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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Teacher Feature: Mr. Severin Drix
This is the first of a three-part series in which I feature Mr. Severin Drix, one of the most loved and revered teachers at IHS.…
A Transcendent Experience at The Ink Shop
When I stepped in The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, located on the second story of the Community School of Music and Arts building, I was…
IHS Teachers Weigh In On Common Core Revamp
Back in September, the New York State Education Department (SED) released a draft of the state’s new math and English learning standards and opened comments…
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of NYS Club Funds Were Not Accounted For
On June 17, 2016, Thomas P. DiNapoli, the New York State Comptroller, released an audit called “Extra-Classroom Activities,” which disclosed how ineffectively officials (school principals,…
The New Teachers’ Contract is More Complicated than You Thought
Adam Piasecki is the president of the Ithaca Teacher’s Association (ITA), which recently came to a long-awaited settlement with the Ithaca Board of Education (BoE).…
On May 12, the IHS CubeSat Club was announced as one of the winners of the CubeSat Design Competition, which was held in The Museum…
Floating in Stars
On My First Ithaca Underground Show
I followed the lonely sound of a glockenspiel coming from the main showroom of the Sacred Root Kava Bar to find a standing crowd of…
Music Production Club
We listen to a lot of music. Track by track, album by album, we listen and just cannot stop. And we often catch ourselves wondering:…
Made By History: Celebrating Black History Month
Racial Tension at Colleges
Celebrating American Indian Heritage
November is National American Indian Heritage Month. It is a month of celebrating and educating people about the rich and diverse cultures and traditions of…
Bernie Sanders: A Socialist Has My Vote (If Only I Were Eighteen)
“Feel the Bern” is not just a catchy slogan. It is the representation of millions of Americans’ burning desire to bring up the standards of…
New Staff of IHS
The Tattler surveyed the new staff at the high school and asked them this question: What are your hopes and goals this year? Here’s what…
Students’ Advice for the Administration
“More open to taking student suggestions and turning them into action.”
Hip-Hop Binge Playlist
“Duck Down!”: From the start, The Roots’ vigorous beat will hit you in the face.