Embracing all the world's people with compassion.
Community Service
MICDS prepares young people for higher learning and for lives of purpose and service. Community engagement and service-learning are all-School initiatives with the aim to foster a culture of compassion, empathy, and active citizenship, and to equip our students with the tools, values, and mindset necessary to make a positive impact on the world around them.
We believe our students can and should strive to understand and address local, national, and global needs. By fostering their sense of social responsibility, nurturing their compassion, and empowering them to take action, we prepare them to become active, engaged, and responsible citizens and lifelong advocates for positive change.
Service Projects
Turkey Train
Our annual Thanksgiving community service project is the largest provider of frozen turkeys to the St. Louis Area Food Bank each year, collecting more than 7,500 pounds of turkey and 3,000 pounds of non-perishable food—enough to provide more than 8,000 Thanksgiving Day meals.
"Service not only teaches us the importance of giving back to this wonderful community we live in, but, more importantly, helps us discover our values and find out what in our life is most important and meaningful."
Palmer Mihalevich ’20MICDS Student and St. Louis Zoo Volunteer
Presidential Volunteer Service Award
Standing for what is good and right
Upper School students are invited to participate in the President's Volunteer Service Award Program, the premier volunteer awards program in the United States that encourages citizens to live a life of service through presidential gratitude and national recognition.
