IHS welcomed three recruiters from the U.S. Marine Corps to Future Friday this afternoon. CPL Glenn Wells, along with SSGT. Cameron Hadley, discussed with several students the qualifications to join the Marines while LCPL Marvin Martinez explained to several students the benefits of being a Marine.

Parents and Community: Ticket Prices to all regular season home games has increased to $8 per ticket.

10 days into the 10th year of teaching for Mrs. Carr!

📢 Test Message & Call – Thursday, Aug. 14 at 6:00 p.m.
Tate County School District will send a short test text and phone call from our one-way communication system (used for emergencies and important announcements).
✅ If you receive it – you’re all set.
📞 If you don’t – contact your child’s school to update your phone number in PowerSchool.
📌 Note: Only parents and guardians listed in PowerSchool will receive this test.
#TogetherAchievingTeamExcellence

Today, our seniors attended a job fair at the Landers Center. It was a great opportunity to learn about jobs available to high school graduates and career paths available to college bound students. #wildcatstothetop #classof2026

Families can now pick up paper meal applications at the front office of your child’s school.
Prefer to fill it out online? You can still apply quickly and easily at myschoolapps.com (http://myschoolapps.com/)
Completing your application helps ensure students receive the meals and resources they need! #TogetherAchievingTeamExcellence

Excellence made with PERFECT score on state test at IHS. Look at the wonderful awards these amazing IHS students received for their hard work. Studying and paying attention in class really does pay off!

Coach Coleman's 8th graders worked on problem solving and team building skills by building paper towers Monday. This has become a tradition that our 8th grade Wildcats look forward to! #wildcatstothetop

Our National Beta Club received the 2024-2025 School of Merit Award! Congratulations IHS Beta Club! #betaSOM

The 9th day of the 9th year of education for Coach Coleman and Mrs. Willoughby in the books!

Independence High School senior Austin Eddie plans to study medicine and pursue anesthesiology. To provide Austin with some experience, Career Coach George Harris arranged for him to job shadow today at Highland Hills Medical Center in Senatobia. Austin is seen using using a blood pressure machine on Anita Fisher, an employee of Highland Hills.

More volleyball action coming your way! Hope to have lots of red and black spirit in the stands! #wildcatstothetop #wildcatathletics

Mrs. Dickey's Chemistry class learned about lab safety and lab equipment today. #wildcatstothetop

Have you downloaded the Tate County School District App yet?
Our new app now allows parents to send and receive messages with their child’s teachers — a true two-way communication feature, all in one place!
If you are not receiving notifications of these messages, please contact your child’s school to make sure your information is correct.
We appreciate your patience as we work through a few bumps in the road while setting up this new feature and getting used to messaging. We’re excited about how this will help keep families and schools connected like never before! #TogetherAchievingTeamExcellence

This is the 8th day of the 8th year of education for Coach Farmer!

Congratulations to Maddie Mayer on her acceptance to Murray State's Academic Program! Maddie plans to pursue a degree in Public Relations and Journalism while being part of the school's award winning rodeo team! Maddie is a member of our school newspaper staff, president of the FFA, and member of the LadyKats soccer team! Maddie is our first senior from the Class of 2026 to share her college acceptance with us! What fun it was to be there when she got the email today during our newspaper class! Way to go MM! #wildcatstothetop #classof2026

We’re in the process of switching over to a brand-new website! Our site may be temporarily unavailable during the transition. In the meantime, stay connected by downloading the Tate County School District app for updates, news, and more! 📲 #TogetherAchievingTeamExcellence

Did you know that there is a new Tate County School District app? Stay connected with news, events and more—all in one place! There will even be a way to communicate with your student’s teachers and coaches. Search “Tate County School District” in your app store today! Be on the look out for more information. #TogetherAchievingTeamExcellence

Today is the final day to register before Meet the Teacher and schedules are released! Registration will reopen on August 5.

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s school. Meet the Teacher for our K-6 students and Schedule Pick-ups for our 7-12 students will take place on July 29 from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm. Your student will not be assigned to a teacher or have a schedule if they are not registered by today. Don’t wait—make sure your student is ready for day one! #TogetherAchievingTeamExcellence