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D E C E M B E R  2013  

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Seasons Greetings from Midland!
 
I don't believe there is another high school in the country that requires all the students to remain on campus for Thanksgiving. Paul Squibb had it right. In a world where enough never seems to be enough, students parents, alumni, alumnae, and friends gather together at Midland, as they have always done, with appreciation for the opportunity to be part of this simple life school where one learns to get on without. All of us at Midland wish you all the best.  Happy Holidays! 
 
Sincerely,
  
Will Graham
Head of School  
 
Cosby Summer Scholarship
Internship Applications Open
 

Midland Trustee and Alumnus Jonathan W. B. Cosby '63 established and generously supports an annual grant for a Summer Internship.  The grant enables a Midland junior to pursue an intensive examination of a particular subject of interest during the summer prior to their senior year. Internship awards cover the cost of the program, travel, and living expenses up to $2,500. The Junior Class will receive applications this month, which are due by February 1, 2014.  The award will be announced March 1.  For assistance in finding a suitable program, please contact Lynda Cummings or Michelle Bone

MIDLAND ALUMNUS: PETER COONRADT '64

Peter Coonradt '64 is an independent filmmaker. Peter has made hundreds of films and videos in his forty-plus years as a filmmaker, including nationally broadcast television documentaries. Among those are programs about natural history, environmental issues, education, marine science and wildlife.  In the past decade, Peter made two movies about 
 Midland: Midland School and  Midland Stories.  
 
In 2011 Peter made a film about accomplished artist and Midland classmate Ed Carpenter '64 seen hereRecently, Peter completed a short film about Midland's Head of School, Will Graham.  Pass It On! is a film that resonates with ideas about the purpose and value of sport. To view the trailer visit 
 
MIDLAND ALUMNA:
Ming Holden '02  The Survival Girls

The Survival Girls is a nonfiction first-person narrative about Ming's experience founding a theater group with Congolese refugee girls in a Nairobi slum in 2011.  Proceeds benefit the Survival Girls themselves, who all want to go to college.

"You'll be delighted to meet the Survival Girls, turning their stories of abuse into empowerment in a Nairobi slum." - Hillary Clinton, Frontiers in Development

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MIDLAND RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD

National publication, Bark Magazine, set out to identify companies that welcome canine companions into the workplace and strive for a dog-friendly culture.  Bark asked, "If we were dogs, where would we want to work?" 

 Under the Oak 

 Reflections on Daily Life at Midland

What does it mean to Live Your Education?  

by LisGoddard

Director of Environmental Programs  

 

Athletics | Curriculum

Community | Residential Life  

click here to read

Midland Faculty Lectures
 
Derek Harwell
Director of Outdoor Programs

Midland 102  

B.A. Middlebury College 

Paddle-Pedal-Paddle: Alaska to Baja

Visit Derek's blog here                                                                     

 

Eve Southworth 

Humanities Teacher
B.A. Connecticut College 
M.A. Brandeis University 
Five Years at Sea: Voyaging from New England to the Caribbean and Europe to Africa     

 

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Roddy Taylor 

Calculus, Physics, and Math Teacher 

Soccer Coach
B.S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

Amateur Paleontology: A Perspective on Miocene and Pleistocene Life in Central Florida 

IN MEMORIAM
Katherine Laughlin Isaacson 1946-2013
mother of John Isaacson ' 94 Tom Isaacson '96 and aunt of Katie Isaacson Hames
Why Is Now the Time to Give to Midland?  
Donating before December 31 ensures that you will receive your entitled tax benefits this year.   Please click here to make your gift to Midland today. 
Financial Aid Application Deadline - February 15, 2014


Financial aid awards are annual; a family must re-apply each year they seek financial assistance. 
To be eligible for consideration for financial aid for the 2014-15 academic year please complete a Parents' Financial Statement (PFS) with School and Student Services by NAIS (SSS) and submit the required documents before 
February 15, 2014.
 
If you have any questions about the financial aid process please contact Amy Graham, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at admissions@midland-school.org.
 

Midland Photo Galleries  
Click on links below to view photos of:

Midland Innovates
Eve Southworth's 9th grade English students were the first class to use the library's new Chromebooks, which serve as a portable computer lab for classwork. To donate Chromebooks to the Midland Library, please visit Midland library's
Amazon wish list.
 Midland School provides a unique college preparatory boarding school experience to a diverse student body. Through study and work it teaches the value of a lifetime of learning, self-reliance, simplicity, responsibility to community and the environment, and love for the outdoors.

www.midland-school.org
 805.688.5114
 

5100 Figueroa Mountain Road, Los Olivos, CA 93441