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What’s Happening at Milton?

Community Engagement Day

The first Community Engagement Day since 2019 was a resounding success! Nearly 400 Class III and IV students participated, visiting 29 sites in Milton and the greater Boston area. Service opportunities ranged from sorting food and clothing donations to trash cleanup and activities such as gardening, baking, and crafts with elders and individuals with special needs. In all, Milton students performed 1,170 hours of service on this spectacular day!

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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.

WATCH THE CELEBRATION RECORDING

Celebrating Black History Month

With more than a dozen events planned, Milton’s celebration of Black History Month is in full swing. Notably, several prominent Black alumni working in the business and non-profit sectors came together via Zoom for a “Black in Business” panel discussion with Upper School students. Students also participated in an Onyx All-School Assembly featuring student performances, such as spoken word poems, personal stories, a video addressing what this month means to students of all ages, and a step dance performance by our very first “Little Steppers” group of 12 Lower School students.

Read more about the panelists.

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! 

WATCH THIS YEAR’S THURSDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE
Save the Date for Giving Day

Save the Date for Giving Day

March 9 is Giving Day 2023! From arts to sports to hands-on learning experiences and enrichment, a Milton Fund gift makes a positive impact by helping our students learn, grow, and become the leaders we know they can be. The best part? You don’t have to just imagine 1,000 generous Giving Day donors earning $100K to the Milton Fund. You can help make it a reality. Ready to get started? Add Giving Day to your calendar |  Watch the 2023 video | Support us as a Giving Day advocate

Share Your News With Us

Share Your News With Us

As we prepare for the Spring 2023 edition of Milton Magazine to drop in the mail soon, we are already looking forward to reading the class notes and receiving submissions for the fall issue. Do you have a Milton love story or a new addition to the family to share? How about a career update or relocation to tell your classmates about? Submit a class note today at http://forms.gle/4NHrztmPtjPpGq6n6!

Pictured are Heather McGhee ’97 and Cassim Shepard ’97 on their wedding day in October of 2016. The couple have been best friends since their sophomore year at Milton, when they shared their first kiss in the basement of Wigg Hall.

DEIJ Speaker Series

DEIJ Speaker Series

Dr. Howard Stevenson, the first of Milton’s 2023 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) speakers, recently spoke to the alumni community, as well as Upper and Middle School students. You can access the recording of his talk to the alumni community here. Upcoming speakers include Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer ’87, who will speak on February 28, and Grace Chan McKibbon ’86, who will speak on March 7. You can register for the upcoming speaker events at https://www.milton.edu/graduates/events-calendar.

What’s Next For Public Schools?

What’s Next For Public Schools?

While the past two years have brought myriad heartbreaks and headaches into the public school classroom, alumni working in public school education say they have also profited from important lessons and opportunities. Read more.

Save the Date for Reunion 2023

Save the Date for Reunion 2023

Classes ending in 3 and 8, get excited because Reunion is just five months away! Mark your calendars for Friday, June 16, and Saturday, June 17, and keep an eye out for registration information in February. In the meantime, please visit www.milton.edu/reunion to view a preliminary schedule, check out your class page to connect with fellow alumni, join your class committee, and make a gift in honor of your reunion year.

Thinking Big with Eric Schwarz ’79

Thinking Big with Eric Schwarz ’79

Sitting in the bright, airy headquarters at College for Social Innovation in downtown Boston, Eric Schwarz ’79 describes what has driven him over the past several decades to envision and create two experiential learning programs that give students from underserved communities some of the same opportunities that their more privileged peers have. Read More.

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