Welcome to Memphis University School. We are a college-preparatory school for boys in Grades 7-12, and we are guided by the principles of truth and honor that have informed our work since 1893. What we teach is shaped by what colleges expect of students they admit, by what we believe we should pass on from generation to generation, and by our mission to build ethical character.
Boys here benefit from a superior academic curriculum, small classes with individual attention, freedom within the constraints of our Honor Code, and peer encouragement to do their best. MUS is a traditional school, and our concerns for academic literacy and strong character rest on time-tested traditional values – perseverance, courage, civility, honesty, industry, self-restraint, responsibility, and generosity.
We encourage our boys to aspire to leadership through numerous opportunities in athletics, the arts, service, and other extracurricular activities. Students quickly develop a sense of belonging within this community while discovering unique ways to exercise their gifts.
An outstanding group of passionate, expert teachers does their work here. They know how to educate boys, motivate boys, and design incremental challenges that help boys discover and develop their abilities. Our small class sizes enable our instructors to know their students. This familiarity puts the boys at ease, asking questions, and seeking advice. Combine excellent teachers with inquisitive minds, and extraordinary possibilities abound.
Memphis University School is a college-preparatory school dedicated to academic excellence, cultivation of service and leadership, and the development of well-rounded young men of strong moral character, consistent with the school's Christian tradition.
Memphis University School is committed to high honor and integrity standards, academic performance, service, leadership, and athletics, and the transmission of Judeo-Christian values.
A MUS education is characterized by a rigorous curriculum, a lively exchange of ideas, supportive teaching, and adherence to an honor code. Its objective is to instruct students in the skills and subject matter of the humanities and sciences, engender successful habits and techniques of learning, and instill the foremost principles of personal responsibility, morality, and gentlemanly conduct.
A dynamic extracurricular program devoted to excellence promotes leadership and service and encourages physical fitness and a wide variety of talents and interests. Non-denominational and non-sectarian, MUS seeks to foster a respectful appreciation of people's spiritual nature and honors the sincere expression of widely differing faiths. MUS aspires to be a community of mutual respect and concern regardless of individual differences.
Academic excellence in preparation for college has been essential to our mission since our founders opened the doors of Memphis University School. We offer a wide variety of courses focused on the liberal arts – English, mathematics, classical and modern languages, history, sciences, and fine and performing arts. An experienced, dedicated, and caring faculty guides our boys on their way as they discover how to learn and discern, how to think, and how to reason.
Our teachers encourage all manner of intellectual pursuits as they share their particular passions, be they detective fiction, robotics engineering, Portuguese culture, statistical analysis, Augustan poetry, the Maker Movement, or the math of music.
Our students are fully engaged in their educational journey. Their academic success is evident in Advanced Placement scores, participation in academic honor societies, success in interscholastic competitions, and college acceptances and scholarships. However, the ultimate measure of their – and our – success is developing a lifelong love of learning.
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