Early Dismissal Today - Monday, April 27 at 1:15 p.m.

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Due to the forecasted inclement weather, MICDS will have an early dismissal at 1:15 p.m. Please make arrangements to pick up your children no later than 2 p.m., at which time campus will be closed. All after-school and evening activities are canceled. UPPER SCHOOL - There will be no supervised spaces available after campus is closed. All students are expected to be picked up or depart by 2 p.m. MIDDLE SCHOOL - 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 Entrance #1 (C Lot). LOWER SCHOOL - Lower School carpool will proceed as usual. Students in Grades 2 through 4 will dismiss between 1:15 and 1:30, and students in Grades JK through 1 will dismiss between 1:35 and 1:45. Younger siblings of students in Grades 2 through 4 will be ready in the 1:15 shift.

Layne Crouthers ’20 Makes a Splash in Polk Pond

One of the long-held traditions at MICDS is to throw the first senior accepted into college into Polk Pond. This year’s lucky admit was Layne Crouthers ’20 who was accepted into Ole Miss. As tradition goes, Layne was tossed into the pond by classmates while the entirety of the Upper School, friends and family looked on.

The pond toss began as a tradition at Country Day School in the sixties, though it wasn’t always tied to college admissions. While instances of students falling or being thrown into the pond were occasionally noted in the Country Day News in the 1950s and early 1960s, it was not until the spring of 1964 that the first tradition of immersion was established.