Bingham Middle School

Check out our latest Bingham Bear Newsletter for late September. #BearsRising

Please take some time to read through our Bingham Bear Newsletter for September. #BearsRising

Mark your calendars to celebrate the Independence School District during the all-district parade on Saturday, October 16th at 9 a.m. Students, teachers and staff from each of our 30 schools will march around the Independence Square, celebrating our district and community!

Please check out our Bingham Bear Newsletter for information about the First Day of School. We are excited to welcome all of our Bingham Bears back for the 2021-2022 school year!

Happy to have Ms. Zirpolo join the Bingham family! Speaking of family, Ms. Zirpolo and her brother were highlighted in this video. Both are graduates of ISD and returning to teach in our district!

Members of the Bingham Middle School robotics team are learning and working together to prepare for competition! The team must research, build and code their ro...bot to complete missions and return to the starting area. In addition to their robot, students must work together to develop and present a solution to a given problem. Listen to students share what they enjoy about robotics and why hard work and cooperation are the keys to being successful here... See more

They are yours. We care for them as ours. We miss our students! #isdstrong

Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced today that Missouri schools will remain closed through the end of the 2019-2020 regular school year. Independence School District Superintendent, Dr. Dale Herl, has this video message for ISD staff and families, "While we all may have anticipated this news, it is still a hard reality. We know this is very disappointing for staff, students, and families. To all of the parents who are working with your students, thank you for everything you are doing. I know you are juggling teaching your children with work schedules in these trying times. And to our students, we are thinking of you, we miss you and hope you are using the lessons to continue growing and learning each day."

We are excited to share daily read alouds and lessons from our ISD team! Listen to Independence School District math teachers Ms. Douglas and Ms. Hinckley teach seventh grade students how to solve two-step equations. Make sure to check our ISD website www.isdschools.org for Virtual Learning Resources.

We are extremely proud and excited to celebrate the great work of our staff on our Virtual Learning Resources. We will continue to add to these lessons in the days ahead. These optional, supplemental learning opportunities can be found on our website at www.isdschools.org. Most lessons have corresponding YouTube videos. All linked videos allow you to utilize closed captioning and select the language of your choice. The Independence School District is first and foremost an institution of learning. While these activities are not a replacement for classroom instruction, we are committed to providing educational opportunities for students throughout this closure.

We are excited to share that we are expanding our student meal supports beginning on Monday, March 30. ISD bus drivers will utilize our high school bus routes t...o deliver meals at bus stops Monday - Friday. Please verify your nearest bus stop and time by visiting our website www.isdschools.org. You will find a bus icon on the home page that will allow you to enter your student ID number to find the stop nearest you and the time the bus will be there daily. Please arrive at the stop 10 minutes before the specified time. Buses may arrive up to 10 minutes before the listed stop time or 10 minutes after. Please maintain social distancing from others waiting at stops for meals and also from our bus drivers. When the bus pulls up to each stop, please wait while maintaining social distancing. Parents should escort children to stops. It is not mandatory for students to be present to receive meals. We will also continue serving grab and go lunches (which will also include breakfast for the following day) to all children under the age of 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Bridger Middle School, Truman High School, Van Horn High School and William Chrisman High School. Parents can drive up along the front entrance drive and our staff can bring those grab and go meals out so you do not need to get out of your vehicle. We will have plenty of meals to go around so please do not hesitate to take advantage of these meals for the children in your household. This is also an important way our bus drivers and nutrition services team members can continue to serve as they are essential personnel while serving and delivering meals.

Monday, March 23 through Friday, March 27, the Independence School District will continue serving grab and go lunches (which will also include breakfast for the following day) to all children under the age of 18. Meals will be available at Bridger Middle School, Truman High School, Van Horn High School, William Chrisman High School and the community sites listed on the attached flyer. Please look closely at the flyer for times and locations. Parents can drive up along the front entrance and our staff can bring those grab and go meals out so you do not need to get out of your vehicle. You can find updated information and access our Virtual Learning Resources at www.isdschools.org.

We have received new information from local leaders that schools will remain closed through at least April 24th. We know this is disheartening for many seniors and other students looking forward to school and spring activities. Virtual Learning Resources are available online for Early Education and K-12 at www.isdschool.org. We will continue to add to these optional, supplemental learning opportunities. While these activities are not a replacement for classroom instruction, we are committed to providing educational opportunities for students throughout this closure. Find additional information here: https://www.isdschools.org/coronavirus-precautions-and-res/

ISD Superintendent, Dr. Dale Herl, has this message for ISD staff and families on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Find more information below and answers to your questions here: https://www.isdschools.org/coronavirus-precautions-and-res/

A quick reminder that there is no school on Friday, March 6th due to ISD staff professional development. We look forward to welcoming students back into classrooms on Monday, March 9th.

A quick reminder that there is no school on Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents' Day. We look forward to welcoming students back into classrooms on Tuesday, February 18th.

A quick reminder that there is no school on Monday, January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We look forward to welcoming students back into classrooms on Tuesday, January 21st.

Welcome back ISD students! We are excited to see everyone back in classrooms and look forward to a successful second half of the 2019-2020 school year!

Have a wonderful winter break! There will be no school from December 23rd - January 3rd. We look forward to welcoming all ISD students back on Monday, January 6th!