The Measure and The Paper: By Harry

Every Friday after my second period class, I rush to the Student Center to make sure I can grab a copy of two of Milton’s many student run publications, The Miton Measure, and The Milton Paper. These publications, one published weekly, the other bi-weekly, provide students with information about the school, including a column written by one of the head monitors about the past week, and many articles about Milton’s many sports teams. All the articles are written and edited by students from all grades and contain a variety of opinions and ideas. You can find stories...

Spring Break Lacrosse By: Sara

During a week of spring break, our lacrosse, baseball, softball, and sailing teams traveled to Florida for a week of sports and fun in the sun. The girls’ lacrosse team spent the week practicing together and playing in games, as well as experiencing all of what Florida has to offer. Besides lacrosse, we went to the beach, hung out at the pool, supported the boys at their lacrosse game, jumped at a trampoline park, played Minute to Win it, and we even went to the aquarium! Although the goal of the trip was to get ready for lacrosse season, the trip felt like a fun...

Living at Milton: A Unique Boarding Expe...

The eight dorms that make up Milton Academy’s boarding community at Hathaway, Goodwin, Forbes, Robbins, Wolcott, Hallowell, Norris, and Millet. Each of our dorms houses about 40 students, along with a handful of teachers, other faculty members, and their pets. Our boarding community is organized to cultivate long-lasting bonds and friendships. Each dorm contains students from all four years, providing new freshmen with knowledgeable juniors and seniors as mentors. So during your first few months at Milton, that stroll through the upperclassman section in the Student...

Recess By: Ashleigh

One of my favorite times of the day at Milton Academy is only 15 minutes long from 10:00 to 10:15 a.m. This time is recess. Many high schools and middle schools don’t have recess and although our recess is not playing on swings and running around outside, our high school recess is just as fun. You can find almost the whole Upper School congregated in the Student Center talking and eating breakfast sandwiches from the snack bar. On Fridays, there is music playing and everyone is singing and dancing. Upperclassmen can be seen hanging over the balcony and underclassmen are...

Milton Takes Prague By: Sophie

One of the highlights of my time at Milton was my trip to Prague. During this past spring break, Milton’s Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Singers (80+ students) traveled to the Czech Republic to perform and explore the city of “Praha.” We performed in St. Nicholas Church, located in the popular old-town square; in The Museum of Music; in the Church of Our Lady Before Tyn, a beautiful church marked by its two 80-meter tall towers; in St. Peter and Paul Church in Brno, which is the second largest city in Czech Republic; and in Lobkowicz Palace. What’s most interesting...

Springtime By: Emma

As another long New England winter finally comes to an end, I begin to notice the sun shining brighter and the birds chirping louder, singing the promise of warmer weather soon to come. Spring is one of my favorite seasons at Milton because the whole school migrates outside, taking advantage of the lovely weather. For instance, now that all the snow has melted, many students eat lunch outside on the quad, and sometimes the whole kitchen even comes outside to host a delicious backyard-style barbeque. Additionally, as some students begin to feel antsy at being kept inside...

One Acts By: Henry

One of the most interesting dramatic performances of the year is the Student Directed One Acts.  Unlike other productions at Milton where the major directorial and production decisions are made by faculty, student directors are in charge of One Acts.  The student directors cast the shows, design the sets, and direct the actors to create a show in their own vision.  These shows range from lighthearted comedies to serious dramas.  This whole process not only lets the directors shine, but as these productions are on a smaller scale, many students without acting experience...

Winter Dance Concert By: Sam

The annual winter Dance Concert takes place the weekend before spring break. The concert is the culmination of months of practice by around 70 students. When tickets became available, the Friday night show sold out in two hours, signifying the show’s buzz around campus. On each of the three nights, King Theater was nearly at full capacity as hundreds of students came out to support their peers. Dance Concert is one of my favorite weekend activities of the whole year because it is so much fun to watch my friends out there on the stage. Many of the dancers were dancing...

Baking Bash By: Jacquelyn

As Purim, a Jewish holiday, is coming up next week, the Jewish Student Union (JSU) hosted a Hamantaschen making party. Hamentaschen are traditional cookies eaten on Purim; they are triangular shaped pastries filled typically with jam or chocolate.  Although a very small percentage of the Milton community is Jewish, Ms. Klein-Ash, Eliza Scharfstein, and I (the heads of JSU) were overjoyed by the huge turnout of around 35 students who came to bake, learn and hang out. We jumped right into covering our hands in flour, making WAY oversized cookies, experimenting questionable...

French and Spanish Exchange Programs By:...

Both the Spanish and French departments at Milton offer students the opportunity to participate in exchange programs. Many of my friends who did the French Exchange had tons of fun, a fact that was made obvious by all their pictures from the trip. I went on the Spanish Exchange and it was the best experience I’ve ever had in my time at Milton, maybe even ever. In order to go on the trip, you have to be a junior or senior at Milton who has, of course, taken Spanish.  My junior year, a group of roughly 20 students and three teacher-chaperones flew to Spain and spent the...

Beatnik: The True Talents of Our Communi...

Every two months, almost the entire school gathers in Straus Library for the truest demonstration of Milton’s diverse range of talents: Beatnik. The fire is lit, the lights are dimmed, the leather couches and seats are filled, and most of the school is packed into the ornate building. Beatnik, run by the student artistic publication Magus Mabus, is an open-mic style event that always draws tremendous talent. Over the course of the night, upwards of 20 acts will perform, ranging from the resident jazz band to slam poetry to guitar/piano duets. Known for being a supportive...

Winter Weather

A couple of times a year, when the winter weather looks especially dicey, the Milton Academy campus shut down on account of a snow day. Each student waits not-so-patiently, whether it be at home or in their dorm, to get the automated call telling us that we do not have to go to school the next day. Snow days are especially celebrated in the dorm, as shouts and cheers ring through the hallway, and a dance party inevitably breaks out. The day is filled with baking, sledding and snowball fights. On our first snow day this year, my dorm, Robbins House, hosted an annual...