April 10, 2013
The seventh grade class took advantage of the warm spring weather by spending the day learning wilderness survival skills on our own wooded campus. Students split up into small groups and first practiced team building exercises on the athletic fields…
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On Friday night, April 5, Ronny Romm took the audience on an unforgettable journey into the human mind. He first held us spellbound with his amazing demonstration of ESP, and then with his hilarious use of…
Read MoreApril 5, 2013
IMS drum teacher John Marshall has been a part of the music scene in Litchfield County for years and now he has formed a new percussion quintet. BY TERESA FERNANDES (Reprinted from HappeningintheHills.com) When John Marshall…
Read MoreApril 3, 2013
The excavation for the new Student Center is well under way. There is no longer a way to drive all the way around the back of the Upper Campus. Instead, a two-lane loop road on each side of campus gives…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2013
Not only do we turn out successful students, we also nurture prize-winning plants and award-winning teachers! What a great place to learn (and grow)! An aloe plant raised at IMS won first place in the Succulent and Cactus division in…
Read MoreMarch 18, 2013
Carney Sandoe and Associates, a global teacher placement service for independent schools, recently featured Jessica Moody as their Teacher of Week. To read the post on the Carney Sandoe website click here. Jessica came to IMS…
Read MoreMarch 15, 2013
IMS students and faculty have been busy in Costa Rica working on three main service projects projects–a language classroom, a garden, and building fences. Those working on the language classroom, carried cane reeds nearly 2 miles (3km) to repair the…
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2013
The Indian Mountain School squash team had a great win last Friday, February 15 against Berkshire’s JV girls’ team. Winning 7-0, there were many noteworthy performances. Riley W. won his match in three games, but it did not come easy. …
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2013
On a chilly January morning, two teams of four, one Maroon, one Gray set out on the ultimate quest: To prove their mastery of trivia knowledge to the entire school in the seventh annual Academic Bowl. In the biggest blowout…
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2013
Colleen Schopp is a bright young math teacher with great potential, who started her teaching career here at IMS in 2008. Indian Mountain supported her desire to take a year off to complete a Master of Education Program at Teachers…
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