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.

Congratulations to Our Award-Winning Middle Schoolers!

Each spring, MICDS celebrates standout students during our annual Middle School Recognition Ceremony. While we are not able to gather as a community this year, we still want to honor the outstanding accomplishments of the members of our student community. It is with tremendous excitement that we announce the following award recipients.

Eliot Award

Fifth Grade

  • Charlie Krieger ’27
  • Shulynn Ragland ’27

Sixth Grade

  • David Levison ’26
  • Carrie Clennan ’26

Seventh Grade

  • Talan Smith ’25
  • Caroline Danforth ’25

Eighth Grade

  • Camden Miller ’24
  • Ella Brauer ’24

Rutledge Award

Fifth Grade

  • Noah Menneke ’27
  • Frances Applegate ’27

Sixth Grade

  • Zach Withington ’26
  • Katie Ferris ’26

Seventh Grade

  • Jude Cullen ’25
  • Nicole Green ’25

Eighth Grade

  • Wyatt Dickherber ’24
  • Rebecca Sennaraj ’24

Geography Bee

  • Zach Krivonak ’25

Spelling Bee

  • Carli Salazar Estrada ’25

Yale Award

Fifth Grade

  • Jonathan Weiss ’27
  • Eleanora Slaburn ’27

Sixth Grade

  • Eshan Majeed ’26
  • Sophia Ashley-Martin ’26

Seventh Grade

  • Oliver Ashman ’25
  • Amisha Poojari ’25

Jacobi Award

  • Jai Patel ’25
  • Nina Schuerer ’25

Stanford Award

  • Caroline Birkel ’25

Amherst Award

  • Talan Smith ’25

Wood Award

  • Ameer Hajjii ’24
  • Agatha Curylo ’24

World Languages Awards

Mandarin

  • Julie Qian ’24
  • Angelina Shen ’24

Latin

  • Sam Ellenhorn ’24
  • Carter White ’24

Spanish

  • Chloe Davis ’24
  • Sameer Shafqat ’24

French

  • Madison Sineff ’24
  • Alex Mayer ’24

Subject Awards

Science

  • Tyler Tschudy ’24
  • Louis Niemeyer ’24
  • Nyla Meeks ’24
  • Davis Schukar ’24

Math

  • Alex Mayer ’24
  • Armaan Chandak ’24
  • Mikaela Mikulec ’24
  • Ananya Kamineni ’24

History

  • Armaan Chandak ’24
  • Madison Sineff ’24
  • Genesis Starks ’24
  • Louis Niemeyer ’24

English

  • William Carpenter ’24
  • Chloe Davis ’24
  • Ipsita Bhogaraju ’24
  • Samruddh Singh ’24

Oonk Awards

  • Basketball – Carter White ’24
  • Cross Country – Wyatt Dickherber ’24
  • Wrestling – Carter Enyard ’24
  • Soccer – Aidan Helms ’24

Oonk Altvater Awards

  • Field Hockey – Ella Etherington ’24
  • Basketball – Genesis Starks ’24
  • Volleyball – Zoe Zlatic ’24
  • Cross Country – Janet He ’24
  • Tennis – Diane Li ’24

Community Service Award

  • Walker Graves ’24

Awards will be available for pick-up at the end of the school year when students return to campus to drop off laptops or pick up items left at school. Please watch for more information about those dates and times.

Congratulations, Middle Schoolers! We are so proud of all our students at MICDS and are pleased to recognize these students in a special way.