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Students Raise Funds for AIDS Action Committee “We arrived in time for the opening ceremonies, did some stretching, walked the 6.2 mile route, and spent an hour looking around the Wellness Festival at the end of the walk,” said Corina Chase (I). “As a team, we raised $2,271 for the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.” Members of Milton’s AIDS Walk Team included Solana Davis, Holly Mawn, Caroline Owens, Madeline Sherrill, Rachelle Alfred, Robert Bedetti, Charles Storey, Nikolas Powers, Aylin Feliz, Lillian Kaiser, Caitlin Dutkiewicz, Sarah Costello, Carolina Quezada, Hannah Jenkins, Isabel Watts, Ruth Weld and Corina Chase. The AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, New England’s first and largest AIDS organization, is dedicated to stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS by preventing new infections and optimizing the health of those already infected.
Music to our ears?
Spencer Parsons Wins Scholarship to Study Arabic
Two Milton Students Receive Writing Award from Washington University
Milton Hosts Special Olympics Packaging Company Available On Campus
Samara Oster Wins Scholarship to Jazz Institute Brian Kong is Finalist in U.S. Physics Team Competition Brian attends an intensive academic training camp for ten days at the University of Maryland (May 17—May 28), which includes another exam process to select the final five students who will compete against 70 other nations at the International Olympiad. The U.S. Physics team has been competing since 1986 through the sponsorship of the AAPT and AIP. Recent hosts for the competition include Singapore, South Korea, Spain and Iran. Last year the U.S. Physics Team earned two gold and three silver medals at the 2007 event held in Isfahan, Iran.
T-Shirt by Sarah Sze ’87 one of GAP’s Artist Editions Collection This week David Peck, chair of the performing arts department, directs his final Milton production in what will be his twentieth year at the Academy. For his directorial finale, David chose the play Lute Song, adapted from the classical, centuries-old tale from Pi-Pa-Chi and adapted for Broadway in the 1940s. The story is about Tsai-Yong, a young Chinese student who leaves his wife, parents and provincial life to become part of the larger world. He becomes a famous magistrate and is forced into marriage, becoming husband to the daughter of a prince. The tale follows the relationships that play out while Tsai-Yong reconciles his new life with his old. “It’s a very romantic, very painful love story,” David says. “What I like is that it’s quite complex; none of the roles are simplistic. It’s a traditional Chinese tale, and it’s traditional in the way it’s presented. People in China often don’t know the play by name, but they know the story. The story and the set we’ve created are simple, compelling, and beautiful. This production isn’t about spectacle, it’s about emotion.” Lute Song will take the stage in Ruth King Theatre on Thursday, May 15, and Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
Four Young Alumni Present Their Work at Boston's Independent Film Festival Click here for synopses of these films, courtesy of the IFF Web site.
Nesto Gallery Exhibit Opens Tuesday
Milton Presents a Tale of the Ancients
Graham Allison of Harvard leads off Keyes Seminar Day at Milton Academy
Producer, Filmmaker and Activist, Jehane Noujaim '92, to Address Graduating Class Jehane started making movies at Harvard College, from which she graduated magna cum laude in 1996 with a degree in Visual Arts and Philosophy. Prior to graduating, Jehane earned a Gardiner Fellowship and used it to direct Mokattam, a film about the community of garbage collectors (Garbage Village) outside Cairo, for the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies. After college, her professional life began in the MTV news documentary division, where she was a producer for the series Unfiltered. She has worked as cinematographer both in the Middle East and in the United States for the documentaries Born Rich, Only the Strong Survive and Down from the Mountain. She was both a producer and director for the award-winning documentary Startup.com. In 2003, she made the documentary film Control Room about Al Jazeera, the U.S. military’s Central Command and their contrasting ways of reporting the United States’ invasion of Iraq. About Control Room the New York Times said, "Through the deceptively simple practice of watching, listening and editing, Jehane Noujaim captures the complexity of reporting, and has a great deal to say about truth, democracy and the ambiguous status of the free press in the modern world."
