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our mission:a respect for othersMilton is a safe and generous place for young people to liveand learn. The idea that each individual brings a uniqueand valuable dimension to our shared experience drives therelationships in our community.The students here are so unique. You get to know people fromso many different places and everyone has something cool tooffer. When you get to talking with other students who mightbe different from you, you dismiss any preconceived notions.At Milton you can embrace all your different aspects—youdon’t get stuck in one niche. Milton is good at cultivatingthat. You can go different ways to do lots of things that youwant. I love my science course, but I also write poetry andspend afternoons on the [athletic] fields.— Chelsea Mehra, McLean, VirginiaHathaway House, Class III play on the varsity soccer team, and the girls on my teamare incredible. Team dynamics come into play everywhere—we’re a team on and off the field, and not only in our season.We cheer each other up, support each other, and get to knoweach other so well that we’re like a big family. We try to makeeach other’s days better. We focus at practice, and we workhard for one another and for our coaches. We keep eachother in line sometimes, too. When I lose focus in a game, orget distracted by a bad call, my captains and the other girlsbring me back, and that makes all the difference.— Diana Perry, Bethesda, MarylandMillet House, Class IIfacts• A committee of faculty andstudents met to determineguidelines for respectful andappropriate ways to debateonline. Online conferencecharters reinforce that theforums for discussion are formembers of the Milton communitywho want to voicetheir thoughts, beliefs andopinions while being opento—and respecting—those ofothers.• Students’ favorite weekendactivities are watching eachother in performance—athletics,drama, dance, poetryreading,and playing rock,jazz or classical music.• Disciplinary Committees,which assign accountabilityfor students who have violatedSchool rules, are composedof four students andfour faculty members.5