See you at the athletic events slated for March 24-29 in baseball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track! Spring events are as unpredictable as spring weather, so be sure to check the team pages under Athletics before heading out.

The student body elected junior Devin Wells to be the 2025-26 Honor Council president following the Upper School nomination and voting process.

The Upper School Spring Formal is Saturday, April 5, from 8-10 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden (Hardin Hall). Attire is formal with long dresses. If you’ve not read the recent important email to parents, please do so now.

Mr. Norman Thompson is the guest speaker at the next Lower School Manhood Breakfast on Friday, March 28. Upper School English instructor and Honor Council and The Owl’s Hoot advisor, Thompson will speak on Truth and Honor.

Two Owls robotics squads competed in the 2025 Tennessee VEX Robotics State Championship at Austin Peay State University where the middle school team, Team 99331S, was awarded the Judges’ Award for their dedication and perseverance.

In the National Junior Classical League’s Latin League competition, the team of seniors Joephen Chen, Kushal Patel, Rushil Komeravelli, Michael Liu, and Kip Stalls won the South One regional bracket with an undefeated regular season and finished the competition tied for 13th place out of 159 varsity teams nationwide.

Senior Christon King presented a chapel on The Black Experience at MUS, a report based on a survey he sent to roughly 200 Black alumni, for which he received 37 responses, and conducted 12 follow-up interviews.

Upper School students will attend a College Fair on Wednesday, April 2, 10:15 a.m., in Morrison Courtyard.

Upper School parents are encouraged to attend a College Admission Panel on Wednesday, April 2, 5:30 p.m., in Hyde Chapel.

All juniors are required to attend the College Application Case Studies Program on Wednesday, April 2, 2-4 p.m., with college admission deans and directors. Students will meet in Hyde Chapel.

Eighteen Owls traveled to Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport for the Mu Alpha Theta State Convention and came away the Overall Sweepstakes and Interschool Competition winners for the third straight year.

Ten students participated in the 2025 WordSmith Olympics February 16 at the University of Memphis, led by Instructor in English Eric Dalle ’93. The Owls earned a variety of individual awards and two second-place trophies.

Get your tickets today for Shakespeare's action-packed history of the English monarchy, Henry IV, Part 1. The curtain goes up at 7 p.m., April 4, 6-8 in Hyde Chapel. General admission is $16.30, and tickets for MUS students are $11.20. Tickets are HERE.

Dr. Robert J. Marks II, the director of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Discovery Institute and a distinguished professor of engineering at Baylor University, was the featured guest for the 26th annual Robert M. Metcalf Symposium. In chapel February 28, he explored the questions, “Is Your Mind the Same as Your Brain? Are You a Computer Made Out of Meat?” His talk was based on the book he authored with Angus Menuge and Brian Krouse, Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science (Discovery Press).

Starting after Spring Break and running through May 1 (the National Candidate Reply Date), seniors can opt in to share their college decisions via the MUS Seniors Instagram account.

Summer Programs are published and ready for registration!

Three Owls received honors for their submissions to Daughters of the American Revolution essay contests. Representatives of the DAR Watauga Chapter, Mrs. Maria Burke (former MUS math teacher) and Mrs. Jean McSwain, came to campus to make the presentations.

Congratulations to MUS Tennis Coach and Director of the Dunavant-Wellford Tennis Center Phil Chamberlain who was honored with the Billy J. Murphy Award at the University of Memphis M Club banquet Saturday. The award is presented to a former student-athlete who excelled in his/her profession since leaving the University of Memphis.