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INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL’S NEW FACILITIES FRONT AND CENTER AT ADMISSION OPEN HOUSE

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INDIAN SPRINGS, Ala., November 5, 2012 – Indian Springs School (ISS) held an open house for prospective students and their families yesterday that drew more than 100 guests to the school to learn about its academics and programs, including plans for new campus facilities.

The open house featured a brief concert by the Indian Springs School Chamber Choir, campus tours, student-faculty panels, a meet-and-greet with faculty and fellow prospective families, and a presentation on the school’s new Campus Master Plan, which includes plans for new classrooms, a Visual Arts Center, and a new Dining Hall.

“It was exciting to share with prospective families our plans for new facilities, since these students will be among the first to enjoy them for their entire time at Springs,” said ISS Director Gareth Vaughan. “It is a great time to be a part of Springs, not only because of our new building plans but because of the quality educational and extracurricular experiences happening every day.”
“We were pleased to welcome these families to Open House, and we look forward to other opportunities to share about ISS to prospective families,” added Director of Admission and Financial Aid Jack Sweeney.
The school’s next admission event will be on Tuesday, November 27, when the Admission Office will host See Us at Springs — an event for prospective families to experience a regular school day and go to classes, meet teachers and administrators, and tour campus. A See Us at Springs event will also be held on Tuesday, December 4. Both events last from 9-11:30 a.m., and a RSVP is not required. For more information, please contact Allison Fuller at (205) 332-0563 or email admission@indiansprings.org.
For general information about admission to ISS, visit www.ExperienceSprings.org.
Located near the intersection of I-65 and I-459 just south of Birmingham, Indian Springs School is a national leader in coed boarding and day education in grades 8-12. Founded in 1952, the mission of the school is to develop in students a love of learning, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship. For more information about the school, visit www.indiansprings.org.

Cross Country Teams Excel at Sectionals

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11/1/2012 Congratulations to the ISS Cross Country Teams for their performance in today’s AHSAA Sectionals! The Boys Cross Country Team placed first and the Girls Cross Country Team placed second, and both teams qualified for the AHSAA State Tournament. GO … Continue reading →

Vance, Steinmetz to Inspire Students on D-Day

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The Honorable Robert S. Vance Jr. ’79, candidate for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and Holocaust survivor Max Steinmetz will speak to Springs students and faculty on Friday, November 2, as part of its semiannual day of service.

Vance will speak about the importance of public service at 2:30 p.m. in the school’s Concert Hall, culminating Development Day (D-Day), a 60-year school tradition in which students and faculty spend the day doing on-campus and off-campus service projects.

Vance joins D-Day morning speaker Steinmetz, who will begin the day at 8 a.m. in the Concert Hall. Vance and Steinmetz’s addresses are also part of the school’s yearlong theme, “The Individual in Society,” which is giving intentional direction and purpose to a range of curricular and extracurricular efforts throughout the school year.

The Democratic nominee for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice, Vance will face Republican and former Chief Justice Roy Moore in the Nov. 6 general election. A Jefferson County Circuit Judge since 2002, Vance is an alumnus of Springs, as is his son, Robert Vance III ’09. The elder Vance’s wife, Joyce Vance, is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and his father was former federal judge Robert Smith Vance, who was killed by a mail bomb in 1989.Between 1942 and 1945, from the ages of 17 to 20, Steinmetz was held in German captivity in at least five ghettos or camps, where his parents and siblings all perished. The Romanian native escaped a work detail in April 1945 and was liberated by American troops 10 days later. After months of hospitalization, he checked into a Displaced Persons Camp, where he applied for a U.S. visa. He arrived in the States in 1948 and moved to Birmingham in 1955, where he became a clothing executive and still maintains his home.

Vance and Steinmetz’s addresses are open to members of the ISS community. If you wish to attend, contact Kathryn D’Arcy at kdarcy@indiansprings.org.

MALONE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2013-2014

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In 2004, Indian Springs was named a Malone Scholarship School by the Malone Family
Foundation. The foundation granted a generous $2 million endowment to establish the Malone Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to exceptionally gifted students with the motivation to excel in this highly academic environment.

Please see attached PDF for more information on the MALONE Scholarship 2013.

ISS Fall Magazine is Here!

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10/1/2012
The latest version of The Magazine of Indian Springs School is hot off the presses! Click here to read the issue, which includes a special 60th anniversary section and the school’s Annual Report. Enjoy!

Nine Seniors Honored by National Merit

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10/16/2012

Nine ISS seniors have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) for their achievements on the Preliminary SAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

Caleb Caldwell ’13, Benjamin Kitchens ’13, Bowen Lu ’13 and Victoria Saenz ’13 were named 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists, signifying their scoring among the top 1 percent of the 1.5 million students who took the exam last year as high school juniors. As semifinalists, they have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring.

Saenz was also selected as a 2012-2013 National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, which recognizes outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students for their achievements on the PSAT/NMSQT and in the classroom.

Nicole Luo ’13 and Laura Ward ’13 were named 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students, recognized for placing among the top 5 percent of students taking the exam nationwide.

Ashley Graham ’13 and Temi Ransome-Kuti ’13 were among a select group of African-American high school seniors who have been named semifinalists in the 2013 National Achievement Scholarship Program, another NMSC initiative. Graham and Ransome-Kuti earned the designation by being among the top scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT who requested consideration in the program. They will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for about 800 Achievement Scholarship awards worth more than $2.5 million that will be offered next spring.

