Academics

Academics

Academic excellence in preparation for college has been essential to our mission since our founders opened the doors of MUS. We offer a wide variety of courses focused on the liberal arts – English, mathematics, classical and modern languages, history, sciences, and fine and performing arts. An experienced, dedicated, and caring faculty guides our boys on their way, as they discover how to learn and discern, how to think and how to reason.

Our teachers encourage all manner of intellectual pursuits as they share their own particular passions, be they detective fiction, robotics engineering, Portuguese culture, statistical analysis, Augustan poetry, the Maker Movement, or the math of music.

Our students are fully engaged in their educational journey, and their academic success is evident in Advanced Placement scores, participation in academic honor societies, success in interscholastic competitions, and college acceptances and scholarships. However, the ultimate measure of their – and our – success is the development of a lifelong love of learning.

School Policies

List of 3 items.

  • Emergencies, Weather Closings

    WEATHER CLOSINGS
    During adverse weather conditions, administrators monitor the situation and decide when the school will close or follow abbreviated hours. The decision is posted on the school’s website and social media as soon as it is made, so please do not call or message school officials or administrative offices.

    The school also calls, emails, and texts families during school emergencies and closings. These emergency notifications are called Owls Alerts. For us to contact you, we need accurate contact information and your permission to text you.

    If you need to update your contact information, go to the Profile Update page of our website. You must also text "YES" to 87569 to allow us to text you.

    The school responds to severe weather and other emergencies with a practiced procedure of securing students as quickly and as safely as possible in the most secure environment that the facilities offer.

    In any real emergency, students are not to leave campus without permission from the administration. Buildings are safer than vehicles during these events, and the driving lanes on campus must be as free as possible for emergency vehicles or for the orderly dismissal from school once conditions improve according to the National Weather Service.

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  • School Handbook

    The MUS U Book is a comprehensive annual handbook of policies and contact information. It is provided to current MUS families, and may not be used for solicitation or commercial purpose. For confidentiality reasons only policies are provided here.
  • Social Media/School Identity Policy

    This document briefly outlines school policy about social media, use of school identity, and publishing guidelines. Contact the Communications Office with any questions.

Academic News

Meet Our Team:

List of 6 members.

  • Photo of Phillip Eikner

    Flip Eikner 77

    Academic Dean, English Instructor
    (901) 260-1363
    University of Virginia - BA
    1983
  • Photo of Pamela Haney

    Pam Haney 

    Registrar
    (901) 260-1319
    Cumberland University - MA
    Louisiana College - BA
    2016
  • Photo of Lewis Humphreys

    McKee Humphreys 01

    Assoc. Headmaster, Interim Principal Lower School
    (901) 260-1391
    Vanderbilt University - MA
    University of Mississippi - BA
    2022
  • Photo of William Ray

    Barry Ray 

    Asst. Headmaster, Principal Upper School, History Instructor
    (901) 260-1323
    University of Memphis - MEd
    Sewanee: The University of the South - BA
    1978
  • Photo of K. Stalls

    Phillip Stalls 

    Asst. Academic Dean & School Coordinator Academic Support & Success Upper School, Math Dept. Co-Chair, Math Instructor
    (901) 260-1371
    Florida State University - MS
    Sewanee: The University of the South - BS
    2011
  • Photo of Lisa Toldi

    Lisa Toldi 

    Administrative Asst. Upper School
    University of Memphis - BA
    2020