Milton Academy

Milton Academy is a private, preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Milton has traditionally been a "feeder" school for Harvard University, which still tops the matriculation list. In recent years, Brown, Yale, Columbia, and Georgetown receive almost as many Milton graduates each year. Milton was recently ranked as the best private school in the Boston area by Boston Magazine. The Boarding School Review, in a comparison of most private preparatory schools, rated Milton as having the fourth highest average SAT score (tied with Groton School), and ranks the Academy as the most selective school in the country. For athletics, Milton competes in the Independent School League (ISL) with schools such as Roxbury Latin and St. Paul's, in addition to Milton's historic rival, Nobles. Milton's $140 million endowment and 125 acre (0.5 km²) campus serve about 680 upper school students.

Campus and student life

The school is situated in Milton, a residential suburb of Boston, and is accessible by Boston's public transit system, the T. The campus is spread across roughly 125 acres (0.5 km²) with 17 tennis courts for the undefeated (2004) tennis team, 12 sports fields, and 7 squash courts. The campus also includes a chapel,Library, an observatory, and over a half dozen dormitories. It also has a 400m track, hockey rink, fitness center, and an outdoor swimming pool.

Related Topics:
Boston - T - Tennis - 2004 - Sports - Squash - Chapel - Library - Observatory - Hockey

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Recently the school administration has embarked on an ambitious building plan, starting with a new student center which was completed in fall 2003 along with a renovation of Warren Hall (an English building) which refinished the halls, added classrooms, moved departments. In the future, a new arts center and a science building will be built. Students at Milton are actively involved in the 46 student organizations, including the nationally-competitive speech team, a capella groups, and a broad range of special interest clubs ranging from the Science Fiction Club to the Asian Society.

Related Topics:
Speech team - A capella - Science Fiction - Asian

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The school is also home to numerous student publications. The two most prominent, The Milton Paper and The Milton Measure are student run newspapers. The Measure is the official school publication, and has institutional ties to "The Orange and Blue," the school paper dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. The Milton Paper or "TMP" was founded in 1979. The latter is financially independent from the school, and is funded entirely by donations and subscription fees. Editors of both publications have gone on to hold prominent positions in journalism and politics.

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