Closed weekend
A closed weekend is a weekend about once a month in which Cooper Hall is locked up and (at one time) everyone was forced to go home. Nowadays, students have the option of staying at the Academy, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring break. This allows students to see their families and provides the opportunity to clean up Cooper. There are also some rumors that during these weekends drug-sniffing dogs are brought in. All buses cost $60, regardless of whether you take the bus one way, or two.
Transportation is provided during this weekend by the Academy vans and NWMSU buses. There are three routes: KCI, Harrisonville, and Kingdom City.
Harrisonville[edit]
The Harrisonville trip takes a NWMSU Bus to Harrisonville, which is about 30 minutes south of Kansas City. The trip takes about two hours.
KCI[edit]
The KCI trip takes an Academy van to Kansas City Internation Airport. Some students that live in far out places of the state will then fly to St. Louis or Memphis. Students living in the Kansas City Area often take this as well.
Kingdom Cite route[edit]
The Williamsburg route travels towards the Saint Louis area in a Greyhound-style shuttle bus and stops at the following locations:
- Concordia, after about 3 hours
- Columbia, after about 4 hours
- Kingdom City, after about 5 hours
