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Reminisce and give with your class.
Reunions and Reunion Giving
Whether you attended Mary Institute, St. Louis Country Day School, or MICDS, we invite you to reminisce, reconnect, and give back to the institution that prepared you to be the person you are today. Join us at Reunion Weekend to rejoice in the special relationships you made at our School. Participate in Reunion Giving to invest in shaping the ever-growing future of our School.
Reunions
Memory lane and memory-making await.
Online registration for MICDS Reunion Weekend 2025 will open on February 1, 2025!
Celebrating the classes ending in 5 and 0!
Reunion Weekend Details:
Reunion Hotel Information:
Frontenac Hilton
1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131
314-993-1100 or 1-800-325-7800
The special rate of $167 is valid until April 10, 2025.
Book your hotel room through the online booking link here or by calling.
Please mention “MICDS Alumni Reunion” when making your reservation.
2024 MICDS Reunion Weekend Photos
Thank you for a wonderful Reunion Weekend!
Reunion Giving
Invest in the future with Class Gifts.
Each year, MICDS alumni bring new life to the longstanding tradition of giving back in honor of their own reunions. The Class Gift is your opportunity to show support for MICDS as a class while striving to reach new heights, with both the amount raised and with the highest class participation. Everyone who is celebrating a reunion this year is being asked to honor this celebratory year by making a special class gift, hopefully in the form of a multi-year commitment.
Multi-Year Giving Commitments – The Power of 5!
Multi-year giving commitments allow MICDS to look beyond the present and plan for a vibrant future for our students. Gifts made over five years allow smaller gifts to add up quickly, and the entire amount will count in your Reunion Class Gift total:
- Commitment: In celebration of your Reunion, make your MICDS Fund commitment today and fulfill it over five years.
- Convenience: You can schedule monthly or annual charges to your credit card.
- Consistency: MICDS can rely on your continued MICDS Fund support until your next Reunion.
- Efficiency: Expenses saved by not sending solicitations over the years will be redirected to student and faculty needs.
- Impact: There is no required dollar amount, and each gift makes A HUGE and IMMEDIATE IMPACT!
- 2023 Reunion Class Gift Status
Coming soon!
- 2022 Reunion Class Gift Status
7-1-2021 through 6-30-2022
Reunion Class Year Reunion Gift Goal Reunion Giving Total Participation 50th
MI 1972 $7,250-$14,500 $21,953 30% CDS 1972 $2,500-$35,000 $51,918 44% 45th
MI 1977 $1,500-$3,000 $850
11% CDS 1977 $6,700-$13,500 $3,900 9% 40th
MI 1982 $5,500-$11,000 $3,675 5% CDS 1982 $43,000-$86,000 $53,170 16% 35th
MI 1987 $19,000-$37,500 $12,126 14% CDS 1987 $14,750-$30,000 $6,625 7% *30th MICDS 1992 $63,000-$73,500 $67,000 18% *25th MICDS 1997 $13,500-$27,000 $15,575 24% 20th MICDS 2002 $16,000-$32,000 $12,265 70% 15th MICDS 2007 $5,250-$10,500 $2,891 13% * Denotes classes fundraising for endowment priorities and not the MICDS Fund.
- 2021 Reunion Class Gift Status
7-1-2020 through 6-30-2022
Reunion Class Year Reunion Gift Goal Reunion Giving Total Participation *50th MI & CDS 1971 $100,000 $113,357
(Including ’71 Technology Fund)53% 45th
MI 1976 $30,000 $8,824 20% CDS 1976 $30,000 $6,645 11% 40th
MI 1981 $10,000 $9,980 25% CDS 1981 $40,000 $39,400 20% 35th
MI 1986 $60,000 $36,300 16% CDS 1986 $30,000 $7,600 2% 30th
MI 1991 40% participation $5,600 4% CDS 1991 $30,000 $4,850 7% 25th MICDS 1996 $25,000 + $41,702 26% 20th MICDS 2001 – $22,396 23% 15th MICDS 2006 – $19,521 19% * Denotes classes fundraising for endowment priorities and not the MICDS Fund.
