TMS Hoops Grabs First Win of Season

The Nighthawks notched their first basketball win of the season with a 73-41 victory over Pescadero High School last Friday. Highlights included the following: Alex Cobb: 25 points and 12 rebounds, Brian Nickerson: 16 points and 5 steals, Nick Gaede: 14 points and 3 steals, and Gabe Amparano: 9 points and 9 steals. Watch the Nighthawks in home action this afternoon vs. Redwood Adventist at 4:00. Go Nighthawks!

College Planning for the Week of 12/14

College of the Week - St. Lawrence University, a private, coeducational liberal arts college of approximately 2,100 students, is located in northern New York State, approximately 1 1/4 hours from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Known for an innovative first-year program and opportunities to study abroad, students also select St. Lawrence because of its student-centeredness, choice of over 30 majors, and pre-professional courses. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in a large variety of athletics, extracurricular activities, and community service.

Did you know? What's the difference between a college and a university? The lines are a bit blurry between the two. In general, a university is a collection of schools or "colleges" operating under a single administrative umbrella. For instance, DePaul University has nine colleges: Arts and Science, Education, Computing and Digital Media, Commerce, Communications, Music, Theatre, Law, and the School for New Learning. At a college, these distinctions would likely be departmental and the overriding focus would be on undergraduates.

Colleges using Harry Potter to market themselves? Check out this funny article (Taking the Magic Out of College), written for the New York Times by a high school senior, for a glimpse into Harry's impact on higher education.

Quote of the Week - Jordan and I were talking about her applications and I asked her to confirm which UC campuses she had applied to (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Cruz or Santa Barbara). She replied, "UCLA and one of the Santas". Clearly she has the holidays on her mind!

Seniors - Checklist for each application: Make sure that......

• You meet all deadlines - send applications as soon as they are finished!
• Someone else has reviewed your application - a good thing to ask parents to do.
  
• You have printed and saved a copy of the application.
  
• You paid the application fee or applied for a fee waiver.
• You have asked the College Board or the ACT to send your official test scores to your colleges. You must do this - I cannot do it for you and a college will not read your application until they receive your scores officially from the testing agency.
  
• You've asked me to send any required transcripts, teacher recommendations or Secondary School Report (counselor recommendation).
• You have sent any additional documentation such as writing samples and resumes to the college
• You are checking your email and the student portal accounts for UC and CSU applications to see the status of your application and information about other things that might be required.
  

My Schedule this Week - I will be on campus on Monday from 10:00-6:00, Wednesday 9:00-2:00 and Thursday 11-2:00.

Susan

TMS Hoops in Hard Loss to Summerfield

The TMS basketball game lost a hard-fought game to Summerfield High School last night 19-63. The Nighthawks take on Pescadero High School tonight at 5:00 at Pescadero. Next home game is Tuesday, 12/15 vs. Redwood Adventist at 4:00. Go Nighthawks!

College Planning Information for the week of 12/7/09

College of the Week - Whitman College, a four-hour drive east of Portland, is known for academic rigor in a collaborative environment. Whitman students are unpretentious community members committed to both their studies and a multiplicity of co-curricular activities. Whitman’s campus is a ten-minute walk from Walla Walla’s award winning Main Street. The charming town of 30,000 has a four-season climate with 300 days of sunshine. Whitman's campus is stunning, reminding me of a east coast college

Did you know? A big portion of the Critical Reading section of the SAT is really about vocabulary. Increase your vocabulary and you'll likely increase your SAT score. Check out the SAT Word of the Day at Number 2.com, a free test prep site. Among other free offerings, you can subscribe and have the word of the day sent to your email. Almost painless.....

My Schedule this Week - I will be on campus on Monday from 10-3:30, Wednesday 10-4:00 and Thursday 10-2:30.

FOR SENIORS

What are your deadlines? Check the chart you started back in September and make sure you are aware of your next application deadline. Many colleges have 12/15 and 1/1/ deadlines. If you lost your chart, use the one attached to this email or come and get one from me.

Application Help on Wednesday 2:30-4:00 - See you in the Library!

Check your email - Remember that many colleges (particularly the CSU and UC campuses) only communicate with you by email or expect you to check their portal for messages. Make sure you are checking and responding to your email regularly and check the portals every week or two. There is no forgiveness if you miss an important communication from them.

FOR JUNIORS

PSAT scores have arrived! If you did not pick up your scores last week, please see me and I will help you interpret them. Scores were also mailed home last week. If you have any questions about them, let me know.

--
Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

Sophomore Class Views Mural Artwork in San Francisco

TMS Sophomores visited The Mission in San Francisco yesterday to take part in a tour with La Precita Eyes, a community-based mural arts organization that works to educate local and international communities about the history and process of mural artwork. The field trip coincides with the current Latin America Unit in Sophomore World Literature. We enjoyed the artwork and ate some great local food!

Grandparents' Day a Great Success

In a tradition that has continued for some years now, grandparents and other friends and relatives were invited to attend a day of class here at school on the last day before the Thanksgiving break last week. Many students had loved ones with them who would not normally see what their grandchildren, nieces and nephews do in high school. Guests shared lunch with their students, attended a couple of classes in the afternoon, and enjoyed a round of student performances, including a French-language techno rap, to top it off.

TMS Holiday Food Drive

In cooperation with the Marin County Food Bank, the Student Council has launched a food drive that will go until Friday, December 11. Chaired by senior Hannah Aubrey, the Food Drive Committee has placed four barrels just outside the TMS library in Building 4. Each barrel is labeled for one of the four grade levels, freshmen through seniors, in order to promote a friendly competition to see which group can collect the most food. The class that has amassed the most donations by the end of the drive will be treated to a lunch-time party, featuring pizza, salad, drinks and cupcakes -- all compliments of Student Council -- in January when students return from winter break. Parents, students and teachers are all encouraged to participate!

TMS Basketball Season Begins Today

The Marin School's basketball team has their first game tonight at 4pm against Candell's College Prep Academy. This is a home game for the Nighthawks and will be played at the Mazanita Recreation Center located at 630 Drake Avenue, Marin City. You can find the basketball schedule and results on MaxPreps.

TMS Photography on Display

Photography students from The Marin School will exhibit their night photography images at the Marin Youth Center in San Rafael this Friday evening, December 4th.

The Marin Youth Center is located in San Rafael at 1115 Third Street. The reception will begin at 6pm. We hope you can join us.

TMS Enjoys Great Fall Weather

Juniors Becky Kliman and Bryan Nickerson enjoy a sunny lunch on the patio of Building 3.

