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our mission:and the pursuit of excellencefacts• Chloe Michaelidis, Class II,won a Gold Medal in thisyear’s National ScholasticArts and Writing Awards forher poem “Yia Yia,” selectedfrom more than 165,000submissions. In winningthis award, Chloe joins theranks of renown writers andartists Joyce Carol Oates,Robert Redford, TrumanCapote, Sylvia Plath, BernardMalmud and Andy Warhol—also National ScholasticAward winners.• Brian Kong, Class II, earnedsecond place among 1,118students in the NorthAmerican ComputationalLinguistics Olympiad competition(missing first placeby only .01 points). Brian’ssuccess earned him theopportunity to compete inthe International LinguisticsOlympiad in Sweden in July.• This winter, the girls’ skiteam traveled to MountSnow in Vermont to competein the annual NEPSACChampionship tournamentand ski against the best inthe East. Facing challengingweather conditions, theMustangs placed secondoverall in their division.Milton’s energy comes from striving to meet our ownexpectations. Seeking to meet the highest standards—inperformance, athletic competition, artistic expression, leadershipactivity, intellectual exploration, and in understandingour world—is a cultural reality at Milton and a lifelonglegacy for our students.I enjoyed my DYO [Do Your Own] project in Physics becausemy partner and I tested whether or not the Doppler effect istrue, whether velocity does affect frequency of sound. Since Iwas nine years old I’ve had a passion for science. This projectgave me a new perspective on how to work in the lab—theconduct, the research. We really had to create the processfrom the beginning—forming our hypothesis, working withcontrol variables. I’m planning to work at NIH [NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland] in the lab thissummer.— Chelsea Mehra, McLean, VirginiaHathaway House, Class IIThe essays that we had to write this year were a lot moreanalytical than I was used to. I had to present a much strongerargument than I had at my old school. Figuring it outwas trial and error: making adjustments, talking with theteacher, reviewing the essay again. It was helpful being ableto go back to the teacher again and again.— Maggie Walsh, Milton, MassachusettsClass IIII was surprised by how well I was able to adjust to the classsize here. I came from a public school, where there wouldhave been 2,400 students in high school with me, and now Iam in a Chinese class with eight others. In my old classesyou could hide in the back of a room of 35, but here we’re allsitting around the table, face-to-face. We have no choice butto say what we think, and to listen to what everyone else hasto say. I never raised my hand in English class before I camehere; I never thought my answers or ideas were sufficient.But the teachers here make it safe and comfortable for us tovoice our thoughts.— Kiyon Hahm, Irvine, CaliforniaRobbins House, Class III7