Milton Hosts Musical Friends from Africa On April 24, MaP’s marimbists will be performing at the acclaimed Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge (www.ryles.com), and two of Milton’s Senior Jazz Combos will be opening the concert in what will be their final public performance as Milton students. The Jazz Combos will take the stage at 7:00 p.m., and MaP will begin at 9:00 p.m. In addition to this joint performance on Thursday evening, Milton students will engage with the young group members—ranging in age from 14 to 19 years—as their hosts for the weekend. MaP students will join an Oral Interpretation class, perform in the Schwarz Student Center, and are invited to attend this weekend’s Spring Choral concert and Beatnik Café. The group’s tour of Boston also includes a performance at Symphony Hall and a visit to downtown’s Prudential Center. They were in New York City earlier this week and performed live on NBC’s The Today Show. The focus of MaP’s Marimba tour is to raise scholarship funds for AIDS orphans. Their country has one of the highest AIDS rates in the world and is home to more than 30,000 AIDS orphans. According to the MaP Web site, “In 2005, Maru-a-Pula started funding two orphans’ scholarships, recognizing that many… future leaders were in this population of orphans, if only they had the opportunity for a world-class education. The school is now funding 20 full scholarships and is hoping to raise the money to fund 60 full scholarships by 2010.” Joining the group on their tour is Milton alumna Natalie McCormack ’00, MaP’s development director. For more information about MaP, please visit www.afmap.org.
The Senior-Senior Prom: Milton Brings Back an Old Tradition Years ago, the event was an annual tradition at the School, but had been forgotten about over time. Community Service Board Co-head Emily Rider-Longmaid and Board member Katherine Perzan were inspired to organize it once again after meeting with former faculty member and alumnus, Geoff Theobald. “Geoff mentioned that he had organized the Senior-Senior Prom while at Milton,” said faculty member Heather Sugrue, “and Emily and Katherine thought it would be wonderful to revive an old tradition. Many Milton students joined in the fun and everyone had a great time. Mr. Theobald was on our guest list too, and he was happy to stop by and see the success of the event.”
Spring Brings Music to King Theatre
Milton Welcomes Marshall Carter as K-8 Principal Interim Head of School Rick Hardy, in commenting on Mr. Carter’s appointment, said, “Mr. Carter is an experienced and talented educator who is excited by the opportunity at Milton to build on the sound planning by the K–8 committee and to implement a program that maximizes students’ experience at every grade. We are delighted to welcome him to Milton and look forward to working with him as he leads Milton, K-8.” Click one of the following links for the complete announcement.
Milton Students Receive Regional and National Writing Awards Princeton Hockey Player Liz Keady ’03 Wins Prestigious ECAC Award Jake Hooker ’91 Wins 2008 Pulitzer Prize Wandering and Wondering: The Works of Joshua Meyer Michelle Peirce ’83 Named President Elect of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts From Budapest to Belize: Students share their time and talents over spring break
Rick Hardy, Interim Head Through 2009
Author Louise Glück is Bingham Visiting Reader
Michael Flaherty ’92 earns Reporter of the Year Award from Reuters
Kyle Roy is New England Prep Wrestling Champion “Nuland’s perfect 17-0 record coming into the tournament was evident as he wrestled a great match and led 4-2 after two periods,” said Milton’s head coach, Chris Hales. “Kyle’s keen use of match tactics and exceptional defense allowed him to fight back to a tie score at the end of regulation. Seconds into the sudden-victory overtime period, Kyle stymied Nuland’s takedown attempt by flipping him directly onto his back and nearly pinning him, at which point the match was stopped and Kyle’s arm rose in victory.” Congratulations to Kyle Roy, the 2008 New England Prep Wrestling Champion. Samara Oster: Second in Musical Theater Competition
Capitalist Club Visits Harvard Business School Ross Lerner (Class III) said that the alumni pointed to Milton’s academic and organizational preparation as a key to their success. They detailed Harvard Business School’s famed "case" method of instruction and described their own experiences in college and at Harvard Business School. Neal Litvack, Milton’s CFO and faculty sponsor of Invisible Hand, accompanied the students on their trip and called the visit a “great success.”
What Else Didn’t We Know? In talking with students, Dr. King explained, “History does not just exist; it is interpreted, and often injected with our own preconceived ideas. History is much more complicated than the stories can tell. If we reject this kind of complexity, we lose the ability to know a fuller version of history that we can think about, research and consider going forward.” Dr. King's research interests within the history of Christianity include women's studies, orthodoxy and heresy, and the Nag Hammadi texts. She has written books on the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Judas (with Elaine Pagels), which are texts within the Gnostic canon. Her current interests focus on the diversity of early Christianity; women and gender in early Christian life; and how violence, martyrdom and suffering shaped Christian theology and practice. A former student of Dr. King, Chaplain Suzanne DeBuhr describes her as “a brilliant scholar and educator who takes an inquisitive approach, encouraging us to read both what is written but also to look for what is not being expressed in a particular text.” Dr. King met with students in Straus Library during third and fourth period, following her talk.
Milton’s First Melodrama in Over 27 Years
Dr. Cheryl Jenkins is the 2008 Talbot Speaker Dr. Jenkins has been the principal investigator of the Independent School Gender Project, a project conceived by Ellie Griffin, Milton’s director of health and counseling services. The project’s goal is to address equity issues for men and women, and boys and girls, in independent schools.
