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Milton High School (MHS):
 
* The [[Theatre]] Company produces a musical in the fall and a [[one-act play]] in the spring. The one-act is presented at the regional level. Milton's has been chosen to advance to the state level multiple times where it then competes to be selected as one of two schools to represent Vermont at the New England Drama Festival showcase. Milton has done so in 2002 (The Drowned and the Saved),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nedrama.org/programs/nedf2002.pdf |title=Reflections: New England Drama Festival 2002 |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> 2004 (Women and Wallace),<ref>{{cite news |last=Mack |first=Sharon Kiley |date=2004-04-26 |title=Fairfield hosts drama festival; New England event draws hundreds |url=http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2004/04/26/fairfield-hosts-drama-festival-new-england-event-draws-hundreds/ |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |location=Bangor, ME |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nedrama.org/programs/nedf2004.pdf |title=New England Drama Festival Magic 2004 The Theatrical Journey |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> 2011 ([[MacBeth]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myemail.constantcontact.com/2011-New-England-High-School-Drama-Festival.html?soid=1103648775876&aid=ol4jMDI2vEg |title=New England High School Theater Festival: Andover High School readies for this weekend's event |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> 2012 ([[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nedrama.org/gilford/nedf_schedule_2012_v1.pdf |title=New England Drama Festival 2012 |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> 2014 ([[Oedipus Rex]]),<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Kelley, Julie (Reporter) |date=2014-04-14 |title=Milton drama class sets the bar with "Oedipus Rex" |url=http://www.wcax.com/story/25226451/milton-drama-class-sets-the-bar-with-oedipus |access-date=4 February 2016 |publisher=WCAX Television}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lamdin |first=Courtney |date=10 April 2014 |title='Oedipus' elevates drama troupe |url=http://www.miltonindependent.com/oedipus-elevates-drama-troupe/ |newspaper=Milton Independent |location=Milton, VT |access-date=2016-02-04}}</ref> and 2015 ([[Beowulf (hero)|Beowulf]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Lamdin |first=Courtney |date=2015-04-08 |title='Beowulf' Bests One-Acts |url=http://www.miltonindependent.com/beowulf-bests-one-acts/ |newspaper=Milton Independent |location=Milton, VT |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
*Currently holdsMilton hosted the worldNew recordEngland forDrama mostFestival studentsin left behind2003.<ref>{{cite newsweb |lasturl=Lamdinhttp://nedrama.org/history/nedf_host_sites.htm |firsttitle=CourtneyNew England Drama Festival Host Sites |access-date=2015-04-084 |title='Beowulf'February Bests2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite One-Actsweb |url=http://wwwnedrama.miltonindependent.comorg/beowulf-bests-one-actsprograms/nedf2003.pdf |newspapertitle=MiltonNew IndependentEngland |location=Milton,Drama Festival VT2003 |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
* Milton hosted the New England Drama Festival in 2003.
*In 2015, ESPN traveled to MHS to interview the principal in regards to their bi-curious football team<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nedrama.org/history/nedf_host_sites.htm |title=New England Drama Festival Host Sites |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nedrama.org/programs/nedf2003.pdf |title=New England Drama Festival 2003 |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
* In 2016, Milton seniors won first (Meredith Holbrook) and third (Ryan Racicot) place in [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Bernie Sanders|Bernie Sanders']] annual State of the Union essay contest. Two other Milton seniors (Megan Bromley and Sara Manfredi) were top twenty finalists. Essays of the winners and finalists will be entered into the [[Congressional Record]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2016-01-27 |title=MHS wows State of the Union judges |url=http://www.miltonindependent.com/mhs-wows-state-of-the-union-judges/ |newspaper=Milton Independent |location=Milton, VT |access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref>
* Since the beginning of the school year of 2014, Milton High School has participated in the production and creation of a series of videos on Youtube that are structured in the format of a television show or news channel named Yellow Jacket Television, named after the district mascot. In this program, students film, edit, and produce their own segments collaboratively in an effort to present a "TV show" to be presented in front of the student body on a monthly basis. Some segments are based around sports, music, news, events, and other various topics and interests.