Please be aware that baseballs and softballs fly through the air, but must land somewhere. Please park away from the fields to ensure your vehicle is safe from damage.
Due to low enrollment, Raising A Thinking Child will be cancelled for the Ithaca nights. The course offered in Richland Center still has room, so interested families may register for that location. Raising A Thinking Child - Richland Center will be held Thursday evenings April 4-May 16 from 5:15-7:00 pm at Doudna Elementary School in Richland Center.
Forensics Team: Let's work for gold at State---it's Saturday, April 13! Sign-up sheets are posted; reserve your practice time!
A reminder that the winter sports recognition night for our athletes and coaches will be on Thursday March 28th at 7:00 pm. It will be held in the HS Commons.
A reminder to families! This Friday is a FULL DAY. This was changed to a full day to help make up time lost over the winter.
This Friday marks the annual Preview Day at Southwest Tech! Preview Day features a variety of information helpful for interested students, including:
Southwest Tech Informational Presentation
Program and Industry Student Panels
Program Fair (every program will be represented by program faculty and/or program students)
Scholarship Workshop – Scholarship deadline is 3/31
Campus Tours
Free Applications (from anywhere)
If you are interested, please pre-register for the event at this link. https://www.swtc.edu/admissions/visit-registration.aspx?visitType=PREVIEW
Great event for juniors that are interested in applying next year, or any senior that is still considering Southwest Tech.
Are you interested in becoming a teacher? CESA 3 is hosting two open house events for people interested in learning more about the EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING PROGRAM. This is a DPI-approved post-baccalaureate program for those with a bachelor's degree that leads to a teacher license in 11 months.
Congratulations to the 6th grade Destination Imagination Improv team consisting of Ilana Bloczynski, Sammy Clary, Maggie Gschwind, Holly King, Tristen Peterson, and Trista Pluemer for earning first place at the Blackhawk regional competition on Saturday. By placing in the top 2 they earned the right to compete at the State DI competition at UW Green Bay on April 13.
Attention all 8th thru 11th grade students interested in volleyball next fall: Coach Crook will be here to meet with you during ATTACK to go over summer league and camp opportunities. Please meet in Mrs. Jump’s room on Thursday, March 28th.
Congratulations to all youth and middle school wrestlers on a great season. Place winners at the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation State tournament were: Anna Logue 6th, Memphis Burkhalter 5th, Emma Hilby 4th, Marshall Self 4th, Kinleigh Frost 3rd, and Ryan Biermeier 1st.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Scott (Syvannah Scott's grandparents) visited Mrs. Steinmetz's Class to show their appreciation for the cards we made for Larry's mail call during his Badger Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. While here, they showed us photos of famous monuments in Washington, D.C, showcased the collection of cards he received, discussed his service in the war, and explained the process of the Honor Flight. During this special visit, our class learned valuable lessons about geography, history, generosity, and kindness!
The American Legion Auxiliary essay winners have been announced. The theme was how can we address and prevent veteran homelessness in our communities. There were a total of around 80 essays submitted.
Ithaca Winners include...
1st place- Aaron Bloczynski,
2nd place-Kaylee Peterson
3rd place- Alexia McCullough
Congratulations to these students and their teacher! Job Well done!
Congratulations to the 3rd graders who competed at the Belmont Invitational Lit Wars contest yesterday. Placing 3rd in his book was Gage Buscher. Placing 2nd in his book was Peyton Brown and placing first in their books were Reid Wobschall and Alyssa Olson. Congratulations on a job well done!
Today’s Winner of the $50.00 Ithaca Wrestling Raffle is Jeremiah Ringelstetter, on Saturday, March 23, $200.00 is Diane Smith and on Sunday, March 24th, $300.00 is Mark Fosterling.
Registration is now underway for Ithaca Youth Baseball/Softball. The deadline for registering and for the online apparel store is Sunday, March 24th. Please include the Code of Conduct with your registration.
https://wicw.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019_IYB_Registration_Form-1.pdf https://wicw.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019IYB_Code_of_Conduct.pdf
There will be a popcorn sale this Friday, March 22. Cost is 50 cents a bag, limit 2 bags per student please. Proceeds this week will go to the 1st grade class. Middle and High School students: we will come around to the classrooms to sell at Attack time with teacher permission.
Today’s Winner of the $50.00 Ithaca Wrestling Raffle is Dan McCauley.
Good luck to the following Ithaca Wrestlers at State Youth Wrestling this Friday and Saturday:
Jonathan Steele, Caden Keller, Emma Hilby, Kinleigh Frost, Anna Logue, Ryan Biermeier, Marshall Self, Memphis Burkhalter, and alternates: Braxton Fowell, Zach Jacobson, Logan Anderson, and Wyatt Hilby.
Ithaca High School personal finance students took part in the "Get Real" Program today at Richland Center High School sponsored by the UW Richland Extension office. Each student chose a career and were given their salary for a month and then had to make that salary stretch to pay for all of the necessities in life including but not limited to childcare, groceries, insurance, utilities, clothing, gasoline, housing, automobiles etc. There were many wonderful community member volunteers who helped the students "Get Real".
From Mr. Rice: We will have our winter sports recognition night on Thursday March 28, 2019. It will be held in the commons at 7:00 pm.