Communication Office
The communication office develops, implements, and evaluates communication plans and programs that support the mission of the School. The office facilitates 91探花’s efforts to promote awareness and good will among its various constituencies and external public; to recruit students and faculty; and to raise financial and volunteer support.
Communication Staff
Marisa Donelan
Associate Director of Communication
marisa_donelan@milton.edu
Eileen Newman
Chief Communication Officer
eileen_newman@milton.edu
Jacqueline O’Rourke
Communications Specialist
jacqueline_orourke@milton.edu
Esten Perez
Director of Communication and Media Relations
esten_perez@milton.edu
Emily Sedgwick
Social Media Manager / Video Content Producer
Emily_Sedgwick@milton.edu
Media Contact
If you are a member of the media in need of information or press materials, please contact Esten Perez at 617-898-2395 or esten_perez@milton.edu
Campus News
Over the Summer, Students Dove Into Community and Social Justice Work
Although it was a summer unlike any other, many students found ways to do community and social justice work, both remotely and in person. Four students, all Community Engagement board leaders, participated in a virtual seven-week program run by the National Network of Schools in Partnership. Nina Kathiresan 鈥21, Kayla Mathieu 鈥21, Conner Hartman 鈥21, and Jaden Thompson 鈥23 worked on issues including homelessness, food insecurity with students from across the U.S, who were grouped into task forces. Hartman and Mathieu worked together on the same subcommittee called Demographics in Education.聽
鈥淲e produced the Rezoning Project, which aimed to inform, advocate, and share stories regarding the issues surrounding zoning inequality in public education,鈥 said Hartman. 鈥淲e were struck by the statistic that, on average, nonwhite districts received about $2,200 less per student than districts that were predominantly white, adding up to $23 billion less overall.鈥澛
Hartman said it was 鈥渆xtremely inspiring working with students from all over the country. Unlike 91探花, a lot of the schools represented didn鈥檛 have community engagement programs. Hearing their experiences of inequality and powerful examples of civic engagement in communities hundreds of miles away from 91探花 really opened my eyes to the possibilities of what we can do with our program.鈥
Student Films Recognized by Film Festival
Two student films were accepted into the in the drama category. Dash Evett 鈥21 and Jace Fuller鈥檚 鈥21 film, The Grievance, featured Conner Hartman 鈥21, Ben Simpson 鈥21, and Charlie Volpe 鈥20. Evett鈥檚’s film, Guy, featured himself and his brother Spencer Evett 鈥17. Normally, the films would be presented at a live festival in October in New York City, but this year it will be virtual.
is a story about a man named Liam, played by Hartman, who gets trapped in a supernatural cemetery. A bullying incident from his past comes back to haunt him. Evett and Fuller did all the shooting, writing, music, and editing. 鈥淎 lot of hours of shooting were outside in the cold, and sometimes in complete darkness,鈥 said Evett. 鈥淚t was my first time making something with a horror vibe, so it was cool to film in a dark cemetery.鈥
聽鈥淥ne of my favorite challenges in filmmaking is giving the audience a proper scare; one that curdles the blood and raises the heartbeat,鈥 said Fuller. 鈥淲ith a low budget of zero dollars, we both agreed we couldn鈥檛 show scary monsters or frightening circumstances. Instead, we had to make a psychological horror that could play with scares without showing anything.鈥澛
Our Commitment to Anti-Racism
This letter was shared with our community on July聽21.
Dear 91探花 Community,
Over the past several weeks, many students and alumni have shared their personal encounters with racism and microaggressions at 91探花 through direct conversations, letters to administrators, and on social media, including on the @blackatmiltonacad Instagram account. We are listening and we are grateful for the courage and candor with which they have spoken about deeply painful experiences. As School leaders, we apologize for the ways that 91探花鈥檚 actions and inactions have hurt students and other members of our community.
Black Lives Matter. 91探花 affirms the beliefs of the BLM movement as we work toward improving justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion within our community. We understand that it is not enough to simply say these words: We must live in this movement every day, be accountable for our actions, and report our progress.
Students Work Virtually With Refugees in Jordan
As a freshman, Jana Amin 鈥21 traveled on a 91探花 class trip to Jordan, where the students visited the Collateral Repair Project (CRP), a non-governmental organization that works with refugees on community-building, education, and trauma relief. She was so moved by their mission that she became an 鈥渆-learning partner鈥 starting her sophomore year, video-chatting with students to help them learn conversational English. Her first two students were a Yemeni mother of five children and a Sudanese man.聽聽
Amin then became an English teacher for a class of 12 CRP students and she has encouraged other 91探花 students鈥攅specially after school switched to remote learning鈥攖o volunteer as virtual tutors and to help her with developing an English-language curriculum to use in the classes.聽
91探花 Speechies Succeed as Nationals Go Virtual
Ordinarily, the National Speech and Debate Association鈥檚 (NSDA) year-end tournament is a blockbuster, in-person event: Thousands of students and their coaches take over a host city for a week of end-to-end competition that determines the best student speakers and debaters in the country.
This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held virtually. Five thousand students from 1,300 schools competed from home for NSDA recognition. They included seven 91探花 students: Jana Amin 鈥21, Jack Burton 鈥22, Tim Colledge 鈥21, Miranda Paiz 鈥21, Nyla Sams 鈥20, Benjamin Simpson 鈥21, and Tyler Tjan 鈥22.聽
