October 9th 2012
Middlesex Theatre department presents: "The Idiot" on Friday November 9th at 7:30 PM and on Saturday November 10th at 8:00 PM. Come see this powerful adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel featuring an ensemble cast of twenty Middlesex actors. Admission is free, but patron seating can be reserved for $25 a ticket by emailing rdubray@mxschool.edu. All proceeds from patron seating support the department's biannual trip to England.
"The Idiot" is a stage adaptation of one of...
October 9th 2012
VISITING ARTIST EXHIBITION: Beyond Horizons: Ria Brodell & Georgie Friedman
ARTIST RECEPTION AND TALK - November 2, 2012 @ 6:30 PM
Middlesex School's Cornelius Ayer Wood Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition Beyond Horizons by Boston-based artists Ria Brodell & Georgie Friedman. This exhibition marks the first time the two have shown work together.
Brodell’s exquisite drawingsThe Distant Lands are pictorial records of animals in their...
October 7th 2012
“Parents will love to hear this,” Professor John Ochsendorf grinned. “I have always studied problems that would never, ever lead to a job. They were just things that fascinated me.”
In listening to him describe just a few of those “problems” in detail – from Inca bridges woven entirely of grass to domed cathedrals sturdily constructed without steel – it was easy to understand how these structures could capture his imagination and lead to the creative, scientific career he so clearly enjoys. As...
October 4th 2012
Brooke Phinney '09, and her Bowdoin field hockey team are off to another tremendous start. The Polar Bears are 7-1 and Phinney is currently the leader in goals and points with 8 and 21, respectively.
Most recently, Phinney earned nine points (4 goals and 1 assist) in one game, just missing the team record of 10 points in one game. Perhaps most noteworthy, is Phinney's point tally, despite her defensive position on the field. As the Polar Bear's defensive sweeper...
October 3rd 2012
Blessed with a gorgeous early fall day on a spectacular golf course, the 8th annual Middlesex Alumni Association Golf Tournament was a resounding success. Ten groups of alumni, parents, faculty, and friends gathered to play the Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley, NY on October 1st. Site of the 2007 tournament, Piping Rock once again delivered a fair but challenging test of golf along with some beautiful terrain. Golfers were able to enjoy one another’s company after the play was complete with...
October 1st 2012
Middlesex students Emily Jiang '14, Aditi Shankar '14, Sean Yuan '13, and Agustina Hobbs '13 ran in a 5k race to support the Charles River Center, a Needham, MA organization providing programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities. They were joined by physics teacher and cross-country coach Sara Kate May and her one year old daughter, Camila. They were the first stroller to finish! "Camila likes to pass," joked May.
September 30th 2012
During the school year Middlesex math and science labs are energetic havens for exploration and discovery. For many students, this excitement bubbles over into the summer.
Last summer many of the school’s budding mathematicians and scientists spread across the globe to continue pursuing the passions they first cultivated in Middlesex labs. Nick Stewart ’13 and Brian LeMeur ’13, for instance, spent a portion of their summer in the Dominican Republic, where they lived at an environmental...
September 29th 2012
For Michael Aldo ’07, the path to playing college football has not always been an easy one to follow. Throughout his career at Amherst College, he has battled through a series of injuries, from a broken finger that required surgery and two pins, to a torn ACL and MCL. After each setback however, the Mansfield, MA native resolved to work harder and come back stronger.
In an article titled “Leaving an Impression,” writer Ben Badua recounts the trials and tribulations of Michael’s football...
September 28th 2012
Just a little more than a year ago, Middlesex was invited to apply for a $500,000 grant from the Mary Mae Foundation, a nonprofit that fosters academic excellence at select independent schools by helping to fund the construction of faculty homes.
With that funding secured – and greatly augmented with gifts from several Middlesex families, who enthusiastically responded to the project’s needs – the School held an official groundbreaking ceremony for the Mary Mae Village on September 22,...
September 27th 2012
On Tuesday September 25, we celebrated the academic achievements of our students in the 2012 spring semester. Senior faculty member and head of the math department Ron Banay made the opening remarks. He told the story of Henry Lee Higginson, former Middlesex board chair, reknowned philanthropist, and founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra:
Henry Higginson had a privileged life which was still full of challenges to overcome: challenges at school work, poor eyesight...
