- Juniors Head to Mascota: On Saturday, the junior class heads to Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico for two weeks. The purpose of the trip is so that students have an authentic cultural immersion experience while at the same time fine tune their comprehension and speaking skills of the Spanish language.
- Experiential Week: This year, Experiential Week is March 31 - April 6, the week prior to Spring Break.
- LA Marathon: Last Sunday, David Salehpour '14 ran his first marathon by competing in the L.A. Marathon. Faculty member, Don Redl, ran with David as a pacer, helping David to maintain a pace that would meet his goal of finishing under four hours. David easily met his goal by finishing in 3:47:23. Don says, "David was really strong until the last five miles, and even then, he was able to maintain his goal pace despite the fatigue. He also had a tremendously strong finish in the last quarter mile. He bolted so fast that his parents were only able to get a picture of him from behind." The L.A. marathon had a good turnout and excellent weather this year. 18,856 runners finished the race. David came in 1,778th, and he finished 32nd out of 712 in his age group. Congratulations David!
- Outdoor Leadership and the Senior Cabin: Outdoor Leadership recently took a day trip followed by a hard luck trip to the senior cabin. The senior cabin (one of the old freshmen cabins was moved to the base of Grass Mountain by the class of 1996), has been in need of some TLC since a tree fell upon it earlier this winter. We made some basic repairs to shore up some broken rafters and patch significant holes in the roof. The cabin will need some more significant work in the next year, but the work of the Outdoor Leadership students will carry it through the rest of the winter.
- Snow Day: Midland awoke on Sunday to a wet campus from 2 inches of much needed rain and surrounded by snow covered peaks...March 18th, winter finally arrives. After work period, Ammaria Kjos '12, India Salter '14, Tenaya Storm '14, and Bandit the dog '14 went on a trip to the snow with faculty member Derek Harwell '88. Two days later we had temperatures in the 70s for the official first day of spring... March 20.
- Global Warming: Thinking it Through: On Sunday, April 15, 2012, Midland will host the Twelfth Annual Mason Willrich '50 Lecture on Global Environmental Issues. The speaker will be Dr. James L. Powell, who will give a lecture titled, "Global Warming: Thinking it Through." Click here to view Midland's list of guest speakers for the year.
- Earth Day: Midland will once again have a booth at The Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival on April 21 and 22. Several Midland students and faculty members will be at the booth to talk about Midland as well as energy and our solar installations. Midland's booth will be in the Campus Point section, booth #205, on the corner of Sola and Anacapa Streets. Come by and say hello if you plan on attending the festival.
- Sierra Club Summer Internship: The Sierra Club is now accepting applications for the Best Internship on Earth, an incredible opportunity to spend the summer exploring the great outdoors and documenting their journey for the Sierra Club and The North Face. Past interns have done everything from rafting the Trinity River in Northern California to rock climbing on the White House lawn. The intern will get a $2,000 gift certificate from The North Face to outfit them with all the gear they need for their summer of adventure.
- Athletics: See Midland's sports section online for a full schedule and updated photographs.
Lacrosse: With the score tied 6-6, and 3 minutes left to go, the Cate varsity boy's lacrosse team notched a transition goal, and then another at the one minute mark, as Midland pressed for the win but came up short in the 8-6 loss last Wednesday. Tevita Mafi '12 was once again outstanding in the goal. Kendrick Holmes '12 dominated face-offs; seniors Marcus Schmidt, Luke Carpenter, and Peter King each scored a goal, and juniors Charlie Lehman, Emmet Yeazell and Micah Kalem scored one goal each as well. The game will long be remembered as an epic event in the storied annals of Midland sports lore. Click here to see photos of the game. The Oaks host the Thacher Toads on Saturday, March 24th at 2:00 PM.
Girls play their first game at Thacher tomorrow at 2:00 PM.
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