The document is an admissions guide for Millbrook School that provides an overview of the school's unique educational experience. In 3 sentences: Millbrook School offers a small, intimate learning environment with around 250 students and a low student-teacher ratio, allowing for personalized attention. The school emphasizes an integrated educational experience that combines academics, athletics, arts, service, and leadership. Millbrook aims to cultivate well-rounded, curious students who graduate with strong character and are prepared for success in college and beyond.

1. Millbrook School Admission Guide

2. Welcome to millbrook, where we invite you to be part of an old tradition.
it’s a tradition that asks its
students not only to make a
grade, but also to make a life —
a life of curiosity, integrity, respect, service and environmental stewardship.
What does a life like that look like when you’re in high school?
like everything you will discover on the following pages.
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3. the opportunity, the privilege, the responsibility, and
the adventure of
deciding what kind of
person you will be and
what kind of life you will lead —
it’s an old tradition here.
the genius of the
founder’s vision
is that it is more relevant than ever.
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4. What Makes
Millbrook,
250 Students
50 teachers
every opportunity
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Small by Design The Collective Wisdom
of Talented Teachers
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Nature Teaches 1st Choice Colleges Daily Life
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An Experience That Integrates Athletic Power
Academics, Service, Athletics,
Arts and Leadership
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The Friends You Make Signature Facilities
Boarding School Graduate Outcomes
The Teachers You Have Millbrook at a Glance
• Daily Life with J’Nelle Agee, Andrew Cochran, Friends Course Offerings
• You Know You’re at Millbrook When . . .
• Spring on the Quad with Lulu Carter
• Hands-On Physics with Mr. Slater and Chris White
• Eavesdropping on Mr. Zeiser’s AP English Class
• On the Ice with Coach Soja
• Three Years Later with Sarah Thaler
• Aesthetics with Mr. Hardy
• In Macau, China with Jill Ho Shelton Lindsay
• At the Stables with Daisy Glazebrook
• Model U.N. with Ms. Connell
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6. “ One Of the primary ways
a student defines himself
Or herself here is nOt by
watching, but by dOing.
sMall
Students try on different roles.
they expand their thinking. this
is a place where we believe that
everybody needs to be involved.
So, teachers and coaches here don’t
say, ‘Prove to me you’re worthy of
my attention.’ they say, ‘engage
yourself as fully as you can. Be
curious. Participate. Try out.
Volunteer.’ only through active
and energetic involvement can you
discover and expand your talents,
abilities and interests. only then
can you learn about and shape
your personality and character.
our size makes such opportunities
possible.”
Drew Casertano
HeaDmaster
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7. by Design
250 Students
50 Teachers
Every Opportunity
Schoolhouse entryway — up the circular staircase you’ll find classrooms and the Flagler Library. On the ground floor more classes, the deans’
offices and Headmaster Drew Casertano’s office. Mr. Casertano, a graduate of both the Choate School and Amherst College, also holds a master’s
degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. After serving as director of admission at The Gunnery and at Loomis Chaffee
School, he became Millbrook’s headmaster in 1990. One of the headmaster’s traditions is to know every new student’s name by the end of the first
week of school or you get a cookie. No one has stumped him yet, but his cookie jar is as open to students as is his office door. “It always meant a
lot to me to be ‘known’ when I was a student,” he says. “Knowing someone’s name is the first step toward conversation.” It’s not unusual to see
students dropping by for conversations with Mr. Casertano, who has also been a history teacher, a dorm parent, a director of student activities, a
football, lacrosse, and hockey coach, and an advisor to dozens and dozens of students. And because he gets to know students so well, he is able
to recommend them to colleges and, later, employers.
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8. the ColleCtive WisDoM
of talenteD teaChers
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9. “the spirit of Millbrook anD its ultiMate value DepenD
essentially on the quality of the faCulty,” is the way our
founder, edward Pulling, explained the role teachers play in the value
of a millbrook education. our students explain it in their own ways:
“Physics is my favorite class. He makes the work appealing and exciting.”
“She’s strict, but really appreciates her students’ ideas.”
“The class is more like a discussion than a hierarchy where they’re up there and you’re down
here. Everyone talks. You learn because you’re completely immersed in what’s going on.”
“They make you want to learn and know.”
“I learned how to expand.”
