The Middlesex curriculum offers a great deal of breadth and challenge, but if one of our 140 courses doesn’t fulfill your interests, you can undertake an Independent Study Project (ISP). An ISP is a student’s opportunity to pursue a specific interest or passion one-on-one with a faculty member. The student and faculty member work together to design the curriculum, materials, assessments,…
All new students at Middlesex participate in an Introduction to Mindfulness course. Mindfulness can be summed up as “inner education.” Mindfulness practice helps us in understanding and training our attention, learning to relate to thoughts, emotions, and feelings in a more skillful way, becoming aware of the habits of our own mind, learning how to better connect with others, and…
While exam week was certainly a time when our students got down to some serious work, there were also plenty of activities around campus for anyone in need of a fun and relaxing study break. Some students grabbed lunch with their advisor at their favorite local restaurant, while others stopped by the hot chocolate bar offered in the Deans’ Office.…
It’s not uncommon for our students to visit faculty homes on campus for a delicious meal, a quick (or never-ending) game of Monopoly, or a casual fireside chat. But each year we also have a special weekend activity called “Faculty Open Houses” in which teachers across campus welcome in students for a variety of fun, games, and food. Some students…
Due to the inclement weather forecast for Monday, December 12th, exam start times on that day will be postponed from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Locations and lengths of exams will be the same; only the start time has changed. Athletic practices are cancelled on Monday. Any review sessions planned for Monday afternoon will be moved to 6:30pm or later. Lunch will run from 11:00am to…
At a recent assembly, Head of School Kathy Giles—with a special assist from Trustee Will Danoff P’17 ’19 —presented endowed chairs to three distinguished faculty members: The Zak Family Chair in Physical Science was established in 2008 by Mike and Roxanne Zak, parents or Mariana Zak of the Class of 2008, to encourage our female faculty members in mathematics or…
After each semester at Middlesex, we gather to celebrate the academic achievements of our students at the Academic Awards Assembly. At last week’s assembly, we acknowledged work done in the 2016 spring semester. For a full list of students receiving honors, please click here. To open assembly, art history teacher Sarah Munro reflected on a high school assignment that had…
On Monday September 26th, our annual Community Service Day allowed both students and faculty to provide a day of service to the surrounding community. While sophomores bonded on their class retreat and seniors visited colleges or worked on applications, the rest of the school spread across the state in small teams comprised of students and faculty. Several groups enjoyed the…
After dinner last Wednesday, the Middlesex Chinese Club invited the community to celebrate Moon Festival by making sweet pastries known as “Moon Cakes.” Traditionally, Moon Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Hyun ’16 explained the origins of the festival to the School, noting that centuries ago in East Asia, “when most of…
At an outdoor barbeque last week, several dozen student organizations gathered on The Circle for Middlesex’s annual Club Fair. With hot dogs in one hand and pens for sign-up sheets in the other, students eagerly perused over 80 clubs ranging from chemistry to ukulele, robots to puppies, and pottery to ping-pong. Check out below for a full list of student…