“The centerpiece of the additions, of course, will be the conversion of H-Courtyard into a ball pit,” said Mr. Trumble. “All this comes as a…
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Upcoming STEM Exhibition Planned to Have More Extreme STEM for High Schoolers
Recently, several teachers and an IPEI member have been planning a STEM fair to take place at IHS after school on May 15. The fair…
Tristan’s Angst: Student Council to Take Revolutionary Action to Improve IHS, Situation Unresolved
Following years of grandiose statements about being part of student democracy and allowing for leadership, the IHS Student Council voted to “become more important.” According…
The AP Exam vs. Me
The teacher passes out the AP exam. The large packet lands on my desk with a loud plop. I’m pumped and ready to go, my…
Tristan’s Angst: IT Staff Travel to China to Get Tips on Censorship, Make Tentative Deal to Buy Variant of Chinese Great Firewall
Recently, several members of ICSD’s IT staff returned from a week-long trip to the People’s Republic of China to get tips on censorship. “We were…
Tristan’s Angst: America’s Leadership in 2020
Tristan’s Angst: College Board Attempting World Domination
In an act of intrepid investigative journalism, a team of Tattler ninja-journalists mounted a daring raid of the College Board’s headquarters in New York City,…
Human Beaten Up and Eaten by Laptop, Suspect Still Running Loose
The following story was compiled using CCTV camera and audio recording devices. It is written from the perspectives of its characters. Aaron tries to use…
Tristan’s Angst: IHS to Increase Homework Load with New Policy and Technology
In a recent announcement, district spokesperson Billy Bozawkowitz announced that students could expect “only five times as much” homework during the 2017–18 school year. Since…
Tristan’s Angst: The Danger of the Bathrooms
Most students are aware that school bathrooms are the least clean places in the school, fraught with foul odors, unknown liquids, clogged toilets, and the…
Tristan’s Angst: PE Department Proposes Adding Fun to Curriculum
In a recent press release, the IHS PE department announced the addition of fun to gym classes under the new PhUN (Physically United Nation) curriculum.…
Tristan’s Angst: Field Trip Forms
Okay, I understand why ICSD needs students’ medical information for field trips in the incredibly unlikely event something goes wrong. What I don’t understand is…
Nadiya Savchenko and Saying It Like It Is
Newspapers’ headlines have lately been graced with the sordid topic of the latest words to fly from Donald Trump’s mouth. But he is not the…
Apple vs. the FBI
Technology law shouldn’t be decided by ignorant, old men who need their grandchildren to help them set up their iPhones. Following the San Bernardino shootings…
Colleges (Not) Standing out in a Crowd
Dear institutes of higher learning, I have officially stopped reading your mail in full, unless you make it better. No longer will your glossy brochures…
One Person’s Developer Mode Is Another’s Hacked Chromebook
Chromebooks, hacking, and the school's response.
Watching The Martian
The Martian is a hard science-fiction movie that first aired on October 2. It’s based on a book (which was originally published as a blog)…
IHS’s New Greenhouse: the High Tunnel
"A space to enhance teaching and provide hands-on programming.”
IHS Students Debate and Exchange Culture at Cornell
Students from the IHS Debate Team attended Cornell’s international debate camp last summer.
Music and GPA: Let It Count
It is commonly noted that students who take music classes tend to fare better than many of their peers in other classes. However, playing an instrument in school is not necessarily beneficial to a one's GPA.
Combined Class Has Tea;
Experiences Victorian Era
Students of the Combined class rewound the clock 150 years to experience elements of Victorian culture at Cornell’s picturesque A. D. White House.