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|  MUS: A Leadership Institution - January 2007 “I credit MUS and my entire experience there with much of my success in life. The strong core values of honesty, discipline, community, charity, good sportsmanship, fairness, responsibility, and faith in divine providence which I learned there, and which were constantly strengthened while at MUS, have guided me through college, law school, my career as a lawyer, and as a husband and father.” Read more The Rules of the Road - February 2006 Safe driving for teenagers is not a trendy topic. It doesn't have a lot of buzz. But I know that for parents of high-school students, it's always in their minds. It's a quiet, persistent, incessant concern. In 2003, the automaker DaimlerChrysler conducted a survey of 400 parents of 15- to 18-year-olds. Thirty-nine percent said their children's driving safety was one of their top worries. That percentage was higher than the 31% who named drug abuse or the 17% who named alcohol abuse (respondents were allowed to name multiple concerns). And parents certainly have cause for worry - automobile accidents are the leading cause of death for children ages 15-19. In 1999, for instance, there were more than two million teen driving accidents and 6,000 deaths. In the last 10 years, more teens died in car accidents than American soldiers died during the 10-year Vietnam War. Read more Internet Safety - January 2006 Technological advances in computing, online communication, and information sharing have accelerated at an extraordinary rate, and in many cases, children know more about the technology than their parents do. It seems that just as parents conquer one technology, another one appears that they must understand in order to set appropriate limits for their children. Your children may be sharing personal information and pictures with a network of users, often thinking that their postings will go no further than their circle of acquaintances. They do not realize that once their information is posted, it may be forwarded or shared with anyone on the Internet, including people who may use the information or images in insidious ways for harm. Read more Support for our Students - November 2005 A college-preparatory school, MUS is dedicated to academic excellence and to the development of well-rounded young men. That's our mission. As the word development implies, our boys are not yet fully mature, and our task involves helping them grow. We don't demand that incoming students have had exactly the same academic experiences before entering MUS. Even within the school, our boys comprise a variety of ages, shapes, maturity levels, aptitudes, and interests. We don't expect seventh-grade students to act the same as seniors, and we don't expect our seniors to have the same instructional and guidance needs as seventh-graders. We hope that our boys become more independent, more self-disciplined, and more responsible each year they remain at MUS. Read more Drugs and Alcohol — We Say Know - December 2004 For the last several years, we have administered to our seventh- through eleventh-graders the PRIDE Survey, one of two national surveys selected by Congress to measure illicit drug use by youth. The bad news is that nationwide the percentage of students who have drunk at least one beer within the past year is 21% of seventh-graders, 33.5% of eighth-graders, 41.5% of ninth-graders, 47.7% of tenth-graders, and 54.1% of eleventh-graders. While we are below the national average in our Lower School, our students are very close to the national average in the Upper School. We know that they are not drinking at school or at school functions, but I believe that the school has an obligation to address this societal problem because it is affecting our boys and families. Our goal at MUS is to change the culture that accepts underage drinking, but we cannot do it without the support of parents. Preteens and teenagers should not use alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs at all, and here's why. Read more Boys' Schools Know Boys - November 2004 MUS remains deliberately and purposely a school for boys. We like boys, and we believe that we serve boys well. But why a boys' school? Why do we believe strongly in single-sex education? In short, we believe that girls and boys are different. At an all-boys school, we have the advantage of investing all our focus on the unique psychological, academic, and emotional needs that boys have during their adolescent years. Read more |
