Ithaca School District

Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow Announcements: Thursday May 1, 2025 Today is a Day 1 Lunch for today - Choice 1: BBQ Chicken Sandwich; Choice 2: Hotdog; Vegetable, Fruit, Salad Bar, and Milk High School Softball and Baseball athletes release at 2:15. Middle School Track athletes release at 2:35. The annual Ithaca Art Show will be Tuesday May 13th in the Ithaca Commons from 3pm until the time of the band concert. All the art students worked really hard on their artwork so please do not touch or jump up to touch any pieces of artwork while the art is being displayed in the commons. Thank you! Ms Durkin Attention 8-11th grade students: If you are interested in earning volunteer hours during summer school, June 9-20, please see Ms Schoen. From FFA: The greenhouse is full of beautiful flowers and is now open. Stop in anytime during the school day Wednesday through Friday and after school until 4:30 each day! From Mrs. Kershner: The RISE mentor program will meet Thursday, May 1st. High School students please pick up your little Bulldog and report to the library for a Spring project. From Mrs. Behrens: Middle School and High School Band students: Please turn your permission slips for next Wednesday, into Mrs. Behrens today. From Mrs. Thompson: Seniors will have a class meeting on Friday, May 2nd in the LMC during lunch to discuss baccalaureate and a few other graduation items from your advisors. All are needed to attend. From PTSO: Popcorn Friday will be this Friday, May 2. Elementary students, your classroom teacher will take your order and money. Middle School and High School students you will be able to purchase yours during breakfast, at the end of your hallways. Cost is $0.50 per bag, limit 2 bags per person. Help support Sources of Strength! Attention High School Students--Become an Umpire! Here’s a great opportunity to be a part of the action! We are seeking students interested in umpiring Ithaca youth softball and baseball games. If you're looking for a fun and rewarding way to earn extra cash while gaining valuable experience, contact Cody at 608-574-5013 or codypulvermacher@gmail.com for more information. From Mr. Herbst: We will continue to announce birthdays at the beginning of the school day; however, they will no longer be listed on the announcements that are sent to the general public. From Mr. Herbst: Parents/guardians are informed of field trips via permission slips. Unlike an athletic event or music concert, field trips are not open invitations for the general public to attend. Therefore, as a safety precaution, field trips will no longer be listed on the calendar on the District's website.

Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow Announcements: Wednesday April 30, 2025 Today is a Day 2 Lunch for today - Choice 1: Hot Ham & Cheese; Choice 2: Cheese Quesadilla; Vegetable, Fruit, Salad Bar, and Milk Attention 8-11th grade students: If you are interested in earning volunteer hours during summer school, June 9-20, please see Ms Schoen. From Mrs. Burnley: There will be a FBLA meeting Attack Time, Today, April 30th, in Mrs. Burnley’s room. We will be electing officers for the 2025-2026 school year. Your input is very important. Please come on time. From Mrs. Zorea: Attention Students in K-12th grade and staff: Entry forms for the library bookmark contest are due to Mrs. Zorea by Today! From Mrs. Pluemer: Middle School Sources of Strength: Apologies for yesterday’s non-meeting. We will meet TODAY, Wednesday, April 30th, in Mr. Kelly’s room. From FFA: The greenhouse is full of beautiful flowers and opens Thursday, May 1! We have bedding plants, deck pots and hanging baskets, over 200 to choose from. Stop in anytime during the school day Wednesday through Friday and after school until 4:30 each day! From Mrs. Kershner: The RISE mentor program will meet Thursday, May 1st. High School students please pick up your little Bulldog and report to the library for a Spring project. FCA Huddle will gather Thursday, May 1st please join us at 7am for breakfast and an encouraging devotion. Seniors will have a class meeting on Friday, May 2nd in the LMC during lunch to discuss baccalaureate. From PTSO: Popcorn Friday will be this Friday, May 2. Elementary students, your classroom teacher will take your order and money. Middle School and High School students you will be able to purchase yours during breakfast, at the end of your hallways. Cost is $0.50 per bag, limit 2 bags per person. Help support Sources of Strength! Attention High School Students--Become an Umpire! Here’s a great opportunity to be a part of the action! We are seeking students interested in umpiring Ithaca youth softball and baseball games. If you're looking for a fun and rewarding way to earn extra cash while gaining valuable experience, contact Cody at 608-574-5013 or codypulvermacher@gmail.com for more information. From Mr. Herbst: We will continue to announce birthdays at the beginning of the school day; however, they will no longer be listed on the announcements that are sent to the general public. From Mr. Herbst: Parents/guardians are informed of field trips via permission slips. Unlike an athletic event or music concert, field trips are not open invitations for the general public to attend. Therefore, as a safety precaution, field trips will no longer be listed on the calendar on the District's website.