Students Support School in Sierra Leone

Working with English teacher Jonah Weaver and an organization called Compassion First, Garland Searle, Jesse Vad and other students are promoting a program to support the Makripodis Secondary School in Sierra Leone, a west African country still recovering from years of civil war. To raise funds, the students here are selling blue-white-and-green bracelets for $3 each. All proceeds will go towards the purchase of supplies for the school, where a textbook, for example, will cost just $5. Donations can also be made at: https://secure.compassionfirst.org/eDonation/index.asp?Donation_form_id=30&isAdmin=1

Ten-Minute Break Policy Change

In an earlier post (Oct. 29) we described a Student-Council-sponsored survey aimed at determining whether the School should keep in its daily schedule a ten-minute break that came just before the final hour of classes. Students had expressed dissatisfaction with the break, and newly elected Student Council president Noah Levenson had promised to address the matter with the administration. The survey was carried out, showing that 2 out of 3 students wanted to do away with the break, while 2 out of 3 teachers preferred to keep it. With that information, the administration met with the full faculty to consider the issue. While it was made clear that the final decision on such matters of school policy must come from the administration rather than a student plebiscite, the faculty applauded the way the Student Council had represented students' wishes and voted to abolish the break. The last three classes of the day now meet with just the normal five-minute passing periods in between, and students are released at 3:25 instead of 3:30.

College Planning Information for the Week of 11/30/09

Colleges Visiting TMS - A full list of the colleges currently scheduled to visit as well as a list of a few Open House events and local information sessions are posted on the Family Connection site. Here are the colleges scheduled to visit us in the next two weeks. Please add your name to the sign up sheet on my door and get the permission of your teacher to attend.

* Cornish College of Arts - Monday 11/30 at 11:00

College of the Week - Global. Rigorous. Inspiring. Macalester College challenges students to consider ideas from multiple perspectives, to be responsible global citizens and to forge solutions to problems that the world faces today and will encounter tomorrow. Students come from every state and 90 countries. The academic program ranks among the top 20 in the nation and includes broad research and internship opportunities. Graduates reap the benefits of a global education in the job market and at the nation’s top graduate programs.

Did you know? There are many deadlines in the college planning process. but do you know the derivation of the word? During the Civil War there were not enough prisons to house captured soldiers so a line was drawn in the dirt around the captives. Prisoners who ventured outside the line were shot. Thus, the deadline! While no one gets shot in the college planning process, there are a number of inflexible deadlines, one of which is the 11/30 deadline for UC and CSU applications. Do I sound like a broken record yet?

My Schedule this Week - I will be on campus on Monday from 9-4:30, Wednesday 10-4:30 and Thursday 10-4:30.

FOR SENIORS

Your UC and CSU applications are due MONDAY 11/30 and should be submitted NOW to avoid the usual traffic and computer meltdowns on the deadline day.

Application Help On Monday 3:30-4:30 AND Wednesday 2:30-4:00 - See you in the Library!

Send test scores to your colleges - Don't forget that colleges want your official scores directly from the College Board or the ACT, even though they may have asked you what your scores were on the application. See me if you need help figuring out if your scores have been sent.

You know you're a senior if....
• Your college plans were the most popular topic of conversation at the Thanksgiving table.
• Every time you see the word Saturday, you can’t help but shiver as you notice it begins with the letters SAT.
• All of your internet bookmarks end with .edu,
• Holiday breaks don't feel like breaks or holidays.
• You delete more e-mail than you read but never delete a message from Susan. ☺
• You get more mail in one day than you have gotten in all of your 17 or 18 birthdays combined.
• You can't remember your friend's cell number, but you have no problem filling in your school’s CEEB code.
• Between Pre-Applications, Common Applications and Supplemental Applications, you feel you have never applied yourself so much.

SAT/ACT Registration Deadlines - If you need to take or retake the SAT, SAT Subject Tests or ACT this fall, the registration deadlines have passed. To test as a standby, see me.

--
Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

TMS Soccer Video

Watch a recap of the TMS soccer season created by coach Jonah Weaver.

TMS Teacher on NBC's Trauma Tonight

TMS teacher Chris Pflueger will be on the NBC show "Trauma" tonight at 9pm. In the episode Chris' character is involved in a turkey fryer accident. Chris spent over an hour getting makeup applied for the scene that will air tonight.


There will be a viewing party at Mojito in San Francisco tonight that Chris will be attending. TMS student Meredith Sacks is also hosting a viewing party at her house. We'll put a clip from the episode on here once it airs.

upport our local actors on network tv! THIS WEEK WILL BE THE THANKSGIVING EPISODE.

College Planning for the Week of 11/23/09

Colleges Visiting TMS - A full list of the colleges currently scheduled to visit as well as a list of a few Open House events and local information sessions are posted on the Family Connection site. Here are the colleges scheduled to visit us in the next two weeks. Please add your name to the sign up sheet on my door and get the permission of your teacher to attend.

* Cornish College of Arts - Monday 11/30 at 11:00

College of the Week - Smith College educates women of promise for lives of distinction. One of the largest women’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, Smith enrolls 2,800 students from nearly every state and 70 other countries and is renowned for its vibrant intellectual and cultural community. The college’s open curriculum allows students to choose from 1,000 courses in more than 50 areas of study. Students also may take classes through Five Colleges, Inc., a consortium that includes Smith and nearby Amherst, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke colleges and the University of Massachusetts. Smith is noted for its outstanding resources, including the Museum of Art, Botanic Garden and one of the largest undergraduate libraries in the country.

What's the real cost of college? Test your grasp of economics with this recent article from the New York Times.

My Schedule this Week - I will only be on campus on Monday from 9-4:30 but will be checking my email all week.

FOR SENIORS

Your UC and CSU applications are due 11/30 and should be submitted as soon as possible to avoid the usual traffic and computer meltdowns during the last week of November.

Application Help On Monday 3:30-4:30 - See you in the Library!

What happens to my application after I submit it? Click here to view a video that takes you behind the scenes of admission offices at a large and small college to see how they handle the mail they receive. at the bottom. See what Admission Offices look like at this time of year and don't panic if you get word from them that they are missing a transcript or letter of recommendation. After looking at the pictures you'll see that they probably have it but haven't matched it with your file. Check with me if you want me to resend material.

Checklist for each application: For each application, make sure that......

