Ithaca School District

School records are being broken this track season! Congratulations to the Ithaca/Weston Girls 3200-meter relay team as they set a new school record last night at Kickapoo by over 10 seconds. The relay team of Emma Coy, Kaylee Peterson, Tierney Powell, and Kaylee Miller won the event in a time of 10 minutes and 45.60 seconds. Well done!

Ithaca is looking for an Administrative Assistant! Email resume and application to Brooke Hackl at brooke.hackl@ithaca.k12.wi.us or call 608/585-2312.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: April 26th, 2022 Today is a Day 1 Lunch for today, First Choice, Baked Ham, Second Choice, Grilled Chicken, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Spinach Salad, Mandarin Oranges, Dinner Roll, Dessert, Milk Thank you to all of the students who helped to move band equipment to the gym, helped set-up, and then moved everything back after the band concert. Your help is so appreciated!! Thank you to past and present teachers who came to the concert. Your support is also appreciated! Thank you to the parents and former students for all of your kind words messages. Finally, thank you to the students and Mrs. Niemeyer for the wonderful send-off! It made the night incredibly special for me. A huge thank you to all who came out to support the kids in the annual Ithaca Art Show. A big thank you to Jadyn Boland, Holly King, Frank Waslick, Larry Hines, Adam Hess, and Juli Thompson for all your help. We could not have done it without you! Please release Middle School Track team at 2:30 today. The bus will leave at 2:45. Please release High School Track team at 2:35 today. The bus will leave at 2:50. There will be an FBLA meeting today during Attack. Students going to Get Real tomorrow, please dress nicely or business casual. This is an opportunity to make a good impression on potential employers and community leaders. You also need to bring something to write with and a calculator if you can. Horse Club members: Brief meeting on Wed, April 27, during ATTACK. Seniors are not to come. High School FBLA will have a Donut Day sale at the end of Middle School and High School Lunch on Friday, April 29. Donuts will be $1 each and will be limited to one donut per student. Attention Seniors... Please check and respond to an email you received regarding Baccalaureate. Any questions please see Mrs. Kershner. Senior Scholarship Banquet- This will be held Friday May 6th at 9:30am - All Seniors, family members, staff and scholarship donors are welcome to attend! Seniors please RSVP. Also, please let Ms Bevan or Mrs. Kershner know if you have received any outside scholarships...we would like to recognize you at the banquet! A breakfast brunch will be served. Any questions please contact the guidance office. Thank you SENIORS, JUNIORS and PERSONAL FINANCE STUDENTS: Return your Student Information form and Permission Slip for the GET REAL field trip on Wednesday, April 27. See Mrs. Burnley if you need new forms. “Get Real” is an annual event where students are given a life scenario, including job, spouse, children, debt, and more. In this simulation, participants must navigate a month’s worth of financial transactions, purchasing necessities, and “making ends meet.” We are especially excited to be taking students to this wonderful workshop since it has been canceled for the past two years due to Covid. IT'S NOT TOO LATE! Return the information sheets and permission slips to Mrs. Burnley NO LATER than Tuesday, April 26 so that we can get a final headcount. The start times are staggered, but if all goes as planned, all students will be back at school by the end of 4th period. Welcome to Las Vegas! The Junior class is excited to bring you a Las Vegas themed prom held April 30th from 8-11:30 at the White House. Admission is $10. If your date is not from Ithaca you must sign them up in the guest book, located in the office. Still have questions? Find a flyer, junior class representative, or Ms. Behrens. See you there! The Ithaca FFA will be selling over 200 hanging baskets and planters in addition to some 3 packs of annuals and started tomato plants. We will be open on April 30th from 10 am-2 pm, May 1 from 2 pm- 5 pm and after school until 5 pm on the weekdays until we sell out. Please help support our FFA and FFA students working hard at their SAE project. Funds will help pay for conferences, competitions and travel to these events. If these times don't work for you, please message me and I can set up a time for you to come pick out plants. Time to order your Elementary and Middle School Yearbook! The all-color yearbook featuring students in grades 4K-8 (all one yearbook again this year) will be on sale until April 28. Cost is $15. Online sales only. Go to: bit.ly/ElemMSYearbook or to the Ithaca PTSO webpage www.IthacaPTSO.org and click on Elem/MS Yearbook Ordering ​at the top of the page. You will be redirected to Entourage Yearbooks secure ordering site. Any questions, contact the PTSO at IthacaPTSO@gmail.com. This Day in History: Polio vaccine trials begin On April 26, 1954, the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. Children in the United States, Canada and Finland participated in the trials, which used for the first time the now-standard double-blind method, whereby neither the patient nor attending doctor knew if the inoculation was the vaccine or a placebo. Word of the Day: Minion MIN-yun noun A minion is someone who is not powerful or important and who obeys the orders of a powerful leader or boss. The kingpin has a group of minions to run errands. Birthdays: Elementary—None H.S./M.S.— None

