September 20-26 is Wellness Week at Middlesex! Check out the schedule to see what aspects of health and wellness our students will be addressing during September’s Wellness Week. Sunday, September 20 – Sunday’s Sleep Challenge. Get eight hours of sleep any night of Wellness Week and get a prize that supports sleep hygiene. Monday, September 21 – Unplugged Monday. Take a technology holiday! Unplug…
When new students arrive, Middlesex upperclassmen wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the invitation “Ask Me!” are stationed on the steps of Eliot Hall, ready to welcome new families. Ask Me kids swarm around like bees (except they don’t sting), taking new families through registration, unloading carloads of boxes, running up and down stairs, and setting up dorm rooms. In the dorm,…
Middlesex students and faculty participated in a diverse array of summer adventures, from playing music to dancing, flying, building, competing, and everything in between. Below are a few stories from our community about their summer adventures. Even though Sophie ’16 received her pilot’s license last summer, this summer was the first time she took her dad up flying:Middlesex oarsman Daniel ’17…
Middlesex School has had the services of a Certified Athletic Trainer on staff since 1985. What does that mean for your child(ren)? Athletic Trainers help prevent and treat injuries for people who are physically active. Recognized by the American Medical Association as allied health professionals, athletic trainers specialize in the prevention, assessment, immediate care, and rehabilitation of injuries that result…
Mr. Harrison, former history teacher and current major gifts officer at Middlesex, compiled this list of “must see” films from the last century for one of his advisees, who was interested in improving her cultural literacy. Dramas, love stories, comedies, action films, thrillers – there is something for everyone on his list. Enjoy! All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)…
The Middlesex garden is thriving, tended by head gardener Mme. Bolster and a team of faculty volunteers who weed and water it all summer. The herbs – tarragon, rosemary, thyme, chives, oregano, and sage – are up and growing. Kale, green peppers, eggplant, lettuce, scarlet runner beans, many varieties of tomatoes, and winter squashes will grace dishes in the dining…
Every Thursday Middlesex students and faculty have the opportunity to give back by donating their time to serve at Open Table here in Concord. Guests are treated to a fresh-cooked meal and a food pantry. 56 students throughout the year volunteered to break down tables, stack chairs, sweep, mop, vacuum, and haul rubbish. 39 students volunteered between 1.5 hours and…
Meet the Middlesex 2015-16 School President, Kojo Edzie ’16, and Vice President, Deborah (DJ) Williams ’16. Both Kojo and DJ arrived at Middlesex as freshmen and both are boarding students; DJ hails from Brooklyn, NY, and Kojo is from nearby Dracut, MA. School leadership seems to run in the Edzie family. Kojo is the fourth Edzie child to attend Middlesex,…
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, as students demonstrated during technology recycling day at Middlesex. Technology recycling (or reusing) provides the opportunity not only to discard old computers, monitors, keyboards, and cell phones in an environmentally-friendly way, but also to forage for hardware for your latest project! Ted ’18 collected a low-power server to run some of his own…
The benefits of mindfulness have been getting a lot of press lately, as hospitals, schools, businesses, professional sports teams, and even Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes get involved in mindfulness practice. Over the last five years, mindfulness has become a central part of the Middlesex curriculum as well. This past fall, freshmen described the nine-week mindfulness course as “the best class ever”, and this spring…