- 2020 Reunion Class Gift Status
7-1-2019 through 6-30-2021
Reunion Class Year Reunion Gift Goal Reunion Giving Total Participation *50th MI 1970 $50,000 $93,674 (Including MI ’70 Tuition Benefit Fund) 32% CDS 1970 $50,000 $36,325 (Including Head’s Discretionary Fund) 20% 45th MI 1975 $20,000 $8,570 11% CDS 1975 $20,000 $36,980 15% 40th MI 1980 $10,000 $15,400 17% CDS 1980 $15,000 $55,750 28% 35th MI 1985 $25,000 $183,226 9% *CDS 1985 $20,000 $55,250 (Including Barney Dill Fund) 20% 30th MI 1990 30% participation $5,905 12% CDS 1990 $30,000 $10,218 12% *25th MICDS 1995 $25,000 + $209,050 (Including Ryan D. Seed Fund) 11% 20th MICDS 2000 $50,000 $285,079 48% 15th MICDS 2005 30% participation $6,070 23% * Denotes classes fundraising for endowment priorities and not the MICDS Fund.
- 2019 Reunion Class Gift Status
7-1-2018 through 6-30-2019
Reunion Class Year Reunion Gift Goal Reunion Giving Total Participation *50th MI 1969 $10,000 $22,503 38% CDS 1969 $50,000 (~$17,000) $68,011 21% 45th MI 1974 $30,000 $18,530 33% CDS 1974 $45,000 $42,725 26% 40th MI 1979 $15,000 $8,469 24% CDS 1979 40% participation $14,975 23% 35th MI 1984 35% participation $9,370 45% CDS 1984 35% participation $29,845 38% 30th MI 1989 $20,000 $32,350 15% CDS 1989 $30,000 $31,801 34% *25th MICDS 1994 $25,000 $120,296 28% 20th MICDS 1999 $5,000 $15,534 23% 15th MICDS 2004 $5,000 $27,800 26% 10th MICDS 2009 $1,060 13% * Denotes classes fundraising for endowment priorities and not the MICDS Fund.
- 2018 Reunion Class Gift Status
7-1-2017 through 6-30-2018
Reunion Class Year Reunion Gift Goal Reunion Giving Total Participation 50th MI & CDS 1968 $250,000 $1,217,823 MI 54%
CDS 32%45th MI 1973
CDS 1973$5,000
$25,000$600
$15,565MI 9%
CDS 24%40th MI & CDS 1978 $78,000 $28,276 MI 39%
CDS 24%35th MI & CDS 1983 $60,000 $77,810 MI 22%
CDS 19%30th MI 1988
CDS 1988$20,000
$15,000$47,580
$42,650MI 20%
CDS 28%25th MICDS 1993 $25,000 $9,487 26% 20th MICDS 1998 $20,000 $23,085 32% 15th MICDS 2003 $5,000 $3,731 38% 10th MICDS 2008 $2,500 $2,546 23%
50th and 25th Reunion Gifts
A history of milestone reunion gifts.
The class gifts from our 25th and 50th reunion classes generously support a priority of the School that is particularly meaningful to those classes.
- 50th Reunion Gifts
MICDS has a longstanding tradition of reunion classes coming together to make a special gift to the School. Join your classmates by participating in your reunion gift today.
