Independence Middle School

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! ❤️🤍💙

IMS Spirit Wear! This sale will only be held ONCE, and features tons of NEW items & logos. Orders will be delivered in November. Remember, this is the ONLY spirit wear sale for 2023-24, so make sure to order anything you have your eye on at this sale! We can't wait to see all of our IMS families and staff members showing off their new spirit wear this year! Here is the link: https://ims-spiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/home/

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.

Parent-Teacher Conferences! IMS Parent-teacher conferences will be held on October 26 from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Each grade level team of teachers is in the process of notifying families for meetings for areas in need. If you haven't been contacted by the team or individual teachers and are requesting a conference, please reach out accordingly to ensure the team knows of special requests.

Hope you've all had a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update: https://conta.cc/3QqwcNq Don't forget about this week's Spirit Week, and our last Kona Ice truck visit of the year this Tuesday!

It's a great morning here at IMS! Started the day off by welcoming our IHS Girls and Boys Golf Teams to be honored for their accomplishments this year, with our Girls Golf Team placing 5th at the OHSAA Division II state tournament this past weekend, and senior Mark Pillar winning the OHSAA Division III state golf title!! ⛳️ We also had a fantastic assembly from Basketball Jones 🏀 What a great, interactive way to promote good decision making and positive community impact 💙💛

LAND LAB OPEN HOUSE 2023 Thanks to all who braved the elements and came out to make this year's Open House a big success!

Hope you've all had a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update: https://conta.cc/3PQF11H

Highlights from Days 2 & 3 of the 8th grade DC trip -- Arlington Cemetery, visiting 6 of the Smithsonian museums, dinner at Dave & Busters, and Gettysburg. HUGE thanks go out to Mrs. Vecchio, the entire 8th grade team, and all our chaperones for making this wonderful trip possible (and memorable) for these kids!! 💙💛