An Important Message to Our IMS Community

  To the Community of Independence Mission Schools, It is impossible to find words adequate enough for expressing our thoughts and feelings about the events taking place in our city and across our country. Nonetheless, it is our solemn duty as educators and as...

Zoom Calls and Virtual Zoos: Persisting with Distance Learning

At the beginning of each school year, I share a quote to empower my students as we embark on our learning journey together. This year, I shared with them a message of persistence that Teddy Roosevelt often liked to quote: “Do what you can, with what you have, where...