August 2015

Want to Know What’s Up on Campus?

Don’t miss out on the excitement. You can connect with goings on across campus—formal and informal. See what students and faculty are doing in several easy ways:

Check the website every day. Milton’s homepage delivers up to date news in many forms. Timely feature articles highlight students’, faculty and alumni activities. Video and slide shows let you in on fun, ceremony, performance and exhibits. And everyone’s favorite, Photo of the Day, presents a serendipitous moment that, over time, conveys Milton culture.

Set up Milton’s calendar to serve you. Milton’s website calendar includes every major and minor event, on and off campus, that involves Milton students, faculty or staff. When you explore the calendar, you’ll see that it will synch with your own calendar, and it will email you about any upcoming events with timing that you choose. You can set it to synch or email a single event, or a category of events—like boys’ soccer, arts events, or weekend activities. You’ll see “Add to my calendar” and “Remind me by email” on the top bar of the calendar listings. Simply decide what works best for you and choose the option you’d like.

Open the Weekend Activities email from Dean José Ruiz. Dean Ruiz and activities director Kelly Reiser combine forces to send parents an email roughly once each month that details student weekend event plans. Rely on this summary to see what options students have for fun in their free time.

Art All Around: Making Room For the New

Last fall’s opening of the renovated Art and Media Center coincided with a colorful and inspired addition to the Centre Street quad. Sculptor Rob Lorenson’s art launched the first installation of the Nesto Gallery outdoor art exhibition series. This summer, members of Milton’s facilities services, Pete Henderson and Manny Tavares, helped Mr. Lorenson and his crew safely de-install the large works of art to make room for the...

Does Your Child Ride the Bus?

If so, please click “read more” to view the policies and safety rules associated with traveling to and from school on the bus. Click here to download the 2015–2016 bus routes. Sign-up forms for bus travel to and from school were included in the summer forms in your myMilton account. If you have questions regarding the bus routes or policies, please contact Denise Costello in Milton’s business office at 617-898-2285.

Be a Part of the Host Family Program

Milton’s Host Family Program helps new boarding students transition to campus life by providing a “home away from home,” and offering additional connection and support. While the program is particularly helpful to international students, it also serves students coming to Milton from other parts of the U.S. Milton’s host families, often the family of a day student or nearby boarding student, help make that transition, especially in the...

Communication: Connecting You With What You’d Like to Know

You may wonder when you’ll hear from Milton: How often? About what? How? And why? We are eager to support our Milton parents and help you understand and follow the exciting life of School. To do that, we combine regular messages from people at Milton with the rich resources at www.milton.edu.

Consistent Professional Training for Milton’s Campus Safety Officers

This summer, at Fairfield University in Connecticut, Milton’s Campus Safety team completed the Campus Public Safety Officer Training Academy. The Academy provides officers with the skills necessary to help keep today’s campus safe.The curriculum for our team included Law for Public Safety, Hazmat and Fire Safety, Multicultural Awareness, Bomb Detection and Awareness, Community Relations, Report Writing and Critical Incident Management. Click “read more” to enlarge the photo of Milton’s Campus Safety officers who attended.