Community Service Through Squash

At Milton there are numerous opportunities to partake in community service like Community Service Day and weekly volunteering opportunities at a variety of local sites. Every day, we learn the value of hard work and caring for one another. One of the best ways to show our values and care for the community around us is through service. The weekend before Thanksgiving Break, fellow OBK Head Tucker Hamlin and I went to the annual SquashBusters Thanksgiving Fest. As captains of the varsity squash team, we, along with Lillie Simourian of Class I and Coach Morgan Poor, traveled...

Gotcha!

This week at Milton Academy, the entire upper school participates in a campus-wide game called “Gotcha”. Essentially, it is a huge game of tag. Every student is emailed a name of another student in which they must tag. The tagged student will give the name of their target to the student who got him or her out, and the game goes on until only a few linger. This Milton tradition unifies the entire upper school and allows students to meet new people that they may not have known before. Gotcha is a great way to bring fun into the community before Thanksgiving...

ISL Champions!

Monday morning (with the help of Day Light Savings), I cheerfully got to school early and spent 15 minutes in the bathroom painting the letters “XC” on all of my teammates left cheeks, because our left cheeks are close to our hearts.   Not only is this week Spirit Week, my favorite five academic days of the school year, but also the Girls Cross Country team has just won the ISL Championship. Our school pride is shining brighter than ever!   Last Friday our team traveled to rival territory at Nobles and ran our toughest race of the year against all 12 ISL teams....

My Long Weekend

After this weekend, we are now in the middle of one of the longest stretches of uninterrupted school.  This past three-day weekend was pretty typical of what I usually do around here. After football practice on Friday, the entire football team, as we always do, went out to Wendy’s. Fast food is not the ideal pre-game meal, but the Milton football team has been going every week for something like twenty years. After coming back from Wendy’s I went back to my dorm, Forbes House, and just relaxed and watched TV. A few of us in the dorm have become addicted to a...

My Favorite Thing About Milton

For me, my favorite part of Milton is the community.  Milton truly has the best community. Everyone, from the teachers to the students, has an interesting background and story about themselves.   The Milton community is filled with people from different cultural backgrounds who add a unique dynamic to everyday life. Whether it is discussing a novel in English Class or exploring a foreign land in History, every student adds a new and fascinating piece of knowledge that enhances the knowledge of all the students at...

Why Milton?

Why Milton? When I initially applied to the school, the first factors that came to my mind were: academics, extracurriculars, fantastic teachers, etc. However, after getting into the school and starting my life at the institution, I realized that Milton was much more than that. I’m happy to have come to the school not only because I’m learning how to think or how to be responsible for a club, but also because I respect the people that inhabit the school. Although you can find good academics and competitive athletics at many institutions across the country, it is much...

Boarding Life

My favorite part about Milton, far and away, is living in the dorm.  Applying to schools, I knew I wanted to experience boarding life, so I only applied to boarding schools.  Living in the dorm has far exceeded my expectations.   Living in the dorm with 45 other guys is like having 45 brothers. Whether it’s a Saturday morning touch football game on the quad or a debate about whether or not golf is a sport in the lobby at check in, dorm life makes it so easy to relax and relieve the stress of school when you need to. (Golf is definitely a sport, by the way.) It’s...