S P E C I A L E V E N T S
Top Left: "Wait! Now where do we
go?"
Top Right: After the first exhausting
week, Dr. Stephanie Marshall and
Connie Hatcher helped the staff
celebrate with an enormous cake.
Bottom Left: The Academy still had
a long way to go before it could ever
be called "Home Sweet Home-
Away-From-Home."
Bottom Right: IMSA MOM and
IMSA DAD pins were given to
parents on the opening day of the
Academy. What a souvenir!
It was September 7, 1987. They
had all filled out applications, scored
well on the SAT, and were ready to
become America's future leaders and
problem solvers. Did any of this
matter to the two hundred-plus of
IMSA's charter class?
Most were just concerned with
making friends, fitting in, living
without mommy, and hoping that
the food would make incredible
improvements over the first night's
banquet.
School work? Did somebody
mention schoolwork? The students
didn't expect all of the comforts of
home, but the 24 guys and 33 girls
to a room was a bit of a shock to
everyone. After good-byes had been
exchanged and parents had
departed, roommates were left to get
acquainted through chess matches,
games of bull something or other,
and simply talking. As dinnertime
rolled around, 120 boys in shirts and
ties and 90 girls in dresses converged
on the cafeteria for their first meal
in their new home. What a line!
After everyone's appetite had been
satisfied, all were called to the
auditorium for the convocation,
during which Dr. Leon Lederman
and Dr. Stephanie Marshall
comforted and encouraged the
students in looking forward to the
upcoming school year. The students
remarked upon how the faculty
looked in their caps and gowns. It
was a momentous occasion.
Following the shooting of a class
picture, everyone was trooped back
to the dorms for some eventual
sleep. The nine month summer
camp had begun . . .