November 2025 News
Indiana Academy Student Government
Monday, November 24, 2025
The Indiana Academy’s Student Government (IASG) was developed for the 2025-2026 academic year with the help of funding by the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County.
The IASG was designed to allow consistent feedback from student representatives.
“The IASG will serve as influential, key collaborators on institution-wide matters and provide insight on important decision-making,” said Dr. Joel Olufowote, Director of Academic Affairs, who spearheaded this development.
A proposal titled “The Blueprint for Leadership Project” awarded the IASG a $2500 grant through the Community Foundation. This proposal focused on immersive activities for leadership after receiving student feedback.
IASG allows students to better understand and respond to student needs, better understand high ability education, and participate in the administration decision making process.
Twenty-five students applied for IASG positions and ten were accepted. Members of the inaugural group will engage the student body in celebrating student success.
Global Scholar Program Receives Community Grant
Friday, November 21, 2025
The Indiana Academy’s Global Scholar Certificate Program received the Indiana Language Roadmap Community Grant this year from the U.S. Department of Defense’s National Security Education Program to continue to promote international education at the Academy.
The Indiana Language Roadmap provides world language instruction and training in global skills for Indiana residents and is housed in the Center for the Study for Global Change at Indiana University in Bloomington.
The grant was used in the International Fest project where Global Scholar Certificate participants are paired with an international student to showcase their country and culture. The project’s objective was to provide a hands-on learning experience for students who are interested in learning about the world and to allow Global Scholar Certificate participants to execute their country projects more effectively. The grant also funded t-shirts to help our international program promote international cultures and the Global Scholar Certificate Program.
The Global Scholar Certificate Program is a non-academic program that is offered to students to engage beyond the classroom. Forty-five students currently participate in the Global Scholar Certificate Program at the Academy. Students presented a country and culture of their choice at the International Festival on November 18 as a part of International Education Week.
The International Fest was designed to celebrate different global cultures and is hosted by Academy students.
Academic Spell Bowl Champions
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
On Monday, November 3, six Academy students traveled to Hamilton Southeastern High School to compete at the regional Academic Spell Bowl competition. The Indiana Academy was the only school in Class 4 participating, so despite being four students short of a full team, they earned first place with 36 points! (Each round is worth 9 points.)
The Class 1 and 2 schools competing included Yorktown, Delta, Noblesville, Fishers, New Castle, Carmel, Pendleton Heights, and Hamilton Southeastern.
Led by sponsor Jessica Edrington, the Academy team consisted of Brooklyn Grey, Avi Kambham, Savannah Scott, Danyal Syed, and co-captains Sarah Glunt and Malachi Smith. Co-captains Sarah and Malachi both had perfect rounds, and will be invited to participate in an individual state competition online later this month. There were only 3 or 4 perfect rounds the entire competition.
Congratulations to the Spell Bowl team!