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Diplomatic Excellence: IMS Students Triumph at MillMUN 2024

December 12, 2024

On Sunday, December 8, fourteen students from the Model United Nations (MUN) elective represented IMS at the annual MillMUN Conference hosted by Millbrook School. This year’s conference brought together students from Millbrook, Dutchess Day School, and IMS, spanning…

A Look Inside Our New Studio Art Intensive

December 10, 2024

Academics,
Arts,
In the Classroom

This year, a select group of ninth graders are participating in IMS’s first-ever studio art academic class on ceramics. In this course, students study the fundamentals and various artistic styles of ceramics which they then translate into their…

Día de los Muertos: Honoring Our Loved Ones

November 4, 2024

Academics,
In the Classroom

On November 1, our Lower Campus community celebrated Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with a presentation from our third grade class. Our third graders spent the month of October studying Día de los Muertos and…

Archeological Discoveries in the Classroom

September 26, 2024

Academics,
In the Classroom

Our sixth graders put on their archeologist hats this past week as they participated in group projects centered on archeological discoveries. The first stage of this project actually began over the summer, when students dove into the book…

AP Students Meet with Syracuse Professor

May 30, 2024

Our AP Computer Science Principles Course (AP CSP) is a year-long, project-based, advanced placement course taught at IMS by Jason Barillaro. This course is exclusively offered to ninth grade students and teaches the fundamentals of Python and the history and…

Triumphs in Diplomacy: Model UN Team Shines at Conference

December 14, 2023

Academics,
In the Classroom,
In the News

– by Sammi D’Angelo On Sunday, December 10th, ten students traveled to the Millbrook School to participate in a Model United Nations conference, competing against other students from Millbrook and Dutchess Day School. Model UN is an…

Team Gray Sweeps the Academic Bowl

May 15, 2023

On Tuesday afternoon, Maroon and Gray competed in our annual academic showdown known as the Academic Bowl. Hosted by Mr. Mcglone, the teams faced off across a series of subject areas raging from serious to silly, and even took on…

Troutbeck Symposium Highlights Under-told Stories

May 10, 2023

Academics,
Arts,
In the Classroom

The second annual Troutbeck Symposium was held in late April/early May this year, showcasing student research projects which highlight under-told histories of BIPOC communities. Troutbeck lies in Amenia, New York, and has a…

The Socratic Seminar: Critical Thinking in the LAD Classroom

March 28, 2023

“Sometimes I think of this exchange of ideas as an affirmation of humanity.” On a recent Wednesday morning, students in Mike Wilson’s Language Acquisition and Development (LAD) classroom were engaged in a…

IMS Student Wins Middle School Math Contest

February 2, 2023

Academics,
In the News

A group of IMS students competed in a middle school math contest back in November and walked away with top honors. The event was primarily for independent middle schools and sponsored by The Hotchkiss School, whose math club created the…

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