Good luck to the ICMS Track team today at the Region Championship meet!
ICMS Spring Fling
Congratulations, ICMS Baseball players and coaches on your win in the first round of the playoffs. ICMS will play Lanier County Wednesday at 4:30 at home. Way to go and good luck!!! GO INDIANS!
Happy Pi Day!
Good luck to the ICMS Baseball team and coaches today. They are playing Echols County at home in the first round of the playoffs. They start at 4:30! Go cheer them on! GO INDIANS!!!
It's Time to Spring Forward!
Irwin County Schools invited local law enforcement to breakfast today in appreciation of their service and to celebrate National School Breakfast Week. The officers were able to eat breakfast at either ICES or ICHS/ICMS. Breakfast was a huge success!!
Thank you to our school food service department for the hard work they put forth in making the great breakfast!!! #DigIn2SchoolBreakfast #NSBW23
Irwin County Mini Cheer Camp Summer 2023
Irwin County Schools would like to welcome Officer Wesley Scarbary to the team! Officer Scarbary is now the School Resource Officer at ICHS and ICMS. We are proud to have you as part of the Indian Tribe!
ICMS & ICHS Yearbooks
Yearbooks can be purchased online at the link below or can be purchased in person.
https://www.yearbookordercenter.com
Irwin County Schools is celebrating National School Breakfast Week, this week. In appreciation of our local law enforcement, the school system would like to invite the local law enforcement, the Ocilla Police officers, the Irwin County Sheriff deputies, along with any Georgia State Patrol officers that are in the area to come and have breakfast tomorrow morning, Wednesday, March 8th, between 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. at either ICES or ICHS/ICMS. Law enforcement will either need to be in uniform or have their badge with them. #NSBW23 #DigIn2SchoolBreakfast
Join us in celebrating #NSBW23 March 6-10 to highlight the importance of #schoolbreakfast and the critical role school nutrition professionals play in helping children succeed in and out of the classroom. Learn more: https://schoolnutrition.org/nsbw #BreakfastBuilders #DigIn2SchoolBreakfast
Irwin County Cheer Tryouts
Irwin Schools will be closed Monday, February 21st, in observance of Presidents Day.
Thomas Edison’s name has become synonymous with the light bulb. However, did you know that an African American perfected this invention? Born in 1848, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to escaped slaves, this individual went on to fight against slavery during the Civil War. Thereafter, he became a self-taught mechanical and electrical engineer in a patent office where his expertise helped to improve toilet systems in railroad cars. In 1876, he was also instrumental in assisting Alexander Graham Bell with his telephone patent. However, probably his greatest accomplishment came in 1881 when working with Joseph Nichols. This duo designed a method of improving the carbon filament in the lightbulb that allowed the bulb to last much longer. With a new patent in hand, this gentleman, in 1884, was asked to work for Thomas Edison’s company, the Edison Electric Light Company in New York. Thanks to this man, lightbulbs became more useful and more economical for the average American household. However, he was not done yet. During his tenure with Edison’s company, he worked on other projects that included air conditioning and improvements in elevators. In 1918, Lewis Latimer, the only African American at the time, became a founding member of the Edison Pioneers, a group organized to preserve the legacy of Thomas Edison. Today, ICMS honors Mr. Latimer and the contributions he has made to improve our lives.
Happy School Resource Officer Day!
ICMS had an exciting day of celebrating Valentine's Day by playing Valentine BINGO with the teachers all day. Students and teachers both cheered up and down the halls as teachers got 5 in a row. Mr. Tucker started the day with a Valentine all call and called the first numbers of the day, and he greeted all winners with a choice of treats from the Valentine Snack Cart. It was a great day for everyone at ICMS!
ICMS had an exciting day of celebrating Valentine's Day by playing Valentine BINGO with the teachers all day. Students and teachers both cheered up and down the halls as teachers got 5 in a row. Mr. Tucker started the day with a Valentine all call and called the first numbers of the day, and he greeted all winners with a choice of treats from the Valentine Snack Cart. It was a great day for everyone at ICMS!
ICMS had an exciting day of celebrating Valentine's Day by playing Valentine BINGO with the teachers all day. Students and teachers both cheered up and down the halls as teachers got 5 in a row. Mr. Tucker started the day with a Valentine all call and called the first numbers of the day, and he greeted all winners with a choice of treats from the Valentine Snack Cart. It was a great day for everyone at ICMS!
This tragic story began in 1951, when an African American woman was referred to John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, due to a mass in her abdomen and uncontrolled bleeding. Just eight months later, this individual would be dead of cancer. However, this woman’s contribution to medicine transformed and continues to transform the healthcare profession and the world of science. After a biopsy of her abdominal mass, this 31-year-old mother of five was told she had cervical cancer. Doctors, during her stay and without her knowledge, retrieved two samples from her body, healthy cells and cancerous cells. Dr. George Gey, a cancer researcher at John Hopkins, took these samples and found something amazing. Unlike most cells that died quickly, these cells retrieved from this patient would double within 24 hours. Because of this phenomenon, these cells could be shared in a lab setting and numerous experiments could be conducted. These “immortal cells” allowed advances in medicine because now doctors could test experimental drugs on the cells themselves without risking the lives of human beings. Thanks to Henrietta Lacks and her unique cells, she has been able to help with advancements in tens of thousands of experimental treatments, ranging from polio to HIV/AIDS. Even today, doctors have used these HeLa cells to conduct research on COVID-19. Though Henrietta Lacks’ life ended on October 4, 1951, her immortality will forever be found in the cells she left behind.
