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An epic sailing season ended on a high note when Milton placed third in the ISSA Baker Team Race Championship held in Norfolk, Virginia. The national race consisted of the top 12 teams from around the country. Milton qualified for the race after placing second at the New England team racing championship held at Bowdoin College. The team also had great success in fleet racing—placing third in both the New England championships and the national ISSA Mallory Doublehanded Championship. The number-one-ranked team also won the Massachusetts State High School Championship. These accomplish- ments capped off an undefeated regular season in which the team went 20–0, losing only four races the entire season and winning every meet. “Going undefeated was my proudest moment,” says Eli Burnes ’17, one of the co-captains of the team. “We had to be very focused all season, because every race counted.” Co-captain Ginny Alex ’17 said their biggest meet win was against St. George’s School. The appearance at the Baker race was the first time for Milton Academy since 2007. The weather was not ideal, with low wind and intermittent storms. “We were disappointed that wind wasn’t better, but we have strong skills so that it didn’t hold us back too much,” says Ginny. “We all went in really wanting to win, but coming out of it we were still happy with our third-place finish....

For the first time, the Robotics Team competed in a national champion- ship, traveling to Council Bluffs, Iowa, for the CREATE U.S. Open of Robotics, one of the largest robotics tournaments in the world. Chris Hales, math and computer programming faculty member, accompanied six students from the team and said it was a great experience. Milton’s team came in 70th out of 250. Senior co-heads Anne Bailey ’17 and Isabel Basow ’17 said one of the biggest surprises was the team spirit and enthusiasm displayed by all the attendees. “I expected it to be very serious. You work on your robot, compete, and just get it done,” says Isabel. “But everyone was really into it,” says Anne. “They decorated their areas, hung state flags. There were ‘spirit bots,’ robots that were just for fun and would high-five you or throw candy as you walked by.” The team competed with their robot “Tokyo Lift,” and despite a few technical issues that cropped up during competition, the team was happy with their performance. Anne and Isabel said they also took away some inspiration for the future. “We got a lot of ideas for robot design,” says Anne. “And for the team in general. We learned a lot about team dynamics by observing how other teams work together. We saw different ways to distribute tasks and help rookies.” Junior co-heads Truman Marshall...

John McEvoy ’82 is the managing partner of Neponset Bay Capital LP, a private investment fund. From 2003 to 2016, John managed corporate and asset-based investments in the aviation, shipping and paper industries for Wayzata Investment Partners, of which he was a founding partner. Prior to that, John was managing director and London group head of Lehman Brothers Communication Fund. He previously served as principal and partner of Soros Fund Management, after holding several credit-related positions at Prudential Investment Corporation. John earned his bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his master’s in management from MIT. He currently sits on the Americas Executive Board and Sustainability Initiative Advisory Board of MIT Sloan School of Management. He also serves on the board of directors and as a trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities and Boston. Father to Alex ’19, Leydn ’20 and James ’25, John and his wife, Aedie, live with their family in...

Both the boys’ and girls’ varsity ski teams emerged victorious in the Class B NEPSAC Alpine Skiing Championship held in February 2017 on Okemo Mountain in Vermont. The last time a Milton team won the NEPSACs was 2002, when both teams swept the championships. The teams competed in the Slalom and Giant Slalom (GS) events. Chris Matthews ’17, captain of the boys’ team, said, “I think a change in mindset definitely lent itself to our performance at NEPSACs.” Girls’ team captain Emily Bell ’17 praised the depth on both the boys’ and girls’ teams that was crucial to the victory. “The talent runs really far down our roster,” she said. All five of the skiers scoring points on the girls’ team finished in the top 15, including Lydia Hill ’17, Katarina Stephan ’19, Sophie Kylander ’18 and Shayla Kelley ’19. Lydia finished first in Slalom and second in GS; Katarina finished second in Slalom and fifth in GS; Sophie finished 15th in Slalom; and Shayla finished 11th for GS. The boys’ team accomplished a similar feat, with all four of their scorers finishing in the top 20. Matt Ryan ’20 finished second in both Slalom and GS; Beck Kendig ’20 finished eighth in both Slalom and GS; Ben Pratt ’19 finished 18th in Slalom; and Chuck Leonetti ’19 finished 20th in GS. Everyone “watches each other’s races and we...

Patrick Huang ’18, of Wolcott House, and Daniel Xiao ’18, who lives in Forbes House, noticed a problem that irked them: When their friends and dorm mates took food back to their rooms from the dining hall, the food waste was discarded into regular trash cans, for lack of a more sustainable alternative. The two boys wanted to do something about it. Last spring they led a pilot composting project in both Wolcott and Forbes houses. They’ve launched this program in the same year that Milton’s dining services implemented a composting system in the dining halls as part of the School’s broader sustainability initiatives. “We started thinking about how we could harvest what was being thrown away in the dorms and give it back to the earth,” says Daniel. The boys researched composting companies and decided on Bootstrap Compost, a residential and commercial “food scrap pickup service” operating in Greater Boston. Science faculty member Joel Moore met with the two students regularly to discuss their plans and to work on a presentation to School administrators. “Daniel’s and Patrick’s commitment was excellent. They showed patience, grit and diplomacy throughout the process,” says Joel. Facilities Services and Milton’s Business Office approved their plan, and the two began a trial run of the initiative in February. They placed one Bootstrap composting bucket on each floor of the dorm to collect vegetables, fruits,...