Indian Hills

When Ishya Bhavsar was young, she would watch spelling bee competitions in her parents’ room. In the fourth grade, she decided she wanted to compete herself. Now, the Indian Hills Middle School seventh grader is headed to the Sunflower State...

At a rangy 6'9" tall and with a shot that makes him a threat from beyond the three-point line, Prairie Village native Zane Meeks is the kind of basketball player that big college programs love to court. But because a...

Two Shawnee Mission schools found out earlier this month that they had earned the National Parent Teacher Association's School of Excellence distinction — an honor that puts them in elite company nationally and in an exclusive category in Kansas. Belinder Elementary...

Most Thursday mornings, Indian Hills Middle School students would be in their seats in class. Today, they’re out serving the community. In an effort to reinforce the tenets of the school’s HONOR code — which encourages students to display honesty, optimism, neighborliness,...

A rite of passage for Shawnee Mission School District 6th graders will have a new location this year. For decades, 6th graders have celebrated the end of their elementary school years with a spring Olympic Festival, which features a series...

All the girls basketball team at Indian Hills Middle School knows is winning. Since the return of middle school sports three years ago, the Knights’ A teams have gone 26-2 and have won all three city championships, including a perfect...

Will Brant will start eighth grade at Indian Hills Middle School tomorrow. Last week, though, he was in Ft. Meyers, Florida, playing baseball with some of the most talented youngsters in the country. Brant was selected to represent the Midwest...

Shortly after school begins this fall, Indian Hills students will have a brand new field for its physical education classes and the district's new middle school sports programs. As part of the bond issue approved by voters in 2015, the...

Indian Hills Associate Principal Blake Revelle didn't know he was spilling the beans when he caught 8th Grader Reilly Moreland in the hall the other day. Typically, the school keeps the recipient of its Wally Foundation Community Builder Award...

For more than 50 years the students who went through Indian Hills Middle School were watched over by Lillie May. But when school opens next fall, Lillie won't be there - for the first time since 1962. Lillie, 86, and...

No matter what decision is made about the future of sixth grade students in the Shawnee Mission, the school district is going to need more schools. Dr. Rick Atha, assistant superintendent for instructional support, told dozens of parents gathered at...

The Shawnee Mission School District on Tuesday announced it would hold five community input sessions to get feedback from patrons about the idea of reconfiguring current middle school alignment. Superintendent Jim Hinson announced late last year that he was...