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.

Geography Bee Contestants Have a World of Knowledge

Eighth grader Aniket Bhogaraju ’28 claimed first place in the 2024 Middle School Geography Bee. Teachers gave a pre-test to their classes with the top 10 scores in each grade moving on to grade-level bees. The top two finishers from each grade moved on to the all-school bee held last Friday. 

The Geography Bee used to be a National Geographic event, but the organization stopped doing it during COVID. The MICDS History Department, however, thought it was important to give students a chance to show off their geography skills. As a result, many of the Geography Bee questions tie in with themes that students learn in their history classes.

Bhogaraju won the contest by answering this question:

Q: In which country would you find the old suq [sook], or marketplace, of Sanaa [sahn- AI]? 

A: Yemen 

Way to go, Aniket!

Can you answer ten of the first-round questions? Answers below.

  1. The Aleutian [a-LOOH-shun] Islands are part of which state—Hawaii or Alaska? 
  2. Which country does not border Lake Victoria: Tanzania, Uganda, or Nigeria?
  3. Which state that borders Connecticut is the smallest state in the U.S.? 
  4. Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin [SAN wah-KEEN] Valley are both located in which state? 
  5. Which state is bordered by Lake Erie and Kentucky? 
  6. Zürich is a major banking center in which European country? 
  7. Gondolas floating on canals are associated with which city in northern Italy? 
  8. The Puerto Rico Trench contains the deepest known part of which ocean? 
  9. In 1488, the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias discovered what cape near the southernmost tip of Africa? 
  10. Sugar Loaf Mountain and the statue of Christ the Redeemer stand above the harbor of what South American city? 

 

Answers

  1. Alaska 
  2. Nigeria 
  3. Rhode Island 
  4. California 
  5. Ohio 
  6. Switzerland 
  7. Venice 
  8. Atlantic Ocean 
  9. Cape of Good Hope 
  10. Rio de Janeiro