After-School Activities Cancelled Due to Severe Weather

May 8, 2024

With strong storms in the forecast this afternoon, MICDS is canceling all after-school activities today, May 8. This includes all extracurricular activities and athletic practices and games, both at home and away. The Middle School ASAP program and Lower School Extended Day program are also canceled. Please make arrangements to pick up your children at our usual dismissal time today (3 p.m. for Lower School, 3:15 p.m. for Middle and Upper School). Campus will be closed at 4:00 p.m. Please note: the Band Concert scheduled for this evening will be rescheduled for tomorrow night, Thursday, May 9, with the 6th/7th Grade Band Concert beginning at 6 p.m. and the 8th Grade/Upper School Bands performing at 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Bernard Berry.

GlobalHack Youth Coding League Wraps Up Eventful Season

The GlobalHack Youth Coding League came to an end with an exciting and fun-filled day of competition on Saturday, December 2. The teams met once a week for 12 weeks to learn essential computer science skills. The students learned how to code in Python and each team developed an interactive video game based on Oregon Trail: Space Adventure and Blind Side Football. The competition had three parts: teamwork activities, presentation of code, and a live coding event. The students were fierce competitors and had a lot of fun. Team Cobra even took home some hardware, earning « Most Creative »!

Team Cobra: Thomas Hall ’22, Jai Lanka ’22 and Bogdan Hamilton ’22 (not pictured)
Team!Football: Sam Baumohl ’22, Sophie Fendler ’22, Olivia Thomas ’22 and Holt Tipton ’21, Winston Moore ’21 and Jon Lee ’21