Browse past news stories for Independence High School in Independence, OH.

• Megan Kavaras - Parma Sun Post 'Student of the Week' (Parma Sun Post)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 06:08:53 pm
  Independence High School senior Megan Kavaras earned a spot as a commended National Merit Scholar. She is also active in a variety of school activities, including editor of the school newspaper, “The Spectator,” National Honor Society, on the summer reading committee, and helped with the “schools for schools” fundraiser that raised humanitarian funds for the Invisible Children of Africa.
• DPS embark on a new era with reforms vote tonight (Denver Post)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 08:15:28 am
  Denver Public Schools tonight will embark on a new era in what may be the district's most pivotal school board meeting in decades.
• Town of Sophia on rebound, looks for new growth (The Register-Herald)
  posted on November 29, 2009 at 05:02:37 am
  Back in the 1950s, black gold flowed out of the mines and along the railroad tracks, and the town of Sophia was a typical, coal-based West Virginia town.
• Choir to help dedicate Sophia lights (The Register-Herald)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 04:45:17 am
  A mass choir will help get Sophia residents in the holiday spirit Saturday during the dedication of the town’s Christmas lights.
• Doing us proud (The Register-Herald)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:00:27 am
  As Christopher McBride practiced with The Pride of West Virginia for the first time, the Beckley native found himself marching along with a band of nearly 400 members, 10 times bigger and 10 times louder than his Woodrow Wilson High School band.
• Calendar, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 (The Register-Herald)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 01:45:12 am
  Spaghetti dinner orders taken, to support Maxwell Hill Elementary School, will be taken until Nov. 30, the event will be Dec. 3 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. For more information call 304-256-4599.
• Girl Fights Increase In And Out Of School (WCMH Columbus)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:22:27 pm
  Eight students face charges after five separate but simultaneous fights at Independence High School Tuesday.
• WCHS teams ready for busy Thanksgiving week (Sparta Expositor)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:31:32 am
  The White County High School Warriors and Warriorettes are preparing for a busy Thanksgiving week of action. Preseason scrimmages and Hall of Fame games are completed. Everything counts on the record from this point forward as teams begin the long journey toward March and the postseason.
• Fight Contained At Independence H.S. (WBNS-10TV Columbus)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:47:36 pm
  Police say a fight that broke out inside Independence High School earlier this morning has been contained.
• Police respond to fight at Independence High School (The Columbus Dispatch)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:37:40 pm
  Columbus police are responding to reports of a disturbance at Independence High School on the Far East Side. Shortly after 11 a.m., an officer stationed at the school reported that a fight had broken out, and he called for back-up help.
• 8 Students To Be Charged After Fights At High School (WCMH Columbus)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:22:37 pm
  UPDATE: Five fights break out at a local high school, and Columbus police says eight students will be charged.
• IHS renovates drab daycare (Appen Newspapers)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 11:02:45 pm
  November 23, 2009 ALPHARETTA - During the 2009-2010 school year, Independence High School has undertaken the task of renovating its daycare facility in order to bring more color and warmth to the babies and children it serves.
• Independence elects exchange student queen (The Advocate)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 06:19:29 am
  Judy Kwong, a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong, is crowned Independence High School Homecoming Queen at the football game against Albany in Independence, La.
• Sgt. Brad Boroway is new school resource officer in Independence (Parma Sun Post)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:07:48 pm
  Jim Olexa/Sun NewsA group of “shepherd dogs” help Sgt. Brad Borowy, top left, including bottom left, Mary Digeronimo, Rachel Hollingsworth, Nicole Schmetzer, middle row Justin Kotlarsic, Alexa Gervasi, Carey Artrip and, top, Sam Stretar. Sgt. Brad Borowy used to...
• Rio Rancho sees enrollment growth (The Observer)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:46:09 pm
  A depressed economy hasn’t stymied enrollment in Rio Rancho Public Schools.
• Milpitas girls tennis: league champions (The Milpitas Post)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:16:00 pm
  Milpitas High School's girls varsity tennis team finished the regular season with a 16-2 record, taking first place overall in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League's El Camino Division.
• Notebook: Cox nearly played for Auburn's Roof (Athens Banner-Herald)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 05:06:00 am
  Auburn defensive coordinator Ted Roof has gameplanned this week for a Georgia offense led by a quarterback who at one time planned to play for Roof.
• Calendar - Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 (The Register-Herald)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 03:38:05 am
  Raleigh County Board of Education special meeting, Park Middle School, 5:30 p.m., for LSICs from the Academy of Careers & Technology, Woodrow Wilson High School, Crescent Elementary, Hollywood Elementary and Park Middle.
• Saratoga volleyball team ready to make a run in CCS playoffs (Los Gatos Weekly-Times)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 01:07:54 am
  It's tough for girls volleyball teams to play week after week in the rugged De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League — Saratoga knows that very well.
• Mentors can make a dramatic difference, BYU study says (Provo Daily Herald)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:05:40 pm
  PROVO -- A teacher who acts as a mentor to a disadvantaged student can make a dramatic difference in that child's likelihood of going to college, according to a BYU professor's national study publishe
• Independence High School football can't beat Hawken twice (Parma Sun Post)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:24:12 pm
  JIM OLEXA/SUN NEWSIndependence fans cheer on their football team in playoff action against Hawken. INDEPENDENCE Revenge is sweet. The sign hanging on the Hawken sidelines Friday night said it all. After suffering a controversial 14-7 loss at Independence in Week...
• Calendar — Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (The Register-Herald)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 04:53:56 am
  Postponed — National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 0950 meeting until Nov. 18, noon, Senior Citizens Center, South Kanawha Street, Beckley, speaker, Jim McLean, Blue Cross representative.
• Bringing culture to the country (The Senatobia Democrat)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 08:32:09 am
  Out in the eastern part of the county, a group of citizens is working hard to bring a bit of culture to their neck of the woods.
• Independence hands Arlington first defeat (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 06:33:35 am
  Independence 23, Arlington 16 Arlington High School's dream season came to a nightmarish end Friday night, with the Tigers falling to Independence High School, 23-16, in a first-round home playoff game. The loss snapped Arlington's 10-game winning streak and knocked the Tigers out of the postseason with a still-dazzling 10-1 record. "We've got 20 seniors on this team, and some of them ...
• Facts, tips about tonight's game (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 03:06:13 pm
  Planning to attend tonight's Butler-Independence high school football game, or int
• Student filmmaker honored by attorney general (The Observer)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 03:46:00 am
  State Attorney General Gary King visited the City of Vision on Oct. 16, participating in a ceremony at Independence High School.
• Christopher Bierman: Parma Sun Post Student of the Week (Parma Sun Post)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 09:19:18 pm
  A member of Boy Scout Troop 297, Christopher Bierman received the rank of Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor held Sept. 26 at Independence City Hall. His project was to make improvements to the local Safety Town program,...
• High School Football Players Promote Nonviolence (WBNS-10TV Columbus)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 03:32:44 pm
  Two high schools involved in a shooting gather to take the spotlight off the violence and turn it onto the football field. Read the story.
• Independence High School boys cruise into regionals (Parma Sun Post)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:37:17 pm
  Independence continued its dominant cross country season with a first place finish at the Division III district meet at Edgewater Park. Ryan Polman was second overall with a time of 16:02.5. Winning the district is nice, says coach Craig Polman,...
• Football Summit For Schools Involved In Violence (WBNS-10TV Columbus)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:18:29 am
  Parents and students from two central Ohio high schools are holding a football summit to promote nonviolence. Read the story.