Every year, there is one day when everyone suddenly becomes extremely interested in their academic schedules—but not necessarily because they are excited to see which…
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The College Dream
By CORALLUS MEEKS on September 2026
As senior year begins, so does the season we’ve all been anticipating—and dreading. Application portals, essays, campus visits, deadlines, rankings, acceptance rates. With it comes…
Reading is Not Performative
By AIDEN XIE on September 2026
Recently, it feels like almost everything is “performative,” or done just for other people to see you in a specific, curated light. Acting a certain…
Freshman Classes Ranked
By TAKUO KAWATE on September 2026
After finishing freshman year, I had many opinions about my classes. Here’s a ranking on the classes I took last year and my experience with…
On Wednesdays We Wear… Oh Wait, No Color Wars
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2026
A myriad of musicals and early 2000s movies promised a high school experience full of spirited events: proms, homecomings, over-the-top pep rallies, and enough school…
The Selection Process Has Gone Off Course
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2026
With the diversity of classes offered at IHS, high school should be a time of experimentation: a chance for students to explore distinctive academic interests…
Fall Creek Needed a New Playground. The Students Got to Design It.
By ELI WARSHOF on September 2026
It’s the end of an era: Fall Creek Elementary School’s iconic wooden playground, unique in ICSD, has been replaced. The former, wooden play structure was…
IHS TSA Attends National Conference as Only Team from New York State to Qualify
By CORNELIA YE on September 2026
IHS’s Technology Student Association (TSA) attended the National TSA Conference in June as the only team from New York State to qualify. Fifteen club members…
ICSD’s Implementation of the Phone Ban Enters Year Two
By CHRISTOPHER ERRICHELLO on September 2026
New York State’s bell-to-bell cell phone ban was signed into law on May 9, 2025. ICSD school district began its compliance last school year. From…
Class Officer and BoE Rep Election Results and Term Goals
By CHRISTOPHER ERRICHELLO on September 2026
Last semester’s class officer and Board of Education (BoE) representative elections predominately saw the victories of incumbent candidates. The class officers continue to focus on…
Student Gallery – June 2026
By AMI LEE, ANDOR NASASDY, BOBBY MCKEON, ELEANOR KNIPE, EMMA SHAFFER, FURKAN UYAR, MATÉA FEY, MILO BURKE, OWEN KINNEY, RUTH NIEDERDEPPE on September 2026
Ithaca’s Afterschool System is Failing Elementary School Families
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on June 2026
The ICSD elementary school day ends at 2:00 PM, nearly an hour earlier than surrounding districts’ dismissal times. For many ICSD families, this extremely early…
An Athlete’s Guide to College Divisions
By SKYE LEE-BYRNES on June 2026
Most people think the difference between Division I (D1), Division II (D2), and Division III (D3) athletics is simply scholarships and talent level, but the…
The Greatest Sports Photographs Ever Taken
By JACK PIERETTI on June 2026
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” – Robert Frank Sports are one of the few things in modern…
A New Buffalo Bills and Their New Receiving Core
By DHILAN SETHUPATHY on June 2026
It has now been over four months since the Buffalo Bills lost in the NFL Divisional Round, where they were stymied in overtime by the…
Why We Should Move Away from Standardized Testing
By OLIVIA HAO on June 2026
Every year, students pile into testing rooms and spend hours answering questions that may shape their future. Most students take many standardized tests throughout their…
Why Athletes Should Be Exempted from PE
By CHRIS ERRICHIELLO on June 2026
In an athletically competitive environment, such as IHS, it is necessary to consider that athletes can be overworked. As the point of high school is…
What the Kotlikoff Incident Can Tell Us About Cornell’s Lucrative Complicity in Global Conflict
By IMRI WOLF on June 2026
On April 30, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff startled the Ithaca and Cornell communities by backing his car into at least one student and running over…
What Happened to Black Lives Matter at School?
By ACE DUFRESNE on June 2026
When I came to IHS in ninth grade, the school community was wrestling with the inequities exposed by COVID-19 and white America’s so-called “racial awakening”…
Should Governments Control the Use of Social Media?
By LEE CHO on June 2026
Social media spans across a variety of apps where people connect, talk, and argue online. Though social media can help with learning or daily life,…
Controversial Takes: Freshman Year vs. Senior Year
By MIA CHO, VIVIAN JIANG on June 2026
We bet that at some point in high school, you’ve said to yourself, “I’m so ready to graduate.” But come senior year, there’s still a…
iPads at Restaurants: A Parenting Tool or a Distraction?
By JULIANA NIEMACK, TAKUO KAWATE on June 2026
Walking into a restaurant, happily ready to order, and in the corner of your eye you see a kid on their iPad while everyone is…
Constellations
By CORALLUS MEEKS, ZADIE WANG on June 2026
my hand orbits over the page pen following the trajectory of my fingertips pulled across the page by a gravitational force until my words are…
On May 2, a cruise ship full of citizens from many countries, including the US, reported an outbreak of a severe illness with two deaths…
IHS Technology Student Association’s Road to DC
By FURKAN UYAR on June 2026
Technology Student Association (TSA) is a high school club in which students compete in different STEM events. According to technology teacher and TSA advisor Jonathan…
ICSD Budget Passes Easily
By OREN MILDER on June 2026
On May 19, voters overwhelmingly voted to approve the school district budget proposed by the ICSD Board of Education (BoE). As shown in the chart…
Junior Emma Beer Wins Congressional Art Competition
By CORNELIA YE on June 2026
Every year, each member of the House of Representatives honors one high school student from their district by selecting a piece of artwork to display…