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A Brave Publication Indian Hill Exempted Village School District

HISTORY IS MADE “In this moment, we embark on a new journey together –
a journey to Build a Brave Future.”

- Superintendent Kirk Koennecke, Indian Hill Middle School Groundbreaking Ceremony

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As the superintendent of the Indian Hill School District, it is my privilege to welcome you to the 2021-2022 school year! This school year will truly be like no other. Thanks to YOUR investment in our schools, our team is working in partnership with our students, our parents, our community, our faculty, and our staff to Build a Brave future for generations to come.

Our Buildings
With the formal groundbreaking August 31, construction has started on the new Indian Hill Middle School. Braves all over the world will be able to use the Indian Hill School District website to track construction progress in real time through the use of a live construction camera on the District’s Building a Brave Future: Indian Hill Facilities Transition Resource. Be on the lookout for a monthly video update on both design and construction progress with our Brave Construction Zone video series!

Our Strategic Plan
Additionally, we are working with more than 270 members of the community to develop a new strategic plan which will guide us for years to come. We are incredibly excited to see that important work unfold in the coming months.

The smiling faces on the cover of this publication say it all. Our students are our WHY. We look forward to creating, with you, a place where their dreams continue to come true.

In service to our children,

Kirk Koennecke Superintendent
Indian Hill School District Kirk.Koennecke@ihsd.us
@ihsuperbrave

Building a Brave Future: Indian Hill Facilities Transition Resource

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Our Br Check to the

ave team is sharing the #IHPromise story like never before! out the new ways to stay connected
news you need this school year!
	
IHPS Principal                           IHHS Principal                             IHMS Principal                           IHES Principal Dr. Erin Owens                        Jeffrey Damadeo                          Jennifer Ulland                            Whitney Buell
Erin.Owens@ihsd.us                Jeff.Damadeo@ihsd.us               Jennifer.Ulland@ihsd.us              Whitney.Buell@ihsd.us Twitter: @IHPrimary                Twitter: @IHHSPrincipal                   Twitter: @IHMiddle                  Twitter: @IHElementary
	
Our building leaders are Tweeting GREAT news about students and staff each week!
Our building leaders are recording and sharing videos about students and staff you don’t want to miss! Each week, you can get engaged with this fantastic storytelling by following our buildings on Twitter!

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Unparalleled Arts & Athletics – we have them!
Follow Athletic Director Brian Phelps and Arts and Activities Director Amy Clark to get a backstage pass to all our big events! Along with our building leaders, you can catch the Athletic 60-Second Spotlight and Access IH Arts on Twitter each week!

Brave Construction Zone
We are all incredibly excited to share progress on the construction across our campus. Welcome to the Brave Construction Zone – a monthly video progress report hosted by Superintendent Kirk Koennecke. Each month, we will provide an update on design and construction.

FIELD TRIP FRIDAYS!
This school year, we begin a new series called FIELD TRIP FRIDAYS! We say that with such excitement because we are authentically excited to take you inside our buildings and visit with our administrators and educators to see how our students learn each week!

Indian Hill Master Class
They author books, receive national recognition from prestigious universities, even offer professional development to university-level educators and administrators – the Indian Hill School District faculty is world-class, and our people make the difference for our students. In eight episodes that will air each month, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Melissa Stewart shines the spotlight on our excellent educators, bringing them to the stage to teach us all how to be masters at helping children grow.

beBRAVE – Sign up to receive District news!
We are sharing all of these exciting new features that tell our Brave story each week
A Weekly Wrap of News Around the Hill	within our weekly digital newsletter, beBRAVE! Make sure you are signed up to Septtemberr 13 | 2019
receive this publication, which also provides you with important financial updates. IIHpromiise iin ACTION
GOLD: Indian Hill School District Quality Profile Report
Sttrattegiic pllan advancementts durriing 2018--2019 schooll year supportt Diisttriictt viisiion off enduriing excellllence
The strategic planfor transformational excellence - at the IndianHill School District the work is GOLD:
Global Competence, Operational Efficiencyand Effectiveness, Learning-Centered Culture, an
holder Engagement. Reporting onthe advancemen District made during the 2018-2

ACADEMICS
Unparalleled Opportunities Braves Make Headlines

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Indian Hill School District #7 in Ohio!

Indian Hill Exempted Village School District is a 2021 Top Workplace! 7 Years Running

Project Lead The Way Distinguished School in STEM two years & running!
IHHS is one of only 204 high school programs nationally to receive this distinction for the

Welcome Class of 2034!
Join us as we celebrate our youngest Braves!

Superintendent Kirk Koennecke took the bus to Indian Hill Primary School to greet the newest members of our Brave family - our kindergarten class - for their first day of school!

Indian Hill High School student building company following entrepreneur competition

Senior Claire Hardek earned top spot in Cintrifuse-sponsored educational program

Learning did not pause for one Indian Hill High School student during the summer, and now senior Claire Hardek is working to set up shop after winning the new startup competition during the “Entrepreneurs Change the World Pitch” sponsored by Cintrifuse. Hardek spent eight weeks participating in the virtual educational program and pitch competition for aspiring entrepreneurs.

