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.

Upper School Students Earn Accolades for Presentations at Global Conference

Campbell Schafer ’18 and Mehreen Shafqat ’16 were cited by the Global Online Academy (GOA) for their presentations at the recent GOA Catalyst Conference.

The theme of the conference was “Sparking Change in Our Communities.”

Members of nine GOA classes created online presentations around topics related to their course of study. More than 250 students from 10 countries participated, grouping their projects into categories like Promoting Grassroots Action, Promoting Institutional Change, and Raising Awareness. It was one of the largest-ever online conferences led by students.

During the conference, GOA singled out particular projects that demonstrated excellence by identifying and contextualizing the importance of their topic, articulating a realistic and inspiring strategy for change, and engaging visitors through creative, well-designed, multi-modal presentation pages.

Mehreen and Campbell were among the fewer than 20% of all participants to receive this Citation.

Mehreen’s project is titled Increasing the Presence of Women in STEM Fields:
http://goaconference.org/women-in-stem/

Campbell’s is called The Eradication of Sexism with Local Female Empowerment:
http://goaconference.org/the-eradication-of-sexism-with-local-female-empowerment/

The Conference is available online in its entirety here: http://goaconference.org/conference/

Congratulations to Mehreen and Campbell for their accomplishments!