The Milton Insider » JJ http://www.miltonacademy.info/blog Just another WordPress site Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:59:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Milton Snow Days http://www.miltonacademy.info/blog/milton-snow-days/ http://www.miltonacademy.info/blog/milton-snow-days/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 17:49:28 +0000 http://www.miltonacademy.info/blog/?p=382 At Milton, the sight of snow falling from the sky can be mistaken for Christmas morning. All through the night, as snow piles on the ground, we patiently wait for the call from the head of school, as we constantly refresh the “snow day calculator” on our computers. When the Milton system calls students to notify them of school`s cancelation, shouts of joy can be heard from every room in the dorm. Although day students cannot come to campus, boarders know how to make the best of a snow day. For me, that consists of baseball batting practice in our gym with teammates, snow football, Netflix, and a huge snowball fight on the quad. We take our quad snow football very seriously. In my dorm—Forbes House—winning a snow football game is about as big as winning the Super Bowl.

Snow days connect the Milton Boarding community like no other day on the calendar, bringing us closer through snow shenanigans outside and watching movies inside. Snow days are some of my most fond memories of Milton.

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The best part about Parents’ Weekend is the amount of homework we receive for the weekend—none! Milton teachers give us the opportunity to relax, rest, and spend quality time with our families, while rejuvenating our brains halfway through the semester. With no schoolwork and Monday off, I went home to visit my family and friends. Parents’ Weekend leaves us fresh and ready to go for the remainder of the semester.

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