Spring Family Weekend Schedule

NOTE: Schedule is subject to change. 

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Parent-Teacher and Parent-CLA Conferences
Via Zoom, email or phone (pre-registration required; sign-up link will be shared two weeks before)
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wallace Fry Speech Competition
Presser Performing Arts Center, 900 S. Jefferson St., Mexico, MO 65265
7:00 p.m.

The entire MMA Corps of Cadets will attend and sit together as a corps. Family and friends are welcome to attend. The competitors will be announced in mid-March.

Friday, April 4, 2025

A welcome table will be set up in Barnard Hall atrium, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Please check in to pick up your conference schedule and your cadet’s current grade report. Cadets will not attend parent-teacher conferences. 

Spring Family Weekend t-shirts that were pre-ordered may be picked up at the academic office in Barnard Hall between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Epple Art Show on display
Barnard Hall
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Quartermaster Store open
Stribling Hall 
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Business offices open
Stribling Hall
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Morning Classes
Barnard Hall
8:00 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. 

Parents of cadets currently attending Hart Career Center (HCC) or Presser Performing Arts may visit HCC Friday morning to meet the teacher and see what the cadets are doing in class. After a brief visit, parents will need to leave HCC (they may not stay all morning). HCC is located at 905 N Wade St., Mexico, MO. Presser is located at 900 S. Jefferson St., Mexico, MO.

If your cadet is currently taking a class at William Woods University, he will attend that class as regularly scheduled on Friday.

MMA Colonels Invitational Golf Tournament
Arthur Hills Golf Course, 10717 Audrain Rd 929, Mexico, MO 65265
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Parent Lunch (on own)
Off-Campus (check out the MightyMexMO App for local dining ideas)
11:45 a.m.
Cadets remain on campus for lunch.

Parent-Teacher Conferences
Barnard Hall (pre-registration required; sign-up link will be shared two weeks before)
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Parent-CLA Conferences
Barracks Offices (pre-registration required; sign-up link will be shared two weeks before)
12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Parents Committee Mixer
Canteen 
4:30 p.m. 
Connect with fellow MMA family members and hear an update from the Parents Committee. All MMA parents and guardians are members of the Parents Committee and welcome to attend. The Quartermaster Store will be open, and Spring Family Weekend t-shirts that were pre-ordered may be picked up at the event.

Cadet Check-out
Barracks Offices
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 
Parents or guardians may check cadets out for the evening. Cadets must return to campus by 9 p.m. Please check in and out with your cadet’s CLA.

Saturday, April 5, 2025

A welcome table will be set up in Barnard Hall atrium, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Please check in to pick up your conference schedule and your cadet’s current grade report. Cadets will not attend parent-teacher conferences.

Quartermaster Store open
Canteen
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Epple Art Show on display
Barnard Hall
8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

Parent-Teacher Conferences
Barnard Hall (pre-registration required; sign-up link will be shared two weeks before)
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

Admissions Open House
Memorial Chapel 
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

MMA admissions representatives will hold an open house on Saturday morning to provide an opportunity for prospective cadets and their families to tour campus and learn how MMA’s 360° Education helps boys and young men reach their full potential.

Current families who refer a new cadet could earn up to a $2,000 discount on their own cadet’s tuition. You do not need to attend the open house with them to receive this discount. The referred cadet must be a new inquiry, enroll at MMA, and complete at least one full year for the discount to apply. Please contact Admissions for more information.

Passing Through Ceremony, Review & Award Presentations
Alain M. Garcia Field House
11:00 a.m.

During the Passing Through Ceremony, new cadets who have completed Maroon Phase requirements will officially join the corps, and their family members will be invited to present the MMA hat brass that their cadet has earned. Corps will march to their barracks immediately following.

Cadets may check out following the review, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Authorized guardians must sign cadets out with their CLAs (room and uniform must pass inspection before leaving). Overnights approved for cadets not attending Maroon & Gold. Cadets attending Maroon & Gold must report back in uniform by 4:30 p.m.

Parent-CLA Conferences
Barracks Offices (pre-registration required; sign-up link will be shared two weeks before)
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Maroon & Gold Gala — Dazzling Disco!
Centennial Gymtorium
5:00 p.m. doors open for social hour. Call to dinner at 5:45 p.m.

An evening to celebrate cadet success, give thanks for our donors, and reaffirm our dedication to our mission. Enjoy musical performances by the MMA band, choir and bag pipes, and make plans to bid in our Maroon & Gold auction! Enjoy a banquet-style dinner with unlimited tea, water, and coffee.  Cash bars will also be open throughout the evening.  

Family and friends, please click here to register (pre-registration required). Employees, please use this link to register.

Cadets attending Maroon & Gold may check out with their families following the event. Please check out with your CLA.

Sunday, April 6, 2025

Cadets report back to CLAs
Barracks Offices
5:00 p.m.

Cadet Checkout Information

Checkouts are permitted on Friday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Please check in and out with your cadet’s CLA.

On Saturday, cadets may check out after the review, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Authorized guardians must sign their cadets out with their CLAs (room and uniform must pass inspection before leaving). Those attending the Maroon & Gold Gala must report back to campus by 4:30 p.m. Saturday, then may check out again after the event. Cadets not attending Maroon & Gold may check out after the military review and awards presentation Saturday to 5:00 p.m. Sunday.

All cadets must be back on campus by 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Please check in and out with your cadet’s CLA.