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IMHS Winter Formal to be held January 21

12/27/2022

Iron Mountain High School (9-12th grade) students are invited to attend the annual "Mid-Winter Formal" hosted by the Iron Mountain High School Student Council on Saturday, January 21, 2023 from 7:30 PM until 10:30 PM.
Izzo Center entrance doors will open at 7:30 PM.

The cost per person is $5.00, to be paid at the door. Student IDs must be presented at the door.

Guest passes are due to the High School Office no later than Friday, January 13, 2023.

To preserve the gymnasium floor, attendees are not allowed to wear any style of shoe and are asked to please wear SOCKS!

DJ services provided by Taylored Weddings.

Dueling Pianos show to be hosted by Music Boosters

12/23/2022

Ring in the new year with Dueling Pianos featuring Tommy Sklut! Come for drinks, snacks, some impromptu singing and dancing... and an interactive musical experience like no other!

$25 Tickets sold by Music Booster Members.
Tickets are also available online and at the door on the night of the event.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

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Girls Basketball games to be rescheduled

12/21/2022

Good morning Mountaineer families,

Due to the impending weather forecast, the home Girls JV/Varsity Basketball games vs. Bark River-Harris HS scheduled for Thursday, December 22 will be rescheduled to a later date in order to provide an opportunity for safe holiday travel.
The Hodag Wrestling Scramble scheduled for tomorrow has not been canceled as of yet.
Please see our website for the latest updates: https://www.imschools.org/

Safe travels and Happy Holidays!

IMPS receives life-saving device from Wes Leonard Heart Team

12/20/2022

Iron Mountain Public Schools extends their gratitude to the Wes Leonard Heart Team for their donation of a Cardiac Science G5 Fully Automatic AED for the health and safety of our students, staff, and visitors.

An automated external defibrillator, or AED, is used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. It is a sophisticated, yet easy to use, medical device that can analyze the heart's rhythm, and if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm.

The Wes Leonard Heart Team was created in memory of Wes Leonard, a sixteen-year old Fennville High School basketball player who collapsed on the court after making a game winning shot in 2011. It was later determined Leonard died of sudden cardiac arrest. The team brings awareness to the importance of automated external defibrillators in schools, and helps with providing AEDs to schools that have need for the expensive devices.

The donation from the Wes Leonard Heart Team brings the district’s AED total to six. The AEDs are spread throughout the district gymnasiums and school buildings on campus, placed strategically to allow the user to attain the device in the least amount of precious life-saving time. Iron Mountain Public Schools Nurse, Kathleen “Cookie” Brooks, applied for and acquired the $1900 life-saving device. “At Iron Mountain Public Schools, we have students with cardiac issues. One in three hundred youth are living with undetected heart conditions. Just having the AED in our schools is not enough. We, the nurses, are meeting with staff this month to run drills and make sure our Medical Emergency Response team knows how and when to use the AEDs.”

Iron Mountain Public Schools is proud to have a MI HEARTSafe School designation from Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Department of Education, American Heart Association, Michigan High School Athletic Association, and Michigan Alliance for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the Young. The district’s buildings met standards that indicate preparation and readiness for cardiac emergencies during the 2020-2021 school year and will have the MI HEARTSafe designation until the end of the 2022-2023 school year. These standards include multiple drills and learning opportunities for school staff. In the event of a sudden cardiac arrest, the district is ready to implement the chain of survival to save lives.

To learn more about the Wes Leonard Heart Team and Wes’ legacy, please visit https://wesleonardheartteam.org/ .

IMPS staff, Alli Cevigney (left) and Amy Galvan (right), demonstrate using a training AED device.

IMPS Nurse Kathleen “Cookie” Brooks leads a training for staff to prepare them for use of the AED.

Concert rescheduled

12/14/2022

Good morning Mountaineer families!

Regrettably, due to an illness on our teaching staff, we are rescheduling Thursday's Christmas program to Wednesday, Jan 4th, at 1:30 pm.

Sincerely,
Mr. Mendini

Host families needed as soon as possible

12/12/2022

We ask for your help in the search for a host family or host families beginning as soon as possible for two current Iron Mountain High School exchange students. They have been with Iron Mountain Public Schools since the beginning of the school year and we would like to keep them in our district as they are wonderful young ladies!

One is a 15 year old (sophomore) female from Spain and the other is a 17 year old (senior) female from Italy.

These students would really love to stay, as planned, until the end of the school year (May 26th). The girls can share a bedroom but must have their own bed and dresser, or we can place them with two host families. While it is preferred the host family lives in Iron Mountain, it can be anywhere in Dickinson County.

If you are interested in helping these students continue their Mountaineer experience, please contact Dawn Smith at smithd@imschools.org, or by phone at 906-779-2610 X4318.

More information regarding hosting a student through "International Experience" is available here:
https://ie-usa.org/host-a-student/

District Calendar Changes

12/9/2022

Good afternoon Mountaineer families,

Please note, there are two major changes to our District Calendar:

There will be no school on Monday, January 2, 2023. Class for Iron Mountain Public Schools will resume from Winter Break on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
There will be school on Monday, February 13, 2023, which has previously been communicated as “Mid-Winter Break”.

According to Michigan Revised School Code, public schools must recognize the New Year's Day holiday on Monday, January 2, due to the holiday falling on a Sunday. Several Dickinson-Iron ISD school districts have recently changed their district calendars to reflect this recent finding.

The District Calendars have been updated on the school website to reflect the change: https://www.imschools.org/district-calendar.html

Thank you for your understanding.
Happy Holidays!

Addresses and Office Hours

Administration Building
(Superintendent's Office)

217 Izzo-Mariucci Way
Iron Mountain, MI 49801
906-779-2600

Monday-Friday
7:30 AM - 3:30 PM

North Elementary School (Grades EK-4)

900 5th Street
Iron Mountain, MI 49801
906-779-2626

Monday-Friday
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

High School/ Middle School/ East Elementary School (Grades 5-12)

300 West B Street
Iron Mountain, MI 49801
906-779-2610

School Year Hours:
Monday-Friday
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

IM Homeschool Partnership- North End

800 East E Street
Iron Mountain, MI 49801
906-282-9817

IM-K Community Schools- South End

800 East E Street
Iron Mountain, MI 49801
906-779-2660

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