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.

Mayor of Ladue Talks About Community with 1st Graders

First graders have been working on a new social studies curriculum where they are studying community. Veronica Wachter, 1st Grade Teacher, shares, “One of our big focus points is helping students gradually start to understand what community means, what kinds of communities exist and who the leaders of communities are.” To illustrate this, Ms. Wachter and fellow 1st Grade Teacher Robin Campbell have been inviting several community leaders to spend time with their students, and this week’s guest was Nancy Spewak, Mayor of Ladue!

Mayor Spewak spoke to our 34 first graders and shared information about herself, her role as a leader and her service to the Ladue community. By talking to the mayor, students were challenged to think about the role of the mayor as a source of community.

Mayor of Ladue visits 1st grade
Mayor of Ladue visits 1st grade

Maybe one of our MICDS 1st graders will be inspired to lead their classroom community or grow to become mayor themselves! Thank you for inspiring our students, Mayor Spewak!