A Warm Welcome
“Milton is a school facing the street.” Headmaster William L.W. Field said this in 1942, and it’s still true today—literally and figuratively.
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Challenge(s) Accepted
Our twin daughters arrived two months early. Although my wife, Nancy, and I knew the elevated...
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Milton 2020:A Feet-First Leap Into the Unknown
By Todd B. Bland In an ordinary year, autumn days on cam- pus can make it feel like time has...
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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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Quiet the Mind: Reflect, Forgive, Love
I am often asked if I have a favorite building on campus. The answer is easy: the Apthorp Memorial...
Read MoreLive Your Truth. Shout Your Kindness.
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,...
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Should Milton Mirror the Intensity Around Us?
In theory, learning is fun. Plenty of learning, though, comes as a result of struggle and...
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How Do We Know?
by Todd B. Bland These are challenging times for discerning truth. We know that facts and...
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