Milton Academy

Milton Academy
Milton Academy
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Location
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
Information
Type Independent School, boarding and day
Religious affiliation(s) none
Established 1798
Head of School Theoderick Bowden Bland
Faculty 127 (Upper School)
Grades 9-12 (Upper School)
K-8 (Lower School)
Enrollment 675 (Upper School)
50% boarding, 50% day

287 (Lower School)
967 (Total)
Average class size 14 students (Upper School)
Student to teacher ratio 5:1 (Upper School)
Campus Suburban, 125 acres (0.51 km2)
Color(s) Blue and Orange
        
Athletics 25 Interscholastic sports
Mascot Mustang
Average SAT scores 2065  (2007)
Endowment $167 million
Annual tuition Upper School
$45,720 (boarding)
$37,530 (day)
Website www.milton.edu

Milton Academy (also known as Milton or MA) is a coeducational, independent preparatory, boarding and day school in Milton, Massachusetts consisting of a grade 9–12 Upper School and a grade K–8 Lower School. Boarding is offered starting in 9th grade. Milton is noted for its prestige and strong academic programs, having produced many notable alumni, including a Nobel Laureate, several members of the United States Congress, a governor (Deval Patrick of Massachusetts), and a Medal of Honor recipient. In late 2007, the Wall Street Journal identified Milton Academy as one of the world's top 25 schools for its success in preparing students to enter top American universities.[1] Milton is a member of the Independent School League (ISL).

Contents

History

The original Milton Academy was founded by a Massachusetts bill granting a charter in 1798 but operations ceased decades later with the opening of the public Milton High School; the institution was re-established in 1884 by John Murray Forbes and other progressive philanthropists. Up until 1980, the school was split into boys and girls schools. The school has historically been a feeder school for Harvard University.

Students and faculty

There are 675 Upper School students at Milton, half of whom live on campus. There are 127 faculty members in the Upper School, 78% of whom have postgraduate degrees, and 9% holding doctorates. It has an average class size of 14, and a female-to-male ratio of 50–50. There are 305 students in the Lower School (Kindergarten-Grade 8). The Middle School (Grade 6-8) and Lower School (Kindergarten-Grade 5) have 25 and 28 faculty members respectively.[2]

Milton offers several off-campus programs. Some students take a school year abroad in France, Italy, Spain or China; others go on semester programs such as Chewonki Semester School, The Mountain School, or CITYTerm.[3] For the last few weeks of school, seniors often do "Senior Projects" instead of taking classes. Past senior projects have included: recording an album, writing a play, designing a golf course, constructing a sailboat by hand, engineering go-carts, directing a film, intensively studying a culture/language, and performing a Shakespearean play.

Clubs and organizations

There are over 10 different publications on campus, from news to literary magazines. There are several music groups, including the Chamber Singers, Miltones, Chamber Orchestra, jazz combos and four respectable a cappella groups—two all-female groups (Epic and Octet), an all-male group (Miltones), and a co-educational group (3FU), which have performed throughout the United States, as well as Europe, Asia and Africa.[4] Milton Academy is also home to a large jazz program, focused on small combos, that tours South Africa every other year. Beatnik Café, an independently run exhibition of student performances (such as jazz, improvisational skits, poetry readings, and singing), occurs three times a year. In addition to this wide offering of musical groups, theatrical productions provide another outlet for performance with about ten plays being put on each year. The smaller plays produced at the school are referred to as "1212 plays", and are held in Wigg Hall. Also, two student choreographed Dance Concerts are put up each year, the larger one occurring in the winter.

There are over 30 different clubs that meet after school from 3:00 to 3:30. Cultural clubs at Milton include GASP (Gay And Straight People), Onyx (black student group), the Asian Society, Latino Association, JSU (Jewish-Student Union), and Caribbean Student Association.[5] Students at the academy can start their own clubs if they have a faculty sponsor. The Tibet Club - formerly the Milton Academy chapter of the Students for a Free Tibet - currently sponsors two Tibetan refugee children as part of a five year commitment and has donated over three hundred dollars in school supplies to Tibetan Schools. Another club, Invisible Hand, is Milton's Capitalist Club. In addition to sponsoring weekly discussions pertaining to Capitalism and Economics, Invisible Hand has taken trips to Harvard Business School and lent $500 worth of microloans via Kiva.org.

