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.

Admission, Student Spotlight

Willy Carpenter ’24 Welcomes Future Middle School Rams to MICDS

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At the recent admission Middle School Accepted Celebration event, Willy Carpenter ’24 spoke to newly-enrolled and newly-accepted Middle School families. He spoke in the bustling McDonnell Athletic Center full of future Rams. Here’s what he had to share.

Good morning, everyone! I hope you are all as excited as I am to be here. My name is Willy Carpenter, and I am the senior class president at MICDS. I want to be among the first to welcome you all to this wonderful institution, so congratulations: the world now waits for you.

I was once told by one of my coaches that I, and the rest of my team, stand on the shoulders of giants that came before us. He was referring to the rich traditions that you will find here at MICDS and those that empower us to succeed and achieve heights we had not foreseen. At MICDS, you will be challenged. Whether it’s in the classroom, on a stage, in an art studio, or playing a sport, at some point in your journey you will struggle. However, because of the traditions you will take part in here, you will find yourself not only overcoming those struggles but becoming stronger and formulating relationships with those around you.

I have been at this school for 14 years come graduation in May—I am a lifer. Throughout my time, I have been exposed to this lifestyle. Accordingly, I have been set up to approach the next chapter of my life well-prepared and eager to join the giants who came before me. Trust me, there really is no other place like MICDS. So when I say ‘the world now waits for you,’ I am saying that you are now on the track to make the world. When you leave here, you will have the tools to create change. So, congratulations, and welcome to MICDS. GO RAMS!