* Someone else has reviewed your application - a good thing to ask parents to do. I am happy to review course and grade entry for CSU and UC applications.
* You have printed and saved a copy of the application.
* You paid the application fee or applied for a fee waiver.
* Your test official test scores have have been sent to the college by the College Board or the ACT.
* You've asked Susan to send any required transcripts, teacher recommendations or Secondary School Report (counselor recommendation).
* You have sent any additional documentation such as writing samples and resumes to the college

SAT/ACT Registration Deadlines - If you need to take or retake the SAT, SAT Subject Tests or ACT this fall, the registration deadlines have passed. To test as a standby, see me.

--
Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

News From the Art Room

The art room has been a flurry of activity recently. Students are busy at work beginning the "artist chair" project where they transform a chair to echo the style of a well-known artist. Thanks to numerous chair donations from The Marin School community (and sometimes the sidewalk), the project is underway!













All this, while our new clay and kiln room have been under construction. The kiln has arrived and we're very close to launching our new clay program in the art department. Stay tuned...

Sophomore Parents' Book Group

The first Sophomore Parents Book Group discussion, led Wednesday by English teacher Jonah Weaver, was a great success. The parents are a thoughtful and informed group of readers, observed librarian Marybeth Coleman. During the year Jonah will be suggesting the novels and short stories for them to read concurrently with their students, in hopes that the parent book group discussions might facilitate communication between parent and child on another level, as readers..... opening up to other areas. The novel's themes of responsibility and honor segued into many areas of parental concern around those topics.
We also discovered that today's novel, The Chronicle of a Death Foretold, is a particular favorite of Spanish teacher Gustavo Jimenez, and that Gustavo had spent time with Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Cuba. The next time Jonah teaches this novel, it would be very terrific for Gustavo to speak to the translation questions and provide his unique perspective.
Good stuff, Jonah and parents!

Zoology Class Continues Work on the Watershed Project

The zoology classes went out to the bay today (11/18) to help the researchers from the Watershed Project count and measure spat (baby oysters) at the pier at the Marin Rod and Gun Club in San Rafael. We are one of the pilot schools participating in their "Oysters on the Half Shell" program. They are working to restore the native Olympia oysters to the bay. It was a beautiful day, but a bit cold.

Possible Futsal Program Through TMS

Originating in Brazil, futsal is a fast-paced, indoor soccer league that focuses on basic skill improvement: dribbling, passing, shooting, defending, and overall team skills. Marin Indoor Futsal League kicks off the season the weekend of January 9-10 and continues through the 1st weekend in March. Several TMS students have shown interest in forming a futsal team and are eager for games to begin! For more information, or if you have a son/daughter who is interested in playing for Marin Futsal, please see the attached futsal application or call Jonah, TMS athletic director, at 415-339-9336 ext. 110. Interested parents may fill out the form and send it with a check payable to Frank Bonardi, league director; I'll then mail applications together.
Watch the video below to see Futsal in action. This clip features Brazil vs. Australia:


You can also download the application form through your google mail account here:
http://docs.google.com/a/themarinschool.org/Doc?id=dcfrb5pj_53hfnmcccn&btr=EmailImport#
Go Nighthawks!

TMS Hosts Blood Drive

Spearheaded by Meredith Sacks, the Student Council orchestrated a blood drive on campus last Friday, the 13th. The Council had been promoting the drive for two weeks prior to the event, using skits, posters and other promotional materials provided by the Blood Centers of the Pacific, our partner for the event. In the end, a number of students proudly gave blood. Sam Klitsner ('11), arm bandaged, remarked that he had made sure to eat steak and spinach the night before -- and good that he did, because more than a few willing donors were turned away for failing to meet the prescribed levels of iron and/or platelets. Ryan Williams and Vladimir Mironshteyn (both '11) were two more life-savers that day. Thanks to all who made the effort!

College Planning for the Week of 11/16/09

Colleges Visiting TMS - A full list of the colleges currently scheduled to visit as well as a list of a few Open House events and local information sessions are posted on the Family Connection site. Here are the colleges scheduled to visit us in the next two weeks. Please add your name to the sign up sheet on my door and get the permission of your teacher to attend.

• Dominican University - Monday 11/16 at 12:00
• Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising - Wednesday 11/18 at 11:45
  

Colleges of the Week - Dominican is right in our own back yard and a great place for all sorts of liberal arts students but particularly known for nursing, occupational therapy, teacher training and business. If you haven't come to a college rep visit yet this year, this may be your last chance to hear about small liberal arts colleges! Across the bridge in San Francisco, FIDM is the place to go for training in all facets of the fashion industry - design, manufacturing, retail, media and graphics.

Do you know? - A lighter topic this week! There is no shortage of wacky websites devoted to college planning but my personal favorite is the Campus Squirrel Listing, documenting the attributes of a college's squirrel population. Also, here's an amusing photo essay on the Evolution of the College Dorm.

My Schedule this Week - I'll be on campus Monday 10-3:30, Wednesday 8-4 and Thursday 10-4:30.

FOR SENIORS

Take a breath! A few of you are over the finish line and have submitted all your applications and many others are almost there, trying to meet the "Submit them all by Thanksgiving" goal. Take a minute for a deep breath. If you are feeling overwhelmed, come see me and we can break the work down into manageable chunks.

Your UC and CSU applications are due 11/30 and should be submitted this week to avoid the usual traffic and computer meltdowns during the last week of November. If you have not submitted these applications and you need/want assistance, please schedule time with me during a free period this week as my time at school for the rest of November will be limited. Remember that the entry of courses and grades on the CSU and UC applications can be tricky and I am happy to double check your work.

Application Help On Wednesday 2:30-4 and Thursday 3:30-4:30 - While after school application help has been very productive for many of you, if you want individual sustained attention from me, please schedule time with me during a free period. If you plan to stay after school on Wednesday or Thursday and want to work in a quieter space than the Library, just let me know.

Checklist for each application: For each application, make sure that......

• Someone else has reviewed your application - a good thing to ask parents to do. I am happy to review course and grade entry for CSU and UC applications.
• You have printed and saved a copy of the application.
  
• You paid the application fee or applied for a fee waiver.
• Your test official test scores have have been sent to the college by the College Board or the ACT.
  
• You've asked Susan to send any required transcripts, teacher recommendations or Secondary School Report (counselor recommendation).
• You have sent any additional documentation such as writing samples and resumes to the college
  

Housing Applications and Deadlines - At some of the larger universities there is a separate process for applying for housing and often those deadlines come before the admission application deadline. Check the university website to make sure you don't miss important deadlines!

