- Alumni/ae, Parents and Friends Weekend: Sunny skies, 80 degree weather and a weekend filled with reunions and activities marked this year's Alumni/ae, Parents and Friends Weekend. For the reunion years alone, there were class members from '42, '52, '62, '72, '92 and '02! Jim Quick '68 was honored as the 2012 recipient of the John Dreyfuss '52 Distinguished Alumnus Award on Sunday, April 29. Click here to see downloadable photos of the weekend in a Picasa album.
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Students Host Alumni/ae and Parents for a Horseback Obstacle Course: The spring horse class designed two identical obstacle courses in the arena for horses and riders to race through last weekend. Students acted as hosts for this event, and helped parents, alumni/ae, and siblings with fitting their helmets and climbing on to their mounts. Parents raced kids and alumni raced current students. The horses were wonderful hosts as well!
- Midland Admissions:The Admissions Office is still considering qualified candidates for grades 9-11 for the upcoming school year. Please help us spread the word by sharing your Midland story with interested friends, relatives, and colleagues. Interested applicants should contact Amy Graham, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, at admissions@midland-school.org.
- Blue Energy Talks Midland Green: Andreas Karelas from blueEnergy did a beautiful write-up of the Midland wind workshop during Experiential Week in their e-newsletter. Click here to read his article, and check out the link to some of Jamie Seborer's '96 best photos of the workshop, led by classmate Mathias Craig '96.
- Joshua Bell Concert in Santa Barbara: On Friday, April 29, Lise Goddard and Celeste Carlisle took a group of 11 dressed up students to hear Joshua Bell and the Academy of St. Martin of the Fields at the Granada Theater in Santa Barbara. The performance was outstanding. The Midland group was fortunate to hear world class music from a violin virtuoso and one of the world's most highly regarded orchestras. From Santa Barbara, Joshua Bell is going on to play in Italy, Madrid, London, and Paris later this week.
- Common Ground Service Club Update: At the beginning of April, the Midland Common Ground Service Club brought quart size canning jars to the town of Los Olivos in order to raise money for People Helping People. 8 local merchants agreed to house these jars and the Club has raised $100 so far. On May 1st, the Club prepared lunch for the Solvang Senior Center, thanks to a donation by Midland alum, Fred Brossy '46.
- Outdoor Leadership Trip: In the end of April, Outdoor Leadership students took a three day trip to Santa Cruz Island. Located 20 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara and part of the Channel Islands National Park, Santa Cruz is managed partly by the National Park Service and partly by the Nature Conservancy. They hiked a good portion of the trails on the Park Service land, combed the beaches, and were treated to views of Sea Lions at night seen through the bioluminescence.
- Spring Riders Become Racing Fans: Celeste and Gillian took some of the spring riders (Becca Rantanen '12, India Salter '13, Diego Marcogliese '13, Lupita Valle '15, Turner Schroth '15, and Aku Nwakanma '15) to Midland Board President and Chair Nick Alexander's '60 two thoroughbred racehorse farms in Santa Ynez and Solvang this past week. Nick was a gracious and excellent host, and we heard so many wonderful stories about the horses at the farm. Nick's ranch in Solvang hosts the playful yearlings, who tear and buck around in groups, kicking up their heels and running like wild things!
- Midland Calendar for 2012-13: To view a calendar of the next Academic Year, 2012-13, click here.
- Lacrosse:
- BOYS: The Midland Oaks fried the Ojai Valley School Spuds 17-4 in Boys' lacrosse action before a record number of parents, friends and alumni/ae on April 28th. It is the second game in a row that Midland led 10-1 at the half. Charlie Lehman '13 and Emmett Yeazell '13 both scored five goals on the day. Luke Carpenter '12 scored three. Marcus Schmidt '12 scored two, while Peter King '12 and Thomas Brand '14 each notched one goal a piece. The team earned no penalties and Kendrick Holmes '12 won every face-off for the Oaks. Midland has scored 48 goals in three games; they will travel to Ojai for a rematch with OVS on May 5th and then finish the season at Dunn on May 9th. The team record stands at 4-3.
GIRLS: Girls lost to Thacher on Saturday and to Cate on Wednesday. Girls play at Besant Hill tomorrow.
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