“English was never my thing, but I love her class. It’s my favorite right now.”
“They always want to hear your questions.”
“She’s incredibly energetic . . . the class makes you feel alive.”
“You can tell that the teachers care about how you do. You can tell they are here to help you succeed.”
“They love their subjects. There’s just nothing you can’t ask them about.”
“They teach you not to be afraid to speak your mind —
and that’s an important thing to learn in high school.”
“She pushes you beyond what you think you can do.
And then you’ve done it and you can’t believe it.”
sMart, gifteD teaChers Whose speCialty is not only
history, physiCs, english, art, philosophy, biology,
spanish anD Many other DisCiplines, but Whose Calling is
to teaCh. You get the one-on-one attention of these talented teachers,
but you also get their “collective wisdom.” What does that mean? it
means that you’ll know all the teachers at millbrook. And they’ll know
you. the faculty as a whole is dedicated to each student’s success.
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10. experienCe an
That integrates Academics,
Service, Athletics, Arts
and Leadership
While all great sChools May eMphasize strong academics,
arts, athletics, service and leadership, the millbrook difference is the way these
experiences connect here. because you don’t stop being a thinker when you
get to the athletic field. You don’t stop being an artist when you get to calculus
class. And you never stop being a member of the community. We understand this
and our program takes advantage of it. it’s what makes the millbrook experience
special. it’s what makes a millbrook education effective.
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11. So, you can find yourself taking on questions of
leadership, science, aesthetics and service in
multiple ways: What are the economics of using
compact fluorescent light bulbs campus-wide?
How does the new photo exhibition in the school’s
Warner Gallery trigger a short story for your English
class? The best part is that you also discover
your answers in multiple ways: You learn the
science behind your textbooks in the school’s
marshes and zoo. You understand why serving is
also an act of leadership when you wait tables,
become a prefect or play on a school team.
Your potential
is enormous. We want you to
leave here a person who can succeed in
many situations, a person who carries his or her
integrity, self-respect, optimism, energy,
resilience, creativity and curiosity into
everything he or she does.
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12. You want to play your best,
you want your teammates to do
the same, and you want to win.
At the same time, you keep
your cool in the sometimes red-
hot intensity of the game. You
respect your teammates, your
opponents, yourself and the
game — that’s how you’ll play
at Millbrook. It’s a balance of
intensity, poise, perspective
and talent that the school’s
future college athletes as well
as novices and fans thrive on.
Go, Mustangs!
athletiC
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13. Team Sports
Fall Spring
Boys Soccer Boys Tennis
Boys Cross-Country Boys Lacrosse
Girls Soccer Boys Baseball
Girls Cross-Country Coed Golf
Girls Field Hockey Girls Tennis
Girls Lacrosse
Winter Girls Baseball
Boys Ice Hockey Girls Softball
Boys Basketball
Boys Squash
Girls Ice Hockey
Girls Basketball
Girls Squash
While many students choose to play
team sports all three terms, electives
such as zoo squad, F.L.I.P (Forest Land
.
Improvement Project), dance, horseback riding,
yoga or recreational sports may be selected
as alternatives two terms per year. Students
poWer
may also participate as team managers.
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14. Nature Teaches
Although some live in an increasingly urban world, at Millbrook
you’ll hear red wolves howl in answer to the chapel bell, see the
forest at eye-level on the canopy walkway, go pond swimming and
ice climbing, and run your cross-country workout on wooded paths
bowered with fall leaves all within 90 minutes of New York City.
Environmental stewardship is one of our core values, which
means we foster an interest in science in every student. So when
you graduate you’ll not only understand the physics of a rocket
launch and the chemistry of making biodiesel, you’ll have done it.
For students interested in pursuing science in college, you will find
unparalleled study in the biological and physical sciences “Marsh Mucking” – biology
and many opportunities to conduct collaborative and independent students collect specimens
for study back in the lab.
research.
While rural New England is home to many schools, it is Millbrook’s
integration of its location into formal and informal aspects of our
program that sets the experience apart.
Millbrook’s “Natural” Resources
• 800+ acre campus with mature • NOAA weather station
oak-maple forests • Herbarium
• Trevor Zoo • 15,000-specimen
• Highley Wetlands Sanctuary Wolcott Egg Collection
• Forest canopy walkway • Hundreds of taxidermy
• Two research mounts and study skins
observatories Our science teachers, many of whom hold advanced
degrees including PhDs, directly involve students in
real research using all of these resources. The Trevor Zoo offers unparalleled
hands-on experience with more than
50 species.
