Indian Hills

Every year, thousands and thousands of 4 and 5 year olds don leotards and tutus and sway cutely if clumsily along in their first ballet classes. And for many of those tiny dancers, one of their first ballet dreams...

Shawnee Mission Superintendent Jim Hinson announced Thursday that the school district is creating a task force to explore moving sixth graders out of elementary schools and into a middle school setting, a decision he said will have a major impact...

It was a meeting of generations at Brighton Gardens in Prairie Village last week as members of the Indian Hills girls basketball team met with some former players at the senior living community. Coach Kathy Kreamer, who steered the Knights...

Prairie Village resident Brodie Scott doesn't look like what the typical mind conjures up when it hears the word "powerlifter." The 5'5" 12 year old is, by his dad's admission, pretty lanky. "He really is not the typical build you see...

By Dawn Bormann Shawnee Mission expected middle school sports to be popular during the debut year. But even the biggest supporters didn’t anticipate what happened. “We had over 1,300 middle school students participate in a middle school athletic at some point...

Changes are coming to the middle school curriculum in the Shawnee Mission School District next school year. Parents and staff at the middle schools were advised of the changes last week that will reduce the number of class periods from...

When Divya Hegde and her family make the four hour drive west to Fort Hays State University today, it shouldn't bee too difficult to find something to pass the time. There are 450 words on the Scripps Spelling Bee...

SM East’s football team wasn't the only dominant sports squad in northeast Johnson County this fall. On Wednesday, the Indian Hills Knights girls basketball teams wrapped up a nearly flawless season that earned them the first-ever Shawnee Mission middle schools...

Upon stepping into Indian Hills Middle School Tuesday afternoon, you could have been forgiven for thinking you’d been transported to a Friday night at SM East when the Rockhurst basketball team was on the court. With the roar of the...

Former teachers, students, PTA presidents and at least one principal from the past regaled in stories of Indian Hills Middle School during its 60th anniversary celebration Friday afternoon. Community members were streaming in the doors for a look at...

Indian Hills is preparing to mark its 60th school year with a celebration on October 10 that will open the school for tours of the building. Indian Hills underwent extensive construction during the last few years. The open house for...

On Sept. 6, Meg Shermer and Kristine Tardiff hustled toward the finish line of the Greg Wilson Classic cross country meet at Johnson County Community College. “We’re almost there,” Tardiff said, running step for step with Shermer. “I think your ‘almost...