Thanks to his exceptional performance on the American Invitational Mathematics Examination, Daniel Lee ’18, of Seoul, South Korea, was recently invited to take the USA Junior Math Olympiad, or USA(J)MO. Of the thousands of test takers, only about 500 students are invited to take the USA(J)MO. The USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad is administered simultaneously and synchronously across US time zones. …
With the help of his economics teacher, Mr. Pandolfini, and his history teacher, Mr. Risley, senior Jack Yoon recently had a paper accepted for publication in The Concord Review, a quarterly journal that publishes the academic work of secondary school students worldwide. Below is the abstract of Jack’s paper, titled “John Law: Murderer, Economist, Statesman” and set to be published…
After each semester at Middlesex, we gather to celebrate the academic achievements of our students at the Academic Awards Assembly. At this week’s assembly, we acknowledged work done in the 2015 fall semester. For a full list of awards, please click here. Alex Banay, Head of the Classics Department, was the featured speaker at the assembly. The School’s first…
For four days in February, twenty-five students from Middlesex participated in this year’s Harvard Model Congress. They were each assigned a person serving in Congress, and they had to debate issues currently being discussed on the floor from that senator’s or representative’s point of view. They helped co-author bills and defended their positions in select committees and in the full “Senate” or “House.” Congratulations…
Dr. Daniel Barber came to Middlesex from Creighton University, where he taught in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies. He completed his doctorate in classics at the University of Virginia after earning his M.A. in Latin there, and he holds a B.A. in classics from Cornell University. Dan is the author of a number of scholarly articles and…
The Aerospace Engineering class had their final launch on Friday, January 22 out on the balmy 30 degree fields, launching rockets of ~20″ length to an altitude of 800 feet high. The critical goal of the launch was to simulate a human passenger, by using an “egg payload.” The cleanest launch of the day was Gabriel de los Santos ’17…
Ruth Baldwin joined the Middlesex faculty in 2013 after completing her Ph.D. in English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, Ruth also designed and taught undergraduate English courses, served as a teaching assistant, and mentored both undergraduate English majors and new graduate student instructors. Her talent in the classroom was recognized by the university with an Outstanding Teaching…
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…
The STEM Division is committed to developing students’ abilities to investigate and solve 21st century problems. Students may earn a certificate for completing an Experience with Problem-solving, Reasoning, and Technology (ExPRT) through designated ExPRT courses in the Division or through approved extra-curricular projects or contests. These experiences require students to perform research and analyze data, and they provide students with…
Mr. Risley came to Middlesex in 2008 from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. A Boston native, Mr. Risley played soccer and ran track while earning his undergraduate degree at Brandeis University. He subsequently earned his M.A. in history, coached soccer at both BB&N and Northeastern University, and played professional soccer for five years. Whether you’re a new freshman or…