Environmental Science classes did a lab last week that had to do with "mining" for chocolate chips. They compared rocks and minerals to chocolate chip cookies. The cookie would be the rock (made of...

Utah Valley Exchange presented “Accepting the Challenge of Excellence” (ACE) scholarships to two students from our school. The ACE scholarships are presented to students who have made...

We are so lucky to have BYU Anatomy students after school in our Biology classes. These BYU students have a program called Touch a Heart. The idea of the program is to have students work with organs...

Provo City School District has a unique tradition of presenting awards each month to individuals who have made an impact in our district. This award is called “The Provo Way” award. “The...

This year our school was once again accepted into the CHILL snowboarding program. Our students travel up to Salt Lake where they meet up with other organizations involved in the program. They then...

With the start of the new term we are so excited to have a new students leadership class here at Independence. Students leadership is in charge of social media, the blood drive, birthday bags, the...

Independence High School Biology and Earth Science Classes had the opportunity to be visited by Hawkwatch. Hawkwatch is an organization that collects and analyzes data on raptors, and help with...

Aaron's applied mathematics class was learning about the Fibonacci sequence and how it is relates to the world around us. They discovered the pattern was a spiral and that it was found in nature....

The Provo School District Foundation awards mini-grants to teachers in the district. Teachers have to explain their idea for a project with a two-page application. Our very own Mary James submitted a...