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We believe learning outside the classroom is an enriching experience that inspires personal growth and connections to the world and others around us.

Opportunities are woven throughout the year for students to take advantage of our beautiful campus. For example:

  • Science classes, including studying prairie and pond ecosystems
  • Art classes
  • Physical Education classes, including canoeing and kayaking in grades 6 and 7
  • Extracurriculars, including biking club
  • Field Day and Community Day traditions
  • Harvesting the school’s vegetable garden

Each year students leave their classrooms behind to learn from experience. Here are some of our 2022-2023 adventures: 

Fall:

  • Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 trip to farm and pumpkin patch
  • Grade 5 retreat to Bethel Horizons
  • Grade 6 retreat to Bethel Horizons
  • Grade 7 retreat to Devil’s Lake
  • Grade 8 retreat to Upham Woods
  • Grade 9 and 10 retreat to Wisconsin Lions Camp
  • Grade 11 community service days around Dane County
  • Grade 12 college application retreat to Wisconsin Lions Camp
  • Grades 7-12 trip to American Players Theatre to see Hamlet

Spring/Summer:

  • Grade 8 trip to Washington D.C.
  • Grades 9 & 10 trip to Puerto Rico
  • Grades 10 & 11 annual College Visit Tour (this year to California, touring a variety of colleges and universities) 
  • Grade 5 trip to Japan (TBD)

 

MCDS Middle School is grateful to Extreme Terrain Clean Trail Project for its support on our 2024 trail cleanup project.

Extreme Terrain Clean Trail Project