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Ithaca Residents Gather at Congressional Town Hall
It wasn’t even 6:00 a.m. and the temperature was a bit under 15 degrees Fahrenheit, with the wind making it even worse. Hundreds of Ithaca…
I.T. Phone Home
WikiLeaks has done it yet again. On Tuesday, March 3, WikiLeaks published a ground-breaking trove of classified CIA documents drawn from a sub-organization called the…
IHS Excels at the UNAR Model UN Conference
On March 10 and 11, IHS Model UN attended the United Nations Association of Rochester (UNAR) conference at St. John Fisher College. Model UN is…
Quite a Buzz at the Spelling Bee
The Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI)’s 19th Annual Adult Spelling Bee was held on Sunday, March 5. The event featured 32 spelling teams who went…
IHS Brain Team Continues Winning Streak
On January 28, IHS’s quizbowl team, the Brain Team, traveled to Rutgers University for HFT, their first tournament of 2017. After going undefeated in 10…
Imagine being forced to live in the most remote corners of the Upper Midwest because other people came and took your land for themselves. Then,…
Women’s March on Ithaca
An estimated 10,000 Ithacans came together on January 21 for the Women’s March on Ithaca, which was held in solidarity with the Women’s March on…
Women March for Rights and Respect
Down every side street, women and men clad in pink “pussyhats” shuffled forward to join the already overflowing mass of people marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.…
Code Red Robotics Build Season Begins
Code Red Robotics’ Build Season has officially begun! Code Red Robotics is a student-run club at IHS and one of 3,000+ teams that compete in…
Cuomo Proposes Free SUNY Tuition
A college education is one of the most expensive financial endeavors of people’s lives. People pay thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars just for…
Opinions on the College and Career Services at IHS
As many students are aware, applying to college can be nerve-wracking. Upperclassmen look for guidance from parents, college tutors, and SAT prep courses. However, IHS…
IHS Food Drive: A Success
Link Crew’s annual food drive has come to a close, and it was definitely a success. Mrs. Bergman, an IHS teacher who assisted in the…
Documenting Mentorship at IHS
Teachers perform a great deal of supplementary work for which they are not compensated. For example, the time that teachers spend grading homework or making…
It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… No, Wait, It’s Shenzhou!
“Sān … èr… yī … diǎn huǒ!” crackles the voice of ground control as two space-bound men salute in preparation for liftoff. Their rocket then…
2016 U.S. General Election Results
The momentous 2016 election had a huge number of tightly contested races for seats in State Legislatures, both houses of the United States Congress, and…
Luci: Free Spirit, Weirdo, and Friend to All
Luciano “Luci” Servetto died very unexpectedly and at a very young age in a one-vehicle car crash shortly after midnight on Thursday, October 13, 2016,…
Report on the Board of Education
Changes in the athletic program Under our new athletic director, David Hanna, we have started to see many changes to the athletic program at IHS.…
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…
German Exchange Program Returns to IHS
Every other October, the halls of IHS are graced by the presence of about 25 German exchange students for three weeks. Since the 1980s, IHS…
BoE Updates
Audit Report Over the past few years, ICSD has had a significant budget deficit due to cuts in state funding and local tax caps. The…
Despite its Name, Student Power has None
Every year, IHS holds elections to select students as representatives to the Board of Education (BoE), Student Council members, and class officers in our system…
Creating Healthy Relationships: A Possible New Course at IHS
Maintaining healthy relationships with others is an invaluable skill in high school and beyond. However, despite its importance, mental and emotional well-being is frequently overlooked…
The Fate of New Roots
A public hearing was held on September 13 to address the concerns of Ithaca residents about the New Roots Charter School. While it is not…
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,…
Music Department Takes on Fresh Look
The IHS Music Department is beginning the school year with new faces and a dramatic change in class structure. William Makin was hired as the…
Behind the Creation and Changing of School Schedules
School schedules are a complicated animal to pin down. The nature of course requests ensures that some students will inevitably be dissatisfied with the schedule…