Nesto Gallery Features Work of Peik and Judith Larsen
Speech Team Qualifies for National Tournament
A Big Weekend for Milton's Jazz Program “The group was outstanding, coming in second place by the slimmest of margins and winning two partial scholarships for group members to Berklee summer programs,” said faculty member Bob Sinicrope. Samara Oster (Class II), who sang vocals for the group, received the Judge’s Award for Outstanding Musician. Other group members included Chris Côte (trumpet), Drew Hresko (alto sax), Adrian Alston-Moore (tenor sax), Derek Huang (piano), Will English (guitar), Alec Seymour (bass), Bernardo Schuhmacher (drums) and Will Davis (congas). Another of Milton's jazz groups played at the Atrium Mall in Chestnut Hill on Sunday, February 10, to help promote TeenLife Boston—an organization that helps students connect with community service opportunities and other programs beyond their school. Students who volunteered their time include Brady Caspar (alto sax), Jonah Francese (trumpet), Sam Pearce (trumpet), Ben Naddaff-Hafrey (piano), Luke Gaffney (piano), Michael Abrams (piano), Jamie Maynard (guitar), Wyatt Cmar (guitar), Spencer Gaffney (bass) and Ethan Schneider (drums).
Milton Dancer, Dylan Tedaldi ’09, Wins International Competition Last fall, Dylan was chosen among just 71 dancers—20 of them boys—to participate in the 36th Annual Prix de Lausanne competition in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Prix de Lausanne is an international dance competition reserved for young student dancers aiming to pursue a professional career in dancing. Performing Arts faculty member Kelli Edwards remarks, “Of all the international ballet competitions, this prize is probably the most coveted. Just to be selected to compete is an honor.”
Captain Jeremy Deutsch Wins Colin F. MacDonald III Trophy This year's award went to Milton Academy captain Jeremy Deutsch (Lloyd Harbor, NY). Milton gave up only one goal in the two games this season and Deutsch served as the backbone of the Milton defense. The play of goaltenders Michael Baldino (Woburn, MA) and Thomas Tysowsky (Amherst, NY) in the Milton nets was also instrumental in the team's success. This award is two years running for Milton as Deutsch joins Milton alum and current Yale blueliner Michael Matczak (Sewell, NJ) as back-to-back Milton recipients. The eleventh ranked Mustangs are currently riding a seven game unbeaten streak and host league leading and second ranked St. Paul's team on Wednesday at 4:45 PM. Colin F. MacDonald III, in whose memory the trophy was established, was a graduate in the Thayer Academy Class of 1976, a student with exceptional athletic ability and personal qualities rare in one so young. His desire for personal improvement, his steadiness, perseverance, humility, and kindness were conspicuous and remarkable. He was a model for all who knew him.
Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie Performs at Milton
Students Host Special Olympics Basketball Tournament
Milton Celebrates Black History Month
Alumna Assists in Paraguay Micro-finance Project According to the alumni newsletter of School Year Abroad, Fundación Paraguaya believes “the Self-sufficient Organic Farm School model has the potential to bring agricultural education to a far wider audience, including low-income rural families for whom private schooling has always been just a dream. Fundación Paraguaya hopes its model will be replicated first throughout Paraguay, then in neighboring countries, and eventually in the rest of the developing world.” Sarah was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship to conduct participatory research at the farm school until June of this year. She hopes that her research and experience in Paraguay allow her to “bring the Self-sufficient Organic Farm School model to the United States to provide the next generation of farmers the education they’ll need to survive in today’s market: an education that addresses both the agricultural and entrepreneurial demands of organic farming.”
Tibet in 2008: What Does the Future Hold?
Kelli Edwards’ Work Showcased at the ICA in Boston Milton Students Perform at MMEA Music Festival “The MMEA festivals feature some of the best performers in the state,” said music department chair, Don Dregalla. “The Eastern district, which is new this year, features schools in and around Boston and is probably the strongest musically. For a school the size of Milton, getting five students into the festival is an achievement.”
Milton Dancer Selected for International Competition “Of all the international ballet competitions, this prize is probably the most coveted,” said performing arts faculty member Kelli Edwards. “Just to be selected to compete is an honor.” The Prix’s artistic committee chose the 71 dancers out of a pool of applicants from as many as 22 nations. According to the Prix de Lausanne’s Web site, Dylan was not only picked to participate due to his achievements to date, but for his “advanced technical skills” and his potential to “succeed within a dancing career.” The weeklong competition begins on January 29.