September 26th 2012
Over 400 alumni, parents, faculty, and friends gathered in Memorial Chapel on Sunday, September 23 to honor the memory of Brad Kingman, who served Middlesex for 39 years in a variety of capacities, including teacher, coach, dorm parent, and administrator. His greatest role, however, was that of mentor and friend to countless former students and colleagues.
Former faculty members Hugh Fortmiller and Brian Davis, as well as Gertie Cutler, the widow of former faculty member Sam Cutler, all spoke...
September 26th 2012
Ever year the Middlesex sophomore class is injected with a sizable collection of new students from around the world. On Monday the entire sophomore class, both new and old, traveled to Hale Reservation for their first opportunity to unite as a cohesive whole.
The idyllic Hale Reservation proved to be a perfect haven for the annual Sophomore Retreat, as the serenity of the camp’s wooded acres provided a respite from the fast-paced energy of the schoolhouse. Upon arrival students were divided...
September 26th 2012
Middlesex is fortunate to be surrounded by a network of wonderfully supportive and fascinating communities, and this past Monday our annual Community Service Day allowed both students and faculty to show their gratitude.
While Class III traveled to Westwood, MA for their sophomore class retreat, the rest of the school spread across the state in small teams comprised of students and faculty. Several groups enjoyed the beautiful fall weather as they planted, harvested, and weeded the land of...
September 25th 2012
In this year’s All School Read, Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, the Lees, a family of Hmong refugees, try to navigate Western medical culture to find help for their daughter Lia. Doctors diagnose Lia with severe epilepsy; the Lees believe that her soul is lost and trying to find its way back. The family’s story is interwoven with remarkable accounts of Hmong history and culture. Over the course of the year we will wrestle together...
September 25th 2012
This summer, I had the opportunity to continue interning for the Public Integrity Section in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. The section was created in 1976 to put in place oversight responsibility for the abuse of positions of public trust. The Election Crimes Branch was also added to the section in 1980 and served as a nationwide response to voter fraud, campaign finance offenses, and other election crimes. Public Integrity mainly prosecutes elected and...
September 25th 2012
My experience this summer, working as an intern at Opera North in Lebanon, NH, was not what I expected. This is not to say that the summer failed to meet my expectations, for that implies that the experience could be in some way classified a disappointment; it’s just that how I imagined the summer and how it actually played out were different scenarios. This may not feel like an impressive revelation (when do expectations ever directly transfer to results?) but, upon reflection, I’ve...
September 25th 2012
Romney For President, Inc.
This past spring, I was given the opportunity to intern on Mitt Romney’s Presidential Campaign, headquartered in Boston. I experienced firsthand the behind the scenes work of what many consider to be “the most important election in your lifetime.” I learned how to successfully (or unsuccessfully) run a political campaign, and coupled with my dual major in Political Science and Business, helped to direct my future goals.
In January, I began my internship in the...
September 25th 2012
This summer, with the help of the alumni stipend, I was able to intern at Breakthrough Collaborative in Cambridge, MA. This eight-week extremely challenging but rewarding program uses a student-teaching-students model, in which college students are teaching middle-school kids. For the college students, this eight-weeks was an incredible opportunity to enter the world of teaching, teaching our own classes, and working...
September 25th 2012
Feminist Majority Foundation Internship
This summer, I have been able to participate in the women’s movement in a completely new way. Previously, most of my “activism” has been centered on posting news and articles related to the movement online. I would occasionally attend or organize feminist events on campus, and I would often be talking about feminist issues or bemoaning someone’s offhanded sexist comment. I knew I wanted to work on women’s issues in some capacity in the future, and...
September 24th 2012
This summer, shortly after attending my younger brother's graduation from Exeter Academy, I hopped on a plane to fly out to the West Coast for the first time in my life. My destination: San Francisco International Airport. After seven hours of exhausting travel, I finally got settled into my assigned living space at 1 AM. It was a fully furnished two floor condo in the heart of Sausalito. My summer began to look very promising. The next day, I walked half a mile to my internship at Butler...
