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We can't wait to meet you! Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School is a private JK-12 nonprofit, independent, day school offering a non-sectarian education. At MICDS, we challenge students to become their best selves and nurture excellence in and out of the classroom.
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MICDS (Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School) is a secular, co-educational, independent school home to more than 1,250 students ranging from grades Junior Kindergarten through 12.
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William Greenleaf Eliot, minister and recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, arrives in St. Louis (pop. 7,000) to found a Unitarian congregation. It is his first trip west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Concerned with the lack of educational institutions in St. Louis, state Senator Wayman Crow prepares a charter for “Eliot Seminary.”
At Eliot’s request, the incorporators of Eliot Seminary change the name to Washington Institute (later Washington University).
Mary Rhodes Eliot, 16, first-born daughter of William Greenleaf Eliot, dies after a sudden illness. In his grief, Eliot pens a collection of sermons, The Discipline of Sorrow.
Eliot and other trustees establish an “Academic Department” to prepare younger boys for eventual enrollment at Washington University. In 1879, it is given the name “Smith Academy” after one of its principal benefactors.
Eliot and others on the Board of Trustees prompt Washington University to found a “Female Department” to prepare local girls for university. In honor of Eliot’s critical early leadership, the University insists that it be named for his daughter. September 20: Mary Institute opens on Lucas Place with six teachers. Curriculum includes English, physio...
Margaret Dawes Eliot, mother of William Greenleaf Eliot, donates $1,000 to the new school bearing her granddaughter’s name. She stipulates that “the scholars” henceforth be given an annual holiday “on or near the 11th of May for a May Festival.” Known since as M. D. Eliot “Grandmother’s” Day, it continues to be enjoyed by MICDS students and is the ...
Calvin Pennell, nephew and former ward of educator and statesman Horace Mann, is named Principal. Pennell infuses the School with groundbreaking “whole child” educational theories developed by his uncle.
Eliot is named the third Chancellor of Washington University, a post he holds until his death in 1887. In his 50 years in Missouri, Eliot is instrumental in founding several notable institutions, including the St. Louis Art Museum, Western Sanitary Commission, and the Colored Orphans and Civil War Soldiers’ Orphans Homes.
Harvard graduate Edmund Sears is named Mary Institute’s fourth Principal. Under his quiet, gentlemanly leadership, the School moves away from an exclusive focus on scholarship and embraces virtues of a “full, well-rounded life” for young women, including “entertainments, exhibitions, festivities, recreations, and pastimes.” Sears also introduces th...
Tel: (314) 995-7402. Mary Institute And Saint Louis Country Day School serves 1265 students in grades Kindergarten-12. The student:teacher of Mary Institute And Saint Louis Country Day School is 10:1 and the school's religious affiliation is Nonsectarian.
- 101 N Warson Rd, Saint Louis, 63124, MO
- (314) 995-7402
Originally two separate, elite educational entities—St. Louis Country Day School and Mary Institute—merged in 1992 to form a co-ed School that offered a multidisciplinary approach to education rooted in innovation. The Board of Trustees serves as the leading guardian of the School's Mission.
MICDS is a college-prep, independent day school that offers a dynamic learning environment for intellectually curious and ambitious students from Pre-K/Junior Kindergarten (age 4) through 12th grade. We are currently accepting applications for the 2025-26 academic year.
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