Ithaca Public Schools is seeking a driver. We need someone who can drive a student to Platteville Monday-Friday. Starting as soon as possible until roughly June 2nd. Contact Brooke Hackl for more information at Brooke.Hackl@ithaca.k12.wi.us or 608/585-2312.

Do not forget, the Ithaca Art Show is happening from 3:30 until 7 PM tonight! Here is a preview video of some of the AWESOME art creations you can view by attending the art show, in the commons at Ithaca. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gy8emkVpbc

ANNOUNCEMENTS: April 25th, 2022 Today is a Day 2 Lunch for today: First Choice- BBQ Rib, Second Choice- Bacon Turkey Wrap, Baked Beans, Peaches, Craisins, Milk The Spring Band Concert is today, at 7:00 pm. Band students in grades 5 - 12 will be performing. The annual Ithaca Art Show today at 3:30-7:00 in the commons right up until the band concert. Artwork from all students will be on display. Congratulations to the middle school FFA members who participated in the state middle school FFA career development event last week. The team placed 4th with Annabeth Sprecher and Kerrick Thompson placed in the top ten and Alyah Swenson placed 15th. Other contestants that were in the top third were Keegan Jones, Hunter Moe, Ethan Birkrem and Kaylee Manning. Great job everyone! High School FBLA will have a Donut Day sale at the end of Middle School and High School Lunch on Friday, April 29. Donuts will be $1 each and will be limited to one donut per student. There will be an FBLA meeting during Attack on Tuesday, April 26. SENIORS, JUNIORS and PERSONAL FINANCE STUDENTS: Return your Student Information form and Permission Slip for the GET REAL field trip on Wednesday, April 27. See Mrs. Burnley if you need new forms. “Get Real” is an annual event where students are given a life scenario, including job, spouse, children, debt, and more. In this simulation, participants must navigate a month’s worth of financial transactions, purchasing necessities, and “making ends meet.” We are especially excited to be taking students to this wonderful workshop since it has been canceled for the past two years due to Covid. IT'S NOT TOO LATE! Return the information sheets and permission slips to Mrs. Burnley NO LATER than Tuesday, April 26 so that we can get a final headcount. The start times are staggered, but if all goes as planned, all students will be back at school by the end of 4th period. Any current 8th graders and 9-11 grade high schoolers interested in playing or managing high school volleyball next fall must meet today in the LMC during ATTACK time for an informational meeting. If you are not able to attend, you must talk with Mrs.Thompson this week. Attention Seniors... Please check and respond to an email you received regarding Bachelorette. Any questions please see Mrs. Kershner. Senior Scholarship Banquet- This will be held Friday May 6th at 9:30am - All Seniors, family members, staff and scholarship donors are welcome to attend! Seniors please RSVP. Also, please let Ms Bevan or Mrs Kershner know if you have received any outside scholarships...we would like to recognize you at the banquet! A breakfast brunch will be served. Any questions please contact the guidance office. Thank you Welcome to Las Vegas! The Junior class is excited to bring you a Las Vegas themed prom held April 30th from 8-1130 at the white house. Admission is $10. If your date is not from Ithaca you must sign them up in the guest book, located in the office. Still have questions? Find a flyer, junior class representative, or Ms. Behrens. See you there! The Ithaca FFA will be selling over 200 hanging baskets and planters in addition to some 3 packs of annuals and started tomato plants. We will be open on April 30th from 10 am-2 pm, May 1 from 2 pm- 5 pm and after school until 5 pm on the weekdays until we sell out. Please help support our FFA and FFA students working hard at their SAE project. Funds will help pay for conferences, competitions and travel to these events. If these times don't work for you, please message me and I can set up a time for you to come pick out plants. Time to order your Elementary and Middle School Yearbook! The all-color yearbook featuring students in grades 4K-8 (all one yearbook again this year) will be on sale until April 28. Cost is $15. Online sales only. Go to: bit.ly/ElemMSYearbook or to the Ithaca PTSO webpage www.IthacaPTSO.org and click on Elem/MS Yearbook Ordering ​at the top of the page. You will be redirected to Entourage Yearbooks secure ordering site. Any questions, contact the PTSO at IthacaPTSO@gmail.com. This Day in History: 1990 April 25 Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope, a long-term space-based observatory, into a low orbit around Earth. Word of the Day: Hoary HOR-ee adjective Hoary means "so old or so familiar as to be dull" or "gray or white with or as if with age."The movie's plot was a hoary tale of revenge. Birthdays: Elementary—None H.S./M.S.— None

