Vol. CXXXII · October 10, 2026
On Sunday, May 3, eighteen Milton students, faculty, and family members participated in Project Bread’s 58th Walk for Hunger to raise awareness of food insecurity in Massachusetts. At the annual event, 3,500 people walked three miles around Boston Common, raising one million dollars for Project Bread, an organization that aims to provide Massachusetts communities with reliable food sources.
On November 4, the Milton community welcomed this year’s Heyburn Speaker, University of Georgia professor Scott Reynolds Nelson. The event continued the 34-year long tradition that brings established thinkers to campus every year. In the Athletic Convocation Center, speaking to a crowd that included all U.S. History students, Nelson engaged students with his research on author Richard Scarry and folk hero John Henry. He also visited students in Straus Library before and after his speech.
From 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 24, families flooded campus, accompanying their students through hallways and stairwells, before they attended a packed schedule of parent-teacher meetings which took place that afternoon and the following morning. Students value this brief time of year for its short classes and no-homework long weekend. For parents and faculty, on the other hand, this three-day stretch is the only built-in, in-person opportunity to meet with each other, put faces to names, and hear about students’ lives outside of letter grades and report card comments. However, a significant change marked this year’s meetings: family members could once again meet with all, instead of a few, of their child’s teachers.