Campus Closed to Students 1/28

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Missouri American Water informed our staff today that they will begin repairs on the ruptured water main just northeast of campus on Warson Road at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. They advised us that MICDS could lose water service to most buildings either intermittently or throughout the duration of the repair, which is scheduled to last most of the day. Until they begin the repair, they cannot predict with confidence the scale or duration of the resulting water outage. Because of the uncertainty of the impact of this water main repair on our facilities, MICDS will be closed to all students tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28, during the school day. Information about after-school activities and athletics is currently unknown and will be communicated at a later time. Especially given this week’s inclement weather disruptions, I regret the necessity of tomorrow’s school-day closure and appeal to you for understanding. We will run a normal 8:00 a.m. start time on Thursday and a 9:00 a.m. late-start time on Friday in all three divisions. In the Middle and Upper Schools, Thursday will be an A day to pair with today's H day, and Friday will be a B9 day. On Monday, we will run a D day as originally scheduled. Thank you for your partnership and understanding. We will be back in touch with you should there be any changes to Missouri American’s water main repair schedule.

Autotroph Biological Design Class Tours Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Students from Upper School Science Teacher Mr. Paul Zahller’s Autotroph Biological Design class took part in a tour at the International Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a not-for-profit research institute dedicated to plant science and product development. The tour on Wednesday included time viewing core technologies such as the Bellweather Plant Phenotyping Facility, Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory, Plant Tissue Culture and Transformation Laboratory, and Integrated Plant Growth Facility. In addition, students met plant scientists from the Slotkin Lab and participated in two studies: plant blindness in collaboration with Memphis University and a Danforth project on corn plant architecture.

Maybe this field trip planted a seed in our students’ minds to become plant scientists themselves one day!