Lizzie Choy ’13 has been named an Outstanding Participant in the 2013 National Achievement Scholarship Program, a designation given to those who scored in the top 3 percent among students who were considered for the program.

Congratulations to all of our honorees!

Springs XC Shines at Spain Park Invitational

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Springs XC Shines at Spain Park Invitational

9/17/2012
Congratulations to the Girls Cross Country Team, who won the Spain Park Invitational September 15, and Victoria Saenz ’13, who took home individual first place honors! Alice Marson ’13 and Jessie Hook ’13 placed in the Top 10 among female runners, and Eli Cohen ’15 was among the Top 10 male runners. The Boys Cross Country Team also ran well at the meet, which was open to AHSAA 1A-4A schools. Congratulations again to all our runners! GO SPRINGS!

MARS CURIOSITY FLIGHT DIRECTOR DAVID OH’S CAREER LAUNCHED AT INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL, IN BIRMINGHAM

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INDIAN SPRINGS, Ala., August 20, 2012 — As Lead Flight Director for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity, David Oh guided it to a successful landing and is now directing its operation on the Mars surface so its exploratory work will be successful and extensive.

Oh and his family have even drawn worldwide media attention as they have adopted “Mars time” – nearly 40 minutes per day longer than an “earth” time — during the first three months of Curiosity’s time on Mars.

While his career has obviously reached new heights, Oh says that its launch occurred millions of miles away from Mars and thousands of miles away from the NASA Mars Science Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., where his work is coordinated.

It was launched at Indian Springs School (ISS), where he attended high school, and the Birmingham area, where his parents still live.

The influence of Oh’s father, Dr. Shin Oh, Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Professor of Pathology, and Director of UAB’s Clinical Neurophysiology and Muscle/Nerve Histopathology Laboratories, and his mother, Dr. Kim Oh, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the university, has been far-reaching. “The support and opportunities they provided me, along with their example of hard work and dedication, continue to shape me as a scientist and a human being,” Oh says.

One of those opportunities, Oh adds, was going to Indian Springs School, where he first studied physics and calculus. “Those classes were the basis for my next steps in studying physics and engineering, and provided a great foundation for me,” he says. “I owe a big thank you to Dr. Mac LaCasse, my physics and calculus teacher, for keeping me on the physics bus!”

Beyond that, Indian Springs provided intangible lessons that he has carried with him throughout his career. “I learned to be self-reliant and think critically, and those have been important skills to possess going into this kind of project,” he says.

Oh joined NASA’s JPL in 2003 and has worked on missions to the moon, Jupiter and Mars. After graduating from Springs in 1987, he received bachelor’s degrees in both aerospace engineering and music from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds a master of science degree and doctorate from MIT.

Just last fall, Oh traveled to Alabama to speak with ISS science students about his work on the rover, and he will continue to be in contact with them as the project continues. Springs students will be following Oh’s lead by conducting their own research on Mars that will be judged in science competitions later in the year.

Indian Springs School is a national leader in coed boarding and day education in grades 8-12, located near the intersection of I-65 and I-459 just south of Birmingham. Founded in 1952, the mission of the school is to develop in students a love of learning, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship. For more information, visit www.indiansprings.org.

INDIAN SPRINGS STARTS 60TH YEAR WITH FULL CAMPUS, STUDENTS FROM 14 COUNTRIES AND 10 STATES

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INDIAN SPRINGS, Ala., August 17, 2012 — Indian Springs School will kick off its 60th year tomorrow with a full campus when students from 14 countries and 10 states arrive on campus to begin the 2012-2013 school year.

Eighty-four boarding students from Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. (Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia) will move into their dorms Saturday, and join 193 day students from throughout the Birmingham area on Monday, August 20, for the first day of classes.

“We are excited about our continuing success in recruiting a bright and diverse student population, and are looking forward to a great school year,” says Jack Sweeney, ISS Director of Admission and Financial Aid.

The only boarding/day school in the Birmingham area and the only non-sectarian, non-military day/boarding school in the state, ISS opened its doors on September 3, 1952, with an enrollment of 59 boys. The school became a coed institution in 1975.

ISS is nationally ranked and has won a host of honors over the years, including the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, which honors schools that lead their state in AP participation and performance in math and science.

In 2012-2013, the school will engage in a school-wide theme, “The Individual and Society,” which will give intentional direction and purpose behind a range of academic and extracurricular activities throughout the year.

Academic and financial aid scholarships are available for the 2013-2014 academic year. Visit www.experiencesprings.org for more information.

Boarding School Fair – October 8, 2012 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Indian Springs School Campus

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Dear Prospective Families,Indian Springs School will be hosting a Boarding School Fair on Monday, October 8, 2012, at the school, located at 190 Woodward Drive, Indian Springs, AL 35124, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The fair will have more than twenty college preparatory boarding schools from the United States. Schools will have an admission representative availabel to answer any questions or to speak with families about their school.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Jack Sweeney, Director of Admission by email j.sweeney@indiansprings.org or by phone -205-332-0561.

I look forward to seeing you on October 8.

Thank you

Jack Sweeney

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