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MMA’s Postgraduate Gap Year Program

MMA is proud to recognize graduates from the Class of 2019 for their academic distinctions. Academic distinctions are reserved for students who have earned A’s in all marking periods.

At the 2019 Final Assembly, cadets received military, discipline and leadership awards to recognize their dedication to themselves and the corps of cadets, their outstanding leadership and desire to serve, and their honorable actions and judgement.

Following the Baccalaureate Ceremony in the Memorial Chapel, seniors and their families headed to the Centennial Gymtorium for the 2019 Senior Banquet. An MMA tradition for over 30 years, the Senior Banquet is a celebratory ceremony of transition, where cadets are promoted from cadet to alumni, and reflect upon the importance of their brotherhood.

The Final Assembly for the 2018-19 academic year was held in Centennial Gymntorium on Friday, May 24 during Commencement Weekend. MMA is proud to congratulate the cadets who were honored.

At the 2019 Final Assembly, extracurricular awards – including music and athletics – were presented by department directors.

An annual competition to hone and highlight cadets' oratory skills, the 2019 Wallace Fry, Jr. Speech Contest was held on May 24 in Centennial Gymtorium.

Curley achieved the impossible via virtue and values at the American Legion’s Missouri Boys State 2015, stealing the highest title as a write-in candidate.

For outstanding military courtesy, bearing, neatness, attitude and performance of duty, the following cadets are hereby awarded the Soldier’s Bar of Missouri Military Academy.

MMA is proud to announce our Delta Phi membership list for 2019.

Missouri Military Academy celebrated the accomplishments of the Class of 2019 surrounded by family, faculty and friends in the Centennial Gymtorium on Saturday, May 25. All 52 graduates have been accepted to college, and the class has earned more than $4.9 million in college scholarships.

Congrats to the MMA Rifle Team for its recent successes, most recently at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Sectional and the National Qualifier. Among contestants at the former, two of MMA's teams placed in the top five, and four of MMA's firers have qualified to compete at Camp Perry, Ohio, as part of a team at Nationals.

MMA parents Rob and Katherine English donated to MMA's new baseball program far before the season started, establishing a legacy for their family and the Academy.

Take a look back at some of the amazing things that have happened at MMA in 2018!

Nearly 30 cadets and more than 20 elementary school students from the Mexico Public School system gathered December 14 in the MMA library for a Lunch Buddy holiday party.

The Missouri Football Coaches Association (MFCA) has announced their All-District Picks for the 2018 season. Four Missouri Military Academy Colonel Football players received honors, as voted by MFCA members.

Thanks to the efforts of Chris Schafer ’89, Missouri Military Academy alum and graduate of the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), rising junior and senior MMA cadets interested in the STEM field will have the opportunity to attend the Introduction to Engineering Summer Camp at Missouri S&T in summer 2019. Schafer has arranged for Missouri S&T to hold nine spots for MMA cadets (three in each of the camp’s weeks: June 9-13, June 23-27, July 7-11). In addition, he and his wife, Jeni, will sponsor two cadets for the camp through a financial donation to the Academy.

Academic honor society at MMA gains new members while three existing members take on officer roles

The MMA Raider Team has made the Academy proud with its successes so far this season. With five Raider competitions down, our Raider cadets will show what they’re made of in their last event of the season: the MMA Invitational in April.

MMA is partnering with Tutors Across America to provide a discounted ACT/SAT Weekend Boot Camp in February 2019 to help students maximize their test performance.

Four cadets and Maj. Larry McClarey took part in the fifth annual event, organized with the help of MMA alumnus Paul Barum '62, on Oct. 26.

Spring 2019 trip brings history to life for MMA cadets with firsthand looks at the nation’s most important historic sites. Sign up today!

A championship season for MMA Colonels Soccer, claiming the district title!

Lessons and carols by MMA cadets and faculty will usher in the holidays with this traditional event

Lessons and carols by MMA cadets and faculty will usher in the holidays with this traditional event

Cadets from Missouri Military Academy were filled with the spirit of giving this holiday season when they donated over 8,000 cans of food to the Mexico Help Center and ACCIS crisis intervention services Wednesday morning.

The Colonels defeated Fatima HS Tuesday night

Edward Cha, MMA Class of 2018, has been awarded a National Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Marine Option Scholarship.

Colonels Football members Sky Thunderchild Henio, Vernon Leach, Pedro Da Rocha, Forest Drummond, WrayVauze Givens, and Edward Cha received recognition.

The traditional festival of lessons and carols will be held at the United Methodist Church in Mexico at 7 p.m. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of Charles Stribling III '44.

Congratulations to all the cadets who received promotions!

Cadets Ghidey and Schaaf joined in events to honor fallen soliders

Our cadets spent some quality time with their families and friends this weekend.

The multi-phased project is the result of a contribution from the Cortada family.

What happened at MMA Homecoming 2017

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Senator John Danforth receive the Governor Charles Henry Hardin Medal for Conspicuous Public Service to the State of Missouri and the Nation.

Oldest and youngest cadet take a bite of saber sliced cake.

MMA supporters gathered April 8 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis for the 2017 Maroon & Gold gala fundraiser.

On Friday, September 23, more than 330 alumni, parents, donors and community members converged on campus to celebrate Homecoming 2016.

On August 26, MAJ Mike Pemberton’s biology students gathered on the front lawn for his annual study of trees at the Academy. As he lectured, cadets wove from tree to tree, scribbling notes, studying bark and sketching leaves.

Escorted by Missouri Military Academy staffers Rhonda Blaue, MAJ Edsel Baker and Dr. James Bonanno, seventeen students visited Italy in mid-March. The program, which was coordinated by Worldstrides International Discovery Programs, began March 13 with an overnight flight to Italy.