Upper School (Grades 9–12) | Boarding & Day School

Dare to EXPLORE

Milton Academy's Upper School is a transformative place where ambitious students pursue big ideas, meaningful connections, and lifelong passions.

Upper School

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Academics

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Student Life

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Dare to Pursue Your Passions

Classics

Classics at Milton is about more than grammar and vocabulary. It’s a deep, layered discovery of how people thought, wrote, governed, and lived thousands of years ago—and in their own words.

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English

English classes at Milton take place around the Harkness table. There are no lectures—just open, inclusive conversations guided by teachers who are passionate about literature and helping students grow as thinkers and communicators.

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Mathematics

Our Mathematics Department teaches far more than equations and formulas: we are committed to nurturing caring, community-oriented students who approach analytical challenges with confidence and curiosity.

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History

In our classrooms, students explore the past not to memorize it, but to understand it—and in doing so, to understand themselves and their role in shaping the future.

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Modern Languages

Our Modern Language Department offers courses in Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese, empowering students to speak, think, and connect across cultures.

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Music

Whether a student is trying an instrument or vocal lessons for the first time or arrives on campus with a lifetime of experience, Milton’s robust and diverse program offers opportunities to grow.

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Computer Science

In Computer Science, our students harness technology to explore ideas, solve real-world problems, and connect with a wider community of innovators.

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Science

Milton students are immersed in hands-on learning that cultivates curiosity, challenges assumptions, and prepares them to tackle the world’s pressing questions.

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Performing Arts

With at least ten major productions each year, Milton offers abundant opportunities for students to act, dance, direct, design, choreograph, and lead.

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We are Milton

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Milton’s is a thriving, 24-hour campus, with the resources students need for studies, support and fun.

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The power of the Milton experience grows out of remarkable relationships.

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Milton prepares young people to seek meaningful lifetime success, and that principle drives our college counseling program.

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Milton Academy admits qualified students of any race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national or ethnic origin, or any other status protected by applicable law, and extends them to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally available to its students. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national or ethnic origin, or any other status protected by applicable law, in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship programs, and athletic or other School-administered activities.