The color guard program at MHS exists to offer young people a quality educational and performance experience, which in turn develops them into culturally enriched, caring, motivated, responsible, and goal oriented adults. These lessons are learned through an activity in which there is a blending of the arts and athletics called winter guard.

Winter guard utilizes the flags, rifles, sabers and dance traditionally associated with marching bands and drum corps and puts them in an indoor setting. This activity combines the beauty and pageantry of dance, the drama of theater, and the precision of marching band into one production. The winter guard participates in competitions with Mid-Atlanctic Indoor Network (MAIN),  Tournament Indoor Association (TIA) and Winter Guard International (WGI).