Clubs and Organizations
There are over 10 different publications on campus, from news to literary magazines. There are several music groups, including the Chamber Singers, Miltones, Chamber Orchestra, jazz combos and four respectable a cappella groups—two all-female groups (Epic and Octet), an all-male group (Miltones), and a co-educational group (3FU), which have performed throughout the United States, as well as Europe, Asia and Africa. Milton Academy is also home to a large jazz program, focused on small combos, that tours South Africa every other year. Beatnik Café, an independently run exhibition of student performances (such as jazz, improvisational skits, poetry readings, and singing), occurs three times a year. In addition to this wide offering of musical groups, theatrical productions provide another outlet for performance with about ten plays being put on each year. The smaller plays produced at the school are referred to as "1212 plays", and are held in Wigg Hall. Also, two student choreographed Dance Concerts are put up each year, the larger one occurring in the winter.
There are over 30 different clubs that meet after school from 3:00 to 3:30. Cultural clubs at Milton include GASP (Gay And Straight People), Onyx (black student group), the Asian Society, Latino Association, JSU (Jewish-Student Union), and Caribbean Student Association. Students at the academy can start their own clubs if they have a faculty sponsor. The Tibet Club - formerly the Milton Academy chapter of the Students for a Free Tibet - currently sponsors two Tibetan refugee children as part of a five year commitment and has donated over three hundred dollars in school supplies to Tibetan Schools. Another club, Invisible Hand, is Milton's Capitalist Club. In addition to sponsoring weekly discussions pertaining to Capitalism and Economics, Invisible Hand has taken trips to Harvard Business School and lent $500 worth of microloans via Kiva.org. Combining a love for the culinary arts with an appreciation of chess strategy, the co-heads of the Milton Academy Chess Club have tried to make chess an important part of community life for over three years.
In addition, Milton Academy has a large and highly successful speech and debate team that competes in the Massachusetts Forensic League (MFL), National Catholic Forensic League (CFL or NCFL), and National Forensic League (NFL).
The school also has many political groups, including the Young Republicans and F.L.A.G. (Forward-looking Liberal Action Group).
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