Common App college but you are not using the Common App? Please let me know if this is the case. I send recommendations and transcripts electronically but they are only matched when you use the Common App. If I know you are using some other application, I will mail the material.

SAT/ACT Registration Deadlines - If you need to take or retake the SAT, SAT Subject Tests or ACT this fall, the registration deadlines are approaching. The late registration deadline for the December 5th SAT or SAT Subject Tests has passed. To test as a standby, see me. To register go to wwwcollegeboard.com. The late registration deadline for the December 12th ACT is 11/20 and you can register at www.actstudent.org.

FOR JUNIORS

Test how much you know about colleges - Check out these college trivia quizzes. There are quizzes about specific colleges, where colleges are located, testing and mascots. You might be surprised how much you already know!

Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

TMS Students Attend The American Indian Film Festival

Students in the Native American Studies class attended the 34th American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco today. They viewed three films including Marches Point, Finding Their Own Dance, and Buried Stories. You can view the trailer for Marches Point below:

March Point Trailer from Victor Pascual on Vimeo.

Student-Faculty Soccer Match

Last Tuesday, in an event that has become something of a fall tradition at TMS, a team of volunteer students played a team of volunteer faculty members to see who would have soccer bragging rights for the rest of the year. Last year's contest was a blow-out victory for the teachers (boo!), but with a strong student team this time the game -- though still a faculty win (boo!) -- was much closer. Next contest: on the sand at Stinson Beach in May!

College Planning for the Week of 11/9/09

Colleges Visiting TMS - A full list of the colleges currently scheduled to visit as well as a list of a few Open House events and local information sessions are posted on the Family Connection site. Here are the colleges scheduled to visit us in the next two weeks. Please add your name to the sign up sheet on my door and get the permission of your teacher to attend.

• Mitchell College - Monday 11/9 at 11:00
• Dominican University - Monday 11/16 at 11:45
• Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising - Wednesday 11/18 at 11:45
  

College of the Week - Mitchell College is a coeducational, private residential institution in New London Connecticut offering associate and bachelor degree programs in the liberal arts and professional areas. The college is dedicated to providing a challenging education in a caring and cooperative environment for all students, including those with untapped potential and those with diagnosed learning disabilities. In addition to the college, Thames Academy provides a post graduate year program for students who have graduated from high school but are not yet ready for college.

Do you know? - Can't visit a college but want to check out the campus? You can view college video tours at youniversity.com.

My Schedule this Week - I'll be on campus Monday 10-4:30, Tuesday 12-3:30, Wednesday 12-2 (tentative) and Thursday 10-4:30 (tentative).

FOR SENIORS

Application help Wednesday 12-2 - Wednesday is a day off.... a good day to make big progress on college applications and maybe even finish a few. Come as you are, bring your ipods and computers and join me at school from 12-2. I'll need at least three students to make this possible. Please sign up on my door or let me know by email that you'll be there.

Checklist for each application: For each application, make sure that.........

• Someone else has reviewed your application - a good thing to ask parents to do. I am happy to review course and grade entry for CSU and UC applications.
  
• You have printed and saved a copy of the application.
  
• You paid the application fee or applied for a fee waiver.
• Your test official test scores have have been sent to the college by the College Board or the ACT.
  
• You've asked Susan to send any required transcripts, teacher recommendations or Secondary School Report (counselor recommendation).
• You have sent any additional documentation such as writing samples and resumes to the college.
  

Struggling with the UC Personal Statement? Watch this 3 minute video from the friendly folks at UC for perspective and tips.

What the heck does "show, don't tell" mean to me? When writing essays for college applications, students are encouraged to show, not tell. For examples of the difference between the two approaches, check a web page from Seton Hill University.

If you want information about financial aid - If you and your parents would like information about financial aid, please let me know.

SAT/ACT Registration Deadlines - If you need to take or retake the SAT, SAT Subject Tests or ACT this fall, the registration deadlines are approaching. The late registration deadline for the December 5th SAT or SAT Subject Tests is 11/12. To register go to www.collegeboard.com. The late registration deadline for the December 12th ACT is 11/20 and you can register at www.actstudent.org.

FOR JUNIORS

Thank you for your attendance and participation last week during the College Information evenings. A special thanks to Zohar for helping me set up on Wednesday.

--
Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

Senior Government Classes Visits U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

On November 4, the senior class visited the United States Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The 9th Circuit is the largest and most active of the 12 regional Courts of Appeals and is housed in the historic Federal building on 7th and Mission. The building was built in 1905 and survived the 1906 earthquake and fires. Our visit was hosted by Kathleen Butterfield, an attorney at the Court. The visit included a tour of the building and courtrooms, designed in an impressive ornate style intended to impress visitors with the importance and gravity of the business conducted there. The class sat in on the oral arguments for three cases, the most intriguing of which presented the issue of whether the police are required to get a search warrant before downloading evidence from a suspect’s computer when the suspect is sharing that evidence on LimeWire. The class had read and discussed the case beforehand and observing the lawyers argue the case was great and gave the class pointers on how to argue their own cases in the upcoming TMS Moot Court. The highlight of the tour was sitting down after the hearing with the three judges on the panel for a question and answer session.

Tolerance Speaker Visits TMS

Marc Elliot spoke to the entire school Tuesday afternoon on the issue of tolerance. He spoke about what it is like to live with tourett's syndrome and how people can be more accepting of others. The presentation was filled with comedy and audience participation and was well received by the students. During advisory period today the school's peer educators will lead small group discussions on the topic. You can learn more about Marc Elliot by visiting his website and by watching the clip below.

Student Project on Fredrick Douglass

TMS junior Robert Little created this film on Fredrick Douglass for his U.S. History project.

Drama Workshop with Professional Directors and Actors

On October, 8^th the Mill Valley Film Festival came to The Marin School as the film and drama departments had the pleasure of hosting the co-directors Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm and two cast members Donal Thoms-Capello and Meg Brogan from one of the festival’s excellent feature films, The Red Machine. In preparation for the visit, the TMS drama students prepared scenes from the film’s script, a 1930’s-style caper; on the day of the visit the students shared their work live with the professionals. The students then viewed the same clips from the film, and ran through a mock filming of one of the scenes themselves with the professionals’ help. Local press and Mill Valley film representatives captured the morning’s events. All of the students appreciated hearing the professionals’ artistic insights and savored the unique learning opportunity.