In addition, Milton Academy has a large and highly successful speech and debate team that competes in the Massachusetts Forensic League (MFL), National Catholic Forensic League (CFL or NCFL), and National Forensic League (NFL).

The school also has many political groups, including the Young Republicans and F.L.A.G. (Forward-looking Liberal Action Group).

Athletics

Milton offers 15 interscholastic sports for both boys and girls each, as well as nine intramural teams.[6] Milton is a member of both the Independent School League and the New England Schools Sailing Association division of the Interscholastic Sailing Association. Since 1886, Milton's traditional rival has been the Noble and Greenough School of Dedham. Recently, the ultimate team was ranked seventh in the nation and the varsity football team "entered the 2005 season with the best ten year record of all ISL prep programs". In the past five years, Milton has won 17 ISL Championships and most recently the boys' tennis team won New England's. The boys' tennis team has won four New England titles in a row.[7] The coed sailing team has won multiple national championships.[8] Milton's boys' hockey team has had several players go on to successful professional careers, most notably 12-year NHLer Marty McInnis and current Boston Bruin Josh Hennessy.[9][10]

Fall

  • CPR & First Aid (Adult, Child, Infant CPR)
  • Cross country
  • Field Hockey
  • Fitness Concepts
  • Football
  • Outdoor Education (intramural)
  • Project Adventure
  • R.A.D. Rape Aggression Defense (intramural)
  • Soccer
  • Strength Training and Conditioning (intramural)
  • Tennis (intramural)
  • Weight Training
  • Yoga(intramural)

Winter

Spring

Publications

Milton Academy maintains several publications using school facilities. The Milton Measure, the oldest and official bi-weekly publication of the school, is entering its 113th year. The Milton Paper, the school's unofficial newspaper, operates on donations but is still subject to school oversight. The Milton Paper has been operating for over twenty years and publishes issues weekly. La Voz ("The Voice"), the school's Spanish language student newspaper, is published quarterly and allows students to write in Spanish about issues that involve the Spanish-speaking community. Milton's latest publication, M^3 (read "M Cubed"), short for Milton Music Magazine, is a music/pop-culture based magaizine that covers news in the national and global music world as well as on-campus artists and events. MagusMabus (colloquially: The Magus) is the school's art & literary magazine. It publishes two full issues a year as well as one smaller "maguette" which contains only poetry. In addition, the Magus hosts open mic nights called Beatnik Cafes. Milton also publishes "Helix," a science magazine which is released seasonally.

Academic and student life facilities

Straus Library — In the 1950s, Straus was the Academy's main library. Today it serves as a familiar and beloved gathering space for formal and informal events. Straus is also home to Milton's college counseling office.

Apthorp Chapel — Constructed in 1921, Apthorp Chapel hosts the non-denominational chapel program for boarding students every Sunday evening during the school year. The program often includes guests, students and faculty reflecting on issues affecting the School community, the nation and the world.

Kellner Performing Arts Center — Opened in 1992, Kellner is a teaching center for the performing arts and music departments. It includes a large dance studio; classrooms for speech and debate training; classrooms and practice rooms for work in chorus, orchestra and jazz; a "black box" studio theater; fully equipped scene construction and costume shops; Pieh Commons, where student art work is often exhibited; and the Ruth King Theatre.

Ruth King Theatre — A gift of novelist Stephen King, in memory of his mother, King Theatre is equipped with a stage adaptable to thrust or apron configurations and is a 20th century adaptation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

William Coburn Cox Library — Given by William Coburn Cox '24 and his wife, Jessie Bancroft Cox, the library's resources serve students, faculty and staff. Its collection includes 46,000 volumes. Library staff members help students learn research strategies, using the cataloguing system and online resources. In the basement of the library, Milton students are entitled to extra academic help in the Academic Skills Center.

