Off-Campus Programs and Additional Years

Off-Campus Programs

Milton students have the opportunity to participate in off-campus programs of varying types.  Many students participate in Milton’s exchange programs that are organized by Milton in accordance with our off-campus trip policy.  Milton currently sponsors exchange programs in France, China and Spain. 

In addition to off-campus exchange programs, Milton provides opportunities for students to spend a semester or year abroad at certain sanctioned programs for which students are eligible to receive academic credit. Currently Milton allows students to participate in and accepts academic credits from programs at School Year Abroad in France, Italy, or Spain, The Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont, and Maine Coast Semester in Chewonki, Maine.  All of these programs are independent of Milton Academy’s Upper School and have their own admission policies and procedures.  

If a student participates in an off campus program that does not have an official association with Milton Academy, that student’s family is still responsible for paying Milton Academy the normal tuition during the time that the student is away.

Additional Years

Normally students do not take additional years in the Upper School. The usual pattern for students is to progress from one grade level to the next, until graduation. Occasionally the faculty will vote to require that a student take an additional year in order to give that student a second opportunity to earn a promotional record. Occasionally families will request that the School allow a student to take an additional year. Requests could arise for myriad reasons, including illness, social or academic maturity, or emotional or physical development. Each case will be considered on its own merits.

In order to respond to such requests from families, the academic dean will chair a standing committee which will consider the circumstances leading to the request, and gather information from the student’s current teachers, advisor, dean of students, house head (if a boarder), class deans, and other adults who have worked with the student. Once the committee has gathered the information, it will make a recommendation to the faculty about the request. The faculty will then determine, by majority vote, whether to grant the request. 

Requests for an additional year should be brought to the committee as early in the academic year as possible, and normally no later than March 1st.