Midland Featured as EE Ford Foundation Project of Interest
"A number of schools have developed projects with support from the EE Ford Foundation that clearly deserve a wide audience. In different and significant ways these projects are innovative and contain elements that might be reproduced by others. Even if they are not immediately relevant in that way, they seem to us to offer experiences from which others can learn." - EE Ford website
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NEW WEBSITE!
We are in the process of transitioning to a more navigable and updated website. We will be launching the new website soon so stay tuned. |
Lost Alums?
Please help us update our alumni/ae list by taking a look at this list of "lost" alums and past students. If you have contact information for these alums, please email Debbie Jones. Thank you! |
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Greetings!
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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 | 2012-13 School Prefects
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| Outdoor Leadership Camps at Eastern Sierra
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September 22 - 25, the students in Outdoor Leadership took a trip to the high Sierra. Derek Harwell '88 reports, "On Saturday night we drove up to the Eastern Sierra where we camped below Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the lower 48). The next morning we drove to Horseshoe Meadow and hiked into the backcountry for a three day trip. We encountered cold temperatures and strong winds which forced us to camp lower down than we had originally intended. Despite this, we had a wonderful time camping in the Foxtail Pine/Lodgepole Pine forest with an excursion to the 11,000 ft Cottonwood Lakes Basin."
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| | Film by Midland Faculty Member | Paul Gelles, Spanish teacher at Midland School, is currently making a documentary film. Transnational Fiesta: Twenty Years Later is a sequel to a film he made 20 years ago, a film that won awards and was purchased by over 160 universities. The new film revisits an indigenous community in Peru, its migrant colony in the Washington DC area, and a spectacular fiesta in the Andes put on by one of the DC-based migrants. Click here to see a four minute video clip that is a sample of the new film. Kickstarter.com is a "crowd funding" website that helps creative projects get funded and which offers rewards to those who donate.
Guest Speaker at Midland
On Sunday evening, September 30th, Kate McCurdy, Sedgwick Reserve Director, spoke at Midland about the Sedgwick Reserve (adjacent to Midland's property) and wildlife management. Our next guest speaker will be Claudia Garcia-Des Lauriers, who will discuss Aztec Iconography and Society on October 28th at Midland. Our guest speaker program is for the current faculty and student community to gain exposure to additional educational experiences by bringing in experts on various topics throughout the year. |
| Upcoming Events
| October 6-7: Click here to see the schedule for Midland's 8th Annual Round-Up for Current Families
Los Angeles The Jonathan Club (Downtown LA) Thursday, October 11, 2012 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 545 South Figueroa Street Pasadena The Athenaeum at Cal Tech Friday, October 12, 2012 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 551 South Hill Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106 Please RSVP
October 20-28: Fall Break
November 22: Thanksgiving at Midland
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| Alumni/ae News |
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 Megan Smith '08 graduated Cum Laude from Claremont McKenna College on May 12th with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Analysis with an emphasis in Science. She was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society on May 10th. She is employed by Cardno Entrix, one of the world's leading environmental firms, as an Assistant Staff Scientist, in Los Angeles. Aaron Ableman '00 launched a children's/edutainment company this past summer, a platform for using story and entertainment as a tool for youth empowerment on critical ecological issues. Check out the works at https://pachaspajamas.com.
Mathias Craig '96 and his company blueEnergy have started a campaign for ongoing efforts to provide renewable energy, clean water and sanitation solutions to the most isolated poor on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. Omavi Quadir '14 interned at blueEnergy over the summer.
Shelagh Baird '96 and her husband, Dan Simon, welcomed their second son, Ewan Tyccho Simon, on July 13, 2012. He was exactly the same size as his 15-month-old brother, Declan -- 8 lbs, 4 oz and 19 inches. Shelagh says, "We're looking forward to someday having two Midland boys!" Elona and Andy Cunningham '86 have three boys and live in Sacramento, CA, where he teaches art and works in his studio . Ed Carpenter '64 completed a new 60' x 16' x 16' sculpture at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, titled "Ascendus." Click here for images and a description. "Between The Tides," the latest film by Peter Coonradt '64, had its world premier at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in June. To learn more about the film and obtain DVD or Blu-ray copies online, go to http://www.betweenthetides.net/. Please send us your news! |
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| In Memoriam |
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We are saddened to report the passing of James (Jim) V. Mink '41...Pioneer in the Oral History, Archival and Library Worlds, 1923-2010.
After Midland, Jim attended Occidental College, went into the service, and returned to study chemistry at U.C., Berkeley. He did oral histories of two of Midland's headmasters, school founder Paul Squibb and his successor, Benedict Rich, a founding faculty member.
Click here to read an obituary written by Jim's colleague, Alva Moore Stevenson, Program Coordinator, UCLA Library Special Collections and Center for Oral History Research & President, Southwest Oral History Association.
Click here to read interview with Jim in Oral History Review, 1999.
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Sincerely,
Your Friends at Midland School
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