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15. A “Green” Campus
Our campus is as environmentally “green” as our quad in spring, which means when your
parents visit the Millbrook dining hall they’ll find real coffee mugs rather than paper cups and local fruits and vegetables
at the salad bar. You could find yourself exploring environmental questions in a history, math, or art class, then putting
these practices into action: as a member of SCAPE (Students Concerned About Planet Earth) or recycling community
service, as a participant in Earth Day or simply by being an avid energy conservationist. When the new buildings are
built they will incorporate green building design, and when you read this admission guide, you will be turning the pages
of recycled paper made by a local wind-generated paper mill.
Millbrook’s 800-acre campus is 90 minutes from NYC.
Teaching Beyond the Test
Our students not only take the AP and the SATII in the sciences,
but they do well because they understand the science on these
tests, not because our curriculum conforms to the test. You are
unlikely to find more rigorous advanced classes than at Millbrook,
where our faculty teaches beyond standardized tests using the
school’s vast natural resources and primary source materials in
addition to textbooks. Students interested in taking AP and SAT
II tests receive individual test preparation working one-on-one or
in small groups with Millbrook teachers.
Hundreds of preserved specimens reside in the
biology lab. Here a moose seems to be monitoring
a class on dissection.
Measuring campus trees as a part of a
math project at Millbrook.
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16. 1st ChoiCe Colleges
Why is it that so Many Millbrook graDuates attend their first
choice colleges? the answer is that millbrook gives students abundant practice
at two things:
1) Reaching and expanding their potential
2) Recognizing and pursuing what is important to them
Because of the size of our community and the size of our classes, teachers have multiple chances to
ask students, “What has meaning to you?” This is a different question from, “What do you like?” By
the time you begin working with our college counseling team you already have the advantage of the kind
of thinking and self-evaluation that is essential to an effective college selection process. You know
who you are, what you are capable of and what matters to you. Armed with such knowledge and
guided every step of the way by expert counselors, you can make thoughtful choices about colleges.
And in our experience thoughtful choices often lead to first choices.
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17. college counseling
IV Form (Sophomore Year)
To achieve the goals of the college counseling program, into college” at that point and focus on getting the most
we begin discussions about character, core values, out of Millbrook. In the winter term students attend weekly
goal setting, time management and priorities in the IV small group meetings as well as one-on-one sessions
form year. These discussions are aspects of Millbrook’s with the college counselors. In addition, parents attend
Human Development curriculum and the foundation of a a special two-day college counseling workshop. By year-
good college selection process. If athletics is going to end students should have a good list of colleges they
play a role in a student’s admission decisions, guidance want to visit in the summer and following fall.
is offered for parents during this year as well.
VI Form (Senior Year)
V Form (Junior Year) Dozens of college and university admission representa-
Students and families receive a college admissions tives visit Millbrook where they conduct mock admission
handbook and step-by-step V form and VI form year interviews with students. Students take the SATs and
guidelines. The college counseling website notifies ACT and the program of workshops and one-on-one con-
families of testing schedules, parent workshops and sultation continues as students prepare their applica-
news from the college admissions world that can benefit tions and make final decisions. “College counseling is
parents. Students take the PSAT in the fall and have just like any other class,” says Director of College Coun-
an initial meeting with college counselors to think about seling Liz Duhoski, “but rather than English or foreign
the outcome they want their Millbrook experience to language the student, himself, is the medium. When it’s
yield. Then they are advised to forget about “getting a good process the product takes care of itself.”
college enrollment
Below is a list of some of the colleges and universities at which Millbrook
students matriculated between 2001-2005.