Talent Show Funds Community Service Trip to Belize
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Gingerbread Raffle Raises Money for Dana Farber
Journalist Liz Walker Visits Milton Liz Walker also co-founded My Sister’s Keeper, a humanitarian group building a girls’ school in the village of Akon, South Sudan, and produced a documentary about the organization’s work called A Glory From the God. An advocate of women's issues, she co-founded the Jane Doe Safety Fund, a statewide service group for victims of domestic violence. Liz sits on numerous community boards and is a spokesperson for people living with HIV/AIDS, breast cancer survivors and at-risk youth. During her visit, Liz spoke to Classes I–IV in the Athletic and Convocation Center during second period, followed by a discussion with students in Straus Library during third period. Holidays and Music, Always a Pair The Chamber Singers and full Orchestra performed on December 7. Highlights for the chamber singers included rarely heard works by two Czech composers, Jan Vodnansky and Franz Kersch. The chamber singers and chamber orchestra will perform these two pieces later in the year when they tour Prague and Budapest during March break. The orchestra performed five pieces, including the very exciting Light Cavalry Overture of Franz v. Suppe. The concert concluded with a sing-along of Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride." The Chamber Orchestra and Glee Club performed on Sunday, December 9. The chamber orchestra began the evening with two marches of Franz Schubert, followed by a Viola Concerto of Franz Hoffmeister. The viola soloist was Allan Jean-Baptiste, Class of 2008. The concert continued with works of Charles Ives and Beethoven. The Glee Club performed seven short works after intermission, starting with the Telemann "Alleluia" followed by the beautiful "Cantique de Jean Racine," of Gabriel Faure. Two folk songs followed, and the concert concluded with a work of Michael Haydn and the Gospel classic, "The Storm is Passing Over."
Tony Award-winning Actor will Visit with Students
Historian and Filmmaker Co-sponsored by the AIDS Board and Visual Arts
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David Auburn's proof is this Fall's 1212 Play
Lindsay McNamara '05 an NCAA Champion
Author Claire Messud '83 is Bingham Visiting Reader Established in 1987 by the Bingham Family—Barry, Edith and Claire's classmate Emily '83—the Bingham Visiting Writers Series brings writers, historians and journalists to speak and work with students and faculty at Milton. Other recent series lecturers have included author Lorrie Moore, novelist Zadie Smith, poet Michael Harper, novelist John Wideman and novelist Sarah Bynum '90.
World War II Veteran Ned Handy ’40 Speaks to Students
The Diary of Anne Frank, A Play About Hope Playwrights Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett based the original version of The Diary of Anne Frank on Anne’s diary entries, but her words were heavily edited and guarded by her father, Otto Frank. The present script, adapted in 1999 by Wendy Kesselman, introduces new material from Anne’s unedited diaries and fleshes out her true personality during her twenty-five months spent hiding in the upstairs annex. Though describing a harrowing time for the residents of the annex and their helpers, the play is nevertheless hopeful and, at times, funny. Director Debbie Simon says, “To me this play is about hope. The hope I see that the residents had in their hearts everyday in hiding; the hope that Miep Gies and Mr. Kraler displayed as they worked diligently to ensure their friends’ survival, and the hope that Mr. Frank expressed when he gave his daughter’s diary to the world to remind us all to look for hope even in the bleakest of times. [The cast, crew and I] have understood from the beginning that this play deserved our respect and attention, and we have tried to honor the people ‘for whom we speak.’” Milton’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank will take place in Ruth King Theatre on Thursday, November 1 and Friday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 3 at 7 p.m. Please purchase tickets by contacting Dar Anastas at darlene_anastas@milton.edu.
Special Olympians Compete on Milton’s Campus
David Lang's Circumstances Opens in Nesto Gallery
Professor Zheng is this Year’s Hong Kong Distinguished Speaker
What’s Better Than Jazz on a Friday Night?
Ian Cheney ’98 is King Corn Milton Honors Teaching
Journalist Nir Rosen Visits Campus as Henry Heyburn Speaker Excerpt from In the Belly of the Green Bird, The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq. © All rights reserved.
Milton Gears Up For Swap-It
Milton Hosts Parents' Weekend
Nesto Gallery Presents Paintings by David Brewster In David’s artist statement, he explains, “Though I paint outdoors and regularly take the sky and the earth as my subjects, I hesitate to introduce myself as a landscape painter. I do not paint copies of nature. I am interested neither in sentimental imitation nor in minute technical specificity. I paint to investigate the history and current use or disuse of a particular space, building or environment. I am determined to recreate the astonishing beauty of natural forms in conjunction with contemporary synthetic constructions and incongruous alterations.” David received his bachelor’s degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art and earned his M.F.A. at the University of Pennsylvania. Since then, he has taught painting and drawing in Pennsylvania, California and throughout New England. He has held fellowships and lectured across the United States and abroad, and at Milton he will be teaching several sections of Advanced, Studio and Class IV Art. The Nesto Gallery exhibit of David’s work will continue into October.
