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Midland's Cross Country Team Featured in "The Mighty Oaks" article in the Santa Ynez Valley Journal
Click here to read the article.
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To ensure that you receive your entitled benefits when making gifts to Midland School this holiday season, you must complete your gifts by a certain date.
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Midland's Annual Scholarship Fund
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Midland Admissions
We encourage parents, grandparents, alumni/ae, and friends to continue to share their Midland story with friends, colleagues, and school administrators. Please direct interested individuals to contact Director of Admissions, Amy Graham, at admissions@midland-school.org.
Thank you for spreading the word about this amazing school!
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Greetings!
Welcome to the 2011-12 Midland School e-newsletter. Thank you for taking the time to read the Midland School Monthly E-news. 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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 | Highlights from Thanksgiving 2011 |
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Like every beautiful Thanksgiving Day at Midland, this year was no exception with perfect weather, a festive atmosphere, soccer games, entertainment and of course, an amazing feast. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to help make it a memorable day. |
| A Chapel Plaque to Honor Barry Schuyler '41
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Barry Schuyler '41 plaque
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Old history was brought to light and new history was recently made at Midland, with the hanging of a copper plaque this month to honor Barry Schuyler '41, the first plaque in over 50 years to be hung on the back wall of the Chapel.
Click here to read an article about the plaque and the history of previous plaques, written by Lise Goddard, Director of Environmental Programs.
* Does anyone have any memory of seeing the plaques for John Wilgress and Alexander Hemsley Wood on the Chapel wall, and if so, did you see them in the original Chapel or in the Chapel as it was rebuilt in the 1960s by Vic Bryant? Please reply to this email if you have any information about the 2 plaques. Thank you!
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| Midlanders Volunteer Third Straight Year for Project Healthy Neighbors
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Midland seniors Lily Brand, Alba DeCarlo, Savannah Cooley, Tevita Mafi, Kendrick Holmes, Becca Rantanen and Ellen Rafferty with Ken Williams at Project Healthy Neighbors
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For the third year in a row, Midland students and faculty members volunteered at Project Healthy Neighbors. 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.
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| Alumni/ae News |
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Erik Holtsmark '55 shared this photo of his "Midland Union" card he said was "bestowed on me by Vic Bryant when I was Assistant Carp enter in 10th grade, then I was Head Carpenter for the next 2 years...built a New Quad #2 (was razed after almost ½ century of service, also built an extension to Bill Bertka's house in '54 (previously home of Louise Chrimes since 1932), simultaneously I was a member of the San Diego Carpenter's Union local #1296 while working summers framing houses in the La Jolla area." Erik currently lives in Sweden.
David Levasheff '71 announced his retirement as of September 27, 2011. He shares, "I started my career in 1976 as an engineer at PBS station KEET in Eureka CA. Joined Burroughs Corp. in 1978 in the product evaluation department. Moved on to Ma-Com Corp. in 1981 for 9 months then on to Hughes Aircraft's Santa Barbara Research Center in 1982 as an instrumentation Software and Integration Engineer for Test and Process Control systems. After Raytheon purchased SBRC in 1998, I took a position at Calient Networks working on tests for MEMS Optical Switching systems in 2000. The Telcom bust of 2001-2 eventually forced me to returned to Raytheon in 2003. After 27 years at Raytheon...you will be able to find me avidly birding around Santa Barbara County, and traveling to all points far and wide. I have also volunteered to be the Webmaster of the Santa Barbara Audubon website, so you can also find me there at santabarbaraaudubon.org."
Matt Clegg '05 is playing bass in a band called "Groove Shoes." Music has become his passion. The band released a CD a few months ago, is getting lots of gigs along the Eastern seaboard, and making a name for itself. The music is a mix of Jazz/Soul/Funk/Groove/R&B/Hip-Hop.
Please send us your news!
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| In Memoriam |
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We are saddened to report that Kim Bush passed away on November 4, 2011. He was a faculty member at Midland from 1982-1985. Click here to read his obituary.
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Sincerely,
Your Friends at Midland School
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