CLASS OF 1973 – Reunion Year 2023
MI: MICDS Tuition Benefit Fund, $10,273
CDS: Donald H. and Gladys I. Webb Financial Aid Fund, $56,560CLASS OF 1972 – Reunion Year 2022MI: MICDS Tuition Benefit Fund in Memory of Carol Sachar, $21,948CDS: Country Day School Class of 1972 Financial Aid Fund, $45,967
CLASS OF 1971 – Reunion Year 2021MI & CDS: Class of 1971 Technology Fund, $97,957
CLASS OF 1970 – Reunion Year 2020:
MI: Mary Institute Class of 1970 Tuition Benefit Endowed Fund, $93,674
CDS: Class of 1970 Head of School’s Special Initiative Fund, $36,325CLASS OF 1969 – Reunion Year 2019:
MI & CDS: James A. Baur Class of 1969 Financial Aid Fund, $90,514CLASS OF 1968 – Reunion Year 2018:
MI & CDS: Class of 1968 Chair of Distinguished Teaching and Endowed Fund for Faculty Excellence, $1,217,823CLASS OF 1967 – Reunion Year 2017:
MI: Country Day School & Mary Institute Classes of 1967 Financial Aid Fund, $29,615
CDS: Country Day Class of 1967 Fund (ongoing), $45,211CLASS OF 1966 – Reunion Year 2016:
MI: Annual Fund, $54,125
CDS: Tuition Benefit Endowment and Annual Fund, $5,435CLASS OF 1965 – Reunion Year 2015:
MI: Annual Fund, $61,476
CDS: Annual Fund, $132,200CLASS OF 1964 – Reunion Year 2014:
MI: Bold Action: A Campaign for MICDS, $1,105,605
CDS: Bold Action: A Campaign for MICDS and CDS Archives, $501,780CLASS OF 1963 – Reunion Year 2013:
MI: Fund to support the new Aquatic Center, $62,625
CDS: Funds to support Brauer Hall, Tuition Benefit for faculty, and the Grote Scholarship Fund, $1,353,328CLASS OF 1962 – Reunion Year 2012:
MI: Fund to support tuition benefit for faculty and staff, $19,204
CDS: Renovation of lower McDonnell gymnasium, $402,340
CLASS OF 1961 – Reunion Year 2011:
MI: Endowed fund to support tuition remission for faculty and staff, $91,000
CDS: Endowed fund to support the renovation of the Upper School Library and the Squash Court, $200,000CLASS OF 1960 – Reunion Year 2010:
MI: Endowed fund to support the JK-12 Science Curriculum, particularly environmental science courses, $62,500
CDS: Endowed fund to support tuition remission for faculty and staff, $175,000CLASS OF 1959- Reunion Year 2009:
MI: Endowed fund to support tuition remission for faculty and staff, $95,000, and the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Fund for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, $50,000
CDS: CDS Class of 1959 Walter J. McCreery Chair of Distinguished Teaching in Memory of George T. Braun ’59, $371,000CLASS OF 1958- Reunion Year 2008:
MI: Endowed fund to support tuition remission for faculty, $240,000
CDS: CDS Class of 1958 Faculty “Extra Efforts” Recognition Award Fund, $308,000CLASS OF 1957- Reunion Year 2007:
MI: Endowed fund for faculty and staff continuing education, $112,000
CDS: CDS Class of 1957 Student Enrichment Fund, $250,000CLASS OF 1956- Reunion Year 2006:
MI: Eliot Chapel Preservation Trust, $100,000
CDS: C. Robert Wells Fund for Middle School English Faculty, $100,000CLASS OF 1955: Reunion Year 2005:
MI: Technology, $15,763
CDS: Endowed Fund for Financial Aid, $150,000CLASS OF 1954: Reunion Year 2004:
MI: Endowed Fund for Freeman Theatre & Models of the original Mary Institute buildings, $127,949
CDS: Expansion of the Upper School Dining Hall & Incentive for Excellence Fund, $1,113,823CLASS OF 1953: Reunion Year 2003:
MI and CDS: Endowed Fund for Middle School Faculty $66,877CLASS OF 1952: Reunion Year 2002:
MI: Endowed Faculty Development Fund in honor of Dorothy Stevens, $31,863.56
CDS: Music Fund and Brown Road Campus Model, $400,000+CLASS OF 1951: Reunion Year 2001:
MI: MI Class of 1951 Faculty Development Fund, $47,199
CDS: CDS Class of 1951 Library Fund and Contributions to the Alumni Writing Project, $67,000CLASS OF 1950: Reunion Year 2000:
MI: MI Class of 1950 Endowed Scholarship Fund, $26,189
CDS: Donald H. Webb Chair of Distinguished Teaching, $372,466 - 25th Reunion Gifts
MICDS has a longstanding tradition of reunion classes coming together to make a special gift to the School. Join your classmates by participating in your reunion gift today.
