Kieran Ridge at Sausalito Film Festival, Aug. 21, 4 pm

Kieran Ridge, TMS English Dept. Chair, will host a screening at the Sausalito Film Festival, at Cavallo Point Resort, on Sunday, August 21 at 4 pm. The film is called Blood in the Mobile, and is a powerful investigation of how the "conflict minerals" necessary to our IT gadgets -phones, computers, cameras - are at the heart of the ongoing wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He'll be joined for a Q&A session by Muadi Mukenge, a powerful and well-informed speaker originally from the DR Congo; she is now working here in the US with Friends of the Congo and the Global Fund for Women.

The Congo wars have claimed nearly six million lives since the mid-1990's, drawing in all of the DR Congo's neighbors, and are perhaps the most under-reported major news story globally. Most casualties are civilians, and this screening provides a follow up to our TMS Presents event focusing on human rights in the DR Congo at UCSF a couple of years ago.

Tickets and event info:

www.sausalitofilmfestival.com/films/blood.html

YouTube Trailer

We'd love to see you there, in support of the Congolese people and our friends and neighbors at the Sausalito Film Festival.

Incoming TMS Freshman in the News

Incoming freshman, Simonne Berg, was recently featured in Tiburon's "The Ark" newspaper for her winning performance at the Big Skyliner amateur horse-jumping competition at the prestigious Spruce Meadows facility in Calgary, Canada.

Among the events she won medals for were first place for a team event, a $3,000 jumping competition and a bronze medal for the overall best rider. Her horse, Limerick, was named best of the competition.

Barbara J. Brown named as next head of The Marin School

The Marin School's Board of Trustees recently announced that is has hired veteran administrator Barbara J. Brown to become the school's next Head of School. She replaces Peter T. Esty, who stepped in as the interim Head of School during the search process.

Brown brings more than 30 years of academic leadership and teaching experience to TMS. She was the founding Head of School at The Oakwood School, a K-12, college-preparatory independent school in Greenville, North Carolina. Brown also served as Head of School at Oak Hill School in Eugene, Oregon, another K-12 college-preparatory school. In addition, she has worked at Menlo School in Atherton, Mid-Peninsula High School in Menlo Park, and Santa Catalina School in Monterey.

"Barbara's winning track record in building, growing, developing, and strengthening the schools under her leadership, her passion for education and her commitment to innovative, hands-on learning made her the ideal choice to lead our school as we strive to offer Bay Area families and their children the best independent school education available," said Ted West, Chair of the Board of Trustees. "Our entire community is thrilled to welcome her."

Brown earned her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara; MA in Education from Stanford University School of Education; and a Doctorate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has received two awards for Outstanding Teaching for her innovative techniques in the classroom. At both Stanford and Harvard she served as class marshal during commencement, and was also the commencement speaker at Harvard. She was honored this year to be asked to join the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Alumni Council, representing the West Coast.

"From the moment I set foot on the campus, I fell in love with the atmosphere because I could sense that students were allowed to be individuals," stated Brown. "There is a strong sense of community, collaboration and creativity among the TMS community. I am extremely excited about my appointment as Head of School at TMS."

TMS Jazz Band Plays Duke Ellington

The Marin School Jazz Band plays Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing" at the Annual Spring Concert held on May 26, 2011.

TMS Alumni in the News!

Jill Bischoff, TMS class of '04 (pictured on the left), is a counselor at Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley, Ms Ventura County 2009 and now a member of the Sugartown Rollergirls, a roller derby team based in Oxnard, CA.

Read the full article here

TMS Jazz Band Spring Concert - May 2011

The Marin School Jazz Band Spring Concert was held May 26, 2011 to a standing room only crowd. One of the featured songs was "Cliffs of Dover" written by Eric Johnson. This version features Gabe Jackman on Guitar along with Justin Herbert, Guitar; Sam Klitsner, Bass; John Alba, Trumpet; Annarose Leff, Flute; Bryan Nickerson, Saxophone/Clarinet; Jacob Solomon, Drums; and Luca Tedesco on Piano. The Jazz Band is led by Jimmy Sage. A CD of the concert will be available soon. For more information contact ehawley@themarinschool.org

The Marin School Annual Festival of the Arts was enjoyed by all!

The TMS community gathered at the school on May 26th for the Annual Festival of the Arts. On display were the students' work; ranging from clothing design, art, photography and film. The evening ended with the TMS Jazz Band concert - standing room only!

See more photos here