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Sound the Trumpet

On January 17, Milton grad and parent Dr. Régine M. Jean-Charles ’96, professor and author of “Martin Luther King & the Trumpet of Conscience Today,” spent the day with the Milton community honoring and reflecting on the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In the afternoon, Dr. Jean-Charles served as a guest speaker for our Middle and Upper School community, reminding students to look beyond a single story about Dr. King’s life and work and to seek to build a better world. In the evening, she joined the “K-12 MLK Community Celebration: Sound the Trumpet,” which featured art, poetry, music, and dance. Dr. Jean-Charles also introduced and shared a reading from her book.

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Winter Dance Concert

The annual Winter Dance Concert is a crowd favorite at Milton! Each year, an ensemble of Milton students presents an evening of dance to a full house for three straight nights. Congratulations to all of the 2023 dancers, choreographers, musicians, tech crew, and performing arts faculty on an incredible show! 

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Passover and Iftar 2023

Earlier this month, Milton’s K-12 campus and alumni communities gathered for a Passover Seder hosted by Milton’s Jewish Student Union and an Iftar celebration during Ramadan hosted by the Muslim Student Union (pictured).

Community Engagement Day

Milton’s annual Community Engagement Day was filled with fun and service! Class II students fanned out to partner sites across Milton and Greater Boston, where they helped prepare gardens to provide food for those in need, visited with local elders, and did outdoor cleanup. Meanwhile, Class I students hosted friends from a Boston elementary school on campus for a field day!

Milton Medal Awarded

Milton Medal Awarded

Head of School Todd Bland P ’13 ’14 ’14 and Trustee Emeritus Brad Bloom P ’06 ’08 embarked on their journey together as Milton’s leaders in 2009. Brad was elected as president of the Board as Todd began his first year as head of school. The two shared aspirations of great progress for Milton Academy, and on Friday, May 5, the Board of Trustees awarded both Brad and Todd the Milton Medal, Milton’s highest honor, in recognition of their transformational service to the school. Read more.

Shout-out for Todd

Shout-out for Todd

This summer, Head of School Todd Bland’s 14-year career at Milton Academy will come to a close. All of us at Milton will forever be grateful for Todd’s incredible impact on our school. We invite you to reflect on Todd’s tenure and to share well-wishes and messages of gratitude with him. Check out what other alumni have shared, and if you haven’t done so already, post your own shout-out—a note, memory, photo, or short video message—for Todd here: https://padlet.com/MiltonAcademy/todd

Leading with Love

Leading with Love

“Let’s go football! Go field hockey! Go soccer! Go cross country!” The pep rally leaders were a cyclone of energy, hyping up their peers to support the athletes about to compete that weekend. Then, without skipping a beat: “Let’s hear it for the robotics team! Give it up for speech and debate!” If the shift from athletics to stem and performance teams registered with anyone in the audience, they didn’t show it. Each group received raucous applause. For Milton students, recognizing athletic prowess in the same breath as other skills was seamless and natural. For me, it was one moment—out of thousands of similar moments—to witness something our students do with astonishing regularity and enthusiasm: celebrate each other. Read More.

Soft Power: A Defense Against Extremism

Soft Power: A Defense Against Extremism

Engaging with Muslim communities around the world, foreign-policy strategist Farah Pandith ’86 pioneered a new approach to fighting extremists and changed the narrative around how radicalization occurs and how to stop it. Read more.

Share Your News

Share Your News

We love to hear what’s going on in the lives of Milton Grads! Madeleine M. Winrow ’06 recently shared the wonderful news of the birth of her son, James Winrow, who arrived on Valentine’s Day 2023. James joins his big sister, Hailey, and the Winrows are enjoying living in Hingham, Mass., as a family of four. Join Maddie and share your exciting news with us. Whether it’s a career update, a birth or marriage announcement, or a recent move, we want to know! Share your news and submit a class note here.

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