American University Dartmouth College Mount Holyoke College Trinity College
Amherst College Denison University Muhlenberg College Tufts University
Antioch College Dickinson University New York University UCLA
Auburn University Duke University Northeastern University Union College
Bates College Florida Tech Northwestern University University of St. Andrew’s,
Binghamton University Fordham University Occidental College Scotland
Boston University George Washington University Parsons School of Design University of Connecticut
Bowdoin College Gettysburg College Pomona College University of Denver
Bucknell University Hamilton College Pratt Institute University of Michigan
Cal Tech Haverford College Rensselaer University of Rochester
Carleton College Hobart Polytechnic Institute University of Vermont
Colby College William Smith College Rochester Institute University of Virginia
Colgate University Ithaca College of Technology US Military Academy
College of Charleston Johns Hopkins University Savannah College at West Point
Colorado College Kenyon College of Art and Design Vanderbilt University
Columbia University Lafayette College Skidmore College Villanova University
Concordia University Miami University St. Lawrence University Wellesley College
Connecticut College Middlebury College Swarthmore College Wheaton College
Cornell University MIT Syracuse University Yale University
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19. Who understands life at Millbrook
better than a prefect? If the teachers
who live in your dorm are like parents,
prefects are definitely the older broth-
ers and sisters of the dorm family.
Elected by the dorm faculty the previous
year, these V and VI formers — three
to four in each dorm — are known for
finding just the right balance between
leading and helping. They know what
it’s like to be homesick at first. But they
also know how soon you’ll find friends
and teachers who really “get” you so
that here will become as comfortable Andrew Cochran
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Weekends
Hometown: Kenilworth, IL
Andrew: “I play three varsity
Case Hall Prefect sports so whatever the
weather I usually have a game
J’Nelle Agee or a meet and then hang out
with friends — maybe watch
V Former
a movie — there’s always
something worth doing.”
Hometown: East Elmhurst, NY J’Nelle: “Because I live close by
I go home about every other
Guest House Prefect weekend. I take my Millbrook
friends with me, especially
international students who
may live halfway around the
world. When I stay for the
weekend, my friends and I go
out to eat, shop, study, dance
in the studio, see a movie in
town, catch up on the latest
entertainment gossip and
news.”
Perfecting Prefecting Why Boarding School?
Andrew: “Being a prefect isn’t the Andrew: “Millbrook has given me just connect so easily. My dad passed
easiest thing. I’ve taken my cue from the change I was looking for when away two years before I came here.
my prefect who was also a good I started thinking about boarding Now his friends are like many fathers
buddy. His advice was, ‘Don’t be the school in middle school. I was ready to me. My mom, my “dads” and I
guy who’s always putting stuff down, to be more of who I am and that’s made the decision together that
but don’t be a pushover either.’ So, happened. When you sit in class- Millbrook was the place for me. I’m
that’s what I try to do. You need to rooms with everyone’s desk facing a dancer and I play varsity basketball
be someone anyone can talk to.” each other’s, it’s natural that you’re and softball. My whole family comes
going to want to get into the conver- to all of my shows and games. One
J’Nelle: “Yeah, you’ve got to know sation. Shyness goes away.” thing I’m really glad about is that
when a situation calls for discipline going away to boarding school means
and when to keep it light and make J’Nelle: “I looked at schools in the city, that I won’t need to get used to
everyone laugh.” but right off the bat my mom and I being away from home when I get to
fell in love with Millbrook. I liked how college. I’ll be ready when everyone
open everyone was, how you can else will be sorting it out.”
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24. Hands-On
Physics with Mr. Slater
BuILd a STEam-PowErEd EngInE
goal: use steam to power a device that
will lift as many paper clips as possible.
Construct a Robot Arm Map Electrical Fields
Goal: Using cardboard, paper clips, string, tape, brass fasten- Goal: Using computer software, create a 3D model of an
ers, clothespins and a hanger, create an arm that has electric field surrounding various conductors.
an elbow and can lift a Styrofoam cup off the table and
move it to another location. Build a Magnetic Levitation Car
Goal: Create a vehicle that uses magnets to create a reduced
Launch a Bottle Rocket friction environment and is propelled by a motor down a
Goal: Create a rocket out of a soda bottle that will fly the track. Fastest car wins!
highest in the class. The bottle is filled with water and
pumped up with air. When launched they reach heights Create a Light-Seeking Robot
of roughly 100 meters. Goal: Incorporate basic electronic principles with a complicat-
ed use of semiconductors to make a robot that follows
Build an Energy Efficient House a flashlight around a room.
Goal: Create a model house that uses basic energy conserva-
tion principles (heat, light, water). Students test their
houses using computerized probes that allow them to
monitor energy patterns inside each model.
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25. “Everyone takes physics at millbrook.
