development by IMSA faculty since 1991, was published in handbook form in 2005 and is beginning to be adopted by other school districts in the state of Illinois, such as Community Unit School District 303 in St. Charles (at St. Charles East & St. Charles North). IMSA’s core science curriculum has been through a number of ground-up restructurings. Its current implementation divided the old scientific inquiry curriculum into four classes: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Methods of Scientific Inquiry.
IMSA does not use report cards, but instead uses an online “student information service”, PowerSchool. All grades and attendance are recorded in PowerSchool, where both the student and the parents can view these at any time.
School day
The school day at IMSA runs between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm; however, most students do not have classes for all of the school