“I’m so excited to have this amazing opportunity,” said Hardek. “Cintrifuse provided a fantastic assortment of resources that guided our team to start the Y Company.”

Hardek’s team – the Y Company – is a sustainable clothing company designed to replace the use of non-biodegradable polyester. Winning teams, with support from corporate sponsors, earned a year-long mentorship and cash prizes; business ideas focused on sustainability, diversity, fintech, education, and health-tech.

Indian Hill High School educator earns Outstanding Teacher of the Year

Indian Hill High School congratulates Project Lead The Way (PLTW) educator Myrtis Smith for earning the national recognition of PLTW Outstanding Teacher of the Year for 2021-2022. Smith was one of only 79 PLTW teachers across the U.S. to be recognized. Smith leads Indian Hill High School’s nationally
recognized science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program, in partnership with Great Oaks. Project Lead The Way has recognized Indian Hill High School two consecutive years as a “PLTW Distinguished School” for STEM learning. Indian Hill High School was one of only 204 high school programs nationally to receive this distinction for the 2020-2021 school year.

2020-2021 school year!

Indian Hill High School Mock Trial Team third in the nation!

Congratulations to the IHHS Mock Trial team for earning third in the nation during the exclusive Yale Bulldog Invitational National Champions tournament!

National Merit recognizes 15 Indian Hill High School students

Six Braves named Semifinalists in the 2022 scholarship competition

Indian Hill High School congratulates the 15 students who were recognized as part of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for their outstanding performance last
year on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/ NMSQT). Six students from Indian Hill High School have qualified for the National Merit Semifinalist Competition: Julianne Allspach, Anne Joy, Nikhil Nayak, Ryan
Rammacher, Hannah Tran, and Kathy Zhao.

In addition, eight Indian Hill High School students have been recognized as National Merit Commended Scholars: Gulirano Almuratova, Isaac Fiore, Hunter Gillan, Tacey Hutten, Gwennyth Josche, Sophia Liu, Tejas Pisati, and Ethan Simonds.

Indian Hill High School also had one student, Kathryn Yanes Diehl, recognized as a National Hispanic Scholar.

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COMING TO THE STAGE!

February 24-27, 2022

Pow Wow 2022: Les Miserables

BMB #1! Braves Marching Band
Taylor Invitational:
	
First in class! Best percussion! Best guard! Best music!
Best general effect! Best visual!
	
Congratulations to our amazing students and their fantastic directors!

October 14-16
Fall Musical 2021:
Little Women

		

2021-2022 Their Dream, Our #IHPromise

At the start of each new school year, we enjoy a photo day for our building website pages. Each year, we ask our students the same question, “What do you dream to become when you grow up?” This year, we captured their responses on video for this special presentation.

Please note that student masks were only removed for the brief recording.

ARTS
Indian Hill High School students earn OMEA All-State music accolades

The lucky number is 13 for Indian Hill students selected to perform with the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) All-State Band, Orchestra, and Choir for 2022! Students selected for the All-State ensembles will perform at the 2022 OMEA State Conference, which takes place the first weekend in February in Cleveland.

The complete list of Indian Hill High School students performing includes:

Band: Jessie Chan, Grace Zhou (alternate)

Orchestra: Kate McGrath, Elsa Zhou (alternate)

Choir: Connor Coffman, Joshua Knehans, Miles Taylor, Hayden Longbottom, Emma Stacey, Hrishi Rawat, Joseph Kayne, Claire Hardek, and Sarika Singh

ATHLETICS
Homecoming Fall 2021 Welcome home, Braves!

Thank you to the Jeff Wyler
Automotive Family for the donation of our new scoreboard!
donated by the Jeff Wyler family

Sport Nutritionist, Dawn Weatherwax spoke to Indian Hill student-athletes in September!

Annie Isphording - Committed -Women’s Soccer
- Johns Hopkins University

Will Adair
- Committed -Men’s Lacrosse -Cleveland State University

We are pleased to report that Indian Hill High School Gym is now equipped with air conditioning!

Check out the new Brave Wrestling Room!

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HISTORY
FROM THE COVER:IS MADE

GROUND IS BROKEN!