Health and Counseling Center — Registered nurses, school physicians and counselors at the Health Center help students who need physical or emotional care. The Health Center also provides overnight accommodations for students requiring additional attention while not feeling well. The Health Center staff also manages programs that involve students in promoting healthy lifestyles and in responding to those with emotional or physical needs. The Health Center is housed in Faulkner House, on East Campus.

Ayer Observatory — Astronomy students use the Ayer Observatory to observe and study celestial objects. The observatory's 12-foot dome houses a five-inch Clark refractor for general classroom use; its smaller dome houses a nine-inch Takahashi reflector. The observatory is open to all students on the first Friday of every month and for any unique celestial occurrences.

Schwarz Student Center — The Schwarz Student Center offers a single space that is part of daily campus life for all students and adults at Milton, enhancing opportunities to build relationships. The center includes a common area for students to gather outside of class; a snack bar and recreation area with ping-pong and foosball tables; a school bookstore with a wide array of necessities; student activities offices; a computer center; and spaces for faculty-student meetings. It links Warren Hall and Wigglesworth Hall for easy travel between the three.

Ware Hall — Originally built as the Girls' School schoolhouse, Ware Hall is now home to classical language, modern language and mathematics classrooms; a language laboratory; and Milton's Middle School offices and classrooms.

Warren Hall — Built in 1885 and renovated in 2002, Warren Hall includes the English department, deans' offices and the Office of Admission in a building sensitively restored to provide state-of-the-art teaching areas within an environment that honors its early role as "the old schoolhouse."

Wigglesworth Hall — Affectionately known as Wigg Hall, this building is home to the history department where students and faculty gather around oval Harkness tables that promote stimulating discussion in an environment where everyone — including the teacher — is an equal and important participant.

Athletic and Convocation Center — Opened in 1998, the "ACC" includes two field houses that provide opportunities for student athletes of different skill levels to participate in a wide range of sports. The south field house, also the Fitzgibbons Convocation Center (FCC), includes three basketball courts, convocation capacity for the School, and an indoor track. The north field house includes a hockey rink, which, when de-iced, becomes four tennis courts or space for indoor practice of field sports. The second floor of the ACC features the Esther and Herbert G. Stokinger '24 Fitness Center, coaches offices, and training rooms.

Caroline Saltonstall Building — The Caroline Saltonstall Building includes the business office, the K–8 Office of Admission, the alumni and development office and one gymnasium. The building stands on the original Milton Girls' School campus.

Robert Saltonstall Gymnasium — Once the major boys' gymnasium at Milton, the Robert Saltonstall Gym now houses the H. Adams Carter '32 Climbing Wall where students can learn to rock climb. Art students studying sculpture, ceramics and woodworking learn and practice here as well. The "RSG" also houses Milton's two wrestling mats.

Pritzker Science Center — Milton's new science center opened in September 2010. The state-of-the-art building features common lab space for each of the four disciplines in science (physics, chemistry, biology and environmental), in addition to integrated classroom-lab space, creating an environment that allows students to work collaboratively and move seamlessly between discussion and hands-on lab work. The Pritzker Science Center was designed with sustainability in mind, to meet silver LEED specifications.

Art and Media Center — Milton's new visual arts center, completed for the fall of 2011, is being designed in the footprint of the Old Science Building. The new space will feature state-of-the-art studios for 2D art and 3D art, including specialized areas such as photography, architecture and woodwork. This building also features the Academy's acclaimed Nesto Gallery, where several famous Boston-area and national artists have displayed their works.

Residential facilities

Approximately half of the Upper School student body consists of boarders. Each of Milton's eight, single-sex residential "houses" has unique traditions, such as holiday caroling, pumpkin carving, picnics, "pottery night" (mug painting for the dorm), Rain Soccer on East Campus before dinner on rainy days, barbecues, dodgeball, and dorm bowling to help foster friendship and support within the house. House sizes range from 31 to 48 students and students live in the same house for their entire time at Milton.