It’s not unusual for kids to say it’s their
favorite class. we do a lot of hands-on
projects so while you’re learning about
thermodynamics, you’re also building a
steam engine. It’s work that’s fun.”
— Chris White, IV Former
Chris White
IV Former
Hometown: New York City, New York
Favorite class right now: Physics with Mr. Slater
How would your friends describe you? “They’d say you can’t
have just one perception of me. That once you get to know me ten
different ideas pop into your head about me.”
How did you find out about Millbrook? Boys Club of New York
Looking forward to: Intersession called Take Me To Your Leader.
“It’s about why certain leaders are so effective. The way I see it
is you have to have leadership skills if you want anybody to listen
to you, if you want to understand someone else’s point of view, or
just help people out.”
Favorite community service: Taking care of the athletics center
Favorite place and time of day on campus: Basketball practice
Favorite items from home: “A toy fire truck that reminds me of
my little brother; my black panther statue that reminds me of who
I am.”
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26. Lauren Foster
VI Former
Hometown: Pleasant Valley, New York
Siblings at Millbrook: “There are actually a lot of brothers and sisters at
Millbrook. It’s been great having my sister, Stephanie, here. We’re day students
and the drive home is a fun time to rehash the day with someone who knows
exactly what you’re talking about. My brother, Matthew, will be a III former here
next year. We’re each different, but it’s a great choice for all of us.”
Millbrook Highlights: “Independent Biology Project working at the zoo with one
blind red panda and one sighted panda. I’m testing sound volume and sense of
smell to determine whether the blind panda’s other senses have heightened to
compensate for loss of sight. Also, my Spanish Independent Study, which com-
bines community service and advanced language study. I translated a pamphlet
on the care of newborn babies into Spanish for a local hospital. Playing varsity
soccer and tennis; friends who know what they want, are determined to do well
and have fun along the way; a community atmosphere where everyone knows
your name and who you are.”
Plans next year: Freshman at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire
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busy work here. They’re in-
teresting and the teachers
are smart and funny.”
--Taylor Vit
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Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
“what I would say about
my teammates is that they
are all people who know
what it takes to win. They “Boarding school was a big
are determined to do bet- change for my brother and
ter in everything not just me, but millbrook is one of
hockey. They work hard, the most welcoming places
and they’re fun to talk to. I’ve ever been. It attracts well-
we use all that to our ad- rounded students who are
vantage.” good people, good students
--Nick Williams and good athletes.”
IV Former --Mike Arnold
Lutz, Florida V Former
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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30. Sarah Thaler
VI Former
Hometown: Bronxville, New York
Why Millbrook? “Even though I came here for the
arts program, I have still been blown away by the
experience. Painting was the only thing I used
to do. Now, I’ve just finished my senior project,
which combines anthropological questions of
tribal masks, ritual face painting and body deco-
ration; aesthetic questions about ‘beauty’; and
the actual making of art using collage, painting
and ceramics. There is so much artistic energy
and creativity buzzing in the arts program here.
I’ve really pushed beyond my original ideas and
interests. Plus, the facilities are amazing.”
Three Years Later? “I’ve changed completely
from when I first got here. I was really, really shy
with a little group of friends. But everyone’s so
friendly and there is such a mix of students who
are not dominated by one interest that it’s a safe
place to expand yourself. I became a student
leader, peer counselor, yearbook editor, danced
in Arts Night. I’ve become an artist and now I’ll
be going to college in L.A. on the other side of
the country. I don’t think I would have had the
drive or organization to do all that if I hadn’t
come here.”
Plans next year: Freshman at Occidental College
in Los Angeles, California
as an honors art student, Sarah has her own “studio cubby” in the
Holbrook arts Center in which to work and mount her pieces.
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31. Drawing and Painting
with Mr. Hardy
About Mr. Hardy: B.A., M.A. Studio Arts, San Diego State University; he came to Millbrook
in 1990 looking for a school that supported his educational philosophy, found it, and has
served as chair of the Arts Department and the Robert Wood Johnson Jr., Instructor in the
Arts here ever since. Recently, Mr. Hardy was named to the Kenan Chair for Excellence in
Teaching. This thirty-year veteran teacher enjoys being a part of a community “energized by
creativity.” What he wouldn’t tell you, but others will, is that he is one of the major creators
of that energy.
