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Pioneer Ridge Middle School student Levi Bartley has a knack for fixing things, especially bicycles. So Bartley, an eighth-grader, put those skills to work to make the holidays a little brighter for children in need.

William Chrisman High School’s SkillsUSA members topped off a successful two week donation drive for the Independence SPCA by working with Westlake Ace Hardware at the Chrisman Plaza location November 21.

Truman High School’s Mauricio Martinez was named a Champion of Character award winner by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Truman High School Senior Lexi Hart was one of four finalists for the 2015 Evelyn Gates Award, given to the top high school volleyball player in the Kansas City area.

Much like the 2015 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals, the Van Horn JROTC knows how to take advantage of an opportunity! When a last-minute chance to learn from instructors at the University of Central Missouri’s (UCM) Aviation Department presented itself, aviation-interested cadets were ready to spring into action. During their visit to Warrensburg and […]

Using a variety of fun and creative incentives, $42,500 was raised districtwide during the annual United Way campaign- beating last year’s donation total by more than $6,000!

Thanks to a unique grant program and the desire of a Bridger Middle School teacher to give her students a unique out-of-classroom learning experience, every Bridger student saw The Coterie’s highly-acclaimed production ‘The Miracle Worker.’ Wanting her students to see a ‘live’ production and learn proper theater etiquette, Sarah Caughey, reading teacher at Bridger, had […]

More than 30 young ladies from Van Horn and Truman High School experienced life as an architect and designer during the seventh annual Women in Design-Kansas City (WiD-KC) Day of Shadowing October 23. Van Horn students spent the day learning from professionals at three of the city’s top firms: Thornton Tomasetti, GouldEvans and Populous. “I […]

Truman High School’s speech and debate season is off to a rousing start, taking first place in varsity Sweepstakes and capturing five individual first place finishes in back-to-back tournaments at Blue Springs South and Park Hill. Truman’s speakers and debaters outshined 24 other schools at Park Hill- and fought past 28 area high schools at […]

Congratulations to 600 ISD elementary students who took part in the KC Marathon over the weekend.  The Youth Running Clubs have been meeting one day a week for the last eight weeks, training to take part in the KC Marathon.  Our dedicated running club coaches, who are also ISD staff members, ran along with the […]

William Chrisman seniors Anna O’Renick and Alesha Diman were inducted into the Metropolitan Community College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an International Honor Society. For the two high school seniors, getting into a college honor society is a fantastic accomplishment. “Being recognized academically, it feels great,” Diman said. O’Renick agreed and said, “It’s an honor.” […]

If some Santa Fe Trail Elementary students have sore feet, you can understand why! During the school’s Walk-A-Thon, students raised almost $5,000, one step at a time! “The students were challenged to help raise funds and they really came through,” said Liz Mueller, fourth-grade teacher. Money raised goes toward school field trips, class celebrations and […]

Several hundred Early Education students in the Independence School District enjoyed learning while getting messy at the annual “Messy Night”. Youngsters got to take part in educationally driven activities including shaving cream drawing, an erupting volcano, play-doh, collage-making, singing and dancing. Thanks to all who participated and to the amazing ISD staff who made it […]