Indian Creek School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school for students age 3 through grade 12, located on a 114-acre campus in Crownsville, Maryland. Students are known as individuals and experience an outstanding education as members of a diverse and inclusive community.
Welcome to Indian Creek School! We look forward to engaging with your family and we can't wait to share our community with you. Our team is here to guide you through every step of the admission process.
At Indian Creek School, creativity and confidence are nurtured through an extensive fine and performing arts program that is integrated into the fabric of student life.
In addition to providing physical fitness and the experience of being part of a team, Indian Creek athletic opportunities develop and reinforce character-based qualities such as sportsmanship, integrity, commitment, and motivation.
Every aspect of the student experience at Indian Creek School is intentionally created to provide a rich environment for students to develop creative, social, and personal skills while exploring their interests.
The tradition of generous support from the Indian Creek School community greatly enhances the program and resources available to students. Contributions to the ICS Annual Fund provide critical budget support and a strong measure of the engagement and support of the School community.
Indian Creek School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school for students age 3 through grade 12, located on a 114-acre campus in Crownsville, Maryland. Students are known as individuals and experience an outstanding education as members of a diverse and inclusive community.
Welcome to Indian Creek School! We look forward to engaging with your family and we can't wait to share our community with you. Our team is here to guide you through every step of the admission process.
At Indian Creek School, creativity and confidence are nurtured through an extensive fine and performing arts program that is integrated into the fabric of student life.
In addition to providing physical fitness and the experience of being part of a team, Indian Creek athletic opportunities develop and reinforce character-based qualities such as sportsmanship, integrity, commitment, and motivation.
Every aspect of the student experience at Indian Creek School is intentionally created to provide a rich environment for students to develop creative, social, and personal skills while exploring their interests.
The tradition of generous support from the Indian Creek School community greatly enhances the program and resources available to students. Contributions to the ICS Annual Fund provide critical budget support and a strong measure of the engagement and support of the School community.
"Lord of the Flies" Virtual Breakout Box Project Captivates Eighth Graders
In order to apply their understanding of William Golding's classic novel Lord of the Flies — and to practice their communication and problem-solving skills — students in Ms. Derry’s eighth grade English class were given the challenge of solving a virtual breakout box this week.
Breakout boxes are similar to escape rooms, but instead of the goal being to leave a room, the goal is to unlock several padlocks that are all attached to a central hasp, allowing the students to open a box. The clues for each lock’s code require understanding of concepts related to the unit, so the box serves as a fun group review.
In their reflective letters at the beginning of Virtual School, several students identified the breakout box that they had completed after their last whole-class novel as one of their favorite activities from their face-to-face English class. This inspired Humanities teacher Ms. Derry to create a virtual breakout box. Through this activity, students solved puzzles, arranged journal entries into chronological order, played true-or-false bingo, and matched quotes to characters in order to unlock their virtual boxes.
The first group to all open the box was Parker Collins, Avery Holman, and Natalie Swope, and the second group to finish was Matthew Earl, Will Fromherz, and Brooks Sherrill. Philip Derrick was the first student to crack the code of the optional secret message.
Thank you to Ms. Derry for designing this engaging activity, and great job to the eighth grade students, who worked collaboratively and persevered to solve their virtual breakout box challenge!
Indian Creek school is a co-educational, college preparatory independent school, located in Crownsville, Maryland. Students in Pre-K3 through grade 12 receive a vibrant educational experience based on excellent academics steeped in strong student-teacher connections.