Graduation at Milton includes traditions and favorite rituals many years old — formal and informal. For instance, the longstanding practice of electing the student speakers has assured seniors that they will, at their last Milton gathering, hear a classmate they have chosen. This year, students heard from Devin Heater and Rebecca Sigel on June 9, 2006. Students also like to hear from graduates at graduation. This year, the alumni speaker was Chris Henrikson '85, who founded Street Poets Incorporated of Los Angeles, a successful non-profit organization dedicated to using the creative process as a force for personal transformation and social change. The origin of Chris's foundation was his teaching a poetry workshop in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Detention system for incarcerated boys from 14–18 years old; since then he has worked with at-risk youth in the juvenile detention system and social service placement facilities, helping them to discover and develop their voices as writers, artists and human beings.