Independence Middle School

Huge thank you to the IMS Student Council and their advisors, Ms. Lewis & Mrs. Vecchio, for the wonderful potato bar for IMS staff today! 💙💛

We love our Administrative Assistants at IMS!! 💙💛

ILS 6th and 2nd graders can't wait to show you everything they've been working on for our first EVER Cultural Fair!!! 🌎🌍🌏 Stop by the Independence Civic Center this Thursday, April 25th from 6:30-8pm to check it out! This FREE event is open to the entire community and features collaborative projects of the 2nd grade IPS students & 6th grade IMS students ⭐️ We look forward to a night with students, staff, family, community members, and even samples from local restaurants! ❤️

It's National Volunteer Week! A big thank you to all the volunteers who help our school community throughout the year. We value your time, your talents, your support. #iPride

Hope you've all had a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update: https://conta.cc/4cYcfHb

Hope you've all had a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update: https://conta.cc/3UcRRL0

In keeping with our "start your vacation" spirit day tomorrow, IMS PTO is bringing Kona Ice back for the first time in 2024! 🍧 Check out Mr. Vanek's spring break message to families and more in the IMS News Update: https://conta.cc/3xcQYZT

Hope you've all had a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update, including a fun spirit week leading up to spring break: https://conta.cc/3VpXUNi

Independence Local Schools invites families to participate in Indy Family First Night this Sunday. After 6 p.m., there will be no ILS activities so families can spend time together. It's also a homework-free weekend!

Independence Local Schools invites families to participate in Indy Family First Night on Sunday, March 24. After 6 p.m., there will be no ILS activities so families can spend time together. It's also a homework-free weekend!

Hope you're all having a nice weekend! Here's a look at the week ahead from the IMS News Update: https://conta.cc/3Iwi6Fy

Over the past several years, our math department has been working within the existing schedule to add support for our advanced and gifted students. As our student needs are changing, our middle school is being responsive to those learning needs. Our math teachers, Mr. Vanek, and Ms. Wargo (Gifted Coordinator), set out to understand where we were and how we can leverage our student data to improve where we can be. Our teachers met weekly to create a roadmap to explain math placement and help students and parents understand how best to support their student's learning. This work is still in progress and growing. As teachers work through the process we are seeing the need to develop math courses that are advanced for the grade level; not just subject-level accelerated. We are impressed with the content knowledge, focus on student needs, and work ethic of this group of teachers. #DidYouKnowFridays

Spirit Day Tomorrow! 💚🍀

Yesterday our 6th graders celebrated the end to their unit on Ancient China with a movie treat and takeout from China King! Thank you to China King for graciously partnering with us! 🥡🥢🥠

Mrs. Renton's 5th grade science classes took advantage of this gorgeous weather and brought their lesson on light refraction to the great outdoors! 💙💛

The IPS 2nd graders came up to IMS this afternoon to continue their small group projects with our 6th graders for our upcoming Cultural Fair 💙💛 ⭐️Save the date for our Culture Fair on Thursday, April 25 from 6:30-8pm. ⭐️ We look forward to a night with students, staff, family, community members and local restaurants! 🌎❤️

The City of Independence's Youth Golf will be Tuesdays June 4-July 30! See the flyer for more details!

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

While we focus a great deal of resources on our student technology and infrastructure, our teachers have relied on the same iMac computers for the past 10 years. Our oldest teacher iMac is from 2009! Our iMacs were reaching end-of-life as determined by Apple not allowing them to update. Desktop computers also meant our teachers could only access technology from their desks. Over the past two years we have worked to give teachers a modern and mobile technology platform. New MacBooks, Desktop monitor, and docking station allows any teacher to walk into any classroom and instruct; with just one cable. The federal ESSER funding made available as a result of COVID was used to purchase student technology, making it possible to stay within our technology budget during our teacher device upgrades. This allowed us to consolidate a four-to-five year technology upgrade plan into two years. #DidYouKnowFridays

IMS Students Honored as Outstanding Leaders by Ohio Middle Level Association 💙💛 https://www.independence.k12.oh.us/o/ils/article/1497576