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MADISON-RIDGELAND ACADEMY
FUN FACTS
• Our preschool and kindergarten started in a log cabin!
While this was a much-loved structure, the cabin has been
replaced with Rawlings Hall: 20 classrooms with a large
multi-purpose room and a state-of-the-art multi-use complex
planned for 2025.
• We have 25 MRA alums on our faculty and staff. These alums
came back to MRA to positively impact students just as they
were supported and loved by their MRA teachers.
• We won 11 state championships this year! These titles
represented girls’ sports, boys’ sports as well as co-ed sports.
We are state champs in: boys’ and girls’ cross country,
swimming, cheer, dance, boys’ and girls’ basketball, archery,
boys’ tennis, and boys’ and girls’ track.
• We are the winners of the MAIS All Sports Trophy.
The Patriots claimed 10 of the 18 MAIS state championships
that count toward the All-Sports trophy, and were 2nd place
in the state in four others.
• Primarily as a result of stellar retention, MRA is the largest
independent school in the state. Even though we are in
demand, we continue to maintain excellent student-teacher
ratios so every child is known and valued.
• We were founded in 1969 and our first classes were in
various Madison churches. Our first building was built in 1970.
• We have a proud tradition of MRA students receiving
appointments to U.S. military academies and this year’s
senior class was no exception. Our first female cadet, Teddi
Duckworth, received an appointment to the United States
Military Academy at West Point. Vanndel Chinchen accepted
an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, and
Noah Short will attend the Naval Academy Preparatory School.
• Our fight song has been sung since 1978 and is the first song
taught to our littlest Patriots when they start preschool.
Student leaders sing it over the intercom on Friday mornings,
and all pep rallies end with it. And of course, it is played for
every touchdown scored!
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