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Dr. Don Dregalla <br>Music Department Chair Member of the Faculty, 1980–2017

Dr. Don Dregalla
Music Department Chair Member of the Faculty, 1980–2017

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Over his 37 years at Milton, Don has worn many hats: maestro, teacher, department chair, dorm staff member, class dean, tour leader, interim Middle School co-head, baseball coach, hockey timekeeper, president of Massachusetts Music Educators, Ph.D., Talbot Baker recipient. Each speaks to his deep care and commitment. When Don came to Milton Academy in 1980, the School had one orchestra, with eight students. Through his dedication and advocacy, Milton now has more than 130 students participating in four different orchestras. At Don’s lead, these groups have served students who went on to successful music careers and those who played...

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Students Earn State and National Honors in the Economics Challenge

Students Earn State and National Honors in the Economics Challenge

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This spring, four students represented Milton for the first time in the National Economics Challenge, after winning their division in the statewide competition. Class of 2018 students Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Dhruv Jain, Quincy Hughes and Jeffrey Cao were invited to the Massachusetts State House to be recognized as state champions. The first Milton students to compete in the challenge, they also placed 16th out of 35 teams in the semifinals of the David Ricardo Division in the national challenge. Questions in the competition focused on economic theory, micro- and macroeconomics, and current events. Only one member of the team has...

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Anatomy of an Exam Project <br>Creating a Digital Self Portrait

Anatomy of an Exam Project
Creating a Digital Self Portrait

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Exploring identity, which is the real work of adolescence, has always been a major aspect of Milton’s arts programs. Articulating and validating identity was a particularly fraught process for the teenagers at Milton during this past year’s election and post-election environment. Its importance as a shared endeavor across campus only grew as the months evolved. Nicole Darling, Milton Class of 1997, teaches Technology | Media+Design in the visual arts department. The exam project that Nicole developed for her class asked students to render a visual sense of self, relying on some newly acquired technological skills (January 2017). “There were...

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Sarah Colt ’88 <br>Director, The Gilded Age

Sarah Colt ’88
Director, The Gilded Age

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The Gilded Age is a two-hour program for PBS’ award- winning series American Experience that explores the dynamic and fluid final decades of the 19th century. The narrative depends largely on the hopes and dreams, and the triumphs and failures, of men and women who took big personal risks to change the direction of the United States. They shared a belief in the promise of the American future, faith in the technological wonders of the age, and confidence that their country could reach for its economic potential while holding onto its most cherished democratic ideals. They were all bullish...

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A Brief Moment at Milton During the Vietnam Years (1969–1970)

A Brief Moment at Milton During the Vietnam Years (1969–1970)

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Although known principally as an attorney with a strong sense of social justice, Miles Gersh also served as a remarkable English teacher at Milton Academy in 1969–1970. Fresh from Harvard Law School, he took a “gap year” teaching at Milton while transitioning to his first job in the law as a public defender in Washington, D.C. I was in 10th grade when Gersh arrived. He quickly made a big impression on his students. In part, we admired him for his remarkable intelligence, his breadth of knowledge, his interest in the larger, public sphere, his integrity, and his amazing eloquence. He spoke...

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