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At our annual Prize Day ceremony, we honor the artistic, athletic, scholarly, and community-building achievements and efforts of our students.  For a full list of award recipients from the May 29, 2016 Prize Day ceremony, click here.  

This spring, Middlesex artists participated in The Empty Bowls Project, a grassroots philanthropy initiative aimed at raising both money and awareness in the fight to end hunger. A team of Middlesex students, faculty, and faculty children gathered in the ceramics studio to make hundreds of bowls, which they shaped, fired, and glazed in the weeks leading up to the School’s annual…

The Concord Cheese Shop has long been a favorite lunch destination for Middlesex students, but this spring the town institutions strengthened ties further by teaming up for an innovative marketing project. Cheese Shop owner Peter Lovis had been looking to refresh his promotional materials for the store’s monthly Cheese Lovers Club, so he turned to a team of graphic designers…

AP STUDIO ART   EXHIBITION 2016     Opening Reception Friday, May 27 Cornelius Wood Gallery   Featuring the work of AP Studio Art students: Sam Cadigan ’16 Bea Crow ’16 Lily Henderson ’16 Sarah Ong ’16 Anna Pei ’16 Caroline Price ’16 Keki Takahara ’16 Sonia Tremblay ’16 Katie Waltman ’16   Find a brief overview of each artist’s…

Alumnae of Promise: Cinda Scott ’95 When Cinda enrolled as a freshman in the fall of 1991, Middlesex had recently reached another coeducation milestone, as Dr. Deirdre Ling had been appointed the first female head of school in 1990. Drawn to the sciences, Cinda earned a B.A. in biology and environmental studies at Middlebury College before completing a pre-medical post-bac…

Each summer Middlesex School students and faculty, both new and returning, participate together in the All-School Read (ASR).  The ASR is an opportunity to think about topics of personal and political significance.  Successful texts engage our imagination, our conscience, and our intellect.  They invite us to look critically and creatively at ourselves, our communities, and our world. This summer’s All-School…

When she sat down to write her recent senior Chapel talk, Mari ’16 figured “by this point, I’d have something smart or insightful to talk about.  But less than eighteen years is hardly enough life experience to be wise about anything.”  And yet, Mari did have some wisdom to betstow on the assembled crowd: “Sometimes, when you first meet a…

On Sunday May 1, a small team of Middlesex students and faculty joined more than 40,000 people to make a statement against hunger.  Team MX walked ten miles along the Charles River in Cambridge, MA and raised nearly $2,000.  Money raised from the walk will be used to support Project Bread, an organization that works to develop solutions that provide people…

On April 29 and 30, the Middlesex theatre department presented the musical “Pippin”, the story of a young prince determined to find his place in the world and meaning in his life.  Originally performed on Broadway in 1972, this show was conceived to break down the imaginary “fourth wall” of the theater and directly address the live audience.  In that spirit, Middlesex’s theatre…

Born the very year that Middlesex became coeducational, Anna joined the School as a new sophomore 15 years later. While a student at the University of Richmond, she started her film career as a summer assistant to the location manager she had originally met at Middlesex during the filming of School Ties. Not long after her college graduation, Anna joined…