Student Standouts and Faculty Feature for February 14

Student Standouts: Clarke ’20, Zacks ’21, Boys Basketball and Girls Swimming & Diving

Faculty Feature: Mittler

Congratulations to this week’s standouts below. Way to go #RamNation! And as always, if you have a story to share, please email weeklynews@micds.org.

Clarke to be Presented in the FASHIONETTA Scholarship Cotillion

Congratulations to Asher Clarke ’20 who is a debutante in the 36th annual FASHIONETTA Scholarship Cotillion! Sponsored by the Gamma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Debutante Program highlights the outstanding achievements of high school seniors and provides collegiate scholarships for deserving students.

Asher’s participation in FASHIONETTA presents her with an opportunity to cultivate lifelong friendships and acquire a useful array of professional and life skills. The experience also provides access to scholarship funds. The Scholarship Cotillion will take place on Sunday, May 24, 2020.

View Asher’s FASHIONETTA Scholarship Cotillion letter, and her involvements in school activities, honors and leadership here!

Ram Earns Fellowship with Civics Unplugged

Jonah Zacks ’21 has been awarded a fellowship with a program called Civics Unplugged. This is a new national/virtual program that is bringing together members of GenZ and guiding them to become leaders of democracy in the future. They meet virtually several times a week working in teams to draft a 2030 plan.

This summer, they will all come together for three days to ratify their plan in person at Georgetown University (a trip that is fully funded by the program). Jonah is working in partnership with kids from schools all over the country.

Learn more about Civics Unplugged and when they’re accepting the next round of applications here: https://www.civicsunplugged.org/.

Dunking their Way to Victory

On Wednesday, the MICDS Boys Basketball Team defeated Lutheran North, 67-54. Read the full recap of their game on STL High School Sports and a briefer recap here. Highlights of the game included a two-handed dunk by Brandon Mitchell-Day ’22 followed by him scoring a game-high of 20 points, a 3-pointer by Jack Pronger ’21 to break the tie in the fourth quarter, a season-best score of 16 points by Hasani Spann ’21 and eight rebounds by both Pronger and Aaron Hendricks ’21. Our Rams beat Lutheran North on January 3 by a buzzer-beater (45-42). This time, their strong victory is propelling them to make a statement as conference contenders. Way to go, #RamNation!

State Qualifiers in Girls Swimming and Diving

Congratulations to the MICDS Girls Swimming and Diving Medley Relay team, who placed second at Conference and qualified for the Missouri State Championship. Pictured is Elle Haines ’21, Madigan Kinsey ’21, Anna Scott Baur ’22 and Erica Engelhardt ’23. Baur and Kinsey both qualified in individual events as well. State will be held on February 21-22 at the St. Peter’s Rec Plex. Go Rams!

Faculty Feature: Lynn Mittler Declared 2019 High School Missouri State Field Hockey Coach of the Year

Congratulations to JK-12 English Department Chair and Varsity Field Hockey Coach Lynn Mittler for being dubbed MAX Field Hockey’s 2019 High School Missouri State Coach of the Year! Ram Nation is so thankful for all of her time, energy and talent poured into the field hockey program at MICDS. What a well-deserved honor, Coach Mittler!