Teaches beginning, advanced, and honors drawing and painting; is the artistic director
and set designer/builder for the two student dramatic productions staged each year (and
dozens of other arts productions and shows); and is the curator of the Warner Gallery.
Mr. Hardy is also an accomplished painter in his own right. His work is displayed in
galleries and he has been appointed twice as a Fellow in the Arts at Skidmore College.
But what he views as his most important accomplishment is the 2001 completion of
the Holbrook Arts Center. “It was a thirty-year-old school dream,” he said, “and I am
proud to have been a part of the process — to design and build a permanent, fitting
tribute to the arts at a school which honors them as a valid academic partner.”
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32. “Jill is just a fun person to be around.
Definitely one of those ‘friends for life.’”
Shelton Lindsay
VI Former
Hometown: Rhinebeck, New York
Jillian Chui Chui Ho
V Former
Hometown: Macau, China
“Spring break in Macau with Shelton Lindsay,
one of my closest friends and favorite venting
buddy. He was excited to learn about the
Macau culture and the way I live.”
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33. Shelton Lindsay
Favorite place to do homework: “The couch in the arts center’s drawing and painting
studio. I do my homework there every day.”
Favorite “Sport”: “At Millbrook we don’t have to take gym, but everyone has to partici-
pate in a sport or activity. The zoo is my sport — working with more than fifty species,
seven of them endangered. Most teams have captains but at the zoo we have curators
— seven kids who are the students in charge of the zoo. Working at the zoo can be more
about speed, strength and hand-eye coordination than you might imagine. I’ve spent
countless days sprinting around the turkey pen trying to clean their water bowl as the al-
pha turkey tries to attack me. It takes four guys to hold the llama down as someone clips
its nails. And catching sugar gliders (more or less flying rats) to tag them is like trying to
catch a baseball that bites. Without fail, I spend two hours a day at zoo ‘practice.’ The
zoo staff even made me a varsity letter.”
Often found at: “Dr. Roberts’ house. She’s my biology teacher and my advisor. At least
once a week I’m there, baking cookies and talking about science.”
Millbrook Highlight: “Going to Tibet for six weeks on my Founders’ Prize service project”
Plans next year: Freshman at St. Andrew’s in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Shelton, Dr. Roberts and Lauren Foster study one of the zoo’s red pandas.
Jillian Chui Chui Ho
Prefers to be called: Jill
Favorite Subjects: Ceramics, pre-calc, astronomy
Most unusual community service: Volunteer interviewer for new faculty
Favorite time of day at Millbrook: “Talking around the dinner table. People get up,
new people sit down and the conversation continues.”
Favorite place: “Ceramics studio — I’ve wanted to soak up everything Millbrook has to
offer. Ceramics has been a great surprise. It amazes me that you can create something
out of a ball of dirt and water.”
About Millbrook people: “The most interesting I’ve ever met.”
How has Millbrook changed you? “I’m more courageous. I’ve gotten over any stage
fright. Now I can stand up in front of the entire community and present my ideas.”
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34. IV Former
Favorite Class: “I’d have to say history. We
Daisy Glazebrook Hometown: Winter Park, Florida
use a lot of primary sources rather than
a textbook. I’ve always tended towards
humanities subjects, but geometry has
really surprised me this year. I’m enjoying it
quite a bit too because Mr. Mitchell makes it
interesting.”
Why Millbrook? “My dad went here so I grew
up hearing countless Millbrook stories. I
decided then that I wanted to come here.”
Who on this campus truly understands
you? “My friends and my advisor, Dr.
Roberts. She talks to both me and my mom
a lot. Ms. Connell knows me well too. She’s
my dorm parent and Model U.N. advisor.
Presenting at Model U.N. has been a pretty
transforming experience — it has boosted
my confidence a lot.”
What would Dr. Roberts or Ms. Connell
say about you? “That I’m pretty driven. I
want to do well and learn a lot. I also want
to have a life with time to be with my friends
and hang out.”
Service, Clubs, Activities, Sports: Student
tutor, S.C.A.P (Students Concerned About
.E.
Planet Earth), guitar lessons, admission tour
guide, Model U.N., zoo, yearbook, squash,
riding and photography. “I’m never bored.”
millbrook has stable space for three horses and hun-
dreds of miles of riding trails surrounding the campus.
