Independence High School

Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Student Council!

It's the 12th day of school for these 12th graders!

To show your school spirit for Meet the Wildcats, we are asking everyone to wear red, black, and white to school tomorrow! #gowildcats

11th day of the 11th year in education for the one and only Ms. Payne and Coach Edwards!

Mark your calendars!! #wildcatstothetop

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!