Don't forget to show your red ❤️ white 🤍 and blue 💙 spirit tomorrow as we celebrate Veteran's Day 🇺🇸
Independence Middle School presents Xanadu Jr. on November 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. in the IMS auditorium.
A Greek muse inspires love, laughter and the world's first Roller Disco in this 1980s glitter explosion based on the cult film and Broadway musical. Xanadu JR. is inspired by the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical and the Universal Pictures' cult classic movie that starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. Xanadu JR. is a moving, electrifying tale of endless fun that will keep audiences in stitches while the original, legendary chart-topping tunes lift them out of their seats.
Xanadu JR. follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira (Kadence Young, 8th grade), who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California, on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny (Sam Caruso, 8th Grade), to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first Roller Disco. (Hey, it's 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny her jealous sisters Melpomene (Scarlett Lewis, 6th grade) and Calliope (Cameron Bauman, 6th grade) take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.
Over 50 cast members in grades 5-8 bring the magical world of Xanadu JR to our stage!
Buy tickets here: https://independence.hometownticketing.com/embed/all?depts=3
Today, our IHS JustWrite members are preparing for their 12/16 tournament & our IMS Power of the Pen members are preparing for their February tournament! #iPride
In honor of Veteran's Day, IMS will start the school day on Friday with a very special assembly. Looking forward to seeing the students in their red, white, and blue to commemorate the occasion with some of our local veterans! ❤️🤍💙
The 6th graders presented their Day of the Dead altars they constructed virtually today in Mrs. Corrigan's Spanish class! After learning how Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico on Nov. 1 & 2 and the various items that are commonly placed on “ofrendas” (altars) for remembrance, students used their own research, tech savvy skills, and much creativity to construct their own for a deceased person. A job well done!! 👏👏👏
Hope you've all had a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update:
https://conta.cc/47a8BGp
Our 5th graders enjoyed spending some time in the great outdoors this morning 🍁 Their field trip to the Brecksville Nature Center helped reinforce the lessons they're learning in Mrs. Renton's science class! 💙💛
Happy Halloween from IMS! 🎃👻
Middle schoolers are loving Barbies and Ken!
Congratulations to the winners of our Halloween candy extravaganza boxes! The money raised from lunchtime raffle ticket sales is going towards a better holiday for kids in need 💕 Thank you Officer Green for providing this opportunity for our IMS kids to help those in their community!
Hope you've all had a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update:
https://conta.cc/47b0UQn
What a month today has been! 🤣 We started the day with our 6th grade All-Pro Parent Breakfast 🍩 followed by an adjusted schedule for our students, which led up to a fun-filled Fall Fest afternoon 🍁 capped off with our monthly I-Pride Assembly 🎉 What a way to officially bring the first quarter of the school year to a close!
Congratulations to all the winners of the 7th grade Haunted Gingerbread House competition, our I-Pride Shoutout recipients, Students of the Month for October, and Students of the Quarter!!! 💙💛
Loved having our 6th grade families here for our "All-Pro Parent Breakfast" this morning! 💙💛
Special shout outs to IMS PTO parents Kelley Deir and Jaime Grassian for setting up this amazing spread 🎉
HUGE thanks to the IMS PTO and Jaime Grassian for the additional support and dinner for our teachers for parent/teacher conference night!! 💙💛
One of our district's most amazing resources is our Outdoor Education Center and Land Lab! Superintendent Ben Hegedish visited the Land Lab today and talked with Bio Society president and vice president, Ashley and Joe, who helped highlight all the reasons why they love the Center & Land Lab. The video also features our fourth graders who visited the Land Lab and learned so much today. #iPride https://youtu.be/jEfn46GJzHc
During lunch periods thru Halloween, we'll be selling raffle tickets to win these amazing candy boxes! Everything inside the box is edible, and proceeds will help give children in need a better holiday. Two lucky winners will be pulled on Halloween! 🎃 👻
It's a Pink-Out for Spirit Week! 💕
6th-grade All-Pro Parent Breakfast!
All sixth-grade parents and students are invited Friday, October, 27 to an All-Pro Parent breakfast in the IMS cafeteria from 7:15 - 7:40 a.m. All-Pro breakfast comes with a message for both parent and child to take away. This is a FREE event for all.
Really getting into the spirit around here! Check out our 8th graders and their historical pumpkins for Mrs. Satola's US History class. Even our staff were excited for USA Day for spirit week! ❤️🤍💙
Halloween Update!
Students are permitted to wear costumes to school on Tuesday, October 31. If your child plans to dress up for Halloween this year, set guidelines are in place to maintain safety and learning for this day.
The following are not permitted:
No costume masks covering the face.
No weapons or props can be carried.
No images or symbols that would be deemed offensive.
No costumes that would pose a hazard or restrict a student from sitting or moving through the hallway.
School dress code applies (appropriate length/not revealing)
Thanks for your cooperation as we try to make the day fun and exciting. While still focusing on our primary responsibility of teaching and learning.
