A Lesson in Love
For math teacher Vanessa Cohen Gibbons, creating a supportive, inclusive environment for all Milton students is both challenging and gratifying.
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Lovers of Language: Students find answers to contemporary issues in the classics
At Milton, there is no such thing as a “dead” language. Here, the classics are alive and thriving, and students can choose to continue a Milton tradition of Latin or Ancient Greek — languages that date back roughly to the 6th century BC and the 9th century BC, respectively.
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Paying It Forward
Few things are more inspiring than witnessing the moment a child opens the door to their own potential.
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Heather Sugrue Is the New Academic Dean
Heather Sugrue, who this past summer became the new Upper School academic dean, has witnessed two decades of Milton Academy as a math teacher, a house head, and most recently, the math department chair. She replaces Jackie Bonenfant, whose role has transitioned to dean of academic initiatives. In a recent interview, Heather discussed the joy of teaching math, her excitement about her new position, and what makes Milton students so special.
Read MoreSharing Stories for Systemic Change
When an act of legislation ends legal discrimination, it does not automatically end oppression or abuses of power, said scholar and activist Jamal Grant at an assembly hosted by the student clubs Students Interested in Middle Eastern Affairs (SIMA) and Amnesty International. “It’s not enough to change bad laws and bad leaders,” he said. “We have to change the systems that keep bad leadership in power.” Grant worked with three other African American scholars and activists to create a film exploring the topics of wealth inequality, race relations, and progress in post-apartheid South Africa for the Ase [Ah-SHAY] Research Film Project. He was the lead producer for the film, Ubuntu Rising, a documentary covering the legacy of apartheid: continued social inequality, corruption, infrastructure failures, and poverty. Filmmaking was a new venture for Grant, a first-generation American who was raised by Trinidadian immigrants in Boston. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, and has worked as a mechanical and aerospace systems engineer at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory. He is the founder and director of the NET Mentoring Group, a nonprofit focused on closing the achievement and opportunity gap for minorities and young women in STEM fields. He has held international human and civil rights fellowships in Rwanda, Detroit, and Atlanta, where he studied colonialism, resistance, and social progress. Grant is a public policy...
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