Our Stories

In Pedagogy of Partnership, Students Become Master Relationship Builders

April 29, 2025 by Catherine Horowitz (Faculty and Staff)

If you enter the room during one of Nechama Malkiel’s Grade 4 Judaic Studies classes, you may hear students sing, to the tune of “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”: “A havruta is a triangle of three; my partner and my text and my me!” before diving into their regular partner work.


Academic Spotlight 2025: Grade 5 Unsung Heroes Project

March 17, 2025 by Catherine Horowitz (Faculty and Staff)

At this year’s Purim Ball, the Grade 5 team was spotlighted for their interdisciplinary, collaborative, and creative work on the Unsung Heroes project. This is the final major project that students complete in Elementary School and combines their work in General Studies, Judaic Studies, and Hebrew which they present in a culminating event with family […]


Using Science to Solve Problems: Engineering Across the Curriculum

January 31, 2025 by Catherine Horowitz (Faculty and Staff)

Across the grades, the STEM department incorporates engineering design into its curriculum, often in order to tackle real world problems. Below, we feature examples:


Pre-K Students Study Identity

January 29, 2025 by Catherine Horowitz (Faculty and Staff)

On Friday, January 17, family members of our Pre-K class gathered to celebrate their children’s learning. Throughout the morning, students shared what they had learned and done from August through January, from Hebrew and Judaics to general studies. This Chagigat Halomedim, or celebration of learning, largely featured the students’ year-long study of identity. As Pre-K […]


Students Learn Their Potential as Everyday Makers in Sadnah

December 20, 2024 by Catherine Horowitz (Faculty and Staff)

On South Campus, the Sadnah, or workshop, is filled with old bottle tops, marker caps, buttons, large seashells, metal and wood scraps, solo cups, plastic tubes, clay, and clothespins—just to name a few things. Each class in Early Elementary (PK, Kindergarten, and Grade 1) visits it twice a week, working with atelierista (and MILTON parent!) […]


In Netivot Tefillah, Students Initiate New Prayer Paths and Gain Diverse Leadership Experience

December 20, 2024 by Catherine Horowitz (Faculty and Staff)

This fall, MILTON introduced Netivot Tefillah, or “prayer paths,” to our North Campus tefillah program. North Campus principal Lisa Schopf and Director of Jewish Life Scott Slarskey call these “serial experiences targeted at empowering students in various aspects of tefillah.” They arose out of conversations, surveys, and focus groups initiated by Middle School students.