Campus Closure Due to Inclement Weather

Weather Updates

Given the high probability of sustained hazardous travel conditions due to inclement weather, the MICDS campus will be closed to all activities on Monday, January 6. The faculty workday in preparation for Winter Term, originally scheduled for Monday, has been postponed to Tuesday, January 7, and the first day of Winter Term classes has been postponed to Wednesday, January 8. School will not be in session for students until Wednesday, January 8. In the event that conditions warrant further schedule modifications, we will communicate them to you as quickly as we can via our usual channels, including email, text message, social media, and website banner. We are grateful as always for your partnership and understanding of our decisions in response to severe weather conditions.

Best Buddies Hold Annual Pajama Jam Party

The Best Buddies Upper School community service group hosted a Pajama Jam party this past weekend for MICDS Best Buddies participants and their peer friends with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Students came in their pajamas and enjoyed snacks, decorated valentines and pillowcases, sang karaoke, watched the movie Coco and danced the night away in Brauer Hall. Best Buddy pairs keep in touch with each other regularly either via text, phone or one-on-one outings, and this event is a great opportunity to get the whole group together.

Director of Global Learning & Upper School Community Service Erin Hamill serves as a faculty sponsor for the club. She said, “Our Best Buddies kids do such a good job organizing and running this event, and our kids and their buddies all know each other so well and have a lot of fun together.”

Best Buddies International forms buddy pairs between individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those without. For more information on Best Buddies, please see: https://www.bestbuddies.org/