Graduate Sami Kriegstein Returns to Milton to Film Speech Documentary
Milton Academy Wins "Whole Grains Challenge"
Convocation: A Familiar Ritual
A Fourth Gold Medal for Milton Magazine
Milton’s Fall Plays: Making the Invisible Visible
Claire Sheldon '06 Wins State Amateur Championship
Sarah Role ’99 Selected as Fulbright Fellow
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On Sunday, June 1, the Milton Academy AIDS Walk Team participated in the 23rd Annual AIDS Walk in Boston. Milton’s 17 team members joined over 20,000 participants who raised nearly $1.2 million for the AIDS Action Committee (ACC) of Massachusetts.
Dartmouth College has awarded Spencer Parsons (II) a scholarship to participate this summer in The Rassias Foundation’s Accelerated Language Program. Spencer will be studying Arabic in a ten-day intensive course that focuses on structure, vocabulary, fluency, accent and cultural understanding. Spencer is a self-proclaimed “language person,” and although familiar with Latin, French, Spanish and Chinese, he knows no Arabic. Spencer says, “I don’t want to go into the program with any preconceived ideas about the language. The only thing I know how to say in Arabic right now is thank you. The program at Dartmouth claims that after 100 hours spent working with the language, [students] will have a certain level of fluency. The method they used was originally developed for teaching Peace Corps volunteers.”
Thirty-five teams—including 750 athletes and 250 coaches—competed in the Track and Field Special Olympics event hosted by Milton Academy’s Community Service program on Sunday, May 18. Athletes from all over Greater Boston gathered on Stokinger Field to vie for the opportunity to qualify for the Massachusetts Summer Games. Over 200 volunteers—from Greater Boston, the Town of Milton and Milton Academy’s community—made the day a success as they escorted athletes to and from their races, awarded medals, served lunch, and provided activities for athletes when they were not competing. 
Samara Oster, Class II, was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony, an intensive one-week educational program in jazz performance for exceptionally talented high school students. Held from August 9–16, 2008, at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and named for jazz legend Dave Brubeck, the program accepts fewer than 20 high school musicians from a competitive audition process. Samara will spend the week working with Brubeck Institute faculty and guest artists in individual lessons, master classes, rehearsals and seminars, culminating in a final concert. 
Sarah Sze’s T-shirt is among those designed by 13 “of today’s most influential artists,” a project organized by GAP to celebrate the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial in New York. Sarah’s work is part of the lives of all Milton students, as her sculpture, “The Edge of One of Many Circles,” created in 2006—a gift of trustee Richard Perry ’73—hangs in Milton’s Schwarz Student Center.
Milton graduates Kate MacCluggage '00, Michael Lerman '00, Ian Cheney '98 and David Modigliani '98 were among the artists whose films were showcased during the 2008 Independent Film Festival (IFF) of Boston, which recently took place in theaters in and around the city. The IFF is a weeklong celebration of independent filmmaking and includes premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films as well as panel discussions from professionals in the industry. All three works—Ian's film, The Greening of Southie, Kate and Michael's film, Natural Causes, and David's film, Crawford—made their New England debuts at the festival.
Milton’s traditional 1212 productions date back to the pre-Student Center days, when Warren Hall, Room 1212 was home to the intimate productions that—without the allowance of much technical support—relied on the atmosphere of an informal setting and strong performance to stage a crowd-pleaser. These days the beloved 1212 plays are brought to life in Wigg Hall, and this spring’s 1212 production, Hecuba, promises an entertaining evening. 
Dr. Graham Allison, author of the book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, was this year’s keynote speaker, leading the 2008 Milton Academy Seminar Day on April 30. Dr. Allison directs the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University. He has served as special advisor to the secretary of defense under President Reagan and as assistant secretary of defense for policy and plans under President Clinton. Dr. Allison has twice been awarded the Department of Defense's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Public Service Medal. Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, published in 2004, is now in its third printing and was selected by the New York Times as one of the “100 most notable books of 2004.”
Jehane Noujaim, Class of ‘92, comes back to campus on June 6 as the 2008 Milton Academy graduation speaker. Jehane is not only a provocative, successful, young documentary producer and filmmaker; she is an international activist who believes passionately in the power of film to help move people toward global acceptance of diversity. 
The award-winning Maru-a-Pula School (MaP) Marimba Band from Gaborone, Botswana is touring the northeastern United States this month, and as part if its tour, MaP will be visiting Milton Academy. Managed by alumnus Reif Larsen ’98, the group will be on campus from Thursday, April 24, through Sunday, April 27. 
