Mr. Drix is one of IHS’s most experienced and most beloved teachers. Students at IHS know and admire him for many different reasons: for his…
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From Casting Controversy to Call for Anti-Racist Curriculum
By 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 27, ICSD’s Board Room was overflowing with community members waiting to speak during the public commentary section of the…
Club Funding at IHS
With approximately 50 different clubs for everything from K-pop to magic to tiddlywinks, IHS offers one of the most comprehensive student activities programs in the…
TSA Succeeds at National Conference
On June 20, seventeen members of IHS’s Technology Student Association (TSA) traveled to Orlando, Florida to compete at the national conference. This conference—which involved almost…
For the past decade, the Ithaca Board of Education has been pursuing a specific goal regarding equity: to “eliminate class and race as predictors of…
An Update on Teacher Evaluations
Every year, teachers are evaluated two or three times on their lesson preparation, classroom environment, quality of instruction, and fulfillment of professional responsibilities. New York…
Seniors Pursue Artistic Dreams through WISE
Writing a cookbook, producing an album, or learning to tightrope walk might not seem like the things you’d do in an English class, but the…
Brown Butter Cranberry Muffin Recipe
Each year, fresh cranberries start to pop up in grocery stores around Thanksgiving, but they can be used for more than just cranberry sauce. In…
Movies at the Mack: Mr. Reiff’s film series in Auburn
One Wednesday evening in October, I took a scenic 50-minute ride to Auburn. By the time I got there, it was dark and I stumbled…
Restaurant Review: Mitsuba
To celebrate my dad’s birthday last month, my family and I made our way to Mitsuba Japanese Cuisine for dinner. At first glance, Mitsuba might…
What Steve and Ms. Gray Learned in Georgia
This summer, math teacher Steve Weissburg and science teacher Carlan Gray traveled to Georgia, a small country bordering the Black Sea and Russia. They were…