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...
ICSD Must Prioritize the Special Education Department
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on December 2024 |
Uncategorized
In the 2012 ICSD Continuous Improvement Plan for Special Education, one of two major goals outlined by the district was “students identified as Students with...

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IHS Will Count PE in GPA

By VAYNU KADIYALI on October 2018

PE teachers at IHS started off the year by announcing a major change—that PE would now count towards student GPAs. This news caught students by…

Local Elections Move Forward After Primaries

By JULIAN PERRY on October 2018

On Thursday September 13, New York held primaries for its upcoming state elections, the last primaries in any state for the 2018 election cycle. New…

Drastic Changes Coming to AP World History

By VAYNU KADIYALI on October 2018

In July, the College Board shocked high school educators and administrators around the country when it announced sweeping changes to its Advanced Placement World History…

An Interview With New Associate Principal Corey Mitchell

An Interview With New Associate Principal Corey Mitchell

By VAYNU KADIYALI on September 2018

At the final Board of Education (BoE) meeting of the 2017-18 school year, Superintendent Luvelle Brown announced several administrative changes at IHS. Along with the…

Mitrano to Take on Reed in November

By JULIAN PERRY on September 2018

Going into June’s congressional primary election, local Democrats had a decision to make. For the first time since 2012, the Democratic nomination in New York’s…

TSA Finds Success at Nationals

By JOSEPH YOON, TILDEN CHAO on September 2018

IHS’s Technology Student Association (TSA) is a club of twenty-some members, and a chapter in a national organization of over 250,000 students interested in the…

Mental Health Awareness Makes Strides at IHS

By ASHA DUHAN, MEERA BAI SINGH on June 2018

On May 2, Student Council welcomed Liz Allen from the National Alliance on Mental Illness for a presentation on the ubiquitous topic of mental…

Youth Council Ambassadors Search for Input of Students, Administrators

By ASHA DUHAN, JOSHUA "J.T." STONE on June 2018

Youth Council Ambassadors (YCA) is an Ithaca Youth Bureau organization made up of teens and adult Youth Employment Service (YES) mentors. Its mission is…

ICSD Creates Race Workshops for Students and Administrators

By AURORA WULFF (Staff Writer), VAYNU KADIYALI on June 2018

In the aftermath of the controversy over casting in the IHS production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a series of discussions about race…

Local High School Students Advocate for Gun Control Measures

Local High School Students Advocate for Gun Control Measures

By MAGDALENA SMITH on May 2018

At 10:00 am, March 14, hundreds of students at IHS, Newfield High School, and high schools across the nation walked out of their school buildings…

Board of Education Race Becomes Competitive

By JULIAN PERRY on May 2018

For the first time since May 2015, the upcoming Board of Education election is expected to have more candidates on the ballot than spots available.…

Controversy over Student Disciplinary Issues at Enfield Elementary School

By ASHA DUHAN, MEERA BAI SINGH on April 2018

On Tuesday, March 13, the Board of Education (BoE) meeting’s public comment period served as a forum for a contentious debate over one issue: student…

Photos From the Walkout On March 14 At IHS

By THE TATTLER on April 2018

IHS Students Walk Out to Protest Gun Violence

IHS Students Walk Out to Protest Gun Violence

By VAYNU KADIYALI on April 2018

Significant winter weather on March 14 did not stop IHS students from standing in solidarity with an estimated 1 million students nationwide to remember the…

GreenStar Seeks Expansion and Consolidation With Proposed Relocation

By FIONA BOTZ on April 2018

GreenStar, Ithaca’s well-known natural foods market, announced on February 14 their goal of relocating and expanding their West End store. GreenStar has three stores plus…

GreenStar to Stop Selling Firearms to Customers Under 21

By AN AR-15 on April 2018

In a show of support for the movement to end gun violence, local organic food co-op and firearms manufacturer GreenStar announced on March 14 that…

IHS Rocked by Violent Revolt

By COMRADE GUTMAN on April 2018

On March 6, 2018, IHS teacher Matthew Prokosch led an uprising against the school administration. The uprising started when armed janitors organized by Prokosch joined…

Mock Trial Files Lawsuit Against Fun Fact of the Day

By JUDGE JUDY on April 2018

Of all the divisive issues that plague our community, such as musical casting, gun control, and the like, there is perhaps no more hotly debated…

Unmasking IHS’s Headmaster: Professor Trumbledore

By RITA SKEETER on April 2018

A miraculously reincarnated Albus Dumbledore has come to Ithaca to realize his “lifelong dream of returning to the Muggle world and observing Muggles in their…

Student Arrives Tardy, Administration Cancels Graduation

By A SAD SUPER-SUPER-SENIOR on April 2018

On March 5, seniors weren’t surprised to see that H-Courtyard had been closed off yet again. A yellowish crumpled piece of paper taped haphazardly to…

Local Boy Honored for Receiving 32 on ACT

By EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ENGAGE on April 2018

ICSD held its annual Spring Commendation ceremony on March 13, 2018 in Kulp Auditorium. Among recipients of certificates and awards were the maintenance workers of…

Community Reacts to ICE Arrests

By CHLOE MOORE on March 2018

Last May, an undocumented immigrant named José Guzman-Lopez was arrested by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Ithaca. Although it was the first such…

From Casting Controversy to Call for Anti-Racist Curriculum

By FRANCESCA CHU on March 2018

By 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 27, ICSD’s Board Room was overflowing with community members waiting to speak during the public commentary section of the…

Production of New Spring Musical to Begin Following Casting Controversy

By JULIAN PERRY on March 2018

In January, following criticism from students and community members of casting choices, ICSD canceled IHS’s spring musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Earlier in the…

Tompkins County Democrats Gather as Candidates Vie for Congressional Nomination

By JULIAN PERRY on March 2018

On Monday, February 12, an estimated 700 people gathered at the State Theater to attend a round table among candidates competing for the Democratic nomination…

Divided Responses to State of the Union

By KARUNA PRASAD on March 2018

The State of the Union Address (SOTU) was given by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 30, and its format stuck to tradition. Past presidents…

Mixed Community Reactions to Proposed New Roots Middle School

Mixed Community Reactions to Proposed New Roots Middle School

By JULIAN PERRY on February 2018

New Roots Charter School, since its opening in 2009, has been a source of controversy within the Ithaca community. In December, the school announced a…