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.

Team Building and Leadership Training in the Upper School

During this week’s Community Time in the Upper School, members of the Senior Leadership Group led 10th graders through a series of team-building activities called Mov’n Right Along, Blind Puzzle and Blind Polygon. Meanwhile, 9th graders were led through activities such as the Human Knot and Rope Sequence.

In each activity, students had to work together to achieve a common goal all while being handicapped in some way. In one case, students were blindfolded and had to form a specific geometrical shape with a rope. In another, they were given a puzzle and asked to piece it together – all without the use of their eyes.

It appears they have all eyes on class unity! It was a great way for the students to build community and learn collaboration techniques at this early stage of the school year.