TMS Celebrates Halloween with the New Village School

On Friday, October 30th, Marin School students came to classes wearing Halloween costumes, as the culmination of a Student Council-sponsored spirit week around the holiday. Student Council members had stayed after school earlier in the week to decorate the halls and library with ghoulish objects and accents.

As a special part of the celebration, led by senior Melanie Arenson, TMS invited the elementary-school students of our neighbors here at 100 Ebbtide, the New Village School, to join our lunchtime costume contest. Sweet smiles rippled across the gathered faces of the TMS community as a parade of adorably costumed five- to eleven-year-olds marched into our courtyard. They acted as judges for the older kids' contest, giving their heartiest approval to junior Derrick Ly's rendition of a TeleTubby.

The School looks forward to continued cooperation with our younger neighbors!

Dia De Los Muertos at TMS

TMS is celebrating Dia De Los Muertos today with a presentation at the morning meeting by the foreign language students and an all-school potluck at lunch. On Friday students in the Spanish 3 class took a fieldtrip to San Francisco to view altars for the Day of the Dead.

College Planning for the Week of 11/2/09

College Night for Juniors and Parents - Choose the date you want to attend - either Wednesday November 4th at 7:00 or Thursday November 5th at 7:00 in the Hawk's Nest. The agenda will include all the must-know information for juniors launching the college planning process. We'll talk about testing, characteristics of colleges, types of colleges, how to search for colleges and when to visit. Juniors are expected to attend one of the evenings. Please let me know which evening you are planning to attend.

Upcoming CollegeWeekLive College Fairs - Virtual college fairs will continue all year with the World's Largest Online College Fair – CollegeWeekLive Fall, November 4-7. To learn more, visit collegeweeklive.com.

The good news we rarely hear - Tired of the media reports about how hard it is to get into college? The National Association for College Admissions Counseling released their 2009 report regarding the state of college admissions, stating that “. . . the average acceptance rate across all four-year institutions in the US is approximately two-thirds (67 percent)." We hear about the most selective colleges all the time but remember that there are only 135 colleges out of 2000 that accept less than 50% of their applicants.

Colleges Visiting TMS - A full list of the colleges currently scheduled to visit as well as a list of a few Open House events and local information sessions are posted on the Family Connection site. Here are the colleges scheduled to visit us in the next two weeks. Please add your name to the sign up sheet on my door and get the permission of your teacher to attend.

• McDaniel College - Monday 11/2 at 8:30
• University of Oregon - Wednesday 11/4 at 10:15
• Mitchell College - Monday 11/9 at 11:00

College of the Week - Situated on a scenic hilltop in Westminster, Maryland, the McDaniel College campus is just a short distance from Baltimore and Washington, DC. The academic environment provides 1,700 students an expansive range of intellectual and practical experiences so that they can debate, defend and articulate their ideas with clarity, and explore issues with a multicultural, global and flexible perspective. Academic, athletic and social opportunities abound in which students can explore, test their potential, and realize their leadership skills over four years. McDaniel is one of the college profiled in Colleges That Change Lives.

Do you know? - "Liberal arts college" is a term used to describe the most general and common form of higher education. At a liberal arts college you are typically encouraged to explore many subject areas including humanities (English, languages, art, philosophy), the social sciences (psychology, history, political science etc) and the "hard" sciences (biology, math, geology). Although some liberal arts colleges also offer majors such as business and engineering, a purely liberal arts college would not. Liberal arts colleges tend to focus their attention on educating undergraduates seeking a bachelors degree rather than on graduate students seeking master's degrees. Liberal arts college particularly value the development of critical thinking and reasoning, writing skills and research ability over the skills associated with one specific occupation.

My Schedule this Week - I'll be on campus Monday 8-4:30, Wednesday 10-9 and Thursday 10-9.

FOR SENIORS

Only you can send your test scores to your colleges - Even when you enter your test scores on an application, the college expects you to have the College Board or the ACT send official score reports to them. You'll need to sign back into your College Board/ACT account and may have to pay additional fees to do this. This is the most common missing piece of an application, causing delays in reading and processing your application. When sending SAT scores to colleges, avoid "Score Choice" and send all your scores since many colleges will take your best score for each section, regardless of sitting.

A good essay on essays - Check it out.

Application Help on Wednesday 2:35-4:00 - I'll bring some food, you bring your college stuff and we'll work on whatever is your top priority. Don't know what to do first? No problem - we'll figure it out.

What's all this email from CSU campuses? If you have submitted your CSU applications, you are probably getting lot of email about your application. Read these messages carefully and set up your student accounts. This is the only way the campuses will communicate with you and the only way you'll know if they need anything from you, like a transcript. If you need help managing this, enlist aid from a parent or come see me!

The two most important questions you should be able to answer! Know what the most frequently asked questions are in an interview?

Why are you applying to Ideal U? and..........
What is important to you?

Need help with your answers? Stop by or schedule time with me and I'll be happy to help you.

SAT/ACT Registration Deadlines - If you need to take or retake the SAT, SAT Subject Tests or ACT this fall, the registration deadlines are approaching. The late registration deadline for the December 5th SAT or SAT Subject Tests is 11/12. To register go to wwwcollegeboard.com. The regular registration deadline for the December 12th ACT is 11/6 and you can register at www.actstudent.org.

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Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

Students Polled on Scheduling Issue

Based on the principle that most people, regardless of age, cannot effectively concentrate for an unbroken period of more than a couple of hours at most, the School's schedule endeavors never to have more than two class periods meet back-to-back during the day. So the two morning periods are followed by a change of pace in the form of 25-minute advisory/tutorial/clubs periods. The next 55-minute class is followed by lunch. After lunch three classes meet in succession -- and in order to keep that long stretch from becoming unproductive, the schedule inserts a 10-minute break (rather than the usual 5-minute passing period) before the last period of the day.

Students have voiced some dissatisfaction with that last break, wondering what it is for and why it keeps them from going home five minutes sooner, so newly elected president Noah Levenson initiated an official questionnaire, administered during advisory period with teachers' opinions included, in order accurately to gauge opinion on the matter. The administration is currently considering whether and how the results might be incorporated into school policy.

Oyster Conservation Pilot Program at TMS

The Watershed Project was back today (10/28) with part II of their program "Oysters on the Half Shell" that they are piloting at our school. The program aims to restore the native Olympia oyster population in the bay. Today the students learned about the oyster's life cycle and how they play an important role in the food web of the bay. Next stop will be the Marin Rod and Gun Club on 11/18 where we'll be counting and measuring baby oysters.

