Carly Wade Retires
Member of the Faculty, 1983–2011 Once in a blue moon, colleagues have heard Carly Wade describe a student as “nonpareil— without equal.” A rare compliment, indeed. In Carly’s mind, which is leavened with an irrepressible idealism, achieving that distinction requires a serious quest, powered by disciplined thinking and careful expression. Enticed by that model, hundreds of Milton students lucky enough to spend time in Carly’s classroom have become idea prospectors. “What is the question?” is her mantra. Her students know they must follow with an inquiry and a carefully reasoned...
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Member of the Faculty, 1984–2011 Ana Colbert’s contributions to Milton as teacher, advisor, colleague, mentor and trusted friend made her a keystone of the Upper School. Head and heart, life and language, faculty and family: Ana knows these are linked, and for 27 years she has worked to teach us how. Ana’s teaching was fueled by an inextinguishable passion for her subject, formidable scholarship, unwavering faith in students’ potential, and high standards tempered with humor and patience. Ana created a blueprint for communication, content and continuity in our department, and in doing...
Read MoreKaran Sheldon
Member of the Board of Trustees, 2003–2011 Karan Sheldon has experienced Milton from many points of view. She lived in Goodwin House and graduated from the Milton Academy Girls’ School in 1973, when Milton had just begun the long trek toward co-education. Karan became a Milton boarding parent when her daughter Catherine, Class of 2004, joined the girls in Hathaway House. When her son Martin, Class of 2010, joined Grade 7, Karan lived the life of a Milton day parent— and then once again used the lens of a boarding parent when Martin moved into Norris House. And she helped us all see...
Read MoreThe Greatest Game Ever Pitched by Jim Kaplan ’62
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century by Jim Kaplan ’62 Triumph Books, February 2011 Taking the mound at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park in 1963 were 42-year-old Warren Spahn and 25-year-old Juan Marichal, the wunderkind headed for the Hall of Fame. As one scoreless inning followed another en route to a 16th-inning climax, those in attendance sensed that they were watching a pitching duel for the ages. The event surpassed the world of statistics and entered into the realm of magic. Jim Kaplan, who covered baseball for Sports...
Read MoreWe Go As Captives by Neil Goodwin ’58
We Go As Captives: The Royalton Raid and the Shadow War on the Revolutionary Frontier by Neil Goodwin ’58 Vermont Historical Society, October 2010 It was October 16, 1780, in Royalton, Vermont. With no warning and in almost complete silence, a war party of 265 Canadian Mohawks and Abenakis, led by five British and French-Canadian soldiers, materialized from the forest at dawn. They moved so fast and so quietly there was no time for anyone to escape and spread the alarm. Prisoners were taken, and the town of Royalton was burned to the ground. We Go As Captives revolves around the story of...
Read MoreThe Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon ’83
The Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon ’83 Voice, June 2011 When beautiful but aloof Claire Harkness is found dead in her dorm room one spring morning, prestigious Armitage Academy is shaken to its core. Everyone connected to the school, and to Claire, finds their lives upended, from the local police detective who has a personal history with the academy, to the various faculty and staff whose lives are immersed in the daily rituals associated with it. Everyone wants to know how Claire died, at whose hands, and more importantly, where the baby that she recently gave birth to is—a baby that...
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