Various equestrian centers are nearby and many riders
take advantage of these facilities. Each provides
horses, instruction and indoor riding to the students at
an additional cost.
Model U.N. with Ms. Connell
Recently back from a Model U.N. conference held at the United Nations in New York City, Ms. Connell
and her students regularly wrestle with the world’s problems. “I think Millbrook’s innovation lies in its
emphasis on character. We don’t just care about achievement, but the way you get there. Teachers and
students are in a constant dialog about it. That kind of dialog is how our Model U.N. program started.
Is world peace possible? It’s an intellectual conversation as well as an ethical conversation.”
About Ms. Connell: B.A. Amherst College; teaches U.S. History and philosophy; advises Model U.N.; coaches
Varsity “Improv,” and facilitates the Human Development curriculum; tries to travel abroad every spring break.
As an American Studies major at Amherst with a concentration in law, jurisprudence, and social thought,
Ms. Connell wrote her thesis on Urban Planning and “New Urbanism.”
Millbrook School

35. Signature faCilities
trevor Zoo: A one-of-a-kind
living laboratory
Trevor Zoo serves as a center for student research,
for the captive breeding of endangered species and
for the recovery of sick and injured native animals.
Millbrook School is the only independent school in
the country with such a facility and has become a
leader in conservation education. Students and fac-
ulty from all disciplines view the Trevor Zoo as an ac-
ademic resource much like a library; many classes
convene and study here, making this unique facility
a consistent part of the school’s overall curriculum.
Under the tutelage of five full-time zoo faculty mem-
bers, students interested in the sciences will find
the zoo, which houses more than 150 animals rep-
resenting fifty different species, seven of which are
endangered, an extraordinary hands-on experience
with wildlife.
The six-acre zoo has extensive outdoor exhibits, a
tropical building, an infirmary, a holding barn for
hoofstock, and an endangered species breeding pro-
gram under the guidance of Species Survival Plans.
The zoo’s education building also features a wildlife
interpretive/environmental center for the approxi-
mately 20,000 visitors the zoo hosts annually. A
first-rate facility in its own right, the Trevor Zoo is ac-
credited by AZA (American Zoo and Aquarium Asso-
ciation) and, therefore, held to the same standards
as fellow AZA members such as the San Diego Zoo
and the Bronx Zoo. Because fewer than 10 percent
of the 2,200 zoos and aquariums currently operat-
ing in North America have met the standards for ac-
creditation, Millbrook School’s Trevor Zoo can boast
an unparalleled living laboratory for science at the
secondary school level. Visit the zoo’s website for
up-to-the-minute information at www. trevorzoo.org.
Pondside of the Trevor Zoo Education Building.
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36. Holbrook Arts Center
Graceful warm ups in the Students enjoy one of the many performances
Murray Dance Studio in the Chelsea Morrison Theater.
Holbrook Arts center
Completed in the winter of 2001, this $8.5 million, 34,000 square foot center for the arts provides
the school’s exceptional arts faculty with just the right spaces for working with students. It’s no
wonder that 80 percent of Millbrook’s students takes an arts course each term, from offerings such
as dance, choreography, beginning and advanced drawing and painting, ceramics, and photography, to
Advanced Music Theory and Composition as well as Plays in Production. The center includes:
• Chelsea Morrison Theater (325 seats)
• Warner Art Gallery
• Menken Performing Arts Wing
• Murray Photography Suite with darkroom complex
• Music suite including recital/lecture hall and practice rooms
• Several classrooms and studios (two-dimensional, dance, ceramics)
The arts department presents three to four plays each year — a dramatic
production in the fall, followed by a series of one-acts in the winter, and
a musical in the spring. Students also perform in approximately six
Arts Nights (usually two per term), which are evenings of dance, music
and acting. Regular student and faculty exhibitions, together with noted
visiting artists programs from outside our school community, round out
this rich and stimulating program.
