January 12, 2017
Art Teacher Amy Jenkins worked with her pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade students to interpret Flemish paintings from the 1500s and create, with found items, their own portraits of the emerging merchant and upper classes. They fashioned and taped together paper towel…
Read MoreNovember 4, 2016
Students in a seventh grade earth science class explored how energy moves through the ground during an earthquake. Using a large slinky as a model of the wave, they sent single waves down the line, which returned until the energy…
Read MoreJuly 28, 2016
Invention Convention Bound Each year, we send students to the annual Connecticut Invention Convention, an award winning and internationally recognized innovation contest. This is always an exciting time of the year for us, as the IMS engineers who attend put…
Read MoreJune 28, 2016
In their article Examining the Teaching Life, Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe write that “For a school to be a model learning organization, all faculty members should be professional learners: they should engage in deep, broad study…
Read MoreApril 6, 2016
Indian Mountain School (IMS) and The Hotchkiss School are thrilled to be co-hosting the 2016 Tri-State Mini Maker Faire on the Indian Mountain campus on Sunday, April 10 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Mini Maker Faires are the perfect marriage between…
Read MoreMarch 28, 2016
IMS yoga instructor, Nicole Dreyfus, has just announced a new 7-week yoga program for boarding students with an interesting twist. Instead of teaching the classes herself, she is handing over the reins to seven guest yoga instructors via…
Read MoreMarch 10, 2016
Intersession, which began three years ago, is an opportunity to take a break from the normal ebb and flow of classes. The week before spring break each year, the term ends and students dive into a week of elective classes…
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2016
How often does a good idea become a foundational program? Honestly, it is more common than you may think. Teachers at IMS are often given the opportunity to share what they love through our Electives program,…
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2016
Gallery Hours February 4 to March 2 Weekends 1:00 – 4:00, or by appointment Indian Mountain School Student Center 211 Indian Mountain Road Lakeville, CT 860-435-0871…
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2016
Each year when the days grow shorter and the ground is covered in snow, we take the day off from our studies and celebrate our annual Winter Carnival. This year was no different, aside from the lack of snow! Classes…
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