Milton’s K-8 Principal Search Committee announced this morning that Mr. Marshall Carter will join the community as leader of the K-8 division. Mr. Carter joins Milton from The Rashi School in Newton, Massachusetts, where he was the middle school director, managing all aspects of the 6-8 grade division within a K-8 setting.
Corina Chase (I) has been named a National Gold Award winner in the 2008 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. After receiving two Gold Key awards at the regional level in the short story and short short story categories, Corina won a Gold Award in the National Scholastic Art and Writing contest for her piece entitled "Tango."
Milton alumna and Princeton University senior Liz Keady ’03 was recently granted the 2008 Sarah Devens Award from ECAC Hockey and Hockey East. The award is given each season to a player who "demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice."
Liz, a forward for the Tigers’ team, is the first Princeton student-athlete to receive the Devens Award. 
Jake Hooker ’91, reporter for The New York Times, has been awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize with co-writer Walt Bogdanich for their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, which led to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials.
According to The New York Times, articles in the team’s series, A Toxic Pipeline, "examined how dangerous and poisonous pharmaceutical ingredients from China have flowed into the global market. Reporting on four continents, Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker traced the illicit ingredients through traders and middlemen that formed a supply chain stretching from small factories in rural China to consumers around the world. The stories detailed the devastating, sometime deadly, human cost of this toxic pipeline." Most recently, the two writers exposed the possible connection between 19 deaths linked to contaminated batches of heparin, the blood-thinning drug, and Chinese drug counterfeiting.
Alumna Michelle Peirce, a litigator at the firm Donoghue Barrett & Singal, has been named President Elect of the Women’s Bar Association (WBA) of Massachusetts. Michelle became President Elect of the 1,500-member organization at the Association’s annual meeting held at the Omni Parker House in Boston. As President Elect, Peirce will work with the new WBA President, Kathy Jo Cook of Keches & Mallen, to further the WBA’s mission of ensuring full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. Michelle will become the WBA President in March of 2009.
“The WBA has never been stronger,” Michelle notes, “and I am looking forward to continuing that momentum to help women lawyers advance in their practices and in their lives.”
While many use the March break as an opportunity to relax or escape to warmer weather, many Milton students spent their time off visiting other countries while offering a helping hand and sharing their musical talents.
Award-winning author, Louise Glück, will be on campus this Wednesday, March 12, as part of the Bingham Visiting Writers Series. Louise is the author of numerous books of poetry, including The Seven Ages; Vita Nova, winner of The New Yorker magazine’s Book Award in Poetry; Meadowlands; The Wild Iris, which received the Pulitzer Prize and the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award; Ararat, for which she received the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry; and The Triumph of Achilles, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award. She has also published a collection of essays, Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction. Louise’s tenth book of poetry, Averno, was nominated for the National Book Award in 2006 and was listed by the New York Times Book Review as one of the 100 Notable Books of the Year. Her honors also include the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundation, and from the National Endowment for the Arts. In September 2003, Louise was appointed United States Poet Laureate by the Librarian of Congress. She is currently a writer-in-residence at Yale University. On Wednesday, Louise will speak in Ruth King Theatre during second period, followed by a discussion with students and faculty in Straus Library.
For three years Michael Flaherty has covered the private equity boom and bust for Reuters. In 32 major scoops during 2007, Michael wrote “market-moving exclusives and ahead-of-the-curve analyses,” according to the news agency. “[Michael] Flaherty’s work was a pivotal part of Reuters coverage of the U.S. sub prime crisis and ensuing global credit crunch,” Reuters announced in making the award. “Mike Flaherty is the consummate dogged journalist, spending hours building sources and then breaking news that is important to our clients. He is innovative, embracing multimedia and new ways of doing things, including launching our popular deals blog,” said David Schlesinger, Reuters editor in chief.
Dr. Karen L. King, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard University in the Divinity School, spoke with students on Wednesday, February 27 as the Class of 1952 Endowment for Religious Understanding Speaker. The title of Dr. King’s talk was "What Else Didn't We Know? Ancient Gospels from the Egyptian Desert," and it explored how we approach historical texts, in our research and in our interpretation.
Performing arts faculty member Darlene Anastas has been teaching at Milton since 1981. This year’s production of No Mother to Guide Her by Anthony Forsythe will be the first production of its genre to be staged at Milton in her 27 years. No Mother to Guide Her is old-fashioned melodrama, rife with ladies feigning “Help! Help!” and villains twirling their handlebar mustaches. Melodramatic acting is new to Milton students.
Dr. Cheryl Sandford Jenkins, along with her husband, Dr. Jeff Jenkins, visited Milton on Wednesday, February 13, as the Samuel S. Talbot Speaker. A psychologist specializing in adolescence, Dr. Jenkins has 30 years of experience counseling independent school students in boarding and day schools. 
