The Marin School Theater Project presents "It's All in the Timing...2"

For more information:

Elizabeth Hawley

ehawley@themarinschool.org

415 339-9336, ext. 102

Three TMS Ninth-Grade Poets Win Prizes in County-Wide Poetry Contest

Pictured (left to right) TMS Poets; Francesca, Emma C, Emma D

Only 60 poems out of the 700 poetry submissions from Marin County public and private high school students made it through the four rounds of judging by a panel of local poets. Of those 60, 40 of the poems were selected for publication in the 2011 contest anthology, by Marin County Poet Laureate C.B. Follett, the final judge of the 22nd Annual Marin County High School Poetry Contest, an event sponsored by the Marin Poetry Center. Three TMS ninth-grade students--Emma Cormia, Emma Delaporte, and Francesca Glaspell--won awards. Their work was honored at a special ceremony at the Mill Valley Golf Club April 27th; it also has been published in this year's anthology.

(For more information on how to purchase the 2011 contest anthology email anthology@marinpoetrycenter.org or visit http://www.marinpoetrycenter.org/)

The Poems

What Do I Know of Love

by Francesca Glaspell

Like a good book, unabridged.

We were spilling over the sink,

Colors sailing past the lines,

Falling off the pages

And I can't hold someone's heart,

When I can't even hold my own,

And I don't know what to do

Because an object the size of my fist,

Has knocked me out.

Dead poets howling from books,

Telling me what to feel,

Not what to do.

I can't love you like the rest.

The feelings that nest within us,

Between the lungs, were growing stronger,

And I won't let them fly away.

We are maps being deciphered.

We are instruments and,

God is playing symphonies.

I find you native,

I know you foreign,

And I love you blind.

Like a moth burned by desire,

We didn't learn our lesson,

For once we burned for something more

Than our own.

(Inspired by "One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII" by Pablo Neruda)

Love Poem

by Emma Delaporte

I love it when she bites my feet in bed,

I tell a friend of mine.

The old woman trudging along behind us thinks I'm a pervert.

I think she's a snoop.

My friend laughs. I love it when she licks my nose.

It's gross when her tongue gets up my nose though.

Agreed.

But I love it.

I'm sure to continue this conversation without letting the snoop know

That I'm talking about my cat.

I love the weird patch of white hair she has on her belly.

Yeah it's adorable.

God I love her.

Agreed.

I'd Know You Anywhere

by Emma Cormia

And sometimes just in passing

I'd swear I saw your face

In traffic late at night

A familiar silhouette drawn by the headlights

Of my car next to yours

But I know

It is just a trick of the rain

I saw you yesterday, in transit to the bank

Funny how city buses make people

Look like someone

Just like you

The Marin School Photo Philanthropy

Photo credit: Helena


For a second year in a row, as a part of TMS' week-long intersession unit, students in the Photo Philanthropy course visited scenic locations around the City of San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma Counties. Along the way, they put their photography skills to a good cause - capturing vivid digital images ranging from locations such as the Conservatory of Flowers, Annadel State Park, Lands End and the Golden Gate Bridge.

At the end of the week, the students selected their favorite shots and constructed greeting cards featuring their work. These cards will be placed on sale in stores throughout Marin County and San Francisco in order to raise money for the non-profit DrawBridge arts programs for homeless children.

Cards will be available for purchase at the school beginning Friday, April 29. For more information please contact mowens@themarinschool.org

To see the complete student portfolio click here.

TMS Annual Online Auction

Bidding is now open on The Marin School's annual online auction. We would like to encourage you to out-bid each other to raise funds for our wonderful school and make the online auction a success!

We have wine, restaurant gift certificates, jewelry, vaction homes, artwork, teach wish list items and much, much more. New items will be added daily, so if you would like to donate an item please contact Nicole Cosand at 415-399-9336 ext. 131.

Start your bidding now!

2011-2012 Course Elective Catalog Now Available

The 2011-2012 Course Elective Catalog is now available at http://bit.ly/tmscatolog

Sierra Leone Benefit Concert - Friday, April 29th

The Sierra Leone Project Presents

The Marin School

Sierra Leone Project Benefit Concert

Friday, April 29

6 to 8 pm

What: A benefit concert to support the Makrapodia Secondary School of Sierra Leone

Who: All are welcome - parents, relatives, friends, students

Where: The Marin School Theater - 100 Ebbtide Ave. - Sausalito, CA

Questions: Contact jweaver@themarinschool.org or doskerne@themarinschool.org

RSVP: jweaver@themarinschool.org

(Do you sing? Play an instrument? Breakdance? If you have a talent you would like to share, please let jweaver@themarinschool.org know by Wednesday April 27th)

An evening with Michael Y. Simon, MA MS, MFT - Wednesday March 23, 2011 - 7:00 pm

Join us for an evening with

Michael Y. Simon, MA, MS, MFT

"Teens, Drugs, Alcohol and Parties:

Getting to Best Practices in Your Community"

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

7:00 - 8:30 pm

TMS - Hawk's Nest

According to Michael, it's a rare day that parents of teens don't wonder about drugs, alcohol and parties. Most parents want to know specific information about what they should tell their adolescents in order not to have them do certain things, (e.g., go to a party, smoke too much, get drunk, not have unsafe sex or not have sex at all.) Some parents want to know specific information about drugs or alcohol or driving under the influence. And still other parents feel that their own kids aren't engaging in drug use or party-going, but they still feel nervous about those things or nervous that their kids will be or are involved with others who do use drugs or go to parties. During the evening, parents will learn just what is at stake in dealing with the issue of parties and drugs.

Michael has a background in adolescent counseling at independent high schools and is a psychotherapist in private practice for more than 15 years. He is also the founder of Practical Help for Parents, speaks locally and nationally on parenting teens, and is currently writing a book about teens and status. More information can be found on his website at http://www.practicalhelpforparents.com/.

Please join us for this informatiave parent event. RSVP to Elizabeth Hawley at 415 339-9336 or ehawley@themarinschool.org