What Keeps College Counselors Up at Night
Each June for the past 14 years, I have taught at the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admission. For 55 years, the Institute has offered a weeklong, intensive introduction to all things college: the nuts and bolts of writing an effective recommendation; how to help families manage financial aid applications; the role of affirmative action; and what leadership in the college admission profession means, for example. Two of my colleagues on the faculty are high school counselors and 15 are college deans of admission and financial aid. At the end of this year’s program, we talked about the...
Read MoreEighth Graders Take on Big Data
Grade 8 students are talking loudly in class. Today’s math teachers welcome that. Nancy Anderson, Milton’s K–8 math coordinator and Grade 8 math teacher, is reshaping the curriculum to optimize the value of talking. “Discussion in class is a huge topic in math education,” says Nancy, whose doctoral degree is in math education. “The data are clear that you want to get students talking, but it’s very hard to do that well — to use students’ discussion to move the class forward. “If we believe students learn by talking — a concept in our vision statement, and...
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What is Milton’s approach to technology? How do we affirm historical core values as well as relevance, well beyond 2015? In September 2013, Milton’s board of trustees convened a Technology Advisory Council (TAC) and charged the members with digging into this ever-changing landscape. The Council’s task was to develop a master plan that would guide Milton’s thinking about technology that supports teaching and learning. KublerWirka, a Boston-based consultancy that worked with Milton to develop our Strategic Plan, consulted on this project as well. The planning process was broad and...
Read MoreHeidi Vanderbilt-Brown is Milton’s New CFO
This June, Heidi Vanderbilt-Brown joined Milton as the School’s Chief Financial and Operating Officer. Heidi previously worked in Harvard University’s Office of Financial Strategy and Planning, where she had been associate director since 2011. In that role, Heidi was responsible for the design and execution of all annual university financial planning initiatives, including multi-year financial planning, annual budgeting, tuition, enrollment and financial aid proposals, capital planning affordability assessments, and quarterly forecasting and projections. Heidi worked successfully with...
Read MoreReaching New Heights, Mustangs Are League Champions
Reaching New Heights, Mustangs Are League Champions Boys’ Track Team Breaks School Records The boys’ track and field athletes made their mark in Milton’s history books by winning the team’s first Independent School League Championship in 24 years. The Mustangs scored 100 total team points in the ISL meet, defeating tough competition — including last year’s champion, Thayer. During the course of the day, 11 Milton athletes accomplished at least one personal record. The team’s victory was decided in the final event, in which captain Bobby Gilmore ’15 placed second in the...
Read MoreBoard of Trustees News
Milton Thanks Brad : A Decade of Record Bradley M. Bloom Member of the Board of Trustees, 2004–2015 President, 2009–2015 For 11 years, Brad Bloom has devoted himself to advancing Milton’s tradition, mission and capacity to lead. Not ones to stand by, Brad and his wife Terri took on early roles as parent leaders in Milton’s fundraising, when their daughter Elizabeth ’08 entered Grade 4 and their son Ross ’06 joined Milton in seventh grade, the following year. Elected to the board in 2004, Brad exposed more of his talents, and we rewarded him by electing him president of the board...
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