Boys

  • Forbes is the second-largest house. It is named after Captain Robert Bennet Forbes, whose family crest appears on a flag outside the building. The dorm's colors are blue and white. Forbes and Wolcott share a friendly, multidisciplinary dorm rivalry, spreading through events including dodgeball and softball. The Forbes dorm flag is the center of some rivalry, and has changed hands between Forbes and Wolcott over the years. Forbes housed the famous author, T.S. Eliot, as well as Robert and Edward Kennedy. Chris Hales is currently the House Head of Forbes House. Forbes is characterized by its relaxed, brotherly atmosphere and the strong presence of upperclassmen residents. Their sister dorm is Robbins.
  • Wolcott is the largest boys' house on campus, housing up to 48 boys and 5 faculty families. Completed in 1900, it is named after Roger Wolcott, a former governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1847–1900). His portrait hangs in the Devens common room, one of two common rooms in the house. The Wolcott family has maintained a close tie to the house, presenting the incoming house heads with a family crest in 1984. Inscribed on this crest is the house motto: "nullius addictus iuare in verba magistri," a quote from Horace which translates to "called to swear upon the words of no teacher." James Taylor lived in Wolcott during his time at Milton. Wolcott is the only house on campus that enforces a dress code at house dinners. Traditions include "roof-ball," and house dodgeball. A strong history of house leadership has insured that Wolcott House graduates continue to excel in leadership after their Milton years. Wells Hansen (Classics) is currently house head of Wolcott House. Their sister dorm is Hallowell.
  • Goodwin, previously a dorm for the girl's school, is one of the two houses on East Campus. The other East Campus house is Hathaway, which is Goodwin's sister house; the two dorms have a shared dining facility that is directly connected to Goodwin. Goodwin residents are very unified, possibly due to the distance between the house and main campus.
  • Norris is the newest boys' house, which opened on West Campus in the 2004-2005 school year. The Norris flag hangs from the front door awning. Highlights of the year include annual pumpkin carving, the Norris Nosh (a huge potluck) and annual outings to Fire & Ice and Quincy Dynasty. Norris is the Brother dorm of Millet House. The house motto is "Probitas, Pietas, Fraternitas" ("Honesty, Respect, Brotherhood").

Girls

  • Hallowell, previously a boys' dorm, currently houses 40 girls and is the largest girls dorm on campus. Back when it was a boys' dorm it housed the current governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick. Traditions of this dorm include pumpkin carving with Goodwin House boys, and engaging in friendly competitive dorm sports with other girls' dorms. Their brother dorm is Wolcott.
  • Millet is the new girls' dorm, which opened in the 2004–05 school year and houses up to 40 girls. The upperclassmen in this new dorm have been working hard to establish the dorm on campus, and to create traditions for future generations of girls. It is named after Frank Millet, a longtime member of the classics department known for his devotion to the subjects he teaches.
  • Robbins, previously a boys' dorm, is located in the center of campus and has been a part of campus for almost as long as the school has existed, and currently houses around 40 girls. Robbins is known for being the only dorm connected to the Forbes dining hall, its spirited "Robbins" chant, great traditions, as well as loft rooms, exclusive to the Robbins dorm. Robbins maintains a healthy rivalry with Hallowell house.
  • Hathaway is the easternmost dorm. It is the oldest girls' dorm on campus, constructed in the late 19th century. The smallest dorm on campus, housing a maximum of 30, Hathaway has traditionally provided a more home-like environment. Traditions include a pottery night, talent night, special Christmas dinner, Halloween celebrations, and Senior wills.

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. ^ "How the Schools Stack Up". The Wall Street Journal. 2007-12-28. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-COLLEGE0711-sort.html. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 
  2. ^ Milton Academy Quick Facts
  3. ^ Milton Academy Semester Programs
  4. ^ Arts at Milton
  5. ^ Student Clubs and Organizations
  6. ^ Milton Athletics
  7. ^ Milton Academy
  8. ^ Inter-Scholastic Sailing Association (ISSA)
  9. ^ NHL
  10. ^ NHL

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