Today is Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Due to inclement weather, Ithaca Schools will be closed on Thursday, December 22. There will be no after school activities, and we did not have school Friday. Happy Holidays.
Ithaca Public Schools wishes to extend our sincerest sympathies to the Neal Anderson family and all who are mourning the loss of such a remarkable man. Neal served the Ithaca School District in many capacities as athletic director, school board member, bus driver, and volunteer at many events and activities. We wish to invite our community to share the many stories of his life with each other and his family to honor the life of a man of service. Services at Clary Memorial Funeral Home have been changed to 1pm until 4pm on Thursday, December 22nd. Online condolences and other details are found on their website.
An update for our lunch choices on Wednesday, December 21st. First Choice is Mini Corn Dogs, Second Choice is Cheeseburger on a bun. Also served will be raw carrots, mandarin oranges, WG dinner roll, and milk. Breakfast of WG Blueberry Waffles, peach cup, raisins, 100% juice and milk will remain the same for Wednesday.
Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow
Announcements: Tues, Dec 20, 2022
Today is a Day 2
Lunch for today - First Choice: Ham & BBQ Ribs, Second Choice: Diced Cheesy Potatoes, Dinner rolls/sub bun, Pineapple, Christmas cookies, Milk
From Mr. Herbst:
High school scholars: On Thursday of this week, I will conduct our second conditional check for ATTACK Release Privileges, which will begin upon our return to school in January and last approximately three weeks. As a reminder, the conditions include:
1. Having a signed permission slip on file in the office;
2. No grades below a C-;
3. No missing assignments;
4. And for those taking Acellus courses, you must be at your lesson benchmark(s).
Concessions tonight is the WIHA horse club.
PTSO winter apparel sale items will be available for pick-up from 3:30-5:00 today, Tuesday, December 20 in the commons. If you ordered & are unable to pick up at this time, please arrange for someone to get your items for you or contact Karia Brown- joekariabrown@gmail.com. Thank you!
From Mrs. Burnley:
There will be an FBLA meeting during Attack today in Mrs. Burnley's room.
The weight room will be open tonight and Wednesday night after school.
From Ms Durkin:
The second grade is currently in first place with the Passages Food Drive collecting 5 boxes of food! We have until Thursday to collect so please keep the donations coming!
From Ms. Durkin:
Student Council members: Don't forget to visit your assigned elementary class by the end of the day today and check back daily with your class until next Thursday.
From Ms. Durkin:
Get into the holiday spirit with dress up days this week! Today is ugly sweater day; Wednesday is green day in honor of Ben Huebsch; and Thursday is PJ day.
From Ms. Schoen:
Elementary students-remember to bring all your snow gear every day. We go outside if Accuweather at Lone Rock and/or Sextonville says 5° or above Real Feel (wind chill). The sledding hill will be open as long as you use it safely and there is snow on it.
From Coach Miller:
There is a sign-up sheet outside the office for 6th-8th grade girls basketball. We will have an open gym today after school until 5:30 in the old gym. At 5:30 we will have a short parent meeting as well. Any girls that want to and are able to go to the high school game can walk up with us as a group afterwards. We will sit as a team behind the bench to watch the games.
From Mrs. Burnley:
There will be an Junior Class meeting during Attack on Wed, Dec. 21 in Mrs. Burnley's room.
From Mrs. Burnley:
Time is running out to purchase an Ithaca High School Yearbook for $47. The yearbook price will increase after Dec. 31. To purchase a yearbook, either go to Jostens.com or see Mrs. Burnley before Thurs, Dec. 22.
From Mr Kelly:
Middle school wrestling will start after school on January 2nd in the mezzanine, any student in grades 6-8 is welcome. There is a sign up sheet on the office window for anyone interested. Jacob Manning is going to coach. Please sign up by Thur, Dec 22.
From Mrs. Murphey, Ms. Schmitt, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Zorea:
Forensics Students: When we return from break, there will be a team meeting on Wed, Jan 4 in the LMC during ATTACK time. Starting in January, each of you should be meeting or checking in with a coach each week. You all should have gotten an email from Mrs. Thompson. If not, talk with her.
From Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Hilby:
Seroogy's candy bars are back!! Dana Westedt from Main Street Books in Reedsburg has brought Seroogy's back to raise funds for the Huebsch family. Mrs. Hilby and Mrs. Thompson have some available for $2 each candy bar. Contact any of them to get yours or stop in to Main Street Books. When they're gone, they're gone, and they're going FAST!
Word of the day: Gainsay, verb, is a formal word that means "to deny or disagree with something," or "to show or say that (something) is not true." Although the defendant initially denied involvement in the incident, there was no gainsaying the evidence that the prosecutor presented at the trial.
