May Day Postponed to 5/4
In view of the latest forecasts predicting a higher probability of inclement weather tomorrow than the day after, MICDS is postponing this year’s May Day ceremony to Sunday, May 4. We will communicate with you again no later than 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, to share further information about the time and plan for Sunday afternoon's ceremony. We value the May Day tradition at MICDS and regret the uncertainty of this weekend’s weather and any inconvenience it may cause. We appreciate your understanding as we make every effort to hold the ceremony under safe and enjoyable conditions.
Striving for continual progress.
A brighter, better future together.
Our Strategic Plan provides guidance and a clear sense of purpose as we continue to fulfill the School’s Mission and build upon our high level of successes.
Priorities of our strategic plan.
Priority 1: Provide Opportunity
- Objective 1.1: Increase awareness of and access to an MICDS education to attract, enroll, and retain promising students across demographic and socioeconomic strata
- Objective 1.2: Recruit, hire, invest in, and retain exceptional teachers and staff whose identities, life experiences, and passions reflect, dignify, and inspire those of MICDS students
- Objective 1.3: Optimize the breadth of offerings, depth of learning opportunities, and range of support services available to students throughout our curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular programs
- Objective 1.4: Strive to ensure the relevance and durability of all learning and growth experiences available to students in preparing them for their adult lives
- Objective 1.5: Maintain and enhance campus facilities and resources as necessary to realize the ambitions of current programs and to accommodate new programs
Priority 2: Build Character
- Objective 2.1: Establish and sustain trusting, compassionate, and productive student relationships with faculty, staff, and peers to foster emotional, social, and moral growth
- Objective 2.2: Instill and reinforce habits of preparation, organization, diligence, adaptability, honesty, and accountability in all students
- Objective 2.3: Model, cultivate, and celebrate initiative, originality, courage, and resilience in all student endeavors
- Objective 2.4: Empower students to discern and advance their values for the betterment of others through self-awareness, critical inquiry, constructive discourse, and effective leadership
Priority 3: Inspire Lives of Purpose and Service
- Objective 3.1: Encourage wonder, curiosity, imagination, excitement, and passion in students across all program offerings
- Objective 3.2: Nurture the practice of kindness, humility, selflessness, collaboration, service, and gratitude in all settings
- Objective 3.3: Strengthen community connections, culture, traditions, and pride among and between MICDS constituencies and generations
- Objective 3.4: Challenge students to extend the horizons of their hopes, ambitions, and altruism as they seek meaning and fulfillment in their lives both at and beyond MICDS
Strategic Planning Steering Committee
- Committee Members
- Jason Brauer ’94, Chair, Board of Trustees, P’24, ’26, ’28
- Jay Rainey, Head of School
- Dr. Charmaine Ansari, Trustee, P’22, ’27
- Eric Brunt ’02, Director of Enrollment Management, P’32, ’35
- Andrew Condie ’82, Former Chair, Board of Trustees, P’11, ’12, ’16, ’20
- Dr. Grace Lee, Dean of Faculty
- Dr. Sally Maxwell, Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning, P’25
- Beth Miller, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer
- Lynn Mittler, JK-12 English Department Chair
- Amy Scheer, Head of Lower School, P’26, ’30
- Jennifer Schuckman, Head of Middle School, P’23, ’28
- Scott Small, Head of Upper School, P’22, ’25
- Paul Zahller, JK-12 Science Department Chair, P’35, ’37
Advancing our dynamic learning community.
