 School Contacts
Principal: Mr. David Muench
Assistant Principal: Mr.
Jay Johnson
About Our School
Independence Middle School houses 781 students in grades 7 and 8. We are committed to providing opportunities for all students to grow intellectually, physically and socially. Developmentally responsive activities and community experiences are combined to meet the diverse needs of our learners. To that end, IMS utilizes a team approach that fosters a smaller school within a school concept, allowing students to be nurtured by caring and supportive adults who work closely with families to ensure success in these transitional years.
The curriculum is challenging, integrated and exploratory in nature, while meeting the high expectations of state and national standards.
IMS is proud of its two National Blue Ribbons of Excellence, which reflect the outstanding staff and their dedication to children.
Latest
NEWS
• New Student
Registration to be Held June 17 --
IMS will hold
a New Student Registration on Tuesday, June
17 at 9 AM for new students to IMS--those
who are transferring from private or
parochial schools or new Bethel Park
residents. Neil Armstrong sixth grade
students do NOT have to register.
Please call 412-854-8677 for more
information and to pick up a registration
packet.
• District to
use ALERTNOW Notification Service as an
additional communication tool between the school
district and parents--Keeping
parents informed is a top priority of the Bethel Park School District, and
we will be using the ALERTNOW Notification Service to send telephone and/or
email messages to parents and/or employees to notify them of things such as
school delays or cancellations due to inclement weather. With ALERTNOW,
you won't have to watch television to wait for Bethel Park's status to
scroll onto the screen. Parents will be notified by phone when the
district makes the decision to close or delay. ALERTNOW can also be
used to remind parents of upcoming events at school. But most
importantly, in an emergency, ALERTNOW has the capability to launch 12,000
phone calls a minute, so parents don't have to rely on Phone Chains to get
emergency information. In an emergency, ALERTNOW has
the capability to call up to five phone numbers per student. ALERTNOW
also has the capability to send out email messages to up to five email
address per student, but we will not test the email system until the fall. Please click
here
to learn more about ALERTNOW. We hope you will agree that ALERTNOW is
another way the district can keep parents up to date.
• Earn Pirates
Tickets for a 3.0 GPA. The
Pittsburgh Pirates, Trib Total Media and the U.S. Army are rewarding
students with two complimentary tickets to a Pirates home game for earning a
3.0 GPA during the final grading period, maintaining perfect attendance
during the final grading period or excelling in other areas such as community
service or special achievement. Please click
here
to learn more and to print out an order form.
•
IMS Earns Keystone Achievement Award! For the third
consecutive year, Independence Middle School
has been awarded the Keystone Achievement
Award by the Pennsylvania Department of
Education for making Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP) on the PSSA Exams for two
consecutive years. This year's award
is for PSSA Scores in 2005-2006 and
2006-2007. Congratulations to our
seventh and eighth graders and their
teachers for their outstanding work on these
tests and keep up the good work! To
see the district's PSSA scores for
2006-2007, please click
here.
•
Edline Now Available for Independence
Parents—Parents
whose children attend Independence
Middle School now have electronic access
to their child’s academic progress
through Edline. In September all
parents received an Edline Activation
Code via U.S. Mail. Parents are
encouraged to go to
www.edline.net and activate their
child’s account. The website will guide
you through the process. Once an
account is activated, parents can see
their child’s interim grades posted for
the 2nd, 4th, 6th
and 8th weeks of each quarter
for assignments, tests and quizzes, as
well as attendance and final report card
grades. Parents who have difficulty
accessing Edline can contact
Cindy
Stalder (412-854-8677) or
Ann Ball
(412-854-8678). We encourage all
parents to stay up to date with their
child’s progress via Edline. Parents
who do not have access to the Internet
can do so at the Bethel Park Library.
Librarians are available to assist.
• Did you
know that many textbooks used at IMS can now be
accessed on-line?
Click
here
to see how!
• Visitor Sign-In Procedures Revised for
ALL Bethel Park Schools--The following sign-in
procedures have been adopted for ALL
visitors to Bethel Park schools. We
appreciate your cooperation as we continue
to provide a safe environment for our
students and staff.
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ALL
visitors to Bethel Park schools will
report directly to the main office upon
entry into the building.
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Visitors will log-in their name, date,
time and reason for visit on a
standardized log-in sheet in each school
office.
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The building secretary will verify the
information is complete and will obtain
photo identification from the visitor,
which will be held in the office for the
duration of the visitor’s time in the
building.
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Visitors will be issued visitor’s tag
that must be worn visibly during the
time of the visit.
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At the conclusion of the visit, the
visitor will return the visitor’s tag to
the office, log out and their photo
identification will be returned to the
visitor.
Read more about the latest IMS news here....
Calendar of Events
Have a
great summer! We'll see you Monday, August
25!
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