Congratulations to the middle school FFA members who participated in the state middle school FFA career development event last week. The team placed 4th with Annabeth Sprecher and Kerrick Thompson placed in the top ten and Alyah Swenson placed 15th. Other contestants that were in the top third were Keegan Jones, Hunter Moe, Ethan Birkrem and Kaylee Manning. Great job everyone! Pictured are the 2021-22 Ithaca Middle School FFA memebers

The Spring Band Concert is today, at 7:00 pm. Band students in grades 5 - 12 will be performing. Listen to our talented students under the direction of Band Director, Mrs. Mary Beth Behrens.

A message from Ithaca Athletic Director, Zac Thome: The Middle School track meet at Riverdale has been canceled.

A message from Ithaca Athletic Director, Zac Thome: The Brookwood at Ithaca baseball game and the Ithaca at Richland Center softball game for tonight have both been canceled.

Lunch for today, First Choice, Chicken Patty Sandwich, Second Choice, Meat Loaf on a Sub Bun, Strawberries, Hash Browns, Milk Please excuse the Middle School Track team at 2:15 today. The bus will leave at 2:30. The bus for Varsity Track team will leave at 7:40 on Saturday. The Spring Band Concert is on Monday, April 25th, at 7:00 pm. Band students in grades 5 - 12 will be performing. There is an emergency Sources for Strength meeting today in Ms. Wydeven's room during ATTACK? Band students: The coffee fundraiser items have been delivered. You may pick them up at anytime during the day, in the band room, or up until 4:00 pm today. Welcome to Las Vegas! The Junior class is excited to bring you a Las Vegas themed prom held April 30th from 8-1130 at the white house. Admission is $10. If your date is not from Ithaca you must sign them up in the guest book, located in the office. Still have questions? Find a flyer, junior class representative, or Ms. Behrens. See you there! The Ithaca FFA will be selling over 200 hanging baskets and planters in addition to some 3 packs of annuals and started tomato plants. We will be open on April 30th from 10 am-2 pm, May 1 from 2 pm- 5 pm and after school until 5 pm on the weekdays until we sell out. Please help support our FFA and FFA students working hard at their SAE project. Funds will help pay for conferences, competitions and travel to these events. If these times don't work for you, please message me and I can set up a time for you to come pick out plants. All interested in playing or managing high school volleyball next fall should come to an informational meeting on Monday, April 25th during ATTACK time in the LMC. This includes current 8th graders. If you are unable to attend, you must reach out to Mrs. Thompson this week or next. The annual Ithaca Art Show will next Monday, April 25th 3:30-7:00 in the commons right up until the band concert. Artwork from all students will be on display There will be a popcorn sale this Friday, April 22. Cost is 50 cents a bag, limit 2 bags per student please. Proceeds this week will go to the 1st grade class. Middle school students we will sell in your hallway by the elementary doors during your breakfast. High school we will sell in the hallway by the vending machine during your breakfast. Time to order your Elementary and Middle School Yearbook! The all-color yearbook featuring students in grades 4K-8 (all one yearbook again this year) will be on sale until April 28. Cost is $15. Online sales only. Go to: bit.ly/ElemMSYearbook or to the Ithaca PTSO webpage www.IthacaPTSO.org and click on Elem/MS Yearbook Ordering at the top of the page. You will be redirected to Entourage Yearbooks secure ordering site. Any questions, contact the PTSO at IthacaPTSO@gmail.com. This Day in History: First Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world’s environmental problems, is celebrated in the United States for the first time on April 22, 1970. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches and educational programs across the country. Word of the Day: Simulacrum sim-yuh-LAK-rum noun A simulacrum is a superficial likeness or representation of something. The wax figure is a perfect simulacrum of the president.

