Counting on You, Day and Night: The Look and Feel of a Boarding Faculty Member’s Life in 2016
“There’s something remarkable about getting to know a teenage boy over four years,” says Joshua Emmott, Wolcott House head, “to see him as a full person so completely that when life’s key questions come up, it’s natural for him to knock on my door and say ‘I just don’t see how it all connects.’” This year is Joshua’s twelfth — in the history department, and in Wolcott House. “I started on the fourth floor and have lived on every floor,” he says. “This is my third year as house head.” Fortunately, some adults seek out a career that allows them to build deep...
Read MoreThe Milton Incubator for Advanced Programmers
It’s Thursday afternoon during exam week, and a computer lab in the Art and Media Center thrums. Milton’s programming students, laptops spread, are tweaking, honing, perfecting independent projects — it’s noisy “independent” work. Students probe and answer each other’s questions, review lines of friends’ code, wildly gesture to punctuate both frustrations and “aha!” moments. Chris Hales (computer programming faculty) roams the classroom — an open session for exam support that looks and feels like a startup hub. When Chris began teaching at Milton in 1999, he led...
Read MoreWhat Did You Say Your New Job Is? Seeding an Openness to Technology Option
Projecting exactly how to integrate new and newer technology into teaching and learning over the years ahead, Milton created a definition of an ideal facilitator. The ideal facilitator, as the concept goes, is an experienced teacher who loves technology — who would seed a culture among educators that routinely considers, tests and supports technology that could be transformative in the teaching and learning process. Mark Connolly and Josh Furst are Milton’s first instructional technologists. They work with faculty across all disciplines. Josh and Mark are not new to Milton. Mark...
Read MoreBuilding on Virtual Connections: Faculty Advance the Lower School Curriculum
This past fall, four Lower School faculty visited classrooms and children whom they’d only met over Skype. The Milton teachers spent six days in Spain, eager participants in the activities of Colegio del Pilar, a K–12 school in Madrid, and longtime exchange partner for Milton’s Upper School Spanish students. They were excited to explore possibilities for expanding the connections between Milton’s Lower School and El Pilar’s youngest learners, now that Milton is teaching Spanish in the elementary grades. El Pilar’s service-learning program was of particular interest to Milton...
Read MoreJazz: Real Time, Real People
Milton students are busy. Tests, papers, plays, sports and activities compete for finite time in a Milton day. So, when students answer the call to volunteer their time and talents, it’s a big deal. Last October, Milton jazz students answered that call many times. Early in the month, ten student musicians performed a spirited set of South African tunes for an audience of hundreds at “Celebrate Milton,” an event hosted by the Town of Milton and supported by our community service program. Mid-month, Class IV jazz students offered their first performance of the year for parents during...
Read MoreVarsity Football Upends Nobles to Earn Bowl Bid
Milton’s varsity football team capped off the storied Milton-Nobles rivalry weekend with a 24–13 win, finishing the season with a 6–2 record. That success earned the team the number two spot in the Independent School League and a NEPSAC Bowl bid. Solid defense and an excellent ground game were key components in the Mustangs’ victory over the Bulldogs. The bowl game invitation was also enabled by a come-from-behind victory over perennial powerhouse Governor’s a week earlier. Trailing 14–13, with time running out, Milton drove the ball down the field to earn the 20–14 victory. The...
Read MoreTrustees Elected to the Board in 2015
Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden ’75 is president and CEO of The Paradigm Forum GmbH, a global think tank and consultancy focused on inventive communications, proactive branding strategies, and experiential learning techniques that help transform organizations. Previously, Tabi was senior vice president of global learning strategies at Catalyst, responsible for initiatives focused on inclusion and innovation in diverse cultural contexts. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Bryn Mawr College and her master’s in industrial relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Tabi...
Read MoreOne Perfect Season, Two Classy Teams
Today’s soccer programs showcase Milton sports tradition: sportsmanship; old-fashioned hard work out on the field, rain or shine; practicing skills; working as a team. They also reflect the growth of youth soccer, specifically club programs. Many of today’s players come to Milton with a high level of play and talent. Overall, the mission for boys’ and girls’ teams is to play good soccer. Scoring goals is great, but that is only one part of the game. The boys’ varsity soccer team had a perfect season. They were undefeated and earned the Independent School League and New England...
Read MoreLynsey Addario
Lynsey Addario Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario was both the Margo Johnson Lecturer and Melissa Dilworth Gold Visiting Artist this fall. Ms. Addario won the Overseas Press Club’s Award for Veiled Rebellion, which documents the plight of women in Afghanistan. She was awarded a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, and in 2009 she was part of the New York Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize for her photographs of “Talibanistan.” In 2015, American Photo magazine named her one of the five most influential photographers of the past 25 years. Ms. Addario is the author of the...
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