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Girls Who Code Club Members Attend Conference

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Ten Milton students participated in the Harvard WECode virtual conference in October. CAROLINE WILSON ’21 and DINA-SARA CUSTO ’22 served as Milton’s student ambassadors and were two of the 21 (out of 80) student ambassadors who received WECode Leadership Awards. Prior to the event, they connected virtually with the Harvard WECode board, and other ambassadors from around the world to spread information and help organize the conference. “We had the opportunity to listen to discussions surrounding STEM majors, internships, college admissions, college life, and other opportunities for women in technology,” says Wilson. “Even after the conference, we continued to connect with women in tech from the conference via channels on the platform Slack.” Wilson says that Jen Easterly, managing director for Morgan Stanley, and Elena Glassman, assistant professor of computer science at Harvard University, “inspired our students to be fearless leaders not only in their computer science classes but also in their future...

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A Year of Struggle and Opportunity

A Year of Struggle and Opportunity

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Head Of School Todd Bland And Board Of Trustees President Lisa Donohue ’83 Reflect On The Past 12 Months. Last march, the United States entered an evolving global crisis— the worst health crisis in a century— that created significant challenges for operating schools. In May, the nation responded to a racial reckoning that also had serious implications for institutions across the country. Milton Magazine spoke with Head of School Todd Bland and Milton’s Board of Trustees President LISA DONOHUE ’83 about the many challenges in the past year, some of the difficult decisions they’ve had to make, and where...

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EDUCATION: A FORK IN THE ROAD

EDUCATION: A FORK IN THE ROAD

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JENNE COLASACCO ’95 has experienced primary and secondary education from many angles. Raised in the Boston suburb of Needham, Colasacco attended the town’s public schools (k–8) before entering Milton Academy in ninth grade. Later, as a young teacher in Baltimore with Teach For America and then for a few years in Providence’s public schools, she saw yet another side of the education system. “I was always pretty cognizant of the differences in opportunity and privilege among schools—even the differences between my affluent suburban public school and that of Milton,” she says. And I was certainly aware of how my...

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CLIMATE SCIENCE: PRIORITIZING THE PLANET

CLIMATE SCIENCE: PRIORITIZING THE PLANET

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Protecting our planet will be one of mankind’s greatest challenges in the decades ahead. The alumni featured here are working to address some of the challenges—from establishing global collaborative efforts to protecting fragile ecosystems to making sure that the funds needed to address environmental problems are distributed equitably. This article is the first in what we hope will become an ongoing series about Milton alumni who are working in this critical field. PLANETARY HEALTH: SAM MYERS ‘83 As a young physician working on health and conservation projects around the world, SAM MYERS ’83 witnessed up close how mankind’s interactions...

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