Parents News & Events

Calling all Dallas-area alumni, current families, former families and alumni, plus prospective families! Missouri Military Academy will be in Dallas on June 23 to share the latest about the Academy. 

Special orders were issued by the commandant on 13 May 2022, recognizing cadets who have shown the greatest improvements in International relations, the best fellowship, and the greatest all-around improvement since enrollment for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Missouri Military Academy honored outstanding cadets in fine arts (choir, pipers, band, private music lessons, visual arts, and theater arts) on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel on campus.

Capping off another successful piping season, Missouri Military Academy cadets took home top honors at the Midwest Pipe Band Association’s 2022 Terry McHugh Memorial Solo Piping Contests. In the MWPBA Junior Championship, Cadet Nathaniel Espinoza earned the highest score, making him the 2022 MWPBA Junior Solo Piping Champion Supreme. 

On April 30, 2022, Cadet Lucas Sydleweski competed at the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) state choir contest. The 11th grade cadet from Houlton, Wisconsin, qualified for the honor on March 19, earning a gold (exemplary) rating at MSHSAA district competition. 

Congratulations, cadets! Leadership designations for the 2022-2023 school year, authorized for the 134th Missouri Military Academy Corps of Cadets by the commandant, were announced during the Mother's Day Review on May 8, 2022.

Missouri Military Academy (MMA) held the 90th annual W. Wallace Fry, Jr. Public Speaking Contest on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Centennial Gymtorium on MMA’s campus in Mexico, Missouri. MMA cadets participate in this annual contest by preparing speeches which utilize rhetorical devices taught during English Language Arts lessons.

Special order 39 was announced on 27 April 2022, with promotions made for the school year 2021-2022.

The 133^rd Missouri Military Academy Corps of Cadets, led by Battalion Commander Michael Machary-Pagan ’22, executed the 2022 Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Program of Accreditation (JPA) on 08 April.

Cadet Roy Kioko, a Missouri Military Academy 11^th grade cadet from St. Louis, has won second place in the annual Congressional Art Competition. Kioko received his award from Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler during a reception on April 23, 2022, on the University of Central Missouri campus in Warrensburg, MO.

The Missouri Military Academy (MMA) Fusileer Drill Team traveled to Daytona, Florida for the National High School Drill Team Competition, competing in the U.S. Army Drill National Championship on April 14 and the All Service Drill National Championship on April 15 and 16, 2022. Facing tough competition against approximately 70 schools and roughly 1500 cadets, the MMA Fusileers earned 12 top 10 team finishes, including fourth in the nation in the armed masters division.

During the Spring Family Weekend military review on 23 April 2022, Missouri Military Academy recognized outstanding cadets with top leadership awards from Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States and in association with the MacArthur Foundation, JROTC and the Purple Heart Foundation, by special order of the commandant.

Missouri Military Academy (MMA) Cadet Michael Machary-Pagan, a high school senior from Lake St. Louis, Missouri, earned first place in the nation for armed commander at the National High School Drill Team Competition (NHSDTC), All Service Drill National Championship on April 15 and 16, 2022, in Daytona, Florida.

April 10-12, 2022, Missouri Military Academy received first, third and seventh place finishes at the Missouri Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state competition in Springfield, MO. FBLA is the high school division of a career and technical student organization dedicated to preparing students for careers in business.

The 2022 Epple Memorial Art Show was held during Spring Family Weekend with artwork on display in Barnard Hall on April 22 and 23. Held annually, the Epple Memorial Art Show honors Drs. Robert and Kathryn Epple, prominent physicians in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s, and their family. A 1943 graduate of MMA, Robert Epple served as the MMA physician for 13 years. 

Following a nationwide search to fill the position, Missouri Military Academy has named Lt. Col. Stephen Campbell, USMC (Ret.) as its new deputy commandant for operations. Campbell began his duties at the private military school for boys on May 25.

On Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. CST, Missouri Military Academy (MMA) aired a virtual presentation on MMA’s YouTube channel for Maroon & Gold – the Academy’s largest fundraiser of the year. This year, Maroon & Gold generated approximately $85,000 (net) for cadet life programs at MMA – over $25,000 more than the Academy’s original goal of $60,000. 

Join us in Dallas on June 22! Connect with parents, alumni and MMA staff to learn the latest from the Academy and what to expect for the 2021-22 academic year.

As a Missouri Military Academy cadet, D'Cherion "DC" Nelson '15 excelled as the Academy nurtured leadership within him and challenged to achieve. Today, he is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. with aspirations of working as an intelligence officer in the Pentagon. 

The Academy is dedicated to providing the technological infrastructure needed to support cadets’ education and provide a safe environment for residential life. This dedication is reflected in our strategic plan, which includes direction to enhance cadets’ digital learning environment by aggressively leveraging digital tools.

MMA Parents Committee Leader Erin Schreyer raised $153,000 for 188 different nonprofits in response to COVID-19 pandemic.