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==Academics==
==Academics==
Roughly a third of the teachers at Issaquah Middle have 1 to 5 years of teaching experience with 71 percent of the teachers holding Master's and Ph.D degrees. The school offers a "highly capable" program called [[Humanities|Humanities Plus]] which is a block class containing history and English curriculum for which 174 students are enrolled (as of 2008); an [[ESL|ESL Program]] for which 23 students are enrolled (as of 2008); and a [[special education]] program for which 80 students are enrolled (as of 2008). The most accomplished and handsome student ever to go to IMS, with the initials WC(William Caras), deserves an award, or something. <ref>http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/profile.php?results=&building_id=3038&search=</ref> Issaquah Middle also offers high school credit foreign language classes and high school credit] mathematics classes. Issaquah has also introduced [[Smartboards]] to a majority of the classrooms as well as [[LCD projectors]] and [[document camera]]s.
Roughly a third of the teachers at Issaquah Middle have 1 to 5 years of teaching experience with 71 percent of the teachers holding Master's and Ph.D degrees. The school offers a "highly capable" program called [[Humanities|Humanities Plus]] which is a block class containing history and English curriculum for which 174 students are enrolled (as of 2008); an [[ESL|ESL Program]] for which 23 students are enrolled (as of 2008); and a [[special education]] program for which 80 students are enrolled (as of 2008). The most accomplished and handsome student ever to go to IMS, with the initials WC(William Caras), deserves an award, or something. But Nolan is wayyyy better.<ref>http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/profile.php?results=&building_id=3038&search=</ref> Issaquah Middle also offers high school credit foreign language classes and high school credit] mathematics classes. Issaquah has also introduced [[Smartboards]] to a majority of the classrooms as well as [[LCD projectors]] and [[document camera]]s.


==Student life==
==Student life==

Revision as of 05:12, 20 December 2011

Issaquah Middle School
Location
Map
Information
TypePublic intermediate school
School districtIssaquah School District
PrincipalCorrine DeRosa
Faculty41[3]
Number of students895
Color(s)Maroon and Grey[2]   
MascotPanther[1]
Websitehttp://www.ims.issaquah.wednet.edu/[4]

Issaquah Middle School(IZZ-uh-kwah) is a middle school serving students in grades 6-8, in Issaquah, Washington and Bellevue, Washington as part of the Issaquah School District. Located in the vicinity of Issaquah Middle School is the Issaquah Community Center and Issaquah Creek, as well as the older portion of downtown Issaquah along Front Street.[5] Students at Issaquah Middle School feed in from Cougar Ridge Elementary, Clark Elementary, Issaquah Valley Elementary, as well as some of the students that attend Sunset Elementary and Grand Ridge Elementary. The students continue to Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus for their freshman year (until fall of 2010) and Issaquah High School for the rest of their high school career.[6] It is also part of the KING-5 TV weather network giving weather data of the city of Issaquah.

History

Issaquah Middle School was constructed as the first middle school of the Issaquah School District and opened with the name Issaquah Junior High School in 1955 and for lack of non respect we give after school detointion 2:00-3:35;[7] following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck the greater Puget Sound region on April 29, 1965.[8] About three decades later, the school was remodeled for two years of "live-in, learn-in" conditions with the remodel being completed in 1999.[9]

Academics

Roughly a third of the teachers at Issaquah Middle have 1 to 5 years of teaching experience with 71 percent of the teachers holding Master's and Ph.D degrees. The school offers a "highly capable" program called Humanities Plus which is a block class containing history and English curriculum for which 174 students are enrolled (as of 2008); an ESL Program for which 23 students are enrolled (as of 2008); and a special education program for which 80 students are enrolled (as of 2008). The most accomplished and handsome student ever to go to IMS, with the initials WC(William Caras), deserves an award, or something. But Nolan is wayyyy better.[10] Issaquah Middle also offers high school credit foreign language classes and high school credit] mathematics classes. Issaquah has also introduced Smartboards to a majority of the classrooms as well as LCD projectors and document cameras.

Student life

As of 2008, Issaquah Middle School has a WEB "Where Everybody Belongs" program which assists incoming sixth graders to adjust to the new environment of middle school. Since 2005, the school is involved in the Green Schools Program of King County, Washington which was adopted by the Issaquah School District to reduce outgoing waste from the school by increasing recycling and decreasing the usage of the garbage dumpster. Specifically, Issaquah Middle decreased its collection frequency/size of garbage dumpster saving nearly $17,000 when combined with the totals of four other Issaquah district schools.[11]

Sports, Arts and Extracurricular Activities

Issaquah Middle School has two sports teams which include boys and girls basketball, cross country, softball, wrestling for boys (and girls with special permission), gymnastics, track, volleyball for girls.[12] Track is the main sporting event and the school has won a number of trophies over the years. The school also offers fine arts programs which include band, choir, orchestra, drama, photography, drawing-painting, ceramics. Mixed Media Art, and Graphic design. Members of the IMS band, chorus, and orchestra travel biennially to Disneyland for a recording session, as well as public performance. The intermidiate and advanced Band, Orchestra, and Choir members Have 3 or more Concerts, as well as traveling to an annual festival in Spokane,WA, to compete with other schools. [13] Extracurricular activities offered include Jazz Band, Chess club, National Junior Honor Society(abv. NJHS), Math Olympiad, Robotics, Homework Club, Scrapbook/Sticker Club, Jazz Band, And Crystal Voices.

PTSA

Issaquah Middle School's PTSA has provided the school with more than $15,000 in teacher grants, scholarships, ACTIVboards in classrooms and the annual eighth grade trip to the Junior Achievement Financial Park where the students learn real-world skills.[14] The PTSA also provides the school with numerous hours of volunteering at school activities and services. Such an example of the volunteer work is the Walk About program. It is the first kind of program in the district containing nearly 120 parent volunteers who provide adult supervision on campus grounds before school, during lunches, and at the end of the school day.[15]

WASL Test Results

Below is a link to view the latest WASL test information for Issaquah Middle School.

http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?groupLevel=District&schoolId=1442&reportLevel=School&orgLinkId=1442&yrs=&year=2007-08

References

  1. ^ http://www.ims.issaquah.wednet.edu/
  2. ^ http://www.ims.issaquah.wednet.edu/
  3. ^ http://schools.nationalrelocation.com/school/530375000573/
  4. ^ http://schools.nationalrelocation.com/school/530375000573/
  5. ^ http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/schools/school.asp?school=ims
  6. ^ http://dev.issaquah.wednet.edu/documents/feederpattern.pdf?dord=512
  7. ^ http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/schools/School.aspx?loc=ims&dord=225
  8. ^ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1965_04_29.php
  9. ^ http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/schools/school.asp?school=ims
  10. ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/profile.php?results=&building_id=3038&search=
  11. ^ http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/greenschools/issaquah-school-district.asp
  12. ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/profile.php?results=&building_id=3038&search=
  13. ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/profile.php?results=&building_id=3038&search=
  14. ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/profile.php?results=&building_id=3038&search=
  15. ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/schoolguide/profile.php?results=&building_id=3038&search=

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