"Race to Nowhere" Director to Visit TMS

On Wednesday, November 10, we are presenting an evening with Vicki Abeles, Producer and Director of the film Race to Nowhere, a featured film at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival. The screening of the film and discussion with Ms. Abeles is an extraordinary opportunity for our community, and we hope you will attend.

The important film documents an issue vital to the health and well-being of all our students – the stressful challenge of the college application process in America today. Unfortunately, this intense push to get into the best colleges often begins long before students even get to high school, and it has become increasingly more stressful as teens and parents compete with others to build a resume that includes not only the highest possible GPA (with honors classes, AP, high SAT’s and ACT’s, multiple extracurriculars, community service, internships, and on and on. And when do our kids get to be teens? When do they have time to enjoy their youth, socialize with their friends and family, have some fun, and simply get a good night’s sleep? When is enough, enough?

And how is this process working for our teens? Their physical and emotional health is being strongly compromised; they are suffering “burn-out” at higher levels than ever before; their fear of not getting into the “best” schools is creating a level of anxiety that is leading to depression and even worse.

And the truth is that all this stress, this added pressure is ineffective. Colleges have lowered their standards and report that the basic skills of incoming freshmen are so low that an alarming number of students must take remedial classes. And yet our fear, that of parents and educators, is that if we let up, if we reduce the pressure, we are somehow failing – our kids and ourselves.

Students in the film suggest this whole process is a “race to nowhere.” If this is true, then what are we going to do about it?

Comments from members of our community who saw the film recently at The Mill Valley Film Festival:

Diane Darrow, TMS Parent: The film posed the question "how are we teaching our children and why?" The disconnect between what it takes to be a top student and get into a "good" college versus the kind of work skills the 21st century now demands is widening. Time and again test scores and external forces seem to be directing our students' lives. It was clear from the movie that the present educational methods are not only stressful and disengaging but inappropriate for the real world they will face after college.

Molly Grey, TMS Student: The movie was not only inspiring, but it brought attention to a nationwide problem that high school students like me are going through. It gave hope and encouragement on what steps everyone can take to reduce the pressure. Vicki truly listened and honestly represented what teens, parents, and teachers are feeling.

Ashley Vidal, TMS Student: Colleges are always asking what are you interested in and what are you going to major in; when are we supposed to have time to even figure that out? I think it would benefit colleges if they just took out a calculator and use the addition button over and over again to add up all the hours they expect of us, so they could see how physically impossible it is. There just simply isn’t enough time in the day to actually do all they expect. The system sets impossible standards, and the beautiful thing about this film is that it captures that pressure perfectly. This movie reminded me how grateful I am to go to a school like TMS and my strong desire to help other people get to the same place we are.

As you can see, this is a film that we do not want to miss. Our student body will be seeing the film on the afternoon of the 10th.

I encourage all of you to attend and to bring friends who would also benefit from seeing this film. Seating will be limited, and we expect seats to fill quickly, so get your RSVP in as soon as possible. A $10 donation at the door will be appreciated and will help to cover the cost of this event. Please see attached Invitation.

A special thanks to Kieran Ridge, TMS teacher and Director of The Marin School’s Filmbridge program, for his commitment to bringing this film to our community.

-Barbara

Nighthawk Soccer Finishes the Season Strong

TMS' most successful soccer season in years drew to a close at the Small Schools Bridge League championship tournament last weekend. The Nighthawks defeated their first opponent, Orinda Academy, but lost in the final to Hanna Boys' Center. Over two months of play, the TMS team worked hard to improve their skills and teamwork -- with great results.

New Student Council President Elected

Last week 90% of students cast votes in the election for Student Council president. Four fine candidates competed for the job, but it was senior Noah Levenson who won a clear majority of the votes. Noah quickly sprang into action, establishing a community-service program to transfer leftover bagels each day from The Bagel Shop, a popular student destination next door to the school, to Women For Helping All People in Marin City. The program is set to get off the ground today. Congratulations to Noah!

Noah is pictured above with the TMS soccer team and the coach's baby at a recent tournament.

Climate Change Presentation at TMS

A representative from the Alliance for Climate Education visited The Marin School today to discuss climate change. He challenged students to take action and to create a group within the school to lead the way.

College Planning for the Week of 10/26

IMPORTANT INFO FOR JUNIORS

College Night for Juniors and Parents - Choose the date you want to attend - either Wednesday November 4th at 7:00 or Thursday November 5th at 7:00 in the Hawk's Nest. The agenda will include all the must-know information for juniors launching the college planning process. We'll talk about testing, characteristics of colleges, types of colleges, how to search for colleges and when to visit colleges. Juniors are expected to attend one of the evenings.

FOR EVERYONE

Colleges Visiting TMS: A full list of the colleges currently scheduled to visit as well as a list of a few Open House events and local information sessions are posted on the Family Connection site. Here are the colleges scheduled to visit us in the next two weeks. Please add your name to the sign up sheet on my door and get the permission of your teacher to attend.

* Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising - Monday 10/26 at 11:45
* Goucher College - Wednesday 10/28 at 10:15
* Chapman University - Thursday 10/29 at 12:00
* McDaniel College - Monday 11/2 at 8:30
* University of Oregon - Wednesday 11/4 at 10:15

College of the Week - One of the few College That Change Lives colleges located in a metropolitan area, Goucher College (pronounced "Gowcher") has made its mark with an emphasis on foreign study and the strength of its internship program, both of which are required. Faculty is focused on teaching undergraduates rather than on research and Goucher students rave about their professors. Located in Baltimore, Maryland (and not far from Washington D.C.), this small liberal arts college with 2362 students is a real gem!

Do you know? - There is no shortage of traditions on college campuses and Halloween brings out the best in them. UC San Diego is no exception. UCSD is divided into smaller residential colleges and Muir College's oldest tradition is a smash hit. Students drop a 300- to 400-pound pumpkin (named and stuffed with candy) from the top of 11-story Tioga residence hall. A Halloween carnival is coordinated around the event.

My Schedule this Week - I'll be on campus Monday 9-4:30, Wednesday 9-4 and Thursday 9-4:00.

FOR SENIORS

"Senior year grades don't count" - Think that's true? Guess again! Many colleges ask to see your grades for the fall semester of senior year and use this information in making their admission decision. In addition, after you graduate in June, we send your final transcript to the college where you have enrolled. If your senior year grades have taken a dive, the college may withdraw their offer of admission. Each year UC campuses rescind offers to hundreds of students who thought that "senior year grades don't count".

