Important Dates/Events
November:
5: All-Pro Parent Breakfast (6th grade) @ 7:15 a.m.
12: Waiver Day: No school for students
16: PTO mtg @ 5:30 p.m.
23: Grandparents' Day--Postponed date TBD
24-26: Thanksgiving Break: No School
December:
1-2: IMS Holiday Shop
17: All-Pro Parent Breakfast (7th grade) @ 7:15 a.m.
20-31: Winter Break: No School
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Report Cards
Report cards are now available online. If you are unable to view your child's report card and owe a school fee, please contact Marianne Fike in the office at 216-642-5865.
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Students of the Month
Congratulations to our October Winners!
Grade 5: Aj Bechlem, Lilly Miller, Alex Jaworske, Maddy Percaciante
Grade 6: Caris Carmean, Emily Slusher, Evan McFeeley, Jack Mosgo
Grade 7: David Crooks, Claire Dailey, Alexandra Polcar
Grade 8: Brooke Coldsnow, Max Prosinski
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iPride Students of the First Quarter
Congratulations First Quarter Recipients!
Grade 5: Alexis Brody, Della Hanawalt
Grade 6: Dylan Volk, Andriana Randjelovic
Grade 7: Emily Johnson, Lila Pawuk
Grade 8: Haley Wilson, Landon Eichler
Cornerstone: Eddie Bartko, Kylie Hanobik, Braedan Vollman, Tilly Avere
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All-Pro Parent Breakfast - 6th Grade
Thank you to all the families that were able to come out this morning for the great conversation and breakfast.
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IMS Ski Club
IMS is signed up to take part in Ski Club at Boston Mills Ski Resort on Thursdays at 4 p.m. The dates are January 6, 13, 20, 27 and February 3. Busing is not being provided so we will have to rely on carpooling. If interested in signing up to be a part of the program, you will need to register directly with BMBW.
Spaces are limited, so don't procrastinate!
YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 19!
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Technology
WIMS
Our WIMS crew is getting very comfortable in their new roles. The crew switches roles every few weeks so that they can experience all angles of the production. Currently we have Kayla Newcomer as our Script/Teleprompter Technician. Samantha Haller is our Sound Technician. She also emails the IMS staff every morning with a typed version of the live announcements. Tate McGovern is our Graphics Technician and Matthew Shamblan is our TriCaster Technician. The Camera Person role belongs to Tatiana Randjelovic who also prepares our "Joke of the Day." Lauren Dalrymple and Gianna Carluci are currently Anchors.
This is IMS
A group of seventh graders in Mrs. Pietrzak's computer class have been working all quarter on a news show. The news show highlights fall sports, student experiences, student's pets, a weather forecast, and some silly humor. During the production, students learned SEVERAL new technologies. They learned how to operate all of the WIMS equipment; the camera, microphones, TriCaster, teleprompter, soundboard, and graphics computer. Students also learned the basics of Final Cut Pro, a professional video editing software. They used Final Cut Pro to combine video segments recorded outside of the classroom with video segments recorded using the TriCaster. Students coordinated their efforts using a shared Google Drive. They were responsible for organizing, uploading, and downloading images and videos in different formats. They worked VERY hard and had loads of FUN! Their cooperative efforts paid off with our FIRST EVER news show, "This is IMS!"
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Athletics
Transition to Final Forms - Must be updated! - Reminders are being sent if the information was missing from your account. If this information is not up to date by the first boy's basketball game (Monday, Nov. 8) students may have to sit out.
Girls will not be able to participate in tryouts unless all information has been updated. Girls Basketball starts the First week of December, more information will be posted on times and locations.
