Strengthening Suicide Prevention Resources in ICSD Middle Schools
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on May 2025 |
Opinion
Trigger Warning: The following content discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, please call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline...
How ICSD Can Better Attract, Retain, and Support Teachers of Color
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on April 2025 |
Features
In the United States, people of color are significantly underrepresented in teaching. With the federal government’s recent threats to public school funding and diversity, equity,...
IHS Must Address AI Usage in Classrooms
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on March 2025 |
Features
Artificial intelligence (AI) is broadly defined as a set of technologies that allow computers to perform advanced functions such as mimicking conversation and ‘learning.’ AI...
Changing Times Change Grading Scales
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2025 |
Features
Over the last several years, ICSD has phased in a “standards-based grading” system at the middle schools. The system’s self-proclaimed goal is to create a...
A Call for Strengthening Grammar in Our Classrooms
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2025 |
Uncategorized
Grammar is not the sexiest thing to teach,” said English teacher Kirsten Pike when discussing students’ grammar and writing literacy performance over the past few...

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Dr. Brown Uses Twitter to Give Voice to IHS Students

By SVETA REDDY on December 2017

On October 18, 2017, ICSD Superintendent Luvelle Brown announced that every Friday, he will be turning his Twitter account over to one student in the…

GrammaTech Awarded $9 Million Cybersecurity Grant by US Government

By MAGDALENA SMITH on November 2017

In October, Ithaca company GrammaTech received a $9 million grant from the U.S. Government’s Office of Naval Research for research and development (R&D) on cybersecurity…

Tom Reed Holds Town Hall at Romulus Central School

By AURORA WULFF (Staff Writer) on November 2017

On Saturday, October 14, Congressman Tom Reed held a town hall meeting in Romulus, part of a three-day bus tour to meet with constituents in…

Representatives to the Board of Education

By LEO SONG on November 2017

Student government at IHS can sometimes be very confusing. Students might ask: “I want better quality toilet paper. Who do I talk to?” or “The…

Local Elections on November 7

By VAYNU KADIYALI on November 2017

On November 7, New York State voters will head to the polls to make important decisions about local and state politics. All seats in the…

Fresh Food Comes to IHS

By THEA CLARKBERG on October 2017

School lunches are notorious for providing students with foods high in carbs and sugar, but a person cannot survive on Uncrustables and Pop-Tarts. The issue…

Club Funding at IHS

By FRANCESCA CHU on October 2017

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…

Decarcerate Tompkins County Stops Local Jail Expansion

By MAGDALENA SMITH on October 2017

Decarcerate Tompkins won a major victory in Ithaca when the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) decided this past July that it did not need to…

The Status of Chromebook Privacy

By RYAN CUNNINGHAM on October 2017

The world has entered the digital age, an era in which technology is everything. Representative of this paradigm shift is IHS’s transition to Chromebook usage.…

An Overview of the 2017–18 ICSD Budget

By VAYNU KADIYALI on September 2017

On May 17, 2017, all residents of Tompkins County had the chance to vote in the elections for their respective school districts. Candidates for the…

TSA Succeeds at National Conference

TSA Succeeds at National Conference

By FRANCESCA CHU on September 2017

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…

Democratic Congressional Primary Race Gets an Early Start

By JULIAN PERRY on September 2017

Tom Reed, the US Representative for New York’s 23rd Congressional District which encompasses Ithaca, has won by comfortable margins in multiple elections in a row.…

Cornell Receives $2.5 Million for Cybersecurity

By FIONA BOTZ on September 2017

Even when the primary means of digital communication was email, parents warned, “Don’t click on any emails that look suspicious,” fearing the harm that could…

IHS Students Attend D.C. Climate March

IHS Students Attend D.C. Climate March

By BRONWYN GALLOWAY on June 2017

On April 29, 2017, the IHS Green Team and a few volunteers, myself included, trekked down to Washington, D.C. to lend our voices and signs…

A Further Look Into Ithaca’s Sanctuary City Status

By JULIAN PERRY on June 2017

Last February, Ithaca’s City Council unanimously voted to make Ithaca a sanctuary city, a popular move in a community so supportive of immigrants. This…

ICSD Creates Mobile App

ICSD Creates Mobile App

By ZACHARY FOLEY on June 2017

When ICSD launched its new mobile app, I decided to download this recent effort by ICSD to explore a new medium to interact with the…

Equity Report Card Highlights Socioeconomic Achievement Gap

By FRANCESCA CHU on June 2017

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

By FRANCESCA CHU on May 2017

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…

A Clarification of ICSD Internet Policy

By MADELINE TURNER, RUTH SILCOFF on May 2017

Ever since students were given free Chromebooks at the start of the 2015–16 school year, there have been questions regarding new practices, such as what…

Continuing Discussion About Incorporating Fine Arts Grades into GPA

By MADELINE TURNER on May 2017

IHS students who take music classes work for hours a week, practicing and participating in extracurricular activities that directly involve musical skills. Many spend free…

Upcoming STEM Exhibition Planned to Have More Extreme STEM for High Schoolers

By TRISTAN ENGST on May 2017

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…

IHS Teacher Proves Riemann Hypothesis

Posts published in “News”

Dr. Brown Uses Twitter to Give Voice to IHS Students

GrammaTech Awarded $9 Million Cybersecurity Grant by US Government

Tom Reed Holds Town Hall at Romulus Central School

Representatives to the Board of Education

Local Elections on November 7

Fresh Food Comes to IHS

Club Funding at IHS

Decarcerate Tompkins County Stops Local Jail Expansion

The Status of Chromebook Privacy

An Overview of the 2017–18 ICSD Budget

TSA Succeeds at National Conference

Democratic Congressional Primary Race Gets an Early Start

Cornell Receives $2.5 Million for Cybersecurity

IHS Students Attend D.C. Climate March

A Further Look Into Ithaca’s Sanctuary City Status

ICSD Creates Mobile App

Equity Report Card Highlights Socioeconomic Achievement Gap

An Update on Teacher Evaluations

A Clarification of ICSD Internet Policy

Continuing Discussion About Incorporating Fine Arts Grades into GPA

Upcoming STEM Exhibition Planned to Have More Extreme STEM for High Schoolers

IHS Teacher Proves Riemann Hypothesis

English Teacher Literally Defecates on Student Editorial

Local Boy Qualifies for USAMO

Sean Spicer Bans the IHS Tattler from All Future Press Conferences

Literary Editor Frantically Writes “Haiku of the Month” Hours Before Deadline

IHS Administrators Ban Hot Food in The Cafeteria