MICDS Homecoming Weekend—September 27 & 28, 2024!
Homecoming 2024
Alumni and families are invited to join the entire MICDS community for our special Homecoming weekend, which celebrates cherished traditions both old and new and offers something for all ages! It’s a perfect time to visit campus and enjoy fantastic sporting events as the MICDS Rams take on the JBS Bombers. Go Rams!
Get ready for Homecoming by stocking up on MI, CDS, and MICDS spirit wear from our Campus Store! Take advantage of online shopping before Homecoming or visit the Store when you’re on campus on Saturday, September 28.
General Events
Homecoming Weekend Highlights
Food Truck Friday
Friday, September 27, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Service road behind the MAC
Parking: A & C Lots
Enjoy dinner on campus before the bonfire at Food Truck Friday! A variety of food trucks offering dinner and dessert will be available. Please bring cash for food purchases and don’t forget to bring a picnic blanket! Also, please help keep our campus clean by disposing your trash after your picnic.
Bonfire
Friday, September 27, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Bonfire Field
Parking: C Lot off Ladue Road
The traditional lighting of the bonfire kicks off the weekend full of cheering on your favorite Rams teams! The festivities begin with the annual parade of bagpipers and culminate with a glowing bonfire.
MICDS-JBS Family Friendly & Free Fun Run
Saturday, September 28
7:30 a.m. Registration check-in, 8:00 a.m. Start
Locations: Begins at MICDS Founders‘ Court, ends at JBS
The day’s festivities begin with a 2.5-mile family-friendly walk, run, or stroll from MICDS to JBS. All runners, walkers, strollers, wagons, scooters, and dogs are welcome! Dress in your spirit wear and even decorate your scooter, wagon, stroller, etc.! A complimentary shuttle will pick up from JBS and bring participants to MICDS prior to the start of the race. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. Fun Run spirit items are available at the event on a first-come, first-served basis.
MICDS Homecoming Carnival
Saturday, September 28, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Olson Hall Lawn
Backup Location if rainy weather: The MAC
Calling all MICDS families! Bring your kids (of any age!) for an entertaining and free event that features games, prizes, face painters, balloon artists, and inflatables. Enjoy a complimentary BBQ lunch from 12:00-1:30 p.m. on the north patio of the MAC (bring a picnic blanket and enjoy a meal on the Beasley Playground or on the available natural grass fields; help keep our campus clean and dispose of your trash after your picnic).
Athletic Events
Athletic Contests—Let's go Rams!
Saturday, September 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
MICDS Campus – All Non-Varsity Games
JBS Campus – All Varsity Games
Throughout the weekend, athletic contests are scheduled against JBS, including the annual football rivalry at 2 p.m. on Saturday at JBS. Varsity contests will be played at JBS and all other games will take place at MICDS. Come out and cheer on your Rams! Follow our MICDS Athletics account on X to stay in the loop.
Varsity Games Schedule:
Location of all Varsity Games: JBS
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10 a.m. Girls Tennis
- 10:30 a.m. Boys Soccer
- TBD Boys Swimming & Diving
- 11 a.m. Volleyball
- 11:30 a.m. Field Hockey
- 2 p.m. Football
Dance
- Homecoming Dance
Homecoming Dance
Who: Upper School students only
When: Saturday, September 28, 8:30-10 p.m.
Location: MICDS South Gym
Parking: C Lot off Ladue RoadThe Activities Committee invites all Upper School students to the Homecoming Dance on Saturday, September 28. The dance will be in the MICDS South Gym, and students will park in C Lot. The attire is dresses, skirts, nice tops, nice/dress shorts, khaki pants/slacks, collared/button-down shirts, etc. Comfortable shoes are highly encouraged (including sneakers/casual flats).
Students bringing a guest from another school should complete and submit a permission slip by Wednesday, September 25. The evening begins at 8:30 p.m. All students and their guests must arrive by 8:45 p.m. and will be checked in upon arrival. The dance ends at 10:00 p.m. Students will not be able to depart the dance until 10:00 p.m. There will be a DJ spinning tunes selected by the students and many opportunities for great photos. The Activities Committee is excited to provide this opportunity and we look forward to seeing Upper School students on Saturday, September 28.
Spirit Week
- Spirit Week Dress-up Themes (9/23 - 9/27)
Spirit Week dress-up themes will be announced closer to the week of Homecoming.
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