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The Middlesex School mission is to “nd thepromise” in every student. It is our invitation toevery student who comes here to nd the essenceo his or her character and the talents and senseo purpose within. No one can nd someone else’spromise. Only you can do that. But Middlesexis a school designed to give you the best possibleenvironment in which to do so.
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You’ll learn how to burn bright without burningout. You’ll stretch your brilliance. And you’ll learnhow to live a truly engaged, contributing, 360˚ lie.You will emerge as your best sel, tested and withthe purpose and the ability to live your promise,whether that means—as it has or some o ouralumni—running or president o the UnitedStates, earning the Pulitzer Prize or journalism,becoming an Oscar-winning actor, or beingnominated or the Nobel Peace Prize.How will you use the unique human spark thatis yours and yours alone, rst in the halls othis school and then in the larger course o yourlie? That is what nding your promise is allabout. Just ask some o our recent alumni.
“I believed such a dreamwas possible becauseof the foundation ofdedication Middlesexinstilled in me.”GeorgeWilson II
Cornell University GraduateBusiness Development, NBA
Middlesex denitely stretched me to the limitinside and outside o class. Sports are a goodexample. Prior to Middlesex, I had never playedorganized sports, nor did I consider mysel anathlete. I had never even heard o all the sportsthe school oered. In spite o that, I steppedout o my comort zone and decided to givevarious teams a try. I started out on the lowerlevel ootball, basketball, and crew teams.By my senior year, I made varsity basketballand crew. Post-Middlesex, I attended CornellUniversity and joined its Division I crewprogram. At the time, it was ranked one othe top three programs in the nation. I youhad told me when I arrived at Middlesex thatI would be a Division I athlete our yearslater, I would have laughed. But even thoughMiddlesex students are unique individuals, onething we have in common is aspiring towardachievement in every eld. It’s what the schoolchallenges you to work toward.When I let Middlesex, I wasn’t sure how Iwould leave my mark on the world. However,I did have the condence and tools necessaryto achieve any goals I set or mysel. It wasn’tuntil college that I developed an afnity orthe sports industry and decided I wanted towork or the NBA. I believed such a dream waspossible because o the oundation o dedica-tion Middlesex instilled in me. During my junior year o college, I was accepted into theNBA’s internship program in New York City.I worked long hours and weekends, quicklymaking a name or mysel as a hard worker.Four months later, I accepted a ull-time joboer rom the NBA that began right atermy college graduation. Out o an intern classo 30, I was one o our interns given a ull-time oer.Middlesex challenged me and, in doing so,taught me to believe in mysel. It gave me thecondence to strive or my goals, no matterhow ar-etched they may seem when I rstset them.
“I was alwaysin awe of the rangeof interests andaccomplishmentsof my classmates.”
I was always in awe o the range o interests and accomplishments o myclassmates. Just thinking about it now, the aces that pop into my head areo the aspiring architect in my physics class with an obsession or cars,the creative writer-poet-novelist who loved to dance, the brilliant actresswho also wrote her own plays and lmed her own movies, the All-Americanathletes, aspiring doctors, lawyers, and politicians, entrepreneurs, alldierent types o musicians and singers, incredible artists—the list goeson and on. And, despite this vast array o talents and interests, Middlesexkids really do come together in the classroom as riends.You are not labeled by your uniqueness; rather all the dierent shapes andsizes o kids’ personalities come together synergistically. Together, every-one creates a powerul learning environment in which students can reallybe themselves, take risks, and, ultimately, relax and have un. The studentsand aculty alike appreciate and respect the uniqueness, the quirkiness,and the vibrancy o each incoming student, and they really embrace thesecharacteristics so that each student can continue to cultivate his or hertalents and interests over the course o one’s Middlesex experience. Whenyou leave the school, people see these attributes in Middlesex graduates—their passion, their intelligence and talents, and their condence in them-selves and in their high school experience.I think Middlesex is most successul in instilling that condence byconstantly contextualizing its magnicent education in the broader scopeo world issues. Students leave knowing that they have received a veryvaluable git in terms o their high school education and experience, andthey know that they can use this git to do great things with their lives.Some students know exactly how they want to leave their mark on theworld—they want to be a doctor or a lawyer, start a business, become anactress or an artist or a singer. For others it is more nebulous. However, Ithink it is sae to say that all students eel Middlesex has opened doors orthem—and that they have some sort o obligation to use it to make a markand positively aect those around them. For many students, that impactstarts even beore they leave Middlesex—through their academic, athletic,and artistic accomplishments and their commitment to helping others.
KirstenKester
Harvard University Senior
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