This Day in History: On December 20, 1836, President Andrew Jackson presents Congress with a treaty he negotiated with the loway, Sacs, Sioux, Fox, Otoe and Omaha tribes of the Missouri territory. The treaty, which removed those tribes from their ancestral homelands to make way for white settlement, epitomized racist 19th century presidential policies toward Native Americans. The agreement was just one of nearly 400 treaties-nearly always unequal-that were concluded between various tribes and the U.S. government between 1788 and 1883.
Birthdays:
Elementary: none
MS/HS: Marshall Self
PTSO winter apparel sale items will be available for pick-up from 3:30-5:00 today in the commons. If you ordered & are unable to pick up at this time, please arrange for someone to get your items for you or contact Karia Brown- joekariabrown@gmail.com.
Over the next few weeks, Ithaca is running a campaign for you to “Get To Know” our staff. Please enjoy the following bio of today's featured Ithaca employee. Get to know Josiah Crawford.
An update for meal choices on Thursday, December 22nd, which is also an early release: Breakfast is Cereal, apples, 100% Juice, milk; Lunch choices are Meatloaf and Dinner Roll or Chicken Patty on a Hamburger bun with pears, green beans, and milk.
Every year the Ithaca Student Council hosts an event to raise food for a local battered women's shelter in Richland Center called Passages. Please watch this video featuring Ithaca Student Council Members as they talk about that food drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Y1HVnavXM
Here is the Ithaca Farm to School December newsletter from Julie Severance, Americorps Farm to School Specialist in the Ithaca School District.
The 2nd grade and the 3rd grade are tied for first place in the Passages Food Drive! We have until Thursday to collect food so please keep the donations coming!
Every year the Ithaca Student Council hosts an event to raise food for a local battered women's shelter in Richland Center called Passages. This tradition started more than 30 years ago with Bob Pilla, the high school English teacher and the senior class in the late 1980s. We've kept this tradition going mainly because the shelter does depend on the generosity of the Ithaca community. We would like to ask the kids to help out and bring in canned goods and non-perishable items like shampoo and toiletries. This friendly classroom competition would started last week. Each elementary, middle school and high school class will have boxes in designated areas for the kids to bring in items during the week and then tallied and encouraged by representatives of the student council. Each elementary class will have two high school student council reps come in daily to take the boxes and to help encourage the kids. Each class will compete and the class with the most boxes raised will get a Pizza Hut Triple Threat party. The class must raise a minimum of 10 boxes of non-perishable goods to be in the competition.
Over the next few weeks, Ithaca is running a campaign for you to “Get To Know” our staff. Please enjoy the following bio of today's featured Ithaca employee. Get to know Meredith Bevan.
Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow
Announcements: Mon, Dec 19, 2022
Today is a Day 1
Lunch for today - First Choice: Chix Parmesan, Second Choice: Pizzaroni Hotdish, Bread sticks, Broccoli, Applesauce, Milk
From Mr. Herbst:
High school scholars, next week we will do our second conditional check for ATTACK Release Privileges, which will begin upon our return to school in January and last approximately three weeks. As a reminder, the conditions include: Having a signed permission slip on file in the office; No grades below a C-; No missing assignments; And for those taking Acellus courses, you must be at your lesson benchmark(s).
From Ms. Durkin:
The Ithaca Student Council is sponsoring a high school door decorating contest between the classes. Each class has a set of gym doors and can decorate their doors any way they would like with the only rule being that supplies must be bought by the class and no supplies taken from the teacher workroom. The decorating may start today and will go up until the end of the day on Wednesday. The doors will be judged and announced during lunch on Thursday. The class winner will get money donated to a wonderful cause in their name! If your class needs paper to decorate, see Ms Durkin for some art supplies.
From Ms. Durkin:
Every year the Ithaca Student Council hosts an event to raise food for a local battered women's shelter in Richland Center called Passages. This tradition started more than 30 years ago with Bob Pilla, the high school English teacher and the senior class in the late 1980s. We've kept this tradition going mainly because the shelter does depend on the generosity of the Ithaca community. We would like to ask the kids to help out and bring in canned goods and non-perishable items like shampoo and toiletries. This friendly classroom competition would start one week before the Christmas break. Each elementary, middle school and high school class will have boxes in designated areas for the kids to bring in items during the week and then tallied and encouraged by representatives of the student council. Each elementary class will have two high school student council reps come in daily to take the boxes and to help encourage the kids. Each class will compete and the class with the most boxes raised will get a Pizza Hut Triple Threat party. The class must raise a minimum of 10 boxes of non-perishable goods to be in the competition.