CLASS OF 1998 – Reunion Year 2023
MICDS: MICDS Class of 1998 Tuition Assistance Fund, $39,639
MICDS Fund, $8,088CLASS OF 1997 – Reunion Year 2022MICDS: Funds to support MICDS Tuition Assistance, $14,175CLASS OF 1996 – Reunion Year 2021MICDS: Funds to support MICDS Class of 1996 Summer Scholarship Fund, $21,702CLASS OF 1995 – Reunion Year 2020MICDS: Funds to support the MICDS Fund, Ryan D. Seed Fund and Ram Relief Fund, $202,500
CLASS OF 1994 – Reunion Year 2019:
MICDS: Funds to support Tuition Benefit and the MICDS Fund, $120,296CLASS OF 1993 – Reunion Year 2018:
MICDS: Funds to support Tuition Benefit and the MICDS Fund, $9,487CLASS OF 1992 – Reunion Year 2017:
MI & CDS: Class of 1992 Tuition Benefit Fund, $140,583CLASS OF 1991 – Reunion Year 2016:
MI: Annual Fund, $4,941
CDS: Annual Fund, $27,550CLASS OF 1990 – Reunion Year 2015:
MI: Annual Fund, $6,250
CDS: Annual Fund, $39,800CLASS OF 1989 – Reunion Year 2014:
MI: Annual Fund, $40,750
CDS: Annual Fund, $71,201CLASS OF 1988 – Reunion Year 2013:
MI: Fund to support Faculty Recruitment, $25,825
CDS: Fund to support tuition benefit for faculty and staff, in memory of Richard L. Nuzum, $56,440CLASS OF 1987 – Reunion Year 2012:
MI: Fund to support tuition benefit for faculty and staff, $20,140
CDS: In memory of their classmate, Frederick W. Teutenberg V to fund the soccer program, provide new athletic scoreboards, and renovate the baseball field, $90,380
CLASS OF 1986 – Reunion Year 2011:
MI: Endowed fund to support tuition remission for faculty and staff, $28,475
CDS: Endowed fund established in memory of Hugh McPheeters ’86, to support International Programs, $88,000
CLASS OF 1985 – Reunion Year 2010:
MI: Endowed fund to support the JK – 12 Science Curriculum, $27,000
CDS: Endowed fund to support tuition remission for MICDS faculty and staff given in memory of former faculty member Craig E. Jones, $85,000
CLASS OF 1984 – Reunion Year 2009:
MI: Expendable Fund to support technology, $8,500
CDS: Endowed Fund to support tuition remission for faculty and staff, $53,000
CLASS OF 1983 – Reunion Year 2008:
MI: Expendable Fund to support May Day, $13,000
CDS: Endowed Fund to support World Languages and International Programming, $105,000CLASS OF 1982 – Reunion Year 2007:
MI: Reinforcing school’s growth in International Studies by purchasing maps for Olson Hall, $13,000
CDS: Al Kalmar, Dave Stevens, & John Steward Fund for Faculty Excellence, $139,000CLASS OF 1981 – Reunion Year 2006:
MI: Endowed Fund for Technology, $81,690
CDS: Endowed Fund for the Senior Prom, $75,416CLASS OF 1980 – Reunion Year 2005:
MI: Fund to Recognize Veteran Faculty, $23,549
CDS: Endowed Fund for Faculty Excellence, $57,546
Endowed Fund for Community ServiceCLASS OF 1979 – Reunion Year 2004:
MI & CDS: Discovery Science Endowment Fund, $62,628
Improvements for Beasley Courtyard
Repair of George Rickey Sculpture
Wetterau Learning Center
David Dillard FundCLASS OF 1978 – Reunion Year 2003:
MI: Fund for the Naturalization of Smen Pond, $64,695
CDS: Endowed Fund for Upper School Foreign Language Lab, $45,582CLASS OF 1977 – Reunion Year 2002:
MI: Technology, $16,250
CDS: Endowed Fund for Erik L. Bond ’77 Lecture, $63,403
Memorial Display for Bill Clifford ’77CLASS OF 1976 – Reunion Year 2001:
MI and CDS: Endowed Fund for Financial Aid, $69,962CLASS OF 1975 – Reunion Year 2000:
MI: Landscaped Beasley Garden, $40,170
CDS: Reconstruction of MICDS Web Site, $75,342
Endowed Fund for Financial Aid
We welcome your questions about Reunion Giving.
