From the school's diversity comes its strength and distinctiveness. All academic programs aim to engage and challenge students into higher levels of thinking and inquiry. Collaborative learning modes produce the sense of being part of an authentic learning community. Students have received accolades at the local and state levels for their outstanding academic performances. By using a comprehensive school improvement process, MMS have been able to consistently achieve its targeted outcomes.
Students frequently reach out to others by undertaking a variety of community service projects.
The advisory system, interdisciplinary based instruction, and integrated technologies also work to foster productivity within the school. In the current decade of the 1990s, MMS has been in the vanguard for integrating innovative technologies into its varied learning systems. Teachers have presented the District's technology plan to audiences nationwide. Most of the school's graduates will go on to New Trier Township High School where the traditions of academic excellence and community service are perpetuated. When perusing this web site, you will quickly discern that students, parents, teachers, administrators, and Board of Education members take great pride in their school and in what has been achieved throughout the school's history.