Our Stories

Cadena 2025 Brings Grade 8 Students to Bogota

June 17, 2025 by Elana Cohen (Faculty and Staff)

“Throughout my experience in Colombia with Cadena I learned how to be a better team player and how to make the best of hard situations. Additionally, I learned that no matter what, it is always possible to communicate and relate to the people and places around you.” – Shira S-E, Class of 2025 “Cadena provided […]


Celebrating Pesach at MILTON: Holiday Roundup

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

In early April, students from Pre-K to Middle School celebrated Pesach in creative and often interdisciplinary ways. Check out our roundup below:


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.


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 […]