Transcripts and Recommendations - The bright blue form is due this week (Nick, Alex C, Jordan, Kevin, Ryan H, Dustin, Ryan K, Noah, Tali, Kaya, Katie, Ashley and Mara are on my mind...). If you don't have one, see me ASAP. If you need recommendations from teachers ...

1. you should speak to the teacher(s) you'd like to write for you ASAP. Then.......
2. complete the "Request for Teacher Recommendation" form for each teacher and give the completed form to the teacher. The form is available in the document library on Family Connection.
3. The next step is to complete the bright blue " Request for Application Components", which is due to me three weeks before your first deadline but in all cases by 11/1.

Confused? See me and we'll work it through!

UC and CSU Application Deadlines are 11/30 - Just a reminder to keep slugging through these applications. You should submit your applications as soon as you are finished with them.

Application Help on Wednesday 2:35-4:00 - I'll bring some food, you bring your college stuff and we'll work on whatever is your top priority. Don't know what to do first? No problem - we'll figure it out.

SAT/ACT Registration Deadlines - If you need to take or retake the SAT, SAT Subject Tests or ACT this fall, the registration deadlines are approaching. The regular registration deadline for the December 5th SAT or SAT Subject Tests is October 30th. To register go to wwwcollegeboard.com. The regular registration deadline for the December 12th ACT is 11/6 and you can register at www.actstudent.org.

Applying for Financial Aid? The first step in the financial aid process is for the student and parents to apply for a PIN (that's personal identification number). You can do this now at http://www.pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex.jsp. For more information about financial aid, visit How Stuff Works or the federal student aid site.

Susan
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Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

College Planning for the Week of 10/19

Colleges Visiting TMS: A full list of the colleges currently scheduled to visit as well as a list of a few Open House events and local information sessions are posted on the Family Connection site. Here are the colleges scheduled to visit us in the next two weeks. Please add your name to the sign up sheet on my door and get the permission of your teacher to attend.

* University of Washington - Tuesday 10/20 at 12:00
* University of the Puget Sound - Thursday 10/22 at 10:15
* Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising - Monday 10/26 at 11:45
* Goucher College - Wednesday 10/28 at 10:15
* Chapman University - Thursday 10/29 at 12:00

College of the Week - Located In Tacoma, Washington, the University of Puget Sound campus is on a bluff overlooking the water. While a traditional liberal arts curriculum is at its core, UPS also offers business, which is its most popular major. Asian Studies are a big drawing card and every three years, the university offers a 9 month school sponsored mobile classroom through Japan, Thailand, Korea, India, China and Nepal.

Do you know? - What do the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Virginia and Dickinson College have in common? They were all founded by signers of the the Declaration of Independence - Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Rush.

My Schedule this Week - I'll be on campus Tuesday 9-3:30, Wednesday 9-4 and Thursday 9-4:30.

FOR SENIORS

Beware, "You are special" applications - Have you gotten a "special" application from a college, indicating that they want you to apply now, they'll waive the application fee and eliminate an essay? Such applications are essentially a marketing gimmick, encouraging lots of students to apply and thereby making a college appear more selective. It's fine to use such applications if you were planning to apply anyway but don't apply just because you get a "special" application. The truth is that you probably have the same chance of admission whether or not you received a "special" application.

Transcripts and Recommendations - If you need recommendations from teachers ...

1. you should speak to the teacher(s) you'd like to write for you ASAP. Then.......
2. complete the "Request for Teacher Recommendation" form for each teacher and give the completed form to the teacher. The form is available in the document library on Family Connection.
3. The next step is to complete the bright blue " Request for Application Components", which is due to me three weeks before your first deadline but in all cases by 11/1.

Confused? See me and we'll work it through!

Going to the Humboldt Admission Day on 10/24? See me for your transcript prior to 10/23. Print your test scores from the College Board or ACT websites (Humboldt will accept them this way but wants you to follow up later by sending official scores too). Submit your Humboldt application by 10/16 and pay the associated fee. Register to attend the event. Easy!.

Application Help on Wednesday 2:35-4:00 - I'll bring some food, you bring your college stuff and we'll work on whatever is your top priority. Don't know what to do first? No problem - we'll figure it out.

SAT/ACT Registration Deadlines - If you need to take or retake the SAT, SAT Subject Tests or ACT this fall, the registration deadlines are approaching. The regular registration deadline for the December 5th SAT or SAT Subject Tests is October 30th. To register go to wwwcollegeboard.com. The regular registration deadline for the December 12th ACT is 11/6 and you can register at www.actstudent.org.

FOR JUNIORS

PSAT is PAST! Well done, juniors! I'll let you know when your scores arrive in early December. In the meantime, keep working hard in your classes.

College Night for Juniors and Parents - Choose the date you want to attend - either Wednesday November 4th at 6:30 or Thursday November 5th at 7:00 in the Hawk's Nest. The agenda will include all the must-know information for juniors launching the college planning process. We'll talk about testing, characteristics of colleges, types of colleges, how to search for colleges and when to visit colleges. Juniors are expected to attend one of the evenings.

Susan
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Susan Gotshall-Maxon
College Counselor

Juniors & Seniors Attend Mill Valley Film Festival Screening

TMS juniors and seniors went to the Rafael Theater today for a screening of Soundtrack for a Revolution. After the film the students participated in a Q&A with the director. Here is some of the program notes about the film from the Mill Valley Film Festival website:

A young black man sits politely at the "whites only" counter in a diner as white men berate him, throw food at him, and eventually beat him. But when he hits the floor, another man takes his place at the counter. Watching this ghastly footage, captured during the bitter days of segregation, it seems impossible to imagine anyone willing to endure such senseless brutality. But pair images like this with soul-stirring folk songs like "I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table," "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," and "We Shall Overcome," and suddenly anything seems possible. Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through the music that fortified protestors as they struggled for equality.

Just another day in the science department

The freshman biology class at Muir Beach checking the sand crab population (as part of the LiMPETS program run by the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association), then back to the lab where the zoology class looked at hydras. Check out Zohar and Kevin using a video microscope.

Tree Falls on TMS Student's Car

Yesterday's storm caused a tree to fall on TMS student Hannah Aubry's car while she was in class. Luckily the students were inside the school when the tree fell in front of building four.

