Independence High School

Independence High School (IHS) has launched the 2024-25 academic year with a series of innovative events designed to welcome students and prepare staff for an engaging school year...

Dear Independence Families! I am so excited for our first home football game of the season! As many of you know, our stadium had a significant facelift, with new home bleachers a...

Dear Independence School Community, Due to weather-related delays in our stadium renovation project, we are moving this Friday's football game (8/23) to Columbia High School. Curre...

We can't wait to see your pictures! Feel free to print out your sign and have your child hold it while you take their first day of school pictures! You can share your pics by e...

Hello Independence Families, I am updating you on the transportation issues we have proactively addressed since late spring and early summer. As many of you know, the...

Independence Local Schools is set to bolster its security measures for the upcoming 2024-25 school year by paying for additional security coverage to ensure all three buildings hav...

Welcome to a New Year of Celebrating Independence Schools! Back to School Resources We are gearing up for the 2024-2025 school year, and we can’t wait for a new year of celebra...

Governor DeWine expanded the tax-free holiday in Ohio this year. It is from 12 a.m. Tuesday, July 30 until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, August 8, 2024. According to the Governor’s offic...

With the number of retirements and resignations within Independence Local Schools, the district was able to take advantage of attrition by filling vacant positions internally. A...

Owen Szymanski is a junior at Independence High School, currently enrolled in CVCC’s Heating & Air Conditioning program taught by Matt Schoeffler. Encouraged by his father, a long...

On May 16, Independence High School celebrated the academic excellence of its students at the annual Academic Letter ceremony. To earn an academic letter, students had to maintain...

The Transportation Department is in the planning phase of creating new bus routes for the 2024-25 school year. Due to the continued bus driver shortage, we may need to condense an...

After years without improvements, Independence High School's baseball field has undergone a major transformation. Community members were invited to see the upgrades at a first pit...

Callia Shumay, a senior at Independence High School (IHS), has achieved remarkable success in the literary world, earning a Scholastic Writing & Art Silver Key and Gold Key Award ...

The Ohio Association of School Business Officials (OASBO) has recognized Tom Dreiling, assistant superintendent of Independence Local Schools, as their Business Operations Manager...

The Independence Board of Education has selected Kelli Cogan as the next superintendent of Independence Local Schools. Cogan succeeds Ben Hegedish, who left the district at the en...

In our next "All in it Minute," we showcase our amazing classified staff! Check it out!

On March 19, Independence High School held its annual National Honor Society Induction Ceremony in the auditorium. Current NHS officers include President Matthew Wisniewski, Vice...

Grace Malvic is a social graduate from Independence High School who is completing her second year in the Transition to Work (TTW) program at Cuyahoga Valley Career Center. “I lov...

Independence High School's Drama Club presented "Mean Girls: High School Version" on March 15 & 16 at 7 p.m. in the IHS auditorium. "Mean Girls: High School Version" was the "fet...