- Elective Courses: Returning students will sign up for 2011-12 classes on May 16th. Note: Effective starting with this year's juniors, the social studies requirement is changing from 2.5 to 3 credits. This is in accordance with college requirements, reflecting the desired 3 credits in social studies. This will allow four year students to take 0.5 credit in 9th grade year as Midland 101, and 1 credit each for World History and American History. The extra 0.5 credit can be chosen from the social studies elective list (Economics, Cultural Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Water in the West, etc).
- Junior Leadership: The juniors have been getting ready to lead the school next year. Following an overnight camping trip, they completed a day and a half of Leadership workshops. They also planned this weekend's activities for Junior Dance Weekend.
- Senior Theses: The final senior thesis projects are on display in the Library and will be there until graduation. The seniors did an outstanding job!
- Transnational Fiesta: Twenty Years Later: Paul Gelles, Spanish Language Faculty member, will be filming a movie this summer, entitled Transnational Fiesta: Twenty Years Later. This is a sequel to an documentary film he co-produced with a Peruvian visual anthropologist twenty years ago.To see a trailer from the first film and to find out more information on the current project, check out the film's website at www.transnationalfiesta.com.
- Spring Board Meeting: This weekend, Midland's Board of Trustees will be on campus for the Spring Board Meeting.
- Spanish Class Banquets: Spanish III students select a Spanish-speaking country and do extensive research on the country throughout the year. This research project ends with a culmination of a detailed historical and cultural written report, an oral presentation in class and then students prepare a dish representative of their country. Each student prepares a dish, writes a full description about it and shares in class resulting in a colorful and tasty banquet. This year the following countries were represented: Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Espana, Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay.
- Book Talk: On Wednesday, faculty members Lise Goddard and Derek Harwell '88 took four Midland students, Weiler Shafer '13, Shayla Gordon '12, Miguel Provencio '13 and Sunny Pang '14, to Chaucer's Bookstore in Santa Barbara to listen to Diane Wilson talk about her new book, Diary of an Eco-Outlaw: An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth. The Midland students were very interested in what Diane has been doing as an activist in Texas. Miguel share, "Diane, who comes from a long line of shrimp fishermen, had a lot to say about the pollution of her bay, she watched the fish and marine mammals die right in front of her due to the many industrial oil plants which line the bay. What we enjoyed hearing is what she tried to do about it. On several occasions she chained herself as a protest against the industrial companies and spent time monkey-wrenching their plans to detonate charges in the bay. Diane gave up her home, her job, and her husband because she felt so compelled to fight for this cause." Each Midland student had something to share with Diane and she was very impressed with Midland's ethics. Diane was pleased to hear that Midland students practice renewable ethics in everyday life because they are skillful traits that are important in the future.
- Learning the Language of the Horse - Monty Roberts Visits Midland: Famous local horseman Monty Roberts has ridden horses since the age of 2, and began working with difficult horses at the age of 14. Monty travels the world, lecturing and demonstrating the techniques he's honed for some seventy years. On Thursday, he arrived at Midland to give a lesson to nine lucky students. Gillan Beery-Beesley '12, Becca Rantanen '12, Gabriella Rocco '14, Phoebe Stokes '12, Sunny Pang '14, India Salter '14, Meghan Brown '11, Anna Moiseyeva '13, and Emma Lichtwardt '13 were on the receiving end of a challenging set of exercises in the arena.Monty Roberts and his dedicated staff will host an American Competitive Trail Horse Association ride at Midland on June 4th.
- Family School Visit: Today, the Family School Purple Door students (4th and 5th graders) along with their teachers and parents joined us for "Make Your Own Pizzas" in the garden, with help from the Spring Garden Crew.
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Reminder: End of Year Packing: Midland students may leave large items over the summer: chair, bureau, lamp, bike, etc. Footlockers that are secure may be left with books and school supplies. Students must take home all clothing, bedding and towels. These soft items are prime real estate for mouse nests and will be shredded by September if left behind. All items left over summer are packed tightly in a cabin and locked until school resumes.
- Athletics:
Lacrosse - The Boys' final game is tomorrow vs. OVS at home at 3:30 PM.
See Midland's sports section online for the Lacrosse schedules and updated photographs. - Helpful Contact Information:
Upper Yard: 805-688-6075 (Boys)
Lower Yard: 805-686-1847 and 805-688-7435 (Girls)
Lapmaster Phone: 805-284-8089
All faculty email addresses are:first initial of first name followed by last name @midland-school.org
Example: wlong@midland-school.org - TO REQUEST A PHOTO: If you would like the original digital file of any photo, please email Karen Readey.
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