IPS kindergarteners are actively involved in a hands-on coding and programming session today enriching their understanding of concepts taught in their online coding course!
🇺🇸 This Presidents Day, we celebrate all the leaders 👔who have served our country 🫡 We're grateful 🙏 for the chance to educate students about the presidents' legacy 📜 and the leadership qualities 💪 that make America strong 💥 #PresidentsDay
Choosing a curriculum to support teaching students how to read and write is challenging. Mr. Ebert and the Curriculum Committee at IPS is up for that challenge and visited Revere Schools to understand how one of those curriculum's has been implemented. Revere Schools adopted a new curriculum almost five years ago and graciously opened their doors to talk with our teachers.
After watching lesson implementation, our teachers sat down with their teachers to have very real conversations about the materials. Revere's teachers were very honest and their insight is a valuable tool to our work.
What is the universal, most important part of any curriculum resource? It is the classroom teachers, reading specialist, intervention teachers, aids, parent volunteers...People make education work. #DidYouKnowFridays
IMS teachers continue to meet and use student assessment data to drive instructional change. Data teams from IPS and IMS unpacked our fall benchmarking results and talk about supporting student master. Teachers continue to refresh their understanding of the tools we have to support struggling learners and push our advanced students.
iReady benchmark assessments help identify specific Learning Standards where students are "below grade level", "early grade level, "on grade level", and above grade level. This information helps teachers organize small group learning, whole group instruction, and when they might need to return to a lesson that students did not master.
#DidYouKnowFridays
Mark your calendars for the weekend of March 22! Homework-free weekend and Sunday, March 24 there will be no ILS activities so families can spend the evening together!
Many thanks to all our counselors for guiding and empowering our students academically, socially and emotionally! #iPride
IPS fourth-grade students created their first object for 3D print, a keychain. They followed an instructable which required them to use precise measurements. Part of the requirement was to integrate text and place a hole in their design. Great job, students!
Leaders from the district have been engaged in conversation about AI and its effect on education! #DidYouKnowFridays
If you are curious about AI, here are some great resources:
AIedu.org
ibm.com, What is Machine Learning?
www.commonsensemedia.org/ai
As part of the IPS Career Immersion Series, fourth graders create and produce a news cast called IPS Live. Here is their third one of the year! Enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16VjSsK4Sz8EHHJGhItqghBoFQhz3hZpu/view?usp=drive_link
A Project Based Learning activity at IPS! 4th-grade students research a national park. They need to get enough information to convince their parents to take them to their park. Items included are travel accommodations & food costs. Along with important sights to visit!
IPS students in our Media Arts immersion program shooting our next edition of IPS live!
Students today were very excited in PE class! Mr. Skoczen created a Mario Cart course for our IPS students! They had a blast navigating through the course.
No school today - Friday, January 19. While forecasted accumulations of snow were known last night, the forecasts actually became more severe with more snow expected. Stay safe, have a great weekend, and go Blue Devils.
The district secured a grant to update security cameras across all buildings. After months of planning, the new safety-focused camera system is in use providing additional safety at all our locations. #DidYouKnowFridays
Independence Primary School is hiring a part-time para-professional educational aide. We appreciate you spreading the word! https://www.independence.k12.oh.us/o/ils/page/personnel
Happy New Year from Independence Local Schools!
The grade 4 culinary immersion project was a success today! Students planned a menu, prepared, and served families and staff today at the high school! Thank you Amanda Jaronowski, Francine Kane, and the IHS cafeteria staff helping provide this experience for our students!
The IPS third graders did a wonderful job on their Ellis Island simulation project! #iPride
The Integrated Preschool Program at Independence Primary School currently has openings for the 2024-2025 school year. Information about our program and application can be found on the Independence Preschool website (https://sites.google.com/independence.k12.oh.us/prek) or picked up at the Independence Primary School office. These will be available the week of November 28th. The application deadline is Friday, January 26th, 2024. A screening for all incoming peers will take place on Friday, February 16th, 2024. For more information, please contact Lauren Salcer at 216-642-5870, ext. 1408 or lsalcer@independence.k12.oh.us.
As part of the IPS Career Immersion Projects, students met weekly to film, edit and produce this second edition of "IPS Live!" Topics include Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving and The Hunger Network/Front Steps.
https://shorturl.at/hiFS9
