IMS celebrates its centennial

LAKEVILLE — Indian Mountain School celebrated its centennial with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new field house and soccer field Friday, Oct. 14.

Head of School Jody Soja noted she came to IMS in 1999. “I have spent half my life with this school.”

She ran through the school’s founding in 1922 by Francis Behn Riggs, with eight male students and wondered if Riggs could have ever imagined today’s IMS, with almost 300 students, coeducational, and with a significant group of overseas students.

“Have we carried his vision?” she asked. “I believe we have. I believe he would be amazed.”

IMS alum Emmett Morehead, who plays football at Boston College, thanked the school for setting the stage for his subsequent success.

After the ribbon-cutting there was a soccer game on the new field, activities for children and a party for the grown-ups.

Indian Mountain School Head of School Jody Soja and IMS Board of Trustees President Christopher Sanger cut the ribbon on the new field house and soccer field on Friday, Oct. 14. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
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