DC Trip Information for next year's 8th graders.
Today was a special day in JAG-K as we got to host Undersheriff Monty Magner of the Elk County Sheriff's Department, his wife DeeDee & their state certified K-9 Boomer. A Redbone Bloodhound on top of his game! “King Boomer“ is currently the only state certified, working Redbone Bloodhound in the state of Kansas. We had so much fun loving on and learning about Boomers life and K-9 training. The Magners shared their experience supporting one another through establishing Undersheriff Magners career, the continued certification process for being a state certified K-9 as well as the responsibilities of being Undersheriff.
Thank you again for providing such a memorable experience with our program. You are truly appreciated!
(Please note Boomers expression in the last picture. Even Boomer is tuckered out after a morning in Middle School!)
Any current 8th grader interested in trying out for color guard for this fall needs to attend 3 out of 4 clinics and the auditions. Color Guard is part of the marching band that spins flags, rifles and sabres, they are an award winning team!
Clinics and Auditions will be held in the MS band room 3:30-5:00 p.m. on the following dates:
April 19, 21, 25, 27 with auditions on Friday, April 29th. We would love to have you on our team!
JAG-K picked up trash around the IMS building, the Board Office & Downtown. We talked about what it really means to “Love Where You Live” & the importance of taking pride in your community. Cleanliness & working together improves the quality of life for us all. It was also nice to get outside, go for a walk & enjoy the weather before the rain arrives.
Thank you IMS, JAG-K!!!
Just a reminder to our Eighth Grade Parents-- Your sweet, little babies will soon be high school freshmen. By this time you are probably wondering where the time has gone!! Help us remember them as babies and toddlers by emailing us a picture of them from birth to 3 years old to put in the 2021 - 2022 yearbook! Email pics to treardon@indyschools.com
The 8-12th Grade Orchestra students traveled to St. Louis this weekend and competed at the Music In the Parks Festival at Six Flags and....
We got 1st in our category, with a big trophy to show for it!!
They also got to have a fun day at Six Flags and stay overnight in a hotel- overall a very fun trip!
Students were divided into teaching teams, each responsible for learning about and teaching one of the habits from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. This is Habit 6 Synergize. Led by Brooklyn Mattix, Peyton Foster, and Gabe Lane the students had to work as team across a “Lava Flow”. We are glad to say that no student was lost or harmed in this activity. Great teamwork, Bulldogs!
IMS JAG-K, State Career Development Conference results are in. WE ARE THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE STATE THAT PLACED IN EVERY EVENT ENTERED! We are so proud of these students who stepped outside of their comfort zone & went for it.
🥁Drumroll Please…
Jace Dye- 1st Place, Financial Literacy
Cowen Jabben- 3rd Place, Career Preparation
4th Place, Creative Decision Making Team
Shyan Lepley
Jayden Winsor
Kamri Golden
Mikalyn Threlkeld
*These were the only 6th graders in Kansas entered into this event, How awesome are they?😎
Last but not least,
Alex Pereira- 4th Place, Employability Skills
IMS is celebrating Assistant Principals Week by thanking Mr. Thornburg for all he does for IMS!
Congratulations to the IMS golfers, the boys and girls both took 1st place at their home meet! Katelyn Spencer also took 1st place in the girls division, while Ethan Small took 1st and Ethan Messenger took 3rd in the boys division. Great job golfers!
Before Spring Break our new JAG-K program, humbly submitted 5 projects to the Regional Career Development Conference. Mrs. Hoffman told students we never lose we only learn, and we groom winners early. They thought that was kind of silly and doubted her… Well, we recently learned FOUR OF THE FIVE SUBMISSIONS MADE IT TO STATE!! We are SO proud.
Due to IMS program being so new we performed our State Competition pieces via Zoom yesterday.
Please help me wish them all the best of luck as we await our results!
Jace Dye- Financial Literacy
Cowen Jabben- Career Preparation
Alex Pereira- Employability Skills
Creative Decision Making Team
Jayden Windsor
Shyan Lepley
Kamri Golden
Mikalyn Threlkeld
PARA Appreciation Day
IMS is fortunate to have a great team of paraprofessionals working with our students. They work hard in and out of the classroom to support our students and staff each day! If you see a PARA today, give them a high five and thank them for everything they do to support IMS!
IMS was well represented at the FCCLA Kansas State Leadership Conference. Dylan Schnurbusch 6th grade will be representing Kansas at the National Conference this summer in the FCCLA national STAR Event competitions in San Diego California. She received a high goal on her project Level 1 Sports Nutrition event.
Addy Long did a great job as a student peer judge working with the KState FCS Education Director and a community judge evaluating 8 individuals in the Teach/Train Star Event
Sarah Foster provide support to Dylan by being her “graffer ” and moral supporter during competition since I had duties elsewhere. She was available to assist me whenever I needed.
Please give these three girls high fives for representing IMS at the Kansas State Leadership Conference. They did us proud.
IMS Staff would like to thank all of our IMS families for their support and encouragement of our students over the last two weeks of testing. We appreciate your continued support of IMS!
State Testing for all IMS students will conclude tomorrow with the final day of Math assessment!
All IMS Students will be participating in the Math State Assessment beginning tomorrow.
The City of Independence, Director of Finance Lacey Lies visited our JAG-K program today! We learned what all the city does for our community, what kind of education is behind each of those careers & all the different divisions that come together to serve our little town. Having community leaders in our classroom has been great, supporting our students as well as allowing us to show we truly are stronger together. 💪🏼
Time is running out to purchase a yearbook for the 2021-22 school year. The Yearbook class has been working really hard to produce a yearbook full of wonderful memories for your student. The yearbook can be purchased online at the link below or in room 321 for $30
https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A02628300
Day two of ELA testing will be tomorrow for all IMS students!
Today Youth Career Advisor, John Turner came from KansasW⭐️rks to visit with our JAG-K students. We learned about interview etiquette, identified our individual strengths and weaknesses as well as how to work on those weaknesses. We also talked about our “Digital Footprint”. How we can manage our footprint? What is appropriate to share on social media and the kind of impact it can make on our futures.
