May Day Sunday Details

May Day 5 p.m. Sunday

This year’s May Day ceremony will take place at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, Sunday, May 4, at Lilly’s Field. Although the latest weather forecasts do not predict inclement weather at that time, please be advised of the steps that MICDS will follow should potentially unsafe conditions transpire. In the event of nearby thunder or lightning immediately before or during the May Day ceremony, all participants and spectators will be evacuated as quickly as possible from Lilly’s Field to the McDonnell Athletic Center (MAC). The technicians with whom MICDS contracts for audio-visual support at May Day require the immediate breakdown and removal of their equipment from any venue at which there is a threat of lightning. Should such a threat require the evacuation of Lilly’s Field, the ceremony will be delayed both to allow time for the inclement weather to clear and for our audio-visual contractors to reinstall their equipment. Safety is our highest priority at MICDS at all times. While we certainly hope that the current forecast holds and that there will be no rain or threat of lightning at the event, we wanted to be sure that you are informed in advance of the procedure we will follow should inclement weather affect the May Day ceremony. We appreciate your continuing patience with our planning efforts through this weekend’s uncertain weather conditions. We look forward to seeing you at tomorrow afternoon’s special event.

Striving for continual progress.

A brighter, better future together.

Our Strategic Plan provides guidance and a clear sense of purpose as we continue to fulfill the School’s Mission and build upon our high level of successes.

Priorities of our strategic plan.

Priority 1: Provide Opportunity

  • Objective 1.1: Increase awareness of and access to an MICDS education to attract, enroll, and retain promising students across demographic and socioeconomic strata
  • Objective 1.2: Recruit, hire, invest in, and retain exceptional teachers and staff whose identities, life experiences, and passions reflect, dignify, and inspire those of MICDS students
  • Objective 1.3: Optimize the breadth of offerings, depth of learning opportunities, and range of support services available to students throughout our curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular programs
  • Objective 1.4: Strive to ensure the relevance and durability of all learning and growth experiences available to students in preparing them for their adult lives
  • Objective 1.5: Maintain and enhance campus facilities and resources as necessary to realize the ambitions of current programs and to accommodate new programs

Priority 2: Build Character

  • Objective 2.1: Establish and sustain trusting, compassionate, and productive student relationships with faculty, staff, and peers to foster emotional, social, and moral growth 
  • Objective 2.2: Instill and reinforce habits of preparation, organization, diligence, adaptability, honesty, and accountability in all students
  • Objective 2.3: Model, cultivate, and celebrate initiative, originality, courage, and resilience in all student endeavors
  • Objective 2.4: Empower students to discern and advance their values for the betterment of others through self-awareness, critical inquiry, constructive discourse, and effective leadership

Priority 3: Inspire Lives of Purpose and Service

  • Objective 3.1: Encourage wonder, curiosity, imagination, excitement, and passion in students across all program offerings
  • Objective 3.2: Nurture the practice of kindness, humility, selflessness, collaboration, service, and gratitude in all settings
  • Objective 3.3: Strengthen community connections, culture, traditions, and pride among and between MICDS constituencies and generations
  • Objective 3.4: Challenge students to extend the horizons of their hopes, ambitions, and altruism as they seek meaning and fulfillment in their lives both at and beyond MICDS

Strategic Planning Steering Committee

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