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Navigating Microsoft Office 365 and our school website are key to staying connected and completing school work at MUS. During an assembly today, Technology Instructor Raina Burditt walked students through accessing our website and Office 365 tools.

The College Counseling team is excited to invite you to attend our grade-level meetings for students and parents. These meetings are mandatory for students, so mark your calendar now!

Math Packets are due Thursday, August 15; Summer Reading tests will be given Friday, August 16. Senior essays are due on the first day of English class. Are you ready?

 

During Fall Break, Mr. Zach Hansen and Mr. Curtis Johnson, college counselors, will lead a group of students on college visits. Interested students must submit a registration form and deposit to the College Counseling Office no later than August 30.

MUS uses a communication system that notifies families of game and practice cancelations and other time-sensitive athletic reminders as well as our Owls Alerts – notifications of school closings due to weather and emergencies. The system simultaneously calls, texts, and emails you if your information is accurate in our database. We’re testing this system Friday, August 9, around 10 a.m.

The 2019-20 school supply lists for Upper and Lower School students have been posted and may be found on the Parent Quicklinks Resource Board when you are logged into the website. Here is information for upcoming tax-free holidays:

Eighth grader Varun Krishnamurthi and seventh graders Bryan Ding, Evan Wu, and Jerry Xiao advanced to the state MATHCOUNTS competition in Nashville in early March where the fearsome foursome took third place, and Ding, as an individual winner, earned the chance to play on the Tennessee team at the national competition in Lake Buena Vista, FL, this May.

Junior Arjun Puri earned a Gold Medal for his performance in the 2019 Physics Olympiad and has been named a USA Physics Olympiad finalist. Approximately 6,000 students participated in the first round of the competition hosted by the American Association of Physics Teachers in late January. Less than 7 percent of those students qualified as semifinalists, advancing to the next round in late March.

Lower School Principal Loyal Murphy welcomed families as Order of the Owl and National Latin Honor Society inductees were celebrated Friday, May 10, 2019. Order of the Owl eligibility demands high academic performance and demonstrated excellent citizenship in accordance with the school Honor Code and Community Creed. In order to qualify for the NLHS, a student must be a member of Junior Classical League, must attend one of the Latin conventions during this school year, must maintain an A average, and must gain approval from his instructors.

A total of 26 students earned recognition on the 2019 Classical Association of the Middle West and South Latin Translation Contest. Competing against 1,000 or more students from Virginia to Colorado, Owls earned cash, books, or certificates for their performances. Cash award winners scored in the top 2-3 percent in their grade level, book award winners scored in the top 5-6 percent, and certificates of commendation winners scored in the top 20 percent.

Mr. John Knaff, instructor in economics, lead the team of seniors Sonny Charbonnet, Wood Davis, Alden Southerland, and junior Jack Fernandez in the Personal Finance Challenge in early April. The Owls took third place out of 127 teams in the Wild Card Division.