Indian River Middle School

Indian River Middle School It Really Means Success! Welcome to the Middle School! Our Middle School educates some 880 students in grades 6, 7, and 8.

We hope that you will find it a challenging, enriching environment in which to learn, and grow, where you can explore new subjects, and participate in extra curricular activities such as clubs and sports. The students attending the Middle School are ethnically perse and bring with them experiences and unique cultures from around the world. Students in grades six,seven and eight are assigned to a t

eaching team which consists of four core subject teachers (Math, Science, English Language Arts, and Social Studies), a special area teacher, a special education teacher, and most importantly; approximately 70 to 90 fellow students. This smaller grade grouping allows students and faculty to work more closely together and provides the opportunity to more effectively meet the needs of each student. Average class size in grades 6,7 and 8 is between fourteen and eighteen students per classroom. The athletic facilities are second to none in the region. Our gymnasium is the largest and most modern in any school in northern New York State and your Middle School also houses an Olympic size swimming pool. The outdoor physical education and recreational facilities are a matter of District and community pride. Each classroom has ceiling mounted projectors, SmartBoards, Document Camera's and student's have access to lap top Net books or Chrome Carts. We also have four general purpose computer labs in the building, two of which are instructional classrooms in the library and contain large projection equipment used for special student work and multimedia presentations. All computers are connected to the District's Local Area Network and the regional BOCES and can access the Internet. The Board of Education and the community have made a tremendous investment in computer technology for our schools and this is very evident in the integration of computer technology into every facet of our academic programs. Considerable investment has also been made in training the staff to use and incorporate this technology into their day to day lessons. Other specialized classrooms such as our technology labs house a CAD/CAM computer lab, Chrome Book technology. The Family and Consumer Science classrooms were recently renovated and have new kitchen facilities. There are five science labs, a multi-purpose physical education teaching station, a choral room, band room, orchestra practice room, and two art rooms located in various portions of the building. The academic program for the Middle School is delivered through an eight period day, with a HomeBase offered at the end of each day. Our school is set up with teams and the hallways house the teams for each grade. The 6th grade classes and teams are on the same floor. As you familiarize yourself with our building our teachers will assist in getting you from from your special area classes (art, music, physical education, foreign language and lunch) so you don't have to worry about getting lost or being late to a class. A week is actually six days since the Middle School operates on a six day cycle (but we don't come to school on weekends). The curriculum at our Middle School is both challenging and creative, modeling “Best Practices” . The Common Core Curriculum has been adapted and applied in our ELA and Math areas as well as incorporated in all content areas.

Congratulations to our 6th grade Chamber Orchestra! They brought home the GOLD! The following students participated toda...
05/13/2026

Congratulations to our 6th grade Chamber Orchestra! They brought home the GOLD! The following students participated today -
Ariane Amory, Sophia Banks, Tony Brancatella, Allison Brigham, Emmerson Brown, Vivian Carrion, Aisley Coleman, Aubrey Cospy,
Dominic De La Cruz, Ethan Dibble ,Kaitlyn Encarnacion-Maria,
Frank Forsythe, Mia Gonzalez Garcia, Krimsun Hamilton, Maggy Karamatic , Zoey Knight, Carol-Lynn Nelson, Giannah Noftsier ,
Stella Pierce, Alany Pinto, Brielle Ragsdale, Molly Sloan, Marly Smerka, Emelia Staley, Emma Sweet, Maria Torres, Emmalynn Wilson , Kinsley Wise, Lilly Zeller
These students under the tutelage of Ms. Chloe Higgins have put in countless hours rehearsing and preparing. Well done!

More images from the Tri-County Art Show. I hope you get the chance to check it out live.
05/07/2026

More images from the Tri-County Art Show. I hope you get the chance to check it out live.

What an amazing Tri-County Art Show. While walking around this afternoon, I happened to see an award winning artist from...
05/06/2026

What an amazing Tri-County Art Show. While walking around this afternoon, I happened to see an award winning artist from IRMS. Well done Ryane Brett of 6th grade. Blue Ribbon well deserved.

Congratulations to our Art Show Winners!
03/26/2026

Congratulations to our Art Show Winners!

The IR winter guard competed for their fourth and final show of the season. We are excited to report that the team earn...
03/25/2026

The IR winter guard competed for their fourth and final show of the season. We are excited to report that the team earned a 6 point increase and many positive comments from the adjudication panel. You can see them perform this week at the Kaleidoscope Concert, the IRIS One School-One Book assembly, and their final performance of the season will be at the Mid York Color Guard Circuit championships on Saturday at ESM High School.

Antwerp Primary and Middle School partner sharingOn March 18, 2026, twenty middle school students visited Antwerp Primar...
03/22/2026

Antwerp Primary and Middle School partner sharing

On March 18, 2026, twenty middle school students visited Antwerp Primary School to collaborate with Mrs. Patterson’s and Mrs. Hughes’ kindergarten classes. Students from Mrs. Moore’s Family and Consumer Sciences class sewed stuffed creatures based on designs the kindergarteners had created earlier in the year during art class with Mrs. Carlow.
During the visit, Ms. Mandigo, the librarian at Antwerp Primary, provided books titled Chilly Da Vinci by J. Rutland, which the middle school students read aloud to the kindergarteners. The visit concluded with the middle schoolers presenting the handmade sewing creatures to their kindergarten partners.

The IR Winter Guard competed this past weekend at CNS for their third show of the season. They earned another 9 point ...
03/16/2026

The IR Winter Guard competed this past weekend at CNS for their third show of the season. They earned another 9 point increase this weekend helping them maintain 2nd place in their class. Their show is entitled Runaway, featuring music by Aurora. The coaches are all so proud of their hard work in this inaugural season and are excited for the next two weekend of competition at Vestal High School and ESM.

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12/18/2025

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Check out our 6th grade adventurers from Mrs. Crosby's class. Huge shout out to Kyle Clark for all his work to support our classrooms. Special thanks to Mark Mason Jr for this story!

Perusing the Nile, ancient pyramids, tombs of old pharaohs, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and modern-day Cairo. Mrs. Ann Crosby’s 6th-grade social studies class saw it all on Wednesday.

Shout out to Ms. Call for participating in our Spirit Days!
12/17/2025

Shout out to Ms. Call for participating in our Spirit Days!

Come down and check out the third annual BackPack Program Craft Fair. The venders are amazing, we have wonderful "eats",...
11/22/2025

Come down and check out the third annual BackPack Program Craft Fair. The venders are amazing, we have wonderful "eats", and the entertainment top notch!

10/20/2025

Address

32735A County Route 29
Philadelphia, NY
13673

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 5pm
Tuesday 7am - 5pm
Wednesday 7am - 5pm
Thursday 7am - 5pm
Friday 7am - 5pm

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+13156420125

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