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Falcons Recap 1.4.-1.24.17

January 24, 2017

The Varsity Squash entered this year with high expectations due to many contributors from last years team returning. The team also welcomed several new comers with great anticipation. In a strong showing in the first match of the year, the…

The Flemish Project

January 12, 2017

Arts,
In the Classroom

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…

IMS Faculty Attend People of Color Conference

December 16, 2016

Faculty, staff, and students from independent schools from around the country attended the People of Color Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on December 8-10. The conference focused on the theme of Advancing Human and Civil Rights–Fulfilling the…

Fall 2016-2017 Academic Honors

November 23, 2016

Seventh Grade – High Honors Burke Bogardus Patricia Daum Kevin Lam Phoebe Mulder Hansi Zhu Eighth Grade – High Honors Emma Benardete Hanyan Cai Ana Paula Castillo Topete Jin Charlotte Chey Junsik Ryan Eom Taylor Maxwell Peter Sanger Yihan…

Hansi Zhu Earns Mountain Card

November 18, 2016

Head of School Jody Soja presented a Mountain Card to Hansi Zhu on Friday, November 18, 2016. The Mountain Card is the school’s highest formal accolade and recognizes individuals who go above and beyond our expectations. Below are the words…

Slinky Science

November 4, 2016

Academics,
In the Classroom

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…

Jody Soja–This I Believe

October 27, 2016

The best gift I ever received was given to me by my Zulu professor: the former South African poet–laureate Mazisi Kunene. Play Speech Audio: Your browser does not support the audio element. Professor Kunene was a Mountain…

Falcons Recap 10.7-10.21

October 22, 2016

Volleyball followed up the first win by tacking on a second one with a 2-1 victory over Miss Hall’s. The Falcons dropped the next three games to tough competition including a barn burner in five games to Rumsey. The team…

Falcons Recap 9.26-10.3

October 7, 2016

As the Falcons continue to progress through a difficult athletic schedule, our teams again prove that they are tough and…

A Praying Mantis in the Grass Sparks an Unplanned Lesson

September 28, 2016

Our nimble Lower School often follows students’ interests and natural curiosity to engage in deep learning. Recently, we saw a perfect example of emergent curriculum in action after our first and second graders found a praying…

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