See
LIVE!
Construction

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Ele entary School
Contractor parking
Indian Hill     iddle School

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Building a Brave Future: Indian Hill Facilities Transition Resource

Project timeline for all buildings:

Indian Hill High School
Indian Hill High School

Maintain emergency egress

Modulars

Traveling teacher parking

Gate 3
Emergency access only

Staff parking

Student parking

Visitor parking

Bus drop-off/pick-up

Staff parking

Parent drop-off/pick-up

Phase 1 Summer 2021

Construction Entrance Example

Turnstile Entrance Example

Legend

Outdoor Play softscape Summer 2022

MEP Connections to Central Plant Summer 2022

Bus drop-off/pick-up

Playground and Outdoor Play hardscape Summer 2022

Addition Summer 2022 - Spring 2023

Construction fence with silt fence

Gate 1
Automatic sliding construction gate entrance/exit with wheel wash

Phase 1 Summer 2022 -Spring 2023

Construction Entrance Example

Turnstile Entrance Example

Legend

Contractor parking

Main Entry Summer 2022 - Fall 2022

Construction fence with silt fence

Multi-purpose Room/Auditorium Summer 202

Building Systems Improvements throughout entire building - Summer 2022

Pri ary School
Indian Hill
Indian Hill Primary School

Gate 1
Automatic sliding construction gate entrance/exit with wheel wash

Ofﬁce renovation Summer 2022

Phase 1 Summer 2022

Construction Entrance Example

Turnstile Entrance Example

Construction fence with silt fence

Indian Hill Middle School

Gate 1
Automatic sliding construction gate entrance/exit with wheel wash

Re-route IHHS gas/power/IT/utilities

Gate 2	Gym Prep Work August 2021 Automatic sliding construction gate
entrance/exit with wheel wash

2021	2022	2023

Jun         Jul        Aug        Sep        Oct        Nov        Dec        Jan        Feb        Mar        Apr       May        Jun         Jul         Aug        Sep        Oct        Nov        Dec        Jan        Feb        Mar        Apr       May        Jun         Jul

Construction
Design and Programming

Indian Hill Elementary School	Logistics Plan	Scale: NTS

Indian Hill Exempted Village School District	NORTH

Indian Hill Middle School & Indian Hill High School

Construction fence

Construction gate

Interior construction barriers

Turnstile access gate

Construction trac

Re-route IHHS Gas/Power/IT/Utilities

Skanska trailer

Sidewalk/emergency egress

Bus drop-o/pick-up

Auto trac/parent drop-o/pick-up

Tree protection

Furniture Summer 2022

Indian Hill
Indian Hill Elementary School

Main entry Summer 2022

Parent drop-off/pick-up	Parking completed Summer 2022

Temporary connector for parent drop-off/pick-up

2021	2022	2023

Jun         Jul        Aug        Sep        Oct        Nov        Dec        Jan        Feb        Mar        Apr       May        Jun         Jul         Aug        Sep        Oct        Nov        Dec        Jan        Feb        Mar        Apr       May        Jun         Jul

Design and Programming	Construction

Indian Hill Elementary School	Logistics Plan	Scale: NTS

Indian Hill Exempted Village School District	NORTH

Indian Hill Elementary School

Construction fence

Construction gate

Turnstile access gate

Construction foot trac

Skanska trailer

Bus drop-o/pick-up

Auto trac/parent drop-o/pick-up

Laydown

Dumpster

Temporary toilets

Main building furniture and renovation

Elevator repair Summer 2022

Legend

Construction fence

Construction gate

2021	2022	2023	Turnstile access gate Jun         Jul        Aug        Sep        Oct        Nov        Dec        Jan        Feb        Mar        Apr       May        Jun         Jul         Aug        Sep        Oct        Nov        Dec        Jan        Feb        Mar        Apr       May        Jun         Jul

Design and Programming	Construction	Construction foot trac

Indian Hill Elementary School	Logistics Plan	Scale: NTS	Dumpster Indian Hill Exempted Village School District                                                                   NORTH	Temporary toilets

Indian Hill Primary School

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Indian Hill Exempted Village School District Board of Education
(Left to Right) Elizabeth Johnston, Member; Nancy Aichholz,VP of Operations;
Dr. Eddie Hooker, President; Kim Martin Lewis,VP of Finance; Niki Singh, Member
	
Meet our team!

Amy Epperson, Assistant Principal
Amy.Epperson@ihsd.us Twitter: @AP_IHHS
My #IHPromise – to be intentional about making all students feel seen, heard, comfortable sharing their voices, and motivated to be the best persons they can be, as well as successful, contributing global citizens.

Drew Renner, Assistant Principal
Drew.Renner@ihsd.us Twitter: @IHMS_AP
My #IHPromise – to apply my full effort, while working alongside my team, to provide an exceptional middle school experience while encouraging students to be great people and great scholars.

Cash Hayden, Assistant Principal
Cash.Hayden@ihsd.us Twitter: @IHElementary
My #IHPromise – to forge relationships with students and help them grow as problem solvers.

Andy Gruber, Assistant Principal
Andy.Gruber@ihsd.us Twitter: @IHPrimary_AP
My #IHPromise – to provide a culture where all students can be their best self every single day.

Amy Clark, District Arts & Activities Director
Indian Hill School District Amy.Clark@ihsd.us Twitter: @IHSD_Arts
My #IHPromise – to wake up each day energized to support the dreams, passions, and goals of our students and staff, and to end each day with excitement to bring that same energy back day after day!

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