Admission Stats 2014–2015
Upper School Applications for 2014–2015 — 1,100 New students enrolled — 141 (92 boarding, 49 day) K–8 Applications for 2014–2015 — 413 New students enrolled — 52 K–12 total enrollment — 1,034 Vitals Male — 54% Female — 46% Sibling or legacy — 35% Receive need-based financial aid — 28% New day students are from 48 surrounding cities and towns. The Admission Office hosted 1,400 families visiting for interviews last year. New boarding students come from 20 states. And 14 countries. Of our new students, 43% are self-defined students...
Read More5 Treasured Traditions
Class IV Talks A rite of passage. A distinct memory for most alumni. Five- to seven-minutes on a subject you choose. At Milton today, classmates vote on which talks they want to hear again at an annual “Best of” event in May. Topics range from being the oldest of eight children to China’s one-child policy, from hiking Mount Washington to breaking a Breaking Bad addiction. “Class IV Talks are one of the most valuable things we do here,” says English faculty member Caroline Sabin ’86. “Putting students in front of their peers and asking them to talk about what is important to them...
Read MoreWhat’s on your Milton Bucket List?
How many of these “Milton musts” have you experienced? Observing the night sky from the Ayer Observatory Applauding budding thespians at the Class IV Play Getting your laughs at Improv Night Finding your rhythm in the Dance Concert, or at Beatnik Café Entertaining classmates during morning assembly Cheering on the Mustangs at an away game Running for an elected position Calling alumni during a development office phone-a-thon Spending a night in a dorm, if you’re a day student Spending a night at a day student’s home, if you’re a boarder Flexing the golden pipes auditioning for a...
Read MoreSenior Projects
As an idea, Senior Projects seems to have emerged from the fog of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Having made their way proposal writing, finding faculty sponsors, and earning a thumbs-up from overseers, students are free to immerse themselves in something totally different for their final five weeks at Milton. They expand an area of interest, like composing music; or take on a challenge, like building a boat; or try something completely new, like creating a movie. During two days just before graduation, students present their projects—performances, slide shows, installations, lectures...
Read More5 Albums
Music moves us–it excites, inspires and soothes us. Music opens doors to new ways of thinking and feeling. At first pass, some music just sounds like noise, but our tastes can expand. Ultimately, we gravitate toward genres of music that speak to us. These five albums are list leaders in each of the genres that I rely upon, for listening and singing, for enjoyment and sustenance. By Mike Kassatly, Math Department Thriller Few people miss out on popular music; it’s aptly named. It’s accessible—catchy melodies and steady, rhythmic beats—and it provides useful distraction. Michael...
Read More5 Daring Perspectives
The surgeon, the poet, the financial analyst and the artist need visual awareness—awareness gleaned from intense observation of the material world, as well as awareness culled from experimentation in the studio. For Milton students, the chance to build this acuity starts early and includes everyone. Today, all Class IV students encounter a visual arts program that stretches back to the days of Richard Bassett, a famed studio teacher in the ’60s. Also, from tooting the penny whistle to perfecting the French horn, from writing computer code to probing the origins of Islam, from scaling...
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