Midland's Seventh Annual Round-Up: This weekend is our annual gathering for current families. We look forward to seeing many of you on campus! See the schedule.
Message from the Junior Class: This year the current Midland junior class, class of 2013, is fundraising for the annual trip to Mascota, Mexico, and the annual "Junior Dance Weekend." This Round-Up weekend the juniors will be selling sweatshirts, shirts, blankets, sweatpants, assortments of delicious treats, and will also be taking family photographs for a small donation. Your support for the junior class is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
First Guest Speaker of the Year: On Sunday evening, Midland's friend and neighbor, Betty Seaman - loved and widely renowned for her expertise, creativity, and teaching of natural building - gave an excellent talk on natural building using hand-sculpted earth. Students enjoyed her photographs, listened attentively, and asked Betty lots of questions about cob building techniques. Betty has a way of inspiring everyone she meets when she shares her stories and images.
Marine Biology Trip: Midland's marine biology class had a great low tide field trip to Kashtayit Marine Conservation Area on the Gaviota Coast on Tuesday afternoon. The site, on the road out to Hollister Ranch, is a rocky shelf rich in anemones, mussels, barnacles, sea stars, and algae. Sunny skies and careful observations of our coast's marine invertebrates made for a great afternoon.
Conservation Easement Sign: The sign acknowledging Midland's Conservation Easement (finalized in 2009) has been installed on Midland's property.
Horses Update: Fall season is up and running and after the long summer break the horses have been very eager to work with their students. We have a very devoted group of student riders this season; despite varying temperatures and swarms of not-so-happy bees these seven riders have been there working with their horses weekly! The students are learning the basics of horse communication as well as are practicing their bareback riding skills! They have even had a day where they learned the 7 Pat Parelli Games.
Classrooms in September: Click here to see photos of Ceramics and Chemistry classes this week.
Class Presidents elected by their classmates for the semester are:
Freshman - Miles Crawford
Sophomore - Madison Mayhew
Junior - Micah Kalem
Senior - Lily Brand
Miguel Provencio was elected as the junior at-large representative to the Student-Faculty Council and will serve with the class presidents and the school prefects.
What Do Students Do on Half Holiday?During their free time, students can be seen out on the property exploring, practicing an instrument, cleaning, reading, catching up with friends and playing games at faculty houses.
Midland 102 Explores the Garden: This week, Midland 102 students walked through Midland's 8-acre organic garden and were asked to observe and record sights, sounds and smells (and tastes!).
College Visit from Former Midlander: Tamina Mencina, a representative from Pomona College, visited Midland this week. Tamina lived at Midland as a child when her father taught French here.
International Students and Families: Please contact Jill Brady with your U.S. contact (guardian) or consultant contact information, as well as your travel plans for the Fall Break (October 22 - 30). Thank you!
Athletics:See Midland's sports section online for a full schedule and updated photographs. Girls' Volleyball: Congratulations to the volleyball teams on a great week! On Saturday, Midland's JV beat Besant Hill in two games and Varsity won 3-1. On Wednesday against Ojai Valley School (OVS), JV won in 2 games and Varsity won in 3 games. Click here to see photos of the matches against OVS. Cross Country: Midland's Cross Country teams competed in the 4th annual Santa Ynez Valley Meet against Santa Ynez High School and Dunn. This was the first meet of the season and it serves as a warm-up to the Condor League meets starting next Wednesday. Click here for photos and a summary from Coach Don Redl.
Helpful Contact Information:
Upper Yard: 805-688-6075 (Boys) Lower Yard: 686-1847 and 805-688-7435 (Girls) All student and faculty email addresses are: first initial of first name followed by last name @midland-school.org Example: jbrady@midland-school.org
