Congratulations to the Independence School District Board of Education, recipients of the 2016 Governance Team Award from the Missouri School Board Association.
Truman High School DECA member Lorinda Ruz will be recognized in Jefferson City May 18 for her award-winning project presented during DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Nashville.
Congratulations to JROTC cadets from Truman, Van Horn and William Chrisman as they completed their Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri.
Thank you retirees for your years of service to the students of the ISD! You have inspired greatness in the lives of thousands of children and we appreciate your dedication, service and commitment.
For seven weeks, Van Horn JROTC cadets ran with fourth- and fifth-grade members of Fairmount’s Let Me Run and Girls on the Run programs, forming a bond that’s about more than just exercise.
William Chrisman’s Jason Stacy was named the Missouri Journalism Education Association’s Teacher of the Year award winner for 2015-2016.
Every ISD student participating in the annual MoTEAM (Technology Education Association of Missouri) State Awards Program at the Lake of the Ozarks took home a first place award.
William Chrisman junior Rachel Gonzalez will be a delegate at the 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia- the youngest delegate in Missouri history!
Van Horn senior Nicholas Hickman wins Army JROTC Brigade essay contest and his work advances for national consideration against 12 other cadet essays from across the United States.
Summer jobs are available in the ISD in the maintenance and transportation department- perfect for students!
More than 50,000 students nationwide applied, but William Chrisman’s Ronnie Cravens and Van Horn’s Daniel Serres were two of just 1,000 recipients of the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship.
Two ISD students, Van Horn High School’s Mallory Kneece and Truman High School’s Antonyo Byrd II, had their original works selected for performance in The Coterie Theatre’s Young Playwrights’ Festival Sunday, May 1.
Because of her leadership, service to others and academic excellence, William Chrisman sophomore Vanesa Rodriguez is the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 2016 Missouri Youth of the Year.
Van Horn High School Principal Randy Maglinger was named the Exemplary New Principal of the Year by the Greater Kansas City Principal’s Association.
ISD high school students are rehabbing houses as part of the Career Academies. The students are building their future and our community!
The Independence School District is hiring school bus drivers.
Several Van Horn students won awards during the 65th annual Greater Kansas City Science & Engineering Fair inside historic Union Station.
Truman High School’s Interact Club- a Rotary Club-sponsored organization- received their National Charter from the Independence Rotary Club.
ISD high school journalism students bring home more than 100 awards from the 47th Missouri Interscholastic Press Association’s (MIPA) Journalism Day at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Nearly 250 special needs high school students from the Independence School District and other metro schools showed off their skills during the second annual Job Olympics.
Van Horn High School senior Destany Williamson was named the JROTC Outstanding Cadet by the Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
ISD high school sophomores Elizabeth Clark from Truman and Connor Jones from William Chrisman were two of just 330 statewide accepted to the prestigious Missouri Scholars Academy.
Truman won the 2016 Missouri High School Mock Trial State Championship and qualified for the National Mock Trial Championship, the first time a Kansas City-area team has qualified for nationals in 20 years.
Four students – three from William Chrisman, one from Van Horn- qualify for the National SkillsUSA Championships this summer.
Rep. Ira Anders was honored by Missouri school administrators for his commitment to education.
