Upper School Academics

Students page through American and global literature, literary analysis and creative writing to develop lettered literary skills.

Bottling knowledge from hands-on experiments, students examine discoveries in physics, bio-chemistry, environmental science, and more.

With carefully calculated classes in algebra, statistics, calculus, and computer science, students add knowledge they can count on.

Learning from the past, students explore post-1900 world history, U.S. history, local topics, and more to become engaged global citizens.

Students expand their horizons with language courses to learn Spanish, French, Latin, and/or Mandarin Chinese.

As part of our Mission, ninth-11th grade students participate in two seasons of athletic activity per year. Twelfth grade students participate in one season of athletic activity.

Every student is required to take fine and performing arts. Classes include ceramics, painting, chamber choir, photography, architecture, acting, digital design, and instrumental music.

From entrepreneurship, public speaking, and finance to neuroscience and psychology, a plethora of fascinating subjects are weaved throughout the curriculum.

Between the fall and spring semesters, all MICDS students embrace a unique experiential learning opportunity dubbed “Winter Term.” Launched in 2024, for two weeks, our 9th-11th graders venture outside of the traditional school day in order to dive into immersive, specialized courses and seniors participate in internships, job shadowing, community service, or travel learning programs.