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 (Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).

General Events

Homecoming Weekend Highlights

Please note: Parents are responsible for supervising their children. While we welcome everyone in our community to attend, you should be aware that there is an active construction site on campus and many areas of campus are dark. Please do your part to keep our children safe.

Food Truck Friday

Friday, September 27, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
 (Food Truck sales end promptly at 7:30 p.m.)
Food Trucks Location: Service road behind the MAC
Seating: Inside 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 probably an umbrella!) and then pop inside the MAC to eat. You may want to also bring a blanket for your MAC picnic! Also, please help keep our campus clean by disposing of your trash after your picnic.

Bonfire

Friday, September 27, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Bonfire Field
Parking: C Lot off Ladue Road
This event will occur rain or shine.

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 (bagpipers are TBD but the Football players and Cheerleaders will parade regardless) 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
This event will occur rain or shine.

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 Update: 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

  • 9 a.m. Girls Tennis

  • 9:30 a.m. Boys Soccer (new time!)
  • 11 a.m. Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 11 a.m. Volleyball
  • 11:30 a.m. Field Hockey
  • 2 p.m. Football

Dance

Spirit Week

Homecoming 2023 Highlights

Go Rams!