training techniques to the Foal Training class. New hitching posts were installed in February. Also, Midland received a rescue mule named Timmy, who has been a wonderful addition to the Midland herd. Environment: Every class participated in planting native valley oaks during the Saturday meeting periods this winter. Midland School is featured on the Green Schools Alliance website. At almost 2,000 member schools, the Green Schools Alliance is the largest national and global organization focused on sustainability in education. |
| Alumni/ae News
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Bill Dane '56 has his latest project, Bill Dane Distilled, on his website.
Bob Shafer '54 sends a link to a photo essay of a bike trip. He shares,"In about 1950, I took this bike trip over Figueroa to Cachuma Saddle on an old fat-tired bike, panned about 10 pounds of liquid mercury at the abandoned mercury mine, and pedaled back to Midland with my prize."
See Peter Coonradt's '64 video featuring Miranda Poett '10 and Lorri Hamilton Durbin '85.
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Sincerely, Your Friends at Midland School
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