When Dylan Tedaldi ’09 left for Switzerland in January, he had no idea what to expect. When he returned to Milton one week later, he was considered to be one of the top three young dancers in the world.
Internationally renowned percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie, performed in Milton’s Ruth King Theatre at this year’s Gratwick Concert on Tuesday, February 5. Throughout her career, Evelyn Glennie has commissioned 143 new works for solo percussion, composed and recorded music for film and television, and gives more than 100 performances a year worldwide. Her diverse collaborations have included performances with artists such as Nana Vasoncelos, Kodo, Bela Fleck, Bjork, Bobby McFerrin, Emmanuel Ax, Sting, Kings Singers, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Fred Frith. Her first album, a recording of Bartok's Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion, won a Grammy in 1988. 
Since August of 2007, Sarah Role ’99 has been working with Fundación Paraguaya, a Paraguayan microfinance institute, to conduct research at the Self-sufficient Organic Farm School in Paraguay. The farm school is a pilot agricultural high school where students learn to grow their own organic food, market their product, and use revenue from their sales to pay for the School’s operating costs. Graduates from the School are given small loans to start their own farms.
Kathleen Nolan, a pediatrician and executive director of Tibet Aid, visited Milton Academy on Thursday, January 31, to talk with students about the Tibetan people, both on the Tibetan Plateau and in the exile community. Her speech entitled "Tibet in 2008: What does the future hold?" focused on the relation between religious and political freedoms and the preservation of the indigenous Tibetan culture. Ms. Nolan has spent the last five years directing Tibet Aid's programs in India, Nepal and Tibet and has studied Zen and Tibetan Buddhism for almost 20 years. Her visit was sponsored by Milton's Tibet Club. Visit 
Performing arts faculty member Kelli Edwards was one of eight Massachusetts choreographers selected to create and perform an original dance for the seventh annual Ten’s the Limit dance concert at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Presented by World Music/CRASHarts, Ten’s the Limit showcases all-new contemporary dance pieces performed in ten minutes or less. Kelli, along with John Hayden (Class II) and recent graduate Samantha Yu '07, took the stage in the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater at the ICA on January 18 and 19. 
Dylan Tedaldi (Class II) was among just 71 dancers in the world—only 20 of them boys—to participate in the 36th Annual Prix de Lausanne competition in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Prix de Lausanne is a dance competition reserved for young student dancers aiming to pursue a professional career in dancing. 
During the upcoming March spring break, 27 students and three adults will serve a number of community needs in Belize, Central America. They will help renovate school classrooms, assist with the installation of water pumps, and tutor children. To rally support and funds for the trip, the community service program will host a student-faculty talent show in Pieh Commons of the Kellner Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 5, at 7 p.m. The event includes entertainment from the Miltones, the Jazz Combos, Milton's Gospel Choir and, back by popular demand, the musical talents of faculty members Mark GwinnLandry, Gregg Reilly, Elaine Apthorp, Keith Hilles-Pilant and former faculty member Brick Moltz. The night will also include a raffle of Red Sox tickets, Bruins tickets, an iPhone and more. Tickets may be purchased during lunch in the Student Center on January 3 and 4, or at the door on the night of the event. Proceeds from the talent show and the raffle will pay for building supplies and other materials needed for the community in Belize where the group will be working. 
Mr. Bill Irwin, a Tony Award-winning actor, as well as a comedian, dancer,
mime and clown will be the Melissa Dilworth Gold Visiting Artist at
Milton on December 4 and 5. Mr. Irwin’s Tony Award for Best Performance
by a Leading Actor was awarded for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf (Edward Albee); he also appeared in Albee’s The Goat. You may have
seen him in his Great Performances special on PBS, or as "Mr. Noodle" on
Sesame Street. Bill’s talents are diverse: his career has also involved
producing, directing, writing and choreographing. During his two-day
visit to Milton he will work with classes and talk with students and
faculty about these various art forms. 
Aided by Lindsay McNamara, Milton Class of 2005, the Bowdoin College women’s field hockey team captured the school’s first-ever NCAA Championship on Saturday, November 17, in a game against Middlebury College. Lindsay, a junior, set an NCAA record scoring nine goals in the tournament, including three of Bowdoin’s four goals in the final game. This game finished off what was only the seventh perfect season in Division III history, the first since 2004. Bowdoin’s Polar Bears allowed three goals in the championship match-up, the same amount they had allowed—combined—in regular season play. In addition to setting a Tournament goal-scoring record, Lindsay tied a "Final Four" record with four goals over the course of the weekend and was named to the "All-Tournament" team. Lindsay is also a member of Bowdoin’s ice hockey team. Photo courtesy of Bowdoin College Web site.