From Ms Durkin:
The 2nd grade and the 3rd grade are tied for first place in the Passages Food Drive! We have until Thursday to collect food so please keep the donations coming!
From Ms. Sprecher:
There will be a MS FFA meeting in Ms. Sprecher's room today Monday during ATTACK.
From Ms. Durkin:
Student Council members: Don’t forget to visit your assigned elementary class by the end of the day today and check back daily with your class until next Thursday.
From Ms. Durkin:
Get into the holiday spirit with dress up days this week! Monday is flannel day, Tuesday is ugly sweater day, Wednesday is green day in honor of Ben Huebsch and Thursday is PJ day.
From Coach Miller:
There is a sign-up sheet outside the office for 6th-8th grade girls basketball. We will have an open gym on Tue, Dec 20 after school until 5:30 in the old gym. At 5:30 we will have a short parent meeting as well. Any girls that want to and are able to go to the high school game can walk up with us as a group afterwards. We will sit as a team behind the bench to watch the games.
From Mr Kelly:
Middle school wrestling will start after school on January 2nd in the mezzanine, any student in grades 6-8 is welcome. There is a sign up sheet on the office window for anyone interested. Jacob Manning is going to coach. Please sign up by Thur, Dec 22.
From Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Hilby:
Seroogy's candy bars are back!! Dana Westedt from Main Street Books in Reedsburg has brought Seroogy's back to raise funds for the Huebsch family. Mrs. Hilby and Mrs. Thompson have some available for $2 each candy bar. Contact any of them to get yours or stop in to Main Street Books. When they're gone, they're gone, and they're going FAST!
Concessions tonight is the band. Tuesday night is the WIHA horse club.
Word of the day: This one is for the early primary students, particularly the K crew: Tall—of great or more than average height, especially relative to width; not to be confused with “big”; A dreidel is a 4-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top in a game of chance. The game, played by children especially at Hanukkah, is also called dreidel. The adults chatted in the living room while the children amused themselves by playing dreidel.
This Day in History: 1843-On December 19, 1843, Charles Dickens’ classic story “A Christmas Carol” is published. Dickens was born in 1812 and attended school in Portsmouth. His father, a clerk in the navy pay office, was thrown into debtors’ prison in 1824, and 12-year-old Charles was sent to work in a factory. The miserable treatment of children and the institution of the debtors’ jail became topics of several of Dickens’ novels.
Birthdays:
Elementary: Belated wishes to: Dec 16-Evelyn Dickey and Gracelynn Miller, Dec 17-Jaxon Elliott, Dec 18-Paislee Grassman; today-Wyatt Kalland, Shayla Klingaman
MS/HS: Belated wishes to: Dec 17-Jerika Banker; today-Daniel Feryance, Benjamin Otto
A reminder! Concessions tonight is the band. Tuesday night is the WIHA horse club.
From Mr. Herbst:
High school scholars, next week we will do our second conditional check for ATTACK Release Privileges, which will begin upon our return to school in January and last approximately three weeks. As a reminder, the conditions include:
1. Having a signed permission slip on file in the office;
2. No grades below a C-;
3. No missing assignments;
4. And for those taking Acellus courses, you must be at your lesson benchmark(s).
Get into the holiday spirit with dress up days next week! Monday is flannel day, Tuesday is ugly sweater day, Wednesday is green day in honor of Ben Huebsch, and Thursday is PJ day.
Elementary students have their Winter Music Program today starting at 1:30 PM in the Ithaca High School gym. Come celebrate the season with us!
Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow
Announcements: Fri, Dec 16, 2022
Today is a Day 2
Lunch for today:
First Choice: Chicken Smackers, Second Choice: Ham Wraps, Steamed carrots, Strawberries, Garlic bread, Milk
From Mr. Herbst:
High school scholars, next week we will do our second conditional check for ATTACK Release Privileges, which will begin upon our return to school in January and last approximately three weeks. As a reminder, the conditions include: Having a signed permission slip on file in the office; No grades below a C-; No missing assignments; And for those taking Acellus courses, you must be at your lesson benchmark(s).
From Mr. Klang:
The high school girls and boys basketball team will need to be released today at 2:40.
From Ms. Sprecher:
The Ithaca FFA welcomes our State FFA Officer Jeremiah Ihm to our school today. A reminder to members that if you want to visit with him during the day today, come get a pass from Ms. Sprecher.
From Ms. Durkin:
The Ithaca Student Council is sponsoring a high school door decorating contest between the classes. Each class has a set of gym doors and can decorate their doors any way they would like with the only rule being that supplies must be bought by the class and no supplies taken from the teacher workroom. The decorating may start today and will go up until the end of the day on Wednesday. The doors will be judged and announced during lunch on Thursday. The class winner will get money donated to a wonderful cause in their name!
