For years and years after high school, Milton students stay connected to faculty members who shifted the course of their lives – teachers who believed in them, supported them, developed their skills and fueled their growth. The deep commitment of a learned and experienced group of teachers is Milton’s great treasure – today and throughout Milton’s history. More than half the faculty have devoted over 10 years to Milton students, in classrooms, on playing fields and in dormitories. Scholars, writers, artists and researchers in their own right, these are skilled people who love teaching and the dynamics of learning.

Faculty members at Milton are as diverse and individualistic as the students. They probe one another for new ideas. They value each other’s openness, responsiveness, energy and talent. They are passionate about their subject matter and communicate that passion to students. Jointly, they care for individual students. “I’ve learned the most from other people who are giving of themselves,” said Nika Seidman ’99 as she went off to college, “and that’s why I value my teachers so much. They give totally of themselves.”

You have this two-way flow of respect, which has an essential impact on the flow of ideas – they’re more fluid, more rich, more rapid, more dynamic. It’s the exchange of ideas that’s the premium, because for students to be able to truly understand concepts they need to speak about them. More sophisticated and varied interpretations of the ideas come out as the exchange goes on. We’re not in the business of giving out definitions. We’re here to help students develop interpretations – understandings – of ideas.
—Michael Lou, History Department

Mr. Sando is amazing. He walks in with three handouts and four overheads and a bunch of props, all of which he’s made himself, and that’s bolstered by a real understanding of how people are going to learn this material. He asks more of you, so that makes you work harder.
—Kenzie Bok '07, Boston

Faculty do everything possible to enable students to learn at their own pace, and we really do not measure students against each other. We know them well. We support them individually. We spend lots of one-on-one time with them. That said, this is a rigorous and demanding curriculum. Keeping it going and paying close attention to each student takes real energy.
—Jim Connolly, English Department

I always liked math and science. Now I’m taking U.S. History with Ms. Wade. I realize now that so much of what happened before is related to what is happening now. It’s fun – it’s a puzzle. At my old school, it was about memorizing dates. Ms. Wade is an incredible teacher; all of my teachers are. In my Honors Physics class with Mr. Gagnon, we just finished the Leyden Jar lab; we also just built a motor. Teachers here are also available to you. You can call them, even at home. They’re so smart and they help you grow into an adult, into a better person. Teachers here are involved with you ­ not just with Nelson the student, but Nelson the person.
—Nelson Fernandez '06, Brooklyn, New York, Norris House