Crystal Zheng '27

Senior Editor

Phone Policy Committee Weighs New Guidelines, Seeks Input

During a Stables meeting on April 13, English Teacher and Phone Policy Committee member Katherine Hamblet, speaking in a video shared to students, said that Milton is considering new phone usage policies for the Upper School. She invited students to debate and propose a possible phone policy to the committee. Head Monitor Pati Pogorzelska ’26, in that same video, revealed, “there will definitely be some sort of [new] policy either this spring or next year.”

By Crystal Zheng '27May 1, 20264 min read

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Success of Lunar New Year Feast “Goes Beyond Attendance”

On February 21, Asian Society, Chinese culture club Tang, and Korean culture club Hallyu hosted a Lunar New Year dumpling-making banquet that drew more than 100 students and faculty to celebrate the first new moon of the lunar calendar. The evening featured award-winning chef Irene Li ‘08, who co-founded Mei Mei Dumpling Factory—a food truck that has since expanded into a café, factory, and dumpling-making classroom.

By Crystal Zheng '27February 27, 20263 min read

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“Grateful” or “Enraged”: Students Polarized Over Exam Week Snow Day

On January 25, 2026, the Sunday before Milton’s midterms were scheduled to begin, Boston was hit with the largest snowstorm in the past four years. At 2 p.m., Chief Information Officer Bryan Price’s singsongy voice to the tune of Moana’s “How Far I’ll Go” alerted students that the school was calling a snow day–the first postponement during an exam week since 2015. Consequently, exams scheduled for that Monday were pushed back a week to February 2, and Tuesday midterms were delayed by two hours.

By Crystal Zheng '27February 13, 20264 min read

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Caribbean Students Association Raises Over $10,000 for Hurricane Relief Fundraiser

On November 3, the Caribbean Student Association (CSA) hosted a fundraiser to support relief efforts for Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5, which lasted from October 21 to November 4, struck multiple islands in the Caribbean, causing severe flooding, collapsed infrastructure, and numerous casualties. According to the UN, it also displaced or forced evacuation of over 778,000 people, and exposed more than three million people to life-threatening conditions.

By Crystal Zheng '27November 21, 20253 min read

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Under the Full Moon, 150 Students Share Asian Culture and Traditions

On October 6, Milton Academy hosted the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet in the Farokhzad Mathematics Center (FMC) for the first time. The Mid-Autumn Festival is an East Asian tradition that celebrates family and reunion under the brightest full moon of the year, which is on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar.

By Crystal Zheng '27October 24, 20254 min read