a message from the indian community school board of directors
October 2025
Haho/Haa, Pōsōh, Boozhoo, Shekóli, Greetings! We invite you to learn about our commitment to language and culture revitalization, which is at the heart of everything we do. We teach and honor four Native languages — Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Ojibwe, and Oneida — each carrying its own voice, stories, teachings, and ways of understanding the world. Students engage with these languages and cultures daily, not just in designated classes, but throughout the school day. Our languages and cultures are living things to be nurtured and practiced, and they are essential to our students’ well-being, identity, and purpose. The Our Ways Teaching and Learning Framework™ ensures that our languages and cultures are integrated into all aspects of teaching and learning. Seasonal teachings, ceremonies, storytelling, Indigenous games, song, dance, and land-based learning shape our approach. Our Teaching Lodge, gardens, ponds and boardwalks, the forest trails, and plant medicines
offer places for reflection, growth, and learning from the land itself. Together, these practices affirm that academic excellence and cultural strength go hand in hand. This truth was recognized in a significant way this past year when ICS achieved Cognia® Accreditation, a nationally recognized mark of educational excellence. This distinction affirms what we know to be true: our students thrive in a rigorous academic program rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing.
From the enduring lessons of our Knowledge Keeper Tree, to our pow wows, cultural camps, celebrations, gatherings, language performances, and hands-on learning, our students are encouraged to learn who they are and where they come from. Through strong partnerships and Indigenous leadership, we are not just teaching languages and cultures — we are living them, and preparing our students and the next generation to carry them forward. Pįįhįragigi / Wa’įnįįgįnąpšąną, Wāēwāēnen, Miigwech, Yaw ◊÷ kó•, Thank You, for your interest in learning about our school.
Carmen Flores Chair
Sommer Drake Vice-Chair
Diane Amour Secretary
Justin Thundercloud Treasurer
Carrie McGhee Gleba Director
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13 moons: a year in reflection 2024-2025
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