List of 20 news stories.

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  Patel Awarded Coke Scholarship

  5/5/2025
  The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has designated Memphis University School senior Kushal Patel as a Coke Scholar-Select. As one of 150 high school students chosen from among 105,000 applicants nationwide, he receives a $20,000 merit-based scholarship and joins over 7,000 distinguished alumni recipients. The process involves several selection rounds, essay composition, and personal interviews.
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  Trigon Takes Over Amphitheater

  5/5/2025
  Students and faculty flocked to Thomas Amphitheater to watch as three Lower School contenders took to the arena for the trigon finals May 5.
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  “Shrek the Musical” Auditions: May 5, 7, 8

  5/2/2025
  The 2025-26 fall musical will be “Shrek the Musical” with auditions in Hyde Chapel on May 5, 7, 8. Actors and actresses should come ready to sing and read script excerpts provided – no need to prepare.
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  Eight Named Springfield Scholars

  5/2/2025
  Faculty and families celebrated eight eighth-grade Springfield Scholars inductees during a banquet May 1. These students are in the top 10% of their class and demonstrate character consistent with the high standards of the school’s Honor Code and Community Creed.
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  AP Exams Begin May 5

  5/1/2025
  Exam season is just ahead! The College Counseling Department has sent an important email reminder for AP exams. Read it HERE or find it on the Email Archive Resource Board in OwlHub.
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  Musicians Top Competition

  4/29/2025
  Band and orchestra students traveled to St. Louis to compete in the Music in the Parks Festival at Six Flags April 25. The Owls performed first and ended up with the highest score of any instrumental group in the competition.
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  Cardozo Urges Students to Follow Interests

  4/28/2025
  Alan Chung ’25 experienced Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instructor Christian Cardozo’s teaching at the Beaver Works Summer Institute at MIT and thought he would make a great chapel speaker. Fellow AI and Ethics Club members Patrick Burke ’25 and Paxton Silver ’25 agreed, and with the help of Student Council funds, they brought him from Boston to the Hyde Chapel stage April 25.
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  Two Owls Advance in DECA Competition

  4/28/2025
  Juniors Albert Ding and Ari Thiyagarajaa advanced to the DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida, April 26-29 after their performance at the state-level competition.
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  Blazer Consignment: May 14, 16, 21

  4/24/2025
  It’s time to consign those outgrown blazers for the Parents’ Association Blazer Consignment Sale. Blazers must be on hangers in good, gently used condition (no rips, stains, or snags) with all buttons attached.
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  Patel Named Presidential Semifinalist

  4/24/2025
  The United States Presidential Scholars Program has named senior Kushal Patel a semifinalist.
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  Special Olympics Volunteers: April 26

  4/24/2025
  CSO is holding a Special Olympics Festival on campus Saturday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will host and officiate games of spikeball, cornhole, soccer, kickball, and relay races for the athletes.
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  Class of 2026 Portraits

  4/23/2025
  It is time for the Class of 2026 to schedule senior portraits. These photos are used for The Owl yearbook, the class composite that will hang permanently in the halls of MUS, and many other news and social media posts. Families can also order portrait copies.
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  Seniors Honored with Awards

  4/23/2025
  Class of 2025 family members joined students and faculty in Hyde Chapel on April 23 for the Senior Academic Awards program.
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  Frazer Studies Interplay of Art and Math

  4/21/2025
  Wills Frazer ’25 took the Hyde Chapel stage to present his work through an independent study titled “Math and Art: Parametric Cycloids, Polar Rose Curves, ​and Tessellations.”
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  Special Awards and Honors Announced

  4/21/2025
  At the Special Awards and Honor Societies Induction ceremony in Hyde Chapel April 16, seven Owls received college book awards, and 38 students received the President’s Volunteer Service Award. In addition, Upper School scholars were inducted into the Department of Classical and Modern Languages honor societies, International Thespian Society, the Quill and Scroll Society (for high school journalists), Mu Alpha Theta (for math scholars), and Societas Caritas (for community service).
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  Beg To Differ Garners Gold

  4/16/2025
  Beg To Differ traveled to New York to participate in the WorldStrides Heritage Festival, coming away with a Gold Medal for the second year in a row.
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  Ding Helps Launch State Math Coalition

  4/14/2025
  Why would high school students form a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation to organize Tennessee students for math competitions? Why would they select student officers, solicit donations, develop a website, and plan and run the first Tennessee Math Tournament?
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  Nineteen Owls Earn Biliteracy Seal

  4/14/2025
  Nineteen Owls earned the Seal of Biliteracy, a program recognizing students who have achieved proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.
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  College T-Shirt Photo: May 9

  4/11/2025
  We will take a group picture of seniors with their college T-shirts Friday, May 9, in Thomas Amphitheater immediately following the headmaster’s lunch, which begins at 11:30 a.m.
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  Sly Tate ’13 Speaks on Leadership

  4/4/2025
  Sylvester “Sly” Tate ’13 returned to his alma mater as the 22nd Rogers Leadership Forum guest to speak about lessons he has learned along his path.
  
  

  “Today I get the awesome opportunity to talk to a school built on leadership about leadership,” he said.
  
  

   
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