Author and alumna Claire Messud '83 returned to campus on Wednesday, November 14, as part of Milton’s Bingham Visiting Writers Series. Claire’s first novel, When the World Was Steady, and her book of novellas, The Hunters, were finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award; her second novel, The Last Life, was a Publishers Weekly “Best Book of the Year” and an “Editor’s Choice” at The Village Voice. All three books were New York Times “Notable Books of the Year.” Her most recent book, The Emperor’s Children, has received wide acclaim; in its review of the novel, the New York Times Book Review named Messud an author of “unnerving talent.” She has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Radcliffe Fellowship, and she is the current recipient of the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Claire spoke in Ruth King Theatre during second period and the conversation continued with students and faculty in Straus Library. 
During World War II, Ned Handy, Class of 1940, was captured by Germans in April 1944, after his B-24 was shot down. Sent to Stalag 17, the infamous Nazi prison camp, Ned soon led an escape team determined to tunnel to freedom. Along with the unforgettable comrades he vividly describes, he worked relentlessly for months on a tunnel that was to prove instrumental in saving the lives of four fugitives sought by the Gestapo. One of those fugitives would become the only American ever to escape permanently from Stalag 17. 
It’s a dance; it’s a tradition; it’s a flea market with flair; and it’s fun: Swap-It. For more than 25 years, Swap-It has provided gently used clothing, furniture, toys, electronics and books for sale, to benefit the Milton Academy Lower School. Many members of the community anticipate Swap-It with excitement, particularly students who look to adorn themselves appropriately for the Swap-It dance, coming up on October 12.
Recently joining Milton’s visual arts department, David Brewster brings with him nearly 20 years of teaching experience and considerable artistic talent. David’s paintings—which interpret varied landscapes and the objects within them—will be on display in Milton’s Nesto Gallery during the month of September. The exhibit, Paintings by David Brewster, opens on Tuesday, September 18, at 5:30 p.m.
Sami Kriegstein, Class of 2004, along with Erica Dasher and James Harvey, spent the week on Milton’s campus filming for a feature-length documentary tentatively titled Speak Easy. The film follows Duo speech teams from different states as they work their way towards the 2008 National Forensic League Tournament. Members of Milton’s speech team will be featured in the film.
The Whole Grains Council named Milton Academy’s dining service team (FLIK) the winners of this year’s Whole Grains Challenge, a competition involving restaurants, schools and hospitals from across the country. FLIK won the challenge in the category of K-12 independent schools by demonstrating a commitment to serving whole grains. The Whole Grains Council, a consumer advocacy group, was founded in 2003 by a group of scientists, chefs, members of the industry and Oldways, the pioneer in successful promotion of healthy, traditional eating patterns.
Milton students, faculty and staff filled the Fitzgibbons Convocation Center on Monday, September 10, welcoming the new school year in traditional fashion. The Academy’s interfaith chaplain, Suzanne De Buhr, led the invocation; Sabrina Lee and Henry Litman—co-head monitors—welcomed fellow students and passed along wisdom they have gained in their years at Milton. Both Sabrina and Henry received the James S. Willis, Jr. Memorial Award, given in memory of James S. Willis, Jr. ’50, “a gallant leader.”
Upper School Principal Sarah Wehle introduced fourteen new faculty members, and Head of School Rick Hardy announced the appointment of faculty member Will Crissman to the George C. Lee ’47 Chair, a gift of the Lee family, awarded “to support excellence in teaching and to build community among junior faculty.” Mr. Hardy then shared with students “A Teacher’s Welcome,” honoring three adults who influenced him and stoked his passion for learning. He implored students to look to their teachers—and each other—for that same inspiration.
Milton’s alumni and parent publication, Milton Magazine, earned its fourth gold medal this summer in the CASE Circle of Excellence Awards. Each year, these awards represent a nationwide search for excellence in college, university and independent school publications. Milton Magazine’s gold recognition is in the category of independent school magazines. The Magazine’s most recent issues focused on trends in the college admission process; and alumni, students and faculty at work in realms of public problem solving. CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, is the international association for education professionals in alumni relations, communications, and development.
Claire Sheldon, Milton Academy Class of 2006 and currently a student at Harvard, won the 104th WGAM Massachusetts Amateur Golf Championship hosted at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Former captain of Milton’s golf team and winner of the Priscilla Bailey Award her senior year, Claire is preparing for another season on Harvard’s golf squad. According to the Crimson’s Web site, Claire “was fourth on the team in stroke average after playing in seven tournaments as a freshman” and “registered three top 10 finishes.”
