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Uniting Sounds: Moving Music Past Old Boundaries

Uniting Sounds: Moving Music Past Old Boundaries

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How do you get dozens of antsy 3- to 7-year-olds to pay attention to a classical music performance at the end of their school day? Simple: You let them conduct it. This is how the kindergartners at Boston’s Dr. William Henderson Inclusion School ended up guiding Milton’s chamber musicians through the changing tempos of Bizet’s Farandole. Music department chair Adrian Anantawan was on hand to help the little maestros. The performance and follow-up “instrument petting zoo” comprised the first encounter of what Adrian hopes will become an ongoing relationship between Milton and these public school students. Henderson, a K–12...

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Practice What You Teach: Faculty Artists’ Exhibit, September 2018

Practice What You Teach: Faculty Artists’ Exhibit, September 2018

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“Seeing practitioners’ work in their craft is great for students, and the pieces on exhibit draw them into conversation with us about their own work,” says visual arts department chair Ian Torney ’82. “Practice What You Teach” was the second iteration of an exhibit by faculty members since 2012, Ian’s first year at Milton. This fall’s show was dedicated to former faculty member Kay Herzog of the English department, who died on February 18, 2018. “Kay was a key progenitor of the arts program at Milton as it exists today,” Ian explains. “She wrapped creative writing into the program,...

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Live Your Truth. Shout Your Kindness.

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In a profile for the New Yorker last fall, writer Jeffrey Toobin described a 2014 confrontation in the checkout line at Home Depot between former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick ’74 and a man, angered by a policy decision, who began shouting at the then governor. It was a story about the nature of criticism and praise. Everyone nearby could hear the man’s loud and aggressive assertions, but few heard the whispers of support and kindness from six other people who approached Deval in the store. “Something is so wrong when we learn to shout our anger and whisper our kindness,” he told Toobin. “We have got to learn to stop being ashamed of being kind.” Experience has taught me that it is always wise to read both the Milton Paper and the Milton Measure, especially before Parents’ Weekend. This year, I was moved to tears by the Milton Paper editorial about a survey that asked students what they’d most like to say to their parents. That question might strike fear in the hearts of many parents—or of faculty and administrators. Much to my delight, and I suspect to parents’ as well, the number-one answer was “I love you!” I don’t know whether I was moved more by the students’ expression of love for their parents, or by the publication of the article when positive stories are so hard to...

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Robots Qualify for National Competition

Robots Qualify for National Competition

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All three of the robots designed by Milton’s Robotics Club qualified for national and state tournaments this year, a testament to the club’s teamwork and collaborative spirit. Students are split into three teams, each competing with its own robot. Milton Robotics is doing better than ever, says Alexander Shih ’19. “Our biggest success, though, is in our team dynamic,” he says. “We are working together, and the rookies are getting a lot of the experience they’ll need to start leading in the future.” “The program has become more and more competitive,” says Chris Hales, club advisor and computer programming...

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Turf Field Opens

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In October during Parents’ Weekend, Milton students, parents and faculty gathered to celebrate the dedication of Berylson Field. The new turf field, located behind Millet and Norris houses, modernizes facilities for field hockey and lacrosse and features a new entrance and masonry...

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