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37. mills Athletic center Facilities
A focal point of student life on campus, this Millbrook’s athletics resources also include:
$9 million, 86,000 square foot center houses: • Eight athletic fields
• A training complex and fitness center • A 3.2-mile cross-country trail
• An interscholastic basketball court • Hundreds of miles of hiking and horseback riding trails
in the Wray Gymnasium • Access to several large nearby equestrian centers
• Reese Squash Courts (four international) • On-campus barn with five stalls and two paddocks
• Bontecou Hockey Rink (convertible to four • Golf team seasonal access to daily weekday play at nearby
indoor tennis courts off season) Millbrook Golf and Tennis Club
• Three squash courts in addition to those in Mills (total of 7)
the Flagler library
Housing a collection of over 18,000 volumes,
the library’s holdings include several special
collections, 1,400 reference works, over 90
magazine subscriptions and more than 600
videos. Designed on an intimate scale with its
fireplace and “living room” sensibility, Flagler’s
resource depth can be deceiving. Millbrook
students have access to several electronic
databases and the library is an inter-library
loan member of both the Dutchess County
BOCES and the Southeastern New York
Library Resources Council. These associa-
tions provide Millbrook students and faculty
with the opportunity to borrow from some of
the largest libraries in the world, including
the New York State Public Library System,
New York State University libraries and several The Flagler Library is always a quiet, yet bustling, center of academic activity.
local colleges.
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38. Boarding School graDuate
in cooperation with other boarding schools across
the country, millbrook took part in a recent
College Advantage
comprehensive national study of boarding school, 87% of boarding school graduates
reported being very well prepared
private day, and public high school graduates. academically for college as opposed to
commissioned by the Association of boarding 71% of private day and 39% of public
school alumni.
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100 PERCENT OF BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO REPORT
BEING WELL PREPARED FOR COLLEGE ACADEMICALLY AND
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By mid-career, 44%
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achieve positions in top 50
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TOP MANAGEMENT
PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO REPORT HAVING HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS. to 27% of private day 40
and 33% of public
school graduates.
75% of boarding school
students report being surrounded by
By late-career, 52%
of former boarders
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achieve positions in
motivated peers, compared to 71% of
top management as
private day and 49% of public school opposed to 39% of 10
students. private day and 27% of
public school graduates.
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BOARDING
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39. outCoMes millbrook at a GlanCe
Headmaster:
Drew Casertano
B.a. amherst College
Ed.m. Harvard university
appointed 1990
78% of boarding school gradu- President of the new York State association of Independent Schools
ates said that they were very well Location:
prepared for the non-academic*
800-acre campus outside the village of Millbrook (Dutchess
aspects of college life such as in-
dependence, social life, and time County)
management as opposed to 36% 90 minutes from new York City
of private day and 23% of public
Core Values:
school students.
Curiosity, respect, integrity, environmental stewardship, service
* non-academic means aspects of college Students:
life such as independence, social life
250 Boarding and Day (80 percent boarding and 20 percent day)
and time management.
The current millbrook student body represents 16 states and 7 foreign
countries; 47 current students have followed a brother or sister
to millbrook; 60 current students have a relative (mom, dad, steppar-
ent, grandparent, cousin, uncle or aunt) who attended millbrook.
Faculty:
50 faculty members, almost all of whom live on campus
45 percent hold advanced degrees
all faculty members serve as advisors, have community service
responsibilities, are coaches and advisors to students and/or
student activities.
Academics:
Rigorous college preparatory education
Average class size: 14
Advanced Placement and Honors courses
Independent studies and study abroad opportunities
Exceptional science, art and service-learning opportunities
Culminating experience for seniors
MID CAREER
LATE CAREER
Residential Life Student Life:
Seven dormitories ranging from 23 to 44 students each with
four dorm faculty and two to four student prefects assigned
to each. Performance groups including: Millbrook Singers,
Millbrook Dancers, choreography group, Jazz Ensemble, several
rock bands, Instrumental Ensemble, Improv Theater Group and
Acting Class Performers.
11 Interscholastic sports
48 student activities and service groups
Admission:
Applicants accepted for entry into III, IV and V form (grades 9,
PUBLIC PRIVATE DAY
10 and 11)
PERCENT OF FORMER BOARDERS WHO ACHIEVE POSITIONS
IN TOP MANAGEMENT BY MID AND LATE CAREER
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40. Design: Turnaround Marketing Communications Text: Andrea Jarrell Principal photography: Michael Branscom, Sven Martson, Len Rubenstein Other photography: Jacques Charlas, Thomas M. Honan, Tom Kates Photography
Millbrook School adheres to a long-standing policy of admitting students of any race, color,
creed, religion, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges,
programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national
or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial
aid program, or other school-administered programs.
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