Independence Junior High School

Good Afternoon Independence Families and Staff, Due to the icy conditions and the weather forecast through Wednesday, we need to close the south lot to traffic, as it is too icy and continues to refreeze causing unsafe, slick conditions. All car riders and staff should plan to use the main entrance drop off lane and parking lot through Wednesday. We will send out an update on Wednesday afternoon to let you know about the rest of the week.

Happy Holidays to our District 128 Families! We hope you have a great winter break. 😊☃️❄️⠀ ⠀ All schools and offices will be closed from December 22, 2021 - January 4, 2022. ⠀ Students, see you back on January 5, 2022!

School District 128 Student Wins Membean Root Challenge Seven Independence students participated in the Membean Root Challenge where they had to use specific roots, prefixes, and suffixes, to create their own pseudoword and compose their pseudoword in an original sentence. This was a national contest where other junior highs, high schools, and colleges submitted their psuedowords where there were only five first place winners and ten honorable mention winners from across the United States. Cayla Prohaska’s pseudoword, sesociomorphise, which means to change due to a pandemic, won honorable mention, and she received a $50.00 Amazon gift card for her efforts! Prohaska’s word in her original sentence was After COVID-19 hit, we had to sesociomorphise into a wacky world of social distancing. All of these students’ words have nuance, precision, originality, and panache…Check out Elise Alligood, Abby Beach, Kiera Bruton, Meredith Cachor, Alexa Castor, Cece Hogan, Cayla Prohaska’s pseudowords!

Just a reminder of our District 128 calendar for next week (November 22 - 26): Monday, November 22 - Parent Teacher Conferences from 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM (No school for students) Tuesday, November 23 - Parent Teacher Conferences from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (No school for students) November 24 - 26 - No School for Students Wishing you and your family a relaxing Thanksgiving holiday!

Bus 4 is running approximately 20 minutes behind schedule this afternoon, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. The driver was running late transitioning to our route.

Tomorrow (November 10) is a Professional Learning Community (PLC) EARLY DISMISSAL day for all District 128 schools. The school dismissal times are as follows: -Navajo at 1:15 PM -Independence at 1:20 PM -Chippewa at 1:25 PM -Indian Hill Kindergarten at 1:30 PM -Indian Hill AM Preschool at 10:30 AM and PM Preschool at 1:30 PM

Bus 7 is running 10 minutes late this morning, Friday, November 5, as they had to call in a standby driver.

Just a reminder that today is an early dismissal day! See yesterday's email for details.

Early Dismissal

Bus 5 running 10 min late.

Bus 7 is running 15-20 minutes late. See your email or text message for details.

Just a reminder that tomorrow (October 6) at 6:30 PM we will be hosting an informational night to discuss our upcoming Strategic Planning process. Date: October 6, 2021 Time: 6:30 - 7:30 PM Location: Palos Heights Parks and Recreation

EARLY DISMISSAL TODAY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 DISMISSAL TIMES: Navajo - 1:15 PM Independence - 1:20 PM Chippewa - 1:25 PM Indian Hill - Pre-K AM 10:30 AM & Kindergarten/ Pre-K PM 1:30 PM

Just a friendly reminder of our early dismissal today (September 15). Please note the dismissal time for each school: -Navajo at 1:15 PM -Independence at 1:20 PM -Chippewa at 1:25 PM -Indian Hill Kindergarten at 1:30 PM -Indian Hill AM Preschool at 10:30 AM and PM at 1:30 PM

The District 128 band program is hosting a car wash on Saturday, July 3 at Independence Jr. High from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. The car wash is free with donations accepted! Please stop by and support that band program!

Click on the link below to read Dr. Brownlow's May newsletter! https://mailchi.mp/52866831684f/april2021-13359563

Bus 3 is running 10 minutes behind schedule this afternoon, Monday, May 10.

Internet service in D128 has been restored.

Internet outage is a result of a broadband service provider outage. The district is still waiting for restoration of services. Continue to direct any urgent messages to the school offices via phone. Thank you for your patience.

Celebrating our 100th Day of Full In-Person Instruction!