The Ithaca FFA will be selling over 200 hanging baskets and planters in addition to some 3 packs of annuals and started tomato plants. We will be open on April 30th from 10 am-2 pm, May 1 from 2 pm- 5 pm and after school until 5 pm on the weekdays until we sell out. Please help support our FFA and FFA students working hard at their SAE project. Funds will help pay for conferences, competitions and travel to these events.

The annual Ithaca Art Show will next Monday, April 25th 3:30-7:00 in the commons right up until the band concert. Artwork from all students will be on display

This Day in History: First Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world’s environmental problems, is celebrated in the United States for the first time on April 22, 1970. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches and educational programs across the country.

Time to order your Elementary and Middle School Yearbook! The all-color yearbook featuring students in grades 4K-8 (all one yearbook again this year) will be on sale until April 28. Cost is $15. Online sales only. Go to: bit.ly/ElemMSYearbook or to the Ithaca PTSO webpage www.IthacaPTSO.org and click on Elem/MS Yearbook Ordering at the top of the page. You will be redirected to Entourage Yearbooks secure ordering site. Any questions, contact the PTSO at IthacaPTSO@gmail.com.

Parents, please remind your students: All interested in playing or managing high school volleyball next fall should come to an informational meeting on Monday, April 25th during ATTACK time in the LMC. This includes current 8th graders. If you are unable to attend, you must reach out to Mrs. Thompson this week or next.

Attention all elementary parents! The Spring Elementary Music Program will be held this year on Wednesday, May 25th at 1:30 PM. All families are invited to attend the program to hear a variety of music from America. The program will be held in the gym to feature each grade singing folk, spiritual, and cowboy songs learned in the music classroom. We hope to engage the audience as Ithaca Elementary PK-5 students sing some classics and old-made-new melodies to give you a reason to “party in the USA!”

The Mobile Audiology Clinic from "Hear Wisconsin" was at the Ithaca School District today. They offered hearing screenings for students and "free of charge" screenings for Ithaca staff AND community members. We would like to thank Meredith Klinker, Audiologist and Gary Kiltz, Hearing Conservation Coordinator for bringing their services to Ithaca.

There will be a popcorn sale this Friday, April 22. Cost is 50 cents a bag, limit 2 bags per student please. Proceeds this week will go to the 1st grade class. Middle school students we will sell in your hallway by the elementary doors during your breakfast. High school we will sell in the hallway by the vending machine during your breakfast.

The Cook has made her Choice for tomorrow! Tomorrow's menu is: Chicken Patty or Meat loaf on Sub Bun Strawberries Hash Brown Milk