Candidate Speeches

Here are the speeches from the four candidates for TMS Student Council President:

Meredith Sacks

Hello I know most of you know me, but for those that don’t, my name is Meredith sacks and this is my fourth year here. Since freshman year I have been involved in as many school groups as possible. However I didn’t do for college acceptance and because I had lots of free time. I did it because I wanted to be involved in the school and make it the best it can be, not that Barbara and Steve haven’t done a great job so far. If you vote for me for student council president, you will be voting for someone who will use her power to listen to every voice no matter now small. You have seen me at all of the meetings, in the school and out. You’ve seen me bringing you bake sales and Halloween contests and almost everything else you have asked for.

I have acted as vice president for two years and even president for a short while. I have learned over the course of those years how to properly run the council and also make sure I hear everyone’s voice, whether they are in the council or not. I also want to create a better connection between the administration and the students. I want to bring you new school gear, so we can feel proud of our teeny little nighthawk. I also want more ideas from everyone on how to make the school a better environment for learning and a reasonable amount of fun. So I’m digging that suggestion box out of the dust and putting it back on Mary-Beth’s desk. So if you want to have someone in office that can make things happen and really listen, then vote for me for student council president. I know I can take you and this school to great places.

Ashley Vidal

Good morning everyone I appreciate your attention as it is a monday morning, my name is Ashley and I am running for student council president. I have been privileged to have been your vice president last year and your acting president this year. And that is not to say that the other three candidates aren’t qualified, because they are but I do have an advantage over the other candidates that I have been able to act as the president for the last couple weeks. I am grateful for it though because I have had the opportunity to feel what the responsibility is like as president, and that know that I am up to it. On that note, I don’t want you to vote for me if it is just for the simple reason that I have been the person standing up here the last couple weeks, it should be about whether you think I will do a good job in office and take the job seriously. I cannot absolutely guarantee that I will run my job flawlessly but I can guarantee that I will take the job seriously and work the hardest I can to do the job well. This is my third year of being an acting member of the Student Council and I am telling you this because I know the ropes, I understand how the process works, I am the kind of leader that rolls up her sleeves to pitch in and get stuff done. And being apart of this system I know all too well how important it is for the leader to keep people on task, so that the work can be distributed evenly. I’ve helped work on projects like Candy Grams, and selling food at the theatre events, but we can do much more by setting clear goals and staying focused on those goals.

All the people on Student Council have great ideas, and you students who aren’t necessarily even members of the council have great ideas, and I just want to be the one to organize things for all of you, mediate and take all your ideas and work as a collective unit, which is how I think we can be most successful. I am not coming into office promising that these certain events will happen, I am coming in to just facilitate the conversation. I have ideas of good things that the council could do, but at the end of the day all of us candidates are standing up here giving speeches, maybe a bit nervous, but it’s for all of you guys. I think the beautiful thing this year, about having 3 very qualified candidates standing behind me is that you the students really get to be apart of the process. We get to have an election not just of a winner, winning due to no opposition and what that means for freshman or those of you who are new to the school is that in past years only one person has run for each office so in essence they got the job simply because no one ran against them. If you have any ideas for the Council were always there during lunch on tuesdays and whoever is president I know will be more than willing to hear your ideas. It would be great for you guys to continue to be apart of the process that is our school. I think this could be the beginning of a great year of student involvement not only in the Student Council specifically but in the school. Because without you guys there really is no reason for all four us to stand up here, and talk about what we want to do because you guys are why we do it and I really appreciate what all of you bring to the school.

And I will just end with, it’s been an honor being your acting president, and if I am elected I would be grateful to continue to lead you guys, and if not I’ve really enjoyed standing up here and running the meetings as well as running the meetings during lunch with the council. I hope its been as enjoyable for you guys as it was for me.

Hannah Aubry

I know that if I am elected president, you are all going to have to listen to me run the morning meeting on Mondays. So before I talk to you about what a good president I’d be, I’m going to let you hear my “Good Morning Marin School”. Good morning Marin School! I could even switch it up and do accents. Good Morning Marin School! We’ll see what happens. Now some of you may know me and some may not, but to clear things up, my name is Hannah Aubry, and today I’m going to tell you why you should elect me as your student body president.

First, a vote for me is a vote for justice. We all feel sometimes, that things are working against us, rather than for us. Maybe the snack machine ate your money, or there are no cups and plates in the IC. Or maybe it just smells awful in there. I pledge to work with you to fix what isn’t working. Believe that you can come to me with problems, and I will try my best to fix those issues, so that you can feel relaxed and happy when you are here. Barring classes of course, I can’t make algebra more exciting. No offense, Iain and Keith.

Second, a vote for me is a vote for liberty and fun, because I believe that we students should have the freedom to enjoy ourselves, even while we’re at school. Since announcing my candidacy, I’ve talked to students about what they want to see happen in this school. Nadav wants Otter Pop Fridays. Jake and Joey want a trip to In and Out. I want the hot water machine back because I go nuts for peppermint tea. All these things could be possible, and many more things, too. All you have to do is ask me and whether you elect me as your president or not, I will try to make it happen.

So remember, my fellow students, that casting a vote for me is like voting for yourself, because I will be your mouthpiece on Student Council. I will work hard for what you Marin Schoolians want, and I will deliver. So tomorrow, when you’re looking at the ballot, ask yourself: “Do I love justice, liberty, fun, and myself?” If your answer is yes, then remember what I have said today, and vote for Hannah Aubry as your Student Council president!

Noah Levenson

For those of you who I haven’t yet, met I am Noah Levenson AKA Nobamah and I’m a go getter. As anyone who truly knows me will tell you I’m obsessed with accomplishing my goals, in this case my goal is to make sure your ideas and suggestions get turned into realities. I have heard your complaints about the 10 minute break and this is the first issue I am tackling. I have already talked to Steve multiple times about getting the break removed so that we can get out 5 minutes earlier. Instead of just having 5 minutes of downtime. I know my posters are mostly humorous but I assure you I am serious about trying to make your views heard. My whole policy is this, I may suggest a few ideas but my main goal is to help you all get what you want whether it’s more student council barbeques or new policies. But most of all I merely want to be the middleman that fights for your ideas to be heard and implemented by student council and the administration. I don’t feel the need to be the brainchild behind every idea because I already know all of you have great ideas that just haven’t been expressed yet. To sum this up, my main goal as your president is to give strength to the student voice, which is often overlooked. In conclusion I would like to tell you all something on a personal note…I have a dream, that one day my kids Jebediah and Quantias will look at me with their little shining eyes and say papa did you ever accomplish anything, to which I will reply yes, yes I did, at 17 years old I became president………. Of The Marin School. Thank you all NOBAMAH OUT!