We are having a school-wide Dodgeball tourney! Here are the updated results
8th grade champs - Mr. Pearson
7th grade champs - Mr. O’Kane
6th grade champs - Mrs. Spencer
We will be having the championship bracket this afternoon with the winners taking on the teacher team! #TheBulldogWay
Our Male Athlete of the Week is Collin Wonser. Coaches say “Collin is a 3 sport athlete playing football, wrestling, and basketball for IMS. This week of practicing at 6 am he was always one of the first to show up. Collin is a hard working young man, a team player, and is very coachable. I'm looking forward to seeing great things from this young man. “ Collin, thank you for being awesome and such a great leader! #TheBulldogWay
Students in Mrs. McBride's leadership class made Christmas cards for a local assisted living home.
Mrs. Morton’s 6th Grade Advanced Math Classes reviewing how to convert fractions, decimals, and percents using their new MacBooks! #TheBulldogWay
The Lady Bulldogs finished their season with 2 wins against Parsons. We are proud of these ladies. A special thank you to the 8th grade Lady Bulldogs! Your commitment and effort have not gone unnoticed! Coach Byrd is getting a great group! We are proud of you and excited to watch you continue your journey! #TheBulldogWay
Our Female Athlete of the week is Annabelle Compton! Coaches say “Annabelle does her best to learn and improve everyday. She has this quiet leadership style of “do as I do.””
We are proud of you, Annabelle! Keep up the good work! #TheBulldogWay
IMS students and staff are decked out head to toe for Holidays!
We have been spoiled this week with amazing music, this continued tonight when the IMS choir performed at the Christmas Concert at IHS. Great job! Thank you, Mr Kurt for helping put on an amazing show! #TheBulldogWay
Today's Career Shadowing: Reyna Lazalde shadowing at the Public Library, Jerni Demattos with Suzie at the Montgomery County Courthouse Appraiser's Office, Damian Flores and Christian Bertie shadowing at Walgreens.
8th grader Callie Kaufmann shadowed IMS School Psychologist Kelsey Tronsgard-Ellison to learn more about a career in psychology!
MS Teacher of the Month is... Gabriella Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson goes above and beyond to help her students. Recently she was just trying to figure out how to get one of them signed up to play sports. She is always willing to have over full classes and take on new projects. Mrs. Johnson almost always has a smile on her face and a positive attitude. She makes everyone feel important and appreciated. Her students say "she is a great teacher for art and works really hard for advisory".
Student of the month for December is a model student and follows The Bulldog Way each and every day! This student comes to class prepared, works hard during class, participates in class activities and helps others when needed. Also stays focused and isn't distracted by others. She is kind and is a great friend to peers.
Student of the month for December is Sophie Ballew
Mr. Ellison's Career and Life Planning class have the opportunity to shadow a career of their choice as part of their final. Morgan Wheeler and Kalista Kimzey shadowed at Eggbert's and Joshlyn Martinez and Carsyn Little shadowed Lindsey Atkins at Advanced Physical Therapy. Thank you to Mr. Ellison and Mrs. O'Kane for this great opportunity for our students and to the Independence Community for opening their doors to our IMS students! Stay tuned for more pictures this week.
Come out and support your Bulldogs this week! #TheBulldogWay
The 8th grade Lady Bulldogs will play in the Winter Classic on Saturday (12/10) in Parsons. They are scheduled to play at 930 am but time could be moved up depending on the first game. The Lady Bulldogs will play all games at Parsons High School (Main Gym). The address is 3030 Morton, Parsons Ks 67357. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students. Go and support your Lady Bulldogs!
IMS STUDENTS…SHOW INDEPENDENCE WE CARE BECAUSE WE SHARE!
KAY Club and StuCo are teaming up to collect canned food for our local food pantry. Please bring items that are sealed, unopened, and NOT out-of-date to your advisories. This is an advisory competition with the winning advisory from each grade level winning a special treat! Last day will be Friday, Dec. 16.
KAY Citizenship Week was Nov. 13-19, 2022 but the IMS KAY Club is celebrating this week instead. Today, was SERVE MY SCHOOL! Some of the members showed up early to greet the bus drivers and give them donuts! What a yummy way to start the week!
Proud of our student section who cheered on the Bulldogs tonight! We’re even prouder of a generous parent donation that allowed all of these student to enter this game, and several games prior to this, for FREE! #TheBulldogWay
Boys Basketball meeting will be Friday (12/2) after school in Losey Gym. Any 7th and 8th grader interested should attend. If a student can't make it, they need to talk to Mr. O'Kane. #TheBulldogWay
All Girls Basketball games on Thursday, December 1st will be at Losey Gym (IMS). There will be no games at the Ash Center. The order of play will be 7B then 7A and finish with 8A. Tip off for the first game is 4 pm. Have a great day.
