- OCTOBER BREAK INFORMATION: Important reminders: Break begins Saturday morning, October 22nd at 8:00 AM. Reservations should depart Santa Barbara NO EARLIER than 8:00 AM. Break ends Sunday afternoon, October 30th. Students must be in attendance at the 6:00 PM Assembly before dinner. Arrival in Santa Barbara NO LATER than 4:00 PM is advised. Friday departure after the 6:00 PM Assembly is allowed only for students being picked up by parents.
- DMV ID Card: Please visit the DVM and get an official ID card for your child if you have not already done so. This is a Midland requirement for travel. Otherwise, your child's passport will need to be on file at Midland. Most commercial travel requires an official ID and Student ID cards have become useless and are often not acceptable since they are easy to fabricate by copying a logo off a website. The DMV ID solves this problem. Parents often think they will drive to Midland for every break, but practically speaking this is not the case. Students may travel home with friends, or family plans change which require students to take the train, bus or plane on occasion. Thank you for looking after this important requirement.
- Thanksgiving at Midland! Click here for the schedule. To see the schedule for Friday and the student leave policy for the weekend, click here.
- Midland Recognized as Model School: Midland was featured as a model school, and the finale to a plenary talk at the Bioneers Conference 2011 last Friday by Karen Brown, Creative Director of The Center for Ecoliteracy. If you haven't already seen the video clip, you can view it here.
- Fall Horses Update: Angry bees, field trips and horse management debates have kept the Fall horse program riders busy. Click here to read the update.
- Midland Fire Crew Featured: The Midland Fire Crew (Omavi Quadir '14, David Salehpour '14, Miguel Provencio '13, Miles Dakin '13, and Juan Mesones '13, with faculty members Ben Munger '79 and Cory Cramer) that volunteered in September to work on the Sierra National Forest clearing trails in the Ansel Adams Wilderness has been recognized in a feature article on the Forest Service website.
- Midland Admissions at Local School Fair: On Wednesday evening, Director of Admissions Amy Graham and Head of School Will Graham attended the Independent School Night held in Santa Barbara. They met and spoke with prospective families in the local area.
- Midlanders in a Parade: Last Saturday, several Midland horse riders and horses (and a mule) represented Midland in the Los Olivos Day in the Country Parade.
- Ian Cummings to Perform: Faculty member Ian Cummings will be performing the first two weekends in November in an evening of two original one acts by local writer Gerald DiPego.
- Athletics: See Midland's sports section online for a full schedule and updated photographs.
Girls' Volleyball: JV and Varsity had games against OVS on Saturday. JV lost the first game and was down 24-22 in the second, when Jessica Chen '15 came through with four consecutive excellent serves and Sylvia Nwakanma '15 spiked the ball on a crucial point. Midland ended up winning the game 26-24 and then one the tie breaker to take the match. Varsity also played well despite being down three players and prevailed 3-1 against OVS. On Wednesday, JV prevailed against Oak Grove, 2-0, and Varsity did too, 3-0.
Cross Country: The top runners for the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams ran at the VS Athletics Cal Poly Invitational last Saturday. Phoebe Stokes '12 led the girls team with a 21:31 three-mile time and a 6th place finish for the D5 runners. Lily Brand '12, Tenaya Storm '14, and Anna Moiseyeva '13 all broke their personal records as well. The girls team finished 8th out of 11 teams ranging from Division 1 Palo Alto High School with an enrollment of more than 2,640 students to Midland with an enrollment of 82. For the boys, Charlie Lehman '13 won the D5 race and Marcus Schmidt '12 finished 3rd in the D5 race with a personal record of 17:44. Emmet Yeazell '13, Miguel Provencio '13, Dan Brownstein '13, and Sean Cummings '15 all broke personal records as well. The boys team finished 11th out of 16 teams. Today and tomorrow, runners Charlie, Luke, Emmet, Miguel, Sean, Phoebe, Selena, and Lily are at the Mt. SAC Invitational. Click here for 2011 Cross Country album online. Thanks to Peter King '12 for contributing photos this week. Please contact Don Redl if you would like high-resolution copies. - HAVE A SAFE AND RELAXING BREAK!
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