Taili Mugambee (second from the right), Director of the Office of Ultimate Reentry Opportunity, speaks on the COME TOGETHER panel about criminal justice rehabilitation. Zadie…
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Student Representatives to the Board of Education Update
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on December 2024
The student representatives to the Board of Education are a group of four students elected each year by the IHS populace to represent the student…
Youth-Organized Rally Calls for Continued Climate Action Post-Election
By VALENTINA LEBRET on December 2024
Sunrise Ithaca member and Cornell freshman Sam Poole addresses the crowd at a post-election climate rally downtown. Casey Martin/Ithaca Voice On Friday November 15, dozens…
Ithaca Teachers Association Pickets Outside Cornell’s Town Gown Awards Ceremony
By ACE DUFRESNE on December 2024
Principal Martha Hardesty signing the ITA’s petition on the way to the Town Gown Awards Ceremony. Ace Dufresne On the chilly Saturday morning of November…
Coalition Hosts Youth Mental Health and Well-Being Town Hall
By ACE DUFRESNE on November 2024
Shawn Goodman presents his new book, How to Survive Your Parents. Josiah Brooks On October 5, about thirty community members gathered in the Tompkins County…
German Foreign Exchange Students Come to IHS
By JULIA KLEINBERG on November 2024
Leading up to October 10, classrooms and households prepared to welcome newcomers to Ithaca as excited chatter passed among IHS students: “The Germans are coming!”…
Inside the Calls for Reparations for Black Ithacans
By ADA IYER on November 2024
Calls for reparations for Black Ithacans have recently been circulating among the community and in the Common Council. These calls focus on righting the historical…
Student Representatives to the Board of Education Update
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on November 2024
Now several months into the school year, the student representatives to the Board of Education are working on several investigative and policy-related projects, both at…
Teachers and Community Members Rally for Ten-Million-Dollar Donation from Cornell
By ACE DUFRESNE on November 2024
Crowd watches panel discussion. Kathryn Drake On October 16, about one hundred community members rallied at the Bernie Milton Pavilion on the Commons to demand…
News BiteNew Cooking and Baking Club at IHS
By BRUNYALEXIS ELOUNDOU MVOGO on November 2024
This school year, a new club has come to IHS: the Cooking and Baking Club. The club welcomes anyone interested, whether they’re a seasoned chef…
The Sophie Fund Hosts Ninth Annual Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest
By ZADIE WANG on November 2024
First Place Awardee Sadie Hays and with Baking Contest Emcees. The Sophie Fund n October 19, The Sophie Fund hosted its ninth Annual Ithaca Cupcake…
Student Representatives to the Board of Education Update
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on October 2024
The IHS student representatives to the Board of Education (BOE) attended their first official meeting on September 11. They spoke about the impact of recent…
The Harris-Trump Presidential Debate
By ALEXANDRA ALLMON on October 2024
On September 10, the US presidential debate occurred between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. The two debated each other with no…
New Satirical Short Film Holds Cornell’s “Feet to the Fire” on Climate Change
By ACE DUFRESNE on October 2024
On September 7, around fifty people gathered at Cinemapolis for the first screening of Cornell on Fire’s satirical short film, “Cornell Commits to Confronting Climate…
News Bite Ithaca Parade To Decarbonize
By TARAN KNUTSON on October 2024
The Ithaca Festival Board of Directors recently held their annual public meeting on September 6, 2024. Following a petition by a local twelve-year-old named Leo,…
The Budget Cut’s Effects Explained
By RONAN CACI-KUKELKA on October 2024
In the past month, IHS has seen many changes following the district’s budget cuts. Latin, Mandarin, and AVID have been cut, and over thirty long-term…
Losing the IHS AVID Program
By COCO HAMILTON, KATE THOMAS on October 2024
AVID, or Advancement via Individual Determination, is a program that helps students prepare for college by teaching them organizational and academic skills. This year, when…
Recapping Sunrise Ithaca’s Climate Justice Circle at the First Unitarian
By CORNELIA YE on October 2024
On September 8, Sunrise Ithaca, a local youth climate justice organization, hosted a discussion circle on climate justice and intergenerational solidarity at the First Unitarian…
The Word on E Wing
By ELLIOTT PURSER on October 2024
Students and staff have all felt the effects of the construction in E Wing that began last spring, which has resulted in the movement of…
News Bites
By FREYJA HILL, TARAN KNUTSON on September 2024
Ithaca Children’s Garden Celebrates International Mud Day FREYJA HILL On June 29, the Ithaca Children’s Garden hosted its thirteenth annual celebration of International Mud Day.…
The ICSD Budget (Re)Vote Explained
By RONAN CACI-KUKELKA on September 2024
In May 2024, voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed ICSD budget for the upcoming school year. Voters also struck down proposals to buy electric school buses…
Latin and Mandarin Classes Cut from ICSD’s Course Offerings
By JULIA KLEINBERG on September 2024
In late May, members of the Board of Education had to rethink the ICSD budget, following the veto of the originally proposed budget in an…
Four Scientific Developments This Summer
By RUBY ZAWEL on September 2024
From the deep sea to biotechnology, the scientific world has seen many advances in the past months. Here are four very different but equally fascinating…
A Night of Queeriosity at the Museum of the Earth
By ZADIE WANG on September 2024
For twenty-five years, June has been officially recognized as Pride Month, a month dedicated to celebrating and supporting the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Since then,…
New York Appellate Court Rules Halftown’s Tribal Court Decisions Cannot Be Recognized
By ACE DUFRESNE on September 2024
On July 3, the New York State Appellate Court, Fourth Department, found that several rulings by the tribal courts of Clint Halftown’s Cayuga Nation could…
Local Labor Organizers Speak at May Day Rally
By WILLOW KISCHNICK on June 2024
One hundred and thirty-five years after its designation by a collective of unions and socialist groups in 1889, May 1 is still celebrated worldwide as…
The 2025 New York Budget Investments Explained
By TARAN KNUTSON on June 2024
On Monday, April 22, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul finally announced the 2025 fiscal year state budget. Released after three weeks of extensions, Hochul…