From Ms. Durkin:
Every year the Ithaca Student Council hosts an event to raise food for a local battered women's shelter in Richland Center called Passages. This tradition started more than 30 years ago with Bob Pilla, the high school English teacher and the senior class in late 1980s. We've kept this tradition going mainly because the shelter does depend on the generosity of the Ithaca community. We would like to ask the kids to help out and bring in canned goods and non-perishable items like shampoo and toiletries. This friendly classroom competition would start one week before the Christmas break. Each elementary, middle school and high school class will have boxes in designated areas for the kids to bring in items during the week and then tallied and encouraged by representatives of the student council. Each elementary class will have two high school student council reps come in daily to take the boxes and to help encourage the kids. Each class will compete and the class with the most boxes raised will get a Pizza Hut Triple Threat party. The class must raise a minimum of 10 boxes of non-perishable goods to be in the competition. Winner will be announced at the end of the day on Thursday! The competition will begin tomorrow!
From Ms. Durkin:
Student Council members: Don’t forget to visit your assigned elementary class by the end of the day today and check back daily with your class until next Thursday.
From Ms. Durkin: Get into the holiday spirit with dress up days next week! Monday is flannel day, Tuesday is ugly sweater day, Wednesday is green day in honor of Ben Huebsch and Thursday is PJ day.
From Mrs. Niemeyer:
Elementary students have their Winter Music Program today starting at 1:30 PM in the Ithaca High School gym. Come celebrate the season with us!
From Coach Miller:
There is a sign-up sheet outside the office for 6th-8th grade girls basketball. We will have an open gym on Tue, Dec 20 after school until 5:30 in the old gym. At 5:30 we will have a short parent meeting as well. Any girls that want to and are able to go to the high school game can walk up with us as a group afterwards. We will sit as a team behind the bench to watch the games.
From Ms. Schmitt, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Zorea:
It’s not too late to join forensics! Meet with a coach if you would like to join. There is something for everyone! All forensics students should meet with a coach by the end of this week to select a category and topic.
From Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Hilby:
Seroogy's candy bars are back!! Dana Westedt from Main Street Books in Reedsburg has brought Seroogy's back to raise funds for the Huebsch family. Mrs. Hilby and Mrs. Thompson have some available for $2 each candy bar. Contact any of them to get yours or stop in to Main Street Books. When they're gone, they're gone, and they're going FAST!
From Mr Kelly:
Middle school wrestling will start after school on January 2nd in the mezzanine, any student in grades 6-8 is welcome. There is a sign up sheet on the office window for anyone interested. Jacob Manning is going to coach. Please sign up by Thur, Dec 22.
Youth Basketball Schedule for Saturday, December 17th. Little Dribblers 8-9 (Old Gym), 3rd/4th grade boys/girls 9-10 (Old Gym), 5th grade girls- 8:00-9:30 (New Gym), 5th/6th grade boys 10:00-11:15 (Old Gym)
Word of the day: This one is for the early primary students, particularly the K crew: Tall — of great or more than average height, especially relative to width; not to be confused with “big”
This Day in History: 1900-the quantum theory of modern physics is born. Through physical experiments, Planck demonstrated that energy, in certain situations, can exhibit characteristics of physical matter. The theory helped to resolve previously unexplained natural phenomena such as the behavior of heat in solids and the nature of light absorption on an atomic level. the development of quantum mechanics–a mathematical application of the quantum theory that maintains that energy is both matter and a wave, depending on certain variables.
Birthdays:
Elementary: none
MS/HS: Dec 15-Alexia McCullough
Over the next few weeks, Ithaca is running a campaign for you to “Get To Know” our staff. Please enjoy the following bio of today's featured Ithaca employee. Get to know Olivia Preuss.
Attention all choir parents: Due to weather, the fruit pick up has been changed to TOMORROW, Friday December 16th, after the elementary music program until 5:30pm. If your child sold fruit for this year's fundraiser you need to pick it up during these times. The pickup will take place at the Ithaca Bus Garage. The fruit cannot sit out over the weekend. Thank you to all who sold fruit and stay safe!
A message from Zachary Thome, Ithaca Athletic Director.
Here is the updated schedule for Ithaca bulldog basketball tomorrow, Friday December 16 @ Kickapoo.
4:30pm - JV Boys Elementary Gym
4:30pm - JV Girls HS Gym
6:00pm - Varsity Girls HS Gym
7:30pm - Varsity Boys HS Gym