Students Interview Rep. Lynn Woolsey

Students Shannon Ryan and Ashley Vidal along with teacher Matt O'Donnell interviewed Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey yesterday at her office in San Rafael. The interview focused on U.S. immigration policy and was a follow up to the "Outside the Walls Week" immigration documentary project.

TMS Event Honoring Director John Avildsen

The Marin School Presents

A Tribute to John Avildsen: Oscar-winning Film Director


(Rocky, The Karate Kid,The Power of One, Save the Tiger)

John Avildsen in person
reviewing key scenes from his classic films, with audience Q & A

JUNE 5th 7PM (Reception 6.15PM)
at Kerner Optical Film Studio
3210 Kerner Boulevard, San Rafael

Suggested Donation $20
In support of TMS Filmbridge Outreach:
Bringing Human Rights Film Events to Bay Area High School Students

To reserve seats RSVP to kridge@themarinschool.org
Supported by TMS Board of Trustees, Kerner Optical & the Sausalito Film Festival

Film Screening and Q & A at TMS

The student body viewed the film Crude this morning in the Hawk's Nest. After the film they participated in a Q & A with Ginger Cassady of the Rainforest Action Network and with Brian Parker, a law student currently working on the case against Chevron/Texaco in Ecuador. The film is drawing new interest this month due to a court decision involving First Amendment rights.

Drama Production Announcement

The TMS Drama Department presents...

A theatrical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Friday and Saturday, May 21st and 22nd
7:30 p.m.
in the TMS Theater

Tickets: $10 ($5 for students)
Reserve seats with Elizabeth
415-339-9336, ext. 102 or
ehawley@themarinschool.org

Cinco de Mayo at TMS

Cinco de Mayo marks the coming together of the Mexican people when they were threatened by French invasion. On May 5th 1862, the Mexican identity was born. The TMS World Language Department celebrated the event on the basketball court with a piñata that the students tried to break in less than three blows. As the “New Village” students were working in the garden, one of our ninth graders, Jake Miskelley, grabbed the opportunity and invited them to help us in “quebrar la piñata.” Students from The Marin School and New Village School were very happy to join forces and celebrate together this auspicious moment in Mexican history. All is well! Our Spanish speaking students have forgiven the French, and are happy to celebrate both cultures.
- Marie-France Patterson

Totalitarian High

Sophomores in Modern World History at TMS recently designed their own high schools -- as totalitarian institutions. The purpose of the exercise was to give them a concrete sense of what life might be like in a totalitarian state, with all of the propaganda, terror and indoctrination techniques such states have used to control of all aspects of a society.



One student, Nicholas Howes, worked hard and fast to produce a short video as his submission, which you can view below.