Sitting out of wrestling practice and events will also be in effect without proper information completed. The first practice starts Nov. 12
EMA, Student Information, and Enrollment Forms
For the past five years, the district has used OneView for the annual medical and student information forms. This year, we are transitioning to a program called FinalForms. FinalForms allows us to transition our athletic forms to a digital format, more efficiently and securely share important student information with coaches and staff, and improve the interface for parents and students. If you currently have a child or children enrolled in our schools, you will receive an email from FinalForms on July 1, 2021, with directions to access the system. Final Forms will pull current information from our systems into the new forms. This means you do not have to re-type all of your information. Although there will be pre-populated information, please look through all contact information carefully to ensure it is accurate.
Student-Athletes and Parents
You will need to complete your athletic forms in FinalForms to be eligible to participate in Winter sports. There is a form for physical exams that you can download from FinalForms. This form will populate information based on the other forms you complete for your convenience. Once you have the signed copy from the doctor's office you are able to upload the form from your final forms accounts for the athletic department to verify; you will no longer have to turn the forms in to your coach or the office. Please make sure that your students are also logging into the system and signing their forms.
A Few Key Points
FinalForms emailed directions to parents on July 1, 2021.
The system will use the email address you previously gave the district for communication.
Please check your SPAM folder if you do not receive the email from FinalForm.
All Athletic forms will now be completed via FinalForms.
-Physicals can be turned in digitally!
Please look through all information for accuracy.
For instance, some people use secondary email addresses for contact information and then miss important updates from the schools.
Wrestling
ATTENTION 7th and 8th-grade boys and girls! Wrestling sign-ups will be going on the rest of this month. See Coach Stasek or sign up in the cafeteria. There is a sign up sheet on the table upfront by the water fountain.
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8th Grade Advisory
In advisory period, the 8th Grade students have been reading the book Row the Boat by PJ Fleck and Jon Gordon. Fleck, who is the head football coach at the University of Minnesota, has developed a never-give-up approach to leadership and life. The students learned that each part of the rowboat has its own purpose. In particular, the oar represents the energy you bring to life, your family, and your school. The students designed and painted their own life oars as a representation of the energy they bring to life.
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Pep Club
The IMS Pep Club has a packed agenda! We are not only preparing to acknowledge our fall athletes, we are also getting ready for our annual Christmas Paper Candy Slip Sale. Profits will go to St. Augustine Center in order to help the needy. Further, we're in the process of writing "Pep Club Positives," for future airing on the morning WIMS announcements!
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Peer to Peer Program
On October 21, high school students involved with the P.E.A.T. peer-to-peer program had the exciting opportunity to instruct fifth and sixth-grade students in Mr. Scott’s health class with a lesson on prescription drug education. The P.E.A.T organization is a student-based, high school organization with an expressed goal of educating other students in the district about the harmful effects of drug abuse, using a unique, peer-to-peer model. Students teach students in order to reinforce information that is presented by classroom teachers in a traditional setting. The lesson took place in the 7th grade PBL Center at the middle school. Way to go, P.E.A.T. members, on your leadership, and special thanks to Mr. Scott and the Middle School students for their participation.
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Builders Club
Builders Club spread some kindness this week by making candy grams for every student at IMS! Our next meeting will focus on planning our annual canned food drive. Join us on. Monday, November 8th from 2:45-3:30 p.m. in Mrs. Koussa's room (808). Any questions, email Mrs. Koussa mkoussa@independence.k12.oh.us
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Our district is in desperate need of bus drivers and cafeteria subs. They are great jobs for a retiree or a parent that can be off when their child is off. Any interested, please contact Francine Kane at 216-642-5853 |
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CLICK HERE to download a PDF of the COVID Procedural Update. |
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Safe School Helpline
This helpline has been developed for you and other students, parents and staff members to help maintain your safety and the most positive school environment possible. The purpose of the Safe School Helpline is to promote school safety and report wrongdoings or illegal activity. Any type of information involving a threatening situation to students, the school, or staff should be reported. Examples include thoughts of suicide or self-harm, violence, weapons, bullying, drugs and alcohol, and theft.
800-4-1-VOICE ext. 359
800-418-6423/ Text:66746, TIPS
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