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Headmaster Pete Sanders presented the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award to Mr. Jonathan Large at chapel May 13. An MUS instructor in history since 2008, Mr. Large teaches AP U.S. History, History of the American South, British History, and – his students will tell you – gentlemanly behavior. He holds the Ross McCain Lynn Chair of History and serves as advisor to the Civic Service Organization and an assistant trapshooting coach.
Faculty and families celebrated 10 eighth-grade Springfield Society inductees during a banquet May 12. These scholars 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.
We are pleased to announce that we will once again offer a book rental program for the 2022-23 school year. At Book Sale in Ross Lynn Arena, we will provide each student with one set of his required books for the year. Families will be charged $75 for the year, billed in August.
We will host five Evening Exam Study Sessions ending Wednesday, May 25. The sessions run 6-8:30 p.m. in Hyde Library. Designed as additional “study halls,” these sessions will provide a quiet, distraction-free setting where students in all grades can study for their exams.
It is time to sign up for the Lower School 2022-23 football season! Separate seventh- and eighth- grade teams will see league action against municipal and independent schools. Practice will begin August 9 at 5:30 p.m. We are fortunate to have experienced alumni coaches for our Lower School teams!
When seniors walk across the stage at Commencement May 15, each young man will already have his next academic destination in sight. All 92 seniors were admitted to four-year colleges or universities, and they will enroll at 49 institutions across 25 states.
Classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025 are invited to join the College Counseling team during Fall Break, October 4-8, to visit eight colleges: Baylor University, LSU, Rice University, SMU, Texas A&M, TCU, Trinity University, and University of Texas at Austin. Space is limited, so register today!
The Ambassador Selection Committee announced new ambassadors during chapel Monday, May 9. As the face of the school to prospective families, ambassadors shoulder a tremendous level of responsibility. Earning this role is one of the highest honors a student can achieve. This year the committee received over 53 applications and spent three weeks in interviews and deliberations.
Clean out those closets for consignment! The Parents’ Association will collect gently-used blazers May 10, 17, and 24, 7:30-8:15 a.m., in the Lower School Parking Lot at the Campus Center entrance. Blazers should be in good condition with no rips or tears, must have all buttons, and should be on a hanger.
AP exams end Friday, May 13 and underclassmen exams begin Friday, May 20. A recent email from Lower School Counselor Amy Poag is HERE. Be sure to note the handy study schedule!
NOTE: Two underclassman exam dates were changed after the printed calendar was distributed; the history exam will be Friday, May 20, and the mathematics exam will be Monday, May 23.
Baseball tryouts for 2022-23 JV and varsity teams will be Tuesday, May 31, and Wednesday, June 1. Rising Upper School students interested in trying out for baseball should email Varsity Head Coach John Jarnagin to sign up.
Art and Star Wars clubs hosted a Star Wars themed art contest last month. The winners, announced in assembly Wednesday, May 4, were junior Charlie Gallop and seventh grader Clay Patterson.
It is time for rising seniors to have their senior portraits made. Please call Holland Studio now to set up the appointment because they begin shooting portraits in June. We want all seniors to have their pictures taken before September.
Teams and families celebrated 2021-22 accomplishments at the Jake Rudolph All-Sports Banquet on April 25. Sixty-three seniors were presented varsity-letter plaques celebrating their careers at MUS, and 193 underclassmen received newly earned letters.
Ten seniors recently earned the Seal of Biliteracy, a program recognizing seniors who have achieved proficiency in more than one language. Chair of Classical and Modern Languages Ryan Sellers presented the certificates during a recent chapel.
Congratulations to the student orchestra for earning an Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Award nomination for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. See the complete list of nominations HERE. Awards winners will be announced at the awards ceremony Thursday, May 26.
The Salvation Army recently recognized five Owls for their service. Seniors Turner Bishop, Collin Craft, Matthew Mellone, Forest Rudd, and Witt Smith were inducted into the Order of the Bells and were given the Doing the Most Good Award during a ceremony April 27 hosted by The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary. The Owls also received Bibles signed by the children who live at Purdue Center of Hope.
MUS Latin students finished in first place overall in the 66th Tennessee Junior Classical League State Convention held April 22-23 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. This marks the Bubones’ 13th consecutive victory in the competition (excluding 2020 and 2021 when in-person conventions were canceled).