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[[Image:TIF2.jpg|thumb|right|Tiferet Israel Fellowship]]

In partnership with the [[Alexander Muss Institute for Israel Education]] (AMIIE), MCHS offers an opportunity for students to learn and live in [[Israel]] for the Spring semester of the 10th grade. Through a full academic program, schedule of tiyyulim (field study and trips), personalized Chuggim (individualized activities) and partnership with [[Israelis|Israeli]] teens, Tiferet Israel Fellows learn inside and outside of the classroom and build relationships with the land and people of [[Israel]]. The semester abroad is followed by two years of additional programming. The junior year focuses on public presentation skills, training fellows how to best advocate for the State of Israel. The senior year concludes with an intensive seminar based at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, examining Israeli cultural and political issues.

==Student life==

The school prides itself on several self-styled '''Centers of Excellence''' including the Stephen S. Wise Music Academy and Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, its Educational Technology and Broadcast Studio Program, its Wildcats Athletics Program, the Advanced Jewish Studies Center, and the Mitchell Academy of Science and Technology. Other student organizations include ''The Roar'' student newspaper, the student-run yearbook committee, the ''Writes of Passage'' literary club, the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), [[National Honor Society]], WISE, the Friendship Circle Club, and [[Model United Nations]], among others.

The school has a [[Mexico]] Exchange Program, an Israel Exchange Program (exclusively for the 8th Grade) and a four-month study abroad experience in [[Israel]] (for the 10th Grade), called the Tiferet Israel Fellowship, based at [[Alexander Muss High School (Israel)|Alexander Muss High School]].

The [[FIRST robotics]] team, the MilkenKnights,<ref>http://www.MilkenKnights.com</ref> has won four awards, including the Southern California rookie award in 2006 and the Los Angeles spirit award in 2008. In 2009, the team won the Los Angeles AutoDesk Visualization award in addition to ranking 23rd at championships. In 2010 the team became one of the first two American robotics teams to compete in the Israeli FIRST robotics regional and the only foreign team to have ever made it to the finals there.<ref name="frclinks.appspot.com">[http://frclinks.appspot.com/t/1836]</ref><ref name="frclinks.appspot.com"/> Also during the 2010 season, the team captain for the 2009 and for the 2010 seasons, Nathan Schloss, became the first winner of Los Angeles regional "Dean's List Finalist" award. This is the only award in FIRST robotics that is awarded to individual students.<ref>http://www2.usfirst.org/2010comp/events/CA/awards.html</ref>

The school has won at least one [[Pete_Conrad#Pete_Conrad_Spirit_Award|Pete Conrad Spirit Award]] for every year that the competition has been running.<ref>http://www.milkenschool.org/rogerkassebaum/</ref>

The track team, after expanding to over 60 team members in 2008, won the league champions for the third consecutive year.

The Milken basketball team has had success, as well:

*CIF SS Playoffs 18 out of 19 years

*10 League Championships

*Heritage League “Coach of the Year” 2003-2004

*Four CIF SS Final Four Appearances (for three schools)

*One CIF SS Championship

*One State Finals Appearance

During the 2010 baseball season, the Wildcats reached the CIF Championship for the first time in Milken Baseball history, and only the second time in Milken history. However, the team lost to Cornerstone Christian of Camarillo 5-1. The game was played on the UC Riverside field.

In the Fall of 2011, after the previous year held an undefeated season and championship for the Wildcats' Flag Football team,<ref name="tenhut">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/education/article/ten-hut_milken_takes_on_tackle_football_20110301/|title=Ten-hut! Milken takes on tackle football|last=Lowenfeld|first=Jonah|date=1 March 2011|work=Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|accessdate=19 September 2011|location=Los Angeles}}</ref> Milken began to play tackle football in the Heritage League. They play their games on Thursday nights instead of the traditional Friday night because the latter is the Jewish [[Shabbat|Sabbath]].<ref name="Painter">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18867374|title=UPON FURTHER REVIEW: Milken hits mother lode with new football team|last=Painter|first=Jill|date=10 September 2011|work=Daily News|accessdate=19 September 2011|location=Los Angeles}}</ref>

Many Wildcats have been NCAA athletes, and one, [[Benjamin Benditson]], has been a professional athlete; he plays for [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]'s [[Los Angeles Galaxy]].<ref>[http://www.wisela.org/athletics/halloffame.aspx "Milken Hall of Fame" accessed 11/24/07]</ref>

Tony Lawrence, 11th Grade US History teacher, has been infamously known for saying, "Study hard, study often".

<ref>[http://faculty.milkenschool.org/tlawrence/index "Tony Lawrence" </ref>

==References==