- Thanksgiving at Midland! Click here for the schedule. To see the schedule for Friday and the student leave policy for the weekend, click here. On Wednesday, November 23rd, students can go off campus with their parents after the 6:15 PM assembly, and return by 9:45 PM.
- Gathering for Current Parents: All current parents are invited to a Parent Gathering on Friday evening, November 25th from 6-9 PM. Click here to view the invitation.
- Junior Class Fundraiser: This Thanksgiving the Junior Class will be fundraising once again for our trip to Mascota, Mexico in April. We will be selling goods, such as sweatshirts, tee shirts, sweatpants, and hats as well as wreaths, for your holiday decorations, and ceramics made by Juniors, throughout Thanksgiving. Please come and support the Junior class! Happy Thanksgiving and thank you! -The Junior Class
- Project Healthy Neighbors: This year marked the third year in a row where Midland students and faculty members volunteered at Project Healthy Neighbors in Santa Barbara. Organized by Ken Williams, father of Shane Williams '12, the project provided hundreds of people outside the Casa Esperanza shelter in Santa Barbara with clothing, flu shots, tuberculosis screenings, drug and alcohol counseling and even dental care, and helped the homeless prepare for winter weather.
- Leather Belt Making: On Thursday, Celeste Carlisle, Gillian Kinnear '04 and Karen Readey along with freshmen Talei McCloud, Anthony Tamaribuchi, Emma Dreyfuss, Turner Schroth, Nayana Hummingbird, Jordan Swidenbank and Wallis Cooley went to saddle maker Juan Lara's shop in Santa Ynez and made leather belts with guidance from Juan and Alberto. A large sheet of leather was cut into strips, sponged with water and then buffed in preparation for working with it. The students then stamped designs onto their belts, oiled them, and polished them with a leather conditioner.
- Financial Aid: Click here for application directions for new and returning families interested in applying for financial aid for the 2012-2013 school year. The financial aid application deadline is February 15. The online financial aid application will be available starting January 1, 2012 at www.sss.nais.org/parents. The SSS School Code for Midland School is 5074. If you have any questions about the financial aid process, please contact Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Amy Graham.
- Dunn School Jazz Ensemble: On Wednesday, Leah Kaplan '13, Daniel Brownstein '13, Aku Nwakanma '15, and Ashley Johnson '13 accompanied Paul Gelles to see Dunn's Jazz ensemble. They played four songs from jazz greats such as Thelonius Monk, Wayne Shorter, and Dizzie Gillespie during a 40 minute performance. Everyone had a good time.
- Class of '96 Reunion: The Class of 1996 had their class reunion this past weekend at Midland. They camped on the grounds and visited the school.
- Holiday Break Travel December 17th to January 8th: Friday night before break is the Winter Banquet which is for students and faculty exclusively. Students being picked up by parents will be ready for pickup after 8:30 PM on Friday, December 16th. All students not being picked up by parents should plan to leave on Saturday Dec. 17th after 8:00 AM from Santa Barbara. There are no shuttles to Santa Barbara on Friday. Please send travel plans to your child's advisor.
- Athletics: See Midland's sports section online for a full schedule and updated photographs.
Cross Country: Last Saturday, the Boys Cross Country team represented Midland in the Southern Sectional Prelims at Mt. SAC. The team was placed into one of four heats based on its performance over the season. The boys had a great race, but they were just short of their goal of moving on to the Southern Section Finals. Overall they were in eighteenth place and needed to be in the top sixteen to advance. Leading the team was Charlie Lehman '13 with a time of 16:16 and a 12th place finish in his heat, followed by Peter King '12 (16:38), Juan Mesones '13 (17:04), Marcus Schmidt '12 (17:13), Dan Brownstein '13 (17:39), Emmet Yeazell '13 (17:49), and Miguel Provencio '13 (17:58). This was probably the fastest team representing Midland at Mt. SAC with all seven runners coming in under 18 minutes. Captains Peter King and Marcus Schmidt helped to make this one of the most unified and motivated teams as well. The boys had a great season taking 2nd in the Condor League and they should be very proud of their accomplishments this year.
Click here for 2011 Cross Country album online. Please contact Don Redl if you would like high-resolution copies.
Winter Sports Season began on Monday, November 12th. Click here to see the Team Schedules for Basketball and Soccer.
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