Update from France

Dear Families,

Our few days in Paris were packed with visits, laughters, and wrapped in heavy fatigue with jet lag and WALKING (a new word in our vocabulary).

We arrived safely and happily in the town of Hyeres in the south of France. The travelers already tasted the clement waters of the Mediterranean Sea and enjoyed the delicious food prepared by their host families.

Let's tan!

Marie France

TMS Presents Guest in the News This Week

Ginger Cassady of the Rainforest Action Network was in the news today as she and others in the "Change Chevron Campaign " staged a protest at the U.S. House of Representatives Oil Hearings in Washington.

"Ginger Cassady of the Change Chevron Campaign was escorted out of the House Oil Hearings in DC while confronting Chevron CEO John Watson about his company's toxic legacy of oil dumping in the Ecuadorean Rainforest"

Ginger Cassady attempted to deliver a bottle of oil-contaminated water from Ecuador to Chevron’s CEO John Watson. While being escorted out Cassady said: “Chevron is responsible for dumping 18 billion gallons of toxic oil waste in Ecuador, Chevron is no better than BP."

Cassady spoke at The Marin School after a screening of the film Crude last month.

TMS 'Authors Series' 2010 guest, Yiyun Li, named one of nation's top young fiction writers.

Yiyun Li, who visited The Marin School on March 24, 2010, has been named one of the nation's best young ficiton wrtiers by editors of The New Yorker. She was among 20 writers under age 40 whom The New Yorker's editors selected as the best and most promising of their generation. The New Yorker interview can be found at http://bit.ly/9BI2rF

William Archbold, former TMS student, graduates from West Point

Cadet William Spencer Allan Archbold, son of Ms. Catherine Jones of Greenbrae, CA and Mr. Guy Archbold of El Dorado Hills, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on Sunday, May 22.

William graduated from The Marin School in 2006. While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in Systems Engineering. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Field Artillery branch and will report to Fort Carson, CO for his first assignment.

TMS Presents Guests in the News this Week

TMS Presents guest Vicki Abeles was featured on Oprah.com for her film "Race to Nowhere." Vicki has visited TMS several times in the past year and participated in a Q & A with the student body and staff after a screening of her film.

"People are tired of being alone on these issues," she says. "They want community. They want to be together." Parents are forming online groups, meeting in person and committing to work toward change for the health of their students after coming together to screen the documentary. The film has empowered school districts to initiate change in areas like reducing or eliminating homework for elementary kids, setting later start times for tired high schoolers and limiting the number of AP courses a student can take in one semester. "Systemic change will happen when parents trust their instincts. And educators trust their instincts. It's too difficult to do by yourself," Vicki says.

USA Today included a glowing review for TMS Presents guests Debra Granik, director of Winter's Bone, and actress Jennifer Lawrence, in their paper today. Granik and Lawrence visited The Marin School last April.

Every so often a film gets under our skin with its haunting authenticity, reinforcing our faith in the wonderfully transporting power of cinematic storytelling.

Winter's Bone is unquestionably that film.

France Trip Update

On June 22, the Marin School group will fly to Paris, France and begin a three week adventure that will take the students on a 3 day exploration of the city of lights and a two week homestay/study in Hyeres, in the south of France. We will conclude our linguistic journey by a visit to "le Rocher de Monaco" and Nice.

Consult this website for more details: http://www.passports.com/weregoing/secure/login/groups/gpst/grpmain.cfm

Stay tuned!

-Marie-France

Green Team Update

Over the last couple of months, the Green Team and the city of Sausalito have been working together to carry through with a recycling project. The city needed the containers in back of buildings 1 through 6 painted and labeled in such a way that non residents would think twice before depositing their trash into the campus containers.

Last week, Kevin Hill, a senior, met with Joe Burns, Greg Smith, and another representative from the city and they all agreed on a plan to start the project.

The Green Team is very proud of Kevin for volunteering and helping with the campus at large recycling.

-Marie France Patterson

John Avildsen, Director of Rocky and The Karate Kid, comes to The Marin School

Film students spent their Saturday (June 5) on campus. As part of the TMS Filmbridge Festival 2010, they filmed scenes from the original Karate Kid aptly titled "The Karate Kid in Marin" with direction provided by John Avildsen, Oscar winning director.

John Avildsen is best known for directing the orignal "Rocky", "Save the Tiger" and "The Karate Kid" and its first two sequels.

(John is pictured third from left in the back row)

Alumni Reunion

Come join us on June 5th from 11-3 for a fun afternoon at our beautiful Sausalito campus for lunch and reconnect with old friends and teachers.

You'll enjoy

• BBQ including hamburgers (veggie burgers), hot dogs, beverages and snacks ($10 per person - children are free). Click here to pay.
• Music from DJ Jazzy Joel with your favorite hits from the 80's, 90's and 00's!
• Take a Tour of the New School and Expanded Campus
• See The Performing Arts Theater
• Experience The Fab Lab
• Take Photos of The New Photography Studio
• Play in the Alumni Basketball Game. (If you'd like to play, contact Nicole Cosand).

For those of you traveling from out of town, click here to view a list of hotels in the area.

Pre-Paid RSVP's are greatly appreciated as we must secure catering for the event. You can RSVP by clicking here.

If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Cosand, Director of Development at 415-339-9336 X 131 or at ncosand@themarinschool.org