Early Dismissal Today - December 1, 2025

Details & Division-Specific Information

Due to the inclement weather, MICDS will have an early dismissal of 1:15 p.m. Please make arrangements to pick up your children by 2 p.m. All after-school and evening activities are canceled. Upper School: A water main break has closed Entry 6, the northernmost entry onto A Lot. Please use Entry 5 in front of the Bryant Arts Center to pick up your students. Middle School: Carpool will proceed as usual. Middle School siblings of Lower School students will need to be picked up in the Middle School carpool through Entry 1 (C Lot). Lower School: All Lower School students must be picked up in carpool. Students in Grades 2 through 4 will dismiss between 1:15 and 1:35, and students in Grades JK through 1 will dismiss between 1:35 and 1:55. Younger siblings of students in Grades 2 through 4 will be ready in the 1:15 shift.

MICDS coders earn 3rd place at World Wide Technology Hackathon.

Coding into 3rd Place at WWT’s STEM Student Forum Hackathon

For the five weeks following the January kickoff event for World Wide Technology’s STEM Student Forum Hackathon, MICDS students coded every chance they got! Paired up with a WWT Mentor and faculty sponsors Janet Purdy and Christian Borja, the team created an app for students to track how much time they spent doing homework and provided feedback to teachers on how much time students are spending on assignments. Their efforts culminated in last weekend’s 4th annual WWT Student Hackathon where they earned 3rd place among the 190 students from 19 different schools, all applying STEM skills to solve community problems.
MICDS coders earn 3rd place at World Wide Technology Hackathon.
“We’re just coding constantly whenever we can, balancing schoolwork as well so it can be a bit difficult,” said Michael Gira ’19 in an interview on KMOV. “We share this data with teachers so that they can make better-informed decisions for planning daily homework or even whole courses.”

While reflecting on how the forum impacts the students, Upper School Math and Computer Science Instructor Janet Purdy remarked, “This competition has provided so much growth. It’s really been wonderful to watch [the students] mature, fine-tune their skills and really come out of their comfort zone.”

We’re excited to see how MICDS students continue to use STEM to help the world. “[STEM] gives me a lot of power, and I can use that to better my community just like in this competition,” shared Gira.