Centre Connection
December, 2014
Gotcha: We Do Play
Milton’s head monitors announce the exact moment when Gotcha begins. A game of elimination, players tag one another and try to keep from being tagged themselves. The winner is the last surviving player. The game is launched during the shoulder week between sports seasons, and every student from Class IV to Class I is on the playing roster. Some people really take to the live action game, and play to win. Whether you’re an avid player or someone relieved to be tagged early, most everyone likes to follow the action and watch how the tags play...
read morePi Talks: Mixing Math With Dessert
“What is safe water?” asked Dr. Daniele Lantagne as she spoke to students about the role math and science plays in her work on household water treatment in developing countries. Dr. Lantagne ‘s research focuses on developing, implementing and assessing the effectiveness of water and sanitation interventions in developing countries and emergency contexts.
read moreJennifer Hughes: Artist Now Teaching in the Visual Arts Department
Jennifer Hughes, the newest faculty member of Milton’s visual arts department, introduces printmaking techniques to students in her art classes. In Studio Art, students work on relief printing—carving images into woodblocks and rolling the ink across the flat surfaces. In Advanced Drawing, there is a unit on intaglio printing, where students carve lines into the surface of plexiglass and then put the ink into the lines—the opposite of relief printing.
read moreFavorites of the Season at the Winter Concerts This Weekend
A long-standing tradition this time each year, Milton’s winter concerts are a welcome gift on these cold, short December days.
read moreMustangs Take to the Ice in Premier Prep Tournaments
Every holiday season, the best talent in prep school hockey gathers on the rinks of Milton and Nobles for a chance to claim the coveted championship titles of the Flood-Marr Tournament and the Harrington Invitational Tournament.
read moreDecking the Halls: Holiday Traditions in Milton’s Houses
In December, there’s no mistaking the holiday cheer that abounds on campus. Students returning from Thanksgiving break find a campus decked out in twinkling lights and colorful decorations. Spelled out in strung lights, a giant “F” announces the Forbes boys’ abode. Ribbons wrap the pillars of Wolcott House like a gift. The festive energy around School reminds students that winter break is near, and each house’s holiday traditions have students celebrating the season with their family away from home.
read moreClass II Dinner and College Presentation
Class II parents can visit campus with their children during the second weekend in January (January 9 and 10) for a constructive, two-day period of discussion and meetings about the college process. Thyra Briggs, Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid at Harvey Mudd College, will speak to Class II parents at the dinner on Friday night. Deb Shaver, Dean of Admission at Smith College, will speak on Saturday morning. Class II parents will receive more details soon. The Friday night speaker will be live...
read moreCommunity Service: The Season of Giving
The Community Service Board has been working hard over the past weeks, preparing for the holiday season. Every year, Milton students and adults commit to raising money and buying holiday gifts for local children and families in need, through nonprofit organizations and the Department of Children and Families. This year, students, faculty and staff purchased 30 coats for children of the Brookview House. Students give children their gifts at the Brookview House holiday party, hosted on the Saturday before winter break. At this fun and festive...
read moreFrom Charles Dickens to Monty Python: Fall Performances Offered a Range of Theatre Enjoyment
The three plays this fall included Monty Python’s hilarious Spamalot, Charles Dickens’ classic Nicholas Nickleby and Sarah Ruhl’s challenging Eurydice.
read moreVeterans Day
As is tradition on Veterans Day each year, faculty, staff and students join in a moment of silence at Milton’s flag pole while Taps is played from atop Apthorp Chapel. Former Marine and Milton staff member Michael McKenna spoke about his service to students at the Veteran’s Day Assembly.
read moreVideo: Journalist Anand Giridharadas Is Hong Kong Speaker
Growing up outside of Cleveland, journalist Anand Giridharadas had an “almost American life.” He was constantly asked where he was from because of how he looked, despite his American accent and upbringing. “My sense of India was a place my parents chose to leave,” he says. Hear an excerpt from his talk with students:
read moreVideo: Master Poet and “Dean of Sport Literature” is This Fall’s Bingham Reader
Dr. Donald Johnson—English professor and poet in residence at East Tennessee State University—was this fall’s Bingham Visiting Reader. Dr. Johnson met with students in Class I and II, and in honor of Veterans’ Day, he began his reading with two poems that are about soldiers and war.
read moreGreetings from the Parents’ Association
After a busy fall, the holidays and the winter are upon us! Parents’ Weekend, Class Dinners and Donut Days have provided time for gathering and getting to know one another, and working side-by-side. We look forward to the remainder of the year and hope that you will be able to join us in for our upcoming events!
read moreThank you for your support
Thank you to the 238 families who have already supported the Annual Fund. Giving to the Annual Fund is key to ensuring that Milton will continue to inspire generations of passionate learners. Donations support financial aid, professional development for faculty, and provide Milton with flexible resources to take advantage of new opportunities to enrich the community.
read moreRead the latest edition of Milton Magazine
In this issue, storytellers are game changers. Nothing matches a story’s power to connect, to create empathy, to expand our individual worlds. Irresistible and engrossing, stories can be wily messengers that deftly turn assumptions upside down. We can find ourselves on new terrain after some stories, thinking and feeling acutely …
read moreMustangs of the Week
Milton athletes are recognized weekly on the Athletics webpage and honored as “Mustang of the Week” for their outstanding efforts and sportsmanship. The most recent recipients of this coveted title are Chris Lewis (I), Marina Fleites (I) and Michaela Brickley (I) of Milton’s cross country squads.
read moreMy “Christmas Carol”
My version of A Christmas Carol is half the length of the original. Like the Paige Peterson illustrations that accompany it, it means to convey the feeling of London in 1843 without the formal diction and Victorian heaviness. It means to be a story that adults can read to their kids right to the end, and that kids can read by themselves with pleasure…
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