Spring 2007 - Milton Academy

Among the faculty advisors who help guide Milton’s student organizations are (row one) Leya Tseng Jones, Dar Anastas, Christine Savini; and (row two) JoshuaEmmott, Heather Flewelling, Andrea Geyling and James Mills. Missing from the photo are Sally Dey, Ann Foster, Marie-Annick Schram, Rod Skinner, David Smithand Heather Sugrue.fund-raising concert of last spring, theyproposed and pulled off “Human RightsWeek” this fall, with an activity every day,ending with a Friday-night discussion witha Darfur survivor. “I’m happy when theyprogress from designing and selling teeshirts to holding open meetings on thingslike the treatment of prisoners,” Ann says,“and they do.”So much happens through email, thefaculty said, with some amazement. Connecting,explaining, organizing, assigning,marketing, signing up, reporting results—email speeds functions up, and perhapscontributes to students taking on morethan they should. It’s more of a tool than asubstitution for personal contact. BellAthayu (Class III), from Thailand, sentthis response to a question about thegroup she started:Hello Ms. Everett,I am one of the student leaders of the Free theChildren club. We started the group this yearas a fund-raising club, hence our main goalthis year is to fund raise for improvements inthe lives of children around the world. We areofficially registered as a high school chapter ofFree the Children (for more information onthe organization, please visit www.freethechildren.org).Right now, we have about 10–15committed members who attend our meetingsregularly on Fridays.Our first fund-raising event is coming up thisTuesday. We will hold a sale for people to buybags of holiday treats for themselves, friends,or teachers. We will then deliver the candybags to people’s mailboxes the following week.Another upcoming sale that we have scheduledis in January. We will be sellingStarbucks’ bottled Frappuccinos during examweek. All of the money we raise will be donatedto Free the Children and will be puttowards building schools, buying school supplies,and sponsoring clean water and healthcare for children in Asia and Africa. We areaiming to raise $1,000 from the two fundraisingevents.We also have many fund-raising eventsplanned for the spring, such as a sticker saleand “mini swap-it.”I hope the information was helpful. If youhave any more questions about our club,please feel free to email me.Thank you,BellMilton’s connection with Boston is anotherdefining feature of extracurricular activities;it changes the character of whatstudents can do to further their interests.The Community Service program con-Continued on page 3431 Milton Magazine