In recognition of National Teach Children to Save Day, very special visitors surprised the second graders recently! The Money Bunny and his assistant from the Richland County Bank, came to discuss valuable economic lessons. Ms. Emma read a book to the students about the importance of saving money, and spending it wisely. Thank you, Richland County Bank!

🎓✨Senior Spotlight | Class of 2025✨🎓 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Help us celebrate our Ithaca High School graduates! 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Ithaca Schools is proud of the work and contributions of our graduates. Help us celebrate them in our Senior Spotlight feature. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts" • Winston Churchill ✨Today we celebrate Alex Bloedow and Justin Honer.✨

Mark your calendars for our always anticipated Ithaca Art Show. The annual Spring Ithaca Art Show will be May 13th from 3p until 7pa in the Ithaca Commons. Artwork from all Ithaca Students will be on display.

Popcorn Friday will be this Friday, May 2nd. Elementary students, your classroom teacher will take your order and money. Middle School and High School students you will be able to purchase yours during breakfast, at the end of your hallways. Cost is $0.50 per bag, limit 2 bags per person. Help support Sources of Strength!

🎓✨Senior Spotlight | Class of 2025✨🎓 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Help us celebrate our Ithaca High School graduates! 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Ithaca Schools is proud of the work and contributions of our graduates. Help us celebrate them in our Senior Spotlight feature. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts" • Winston Churchill ✨Today we celebrate Channing Brown and Abby Wiedenfeld.✨

Glowing with pride! Ithaca 2nd graders recently learned about the concept of bioluminescence by making their own fireflies.

Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow Announcements: Tuesday April 29, 2025 Today is a Day 1 Lunch for today - Choice 1: Chicken & Biscuits; Choice 2: Cheese Quesadilla; Vegetable, Fruit, Salad Bar, and Milk Please release Middle School Track athletes at 2:10 pm Attention 8-11th grade students: If you are interested in earning volunteer hours during summer school, June 9-20, please see Ms Schoen. From Mrs. Pluemer: There will be a Middle School Sources of Strength meeting during lunch today, Tuesday, April 29th, in Mr. Kelly’s room. From Mrs. Zorea: Attention Students in K-12th grade and staff: Entry forms for the library bookmark contest are due to Mrs. Zorea by tomorrow, April 30. From FFA: The greenhouse is full of beautiful flowers and opens May 1! We have bedding plants, deck pots and hanging baskets, over 200 to choose from. Stop in anytime during the school day Wednesday through Friday and after school until 4:30 each day! From Mrs. Kershner: The RISE mentor program will meet Thursday, May 1st. High School students please pick up your little Bulldog and report to the library for a Spring project. FCA Huddle will gather Thursday, May 1st- please join us at 7am for breakfast and an encouraging devotion. From PTSO: Popcorn Friday will be this Friday, May 2. Elementary students, your classroom teacher will take your order and money. Middle School and High School students you will be able to purchase yours during breakfast, at the end of your hallways. Cost is $0.50 per bag, limit 2 bags per person. Help support Sources of Strength! Attention High School Students--Become an Umpire! Here’s a great opportunity to be a part of the action! We are seeking students interested in umpiring Ithaca youth softball and baseball games. If you're looking for a fun and rewarding way to earn extra cash while gaining valuable experience, contact Cody at 608-574-5013 or codypulvermacher@gmail.com for more information. From Mr. Herbst: We will continue to announce birthdays at the beginning of the school day; however, they will no longer be listed on the announcements that are sent to the general public. From Mr. Herbst: Parents/guardians are informed of field trips via permission slips. Unlike an athletic event or music concert, field trips are not open invitations for the general public to attend. Therefore, as a safety precaution, field trips will no longer be listed on the calendar on the District's website.

TUESDAY NOTIFICATION: New Lisbon @ Ithaca baseball and softball games scheduled tomorrow (Tuesday April 29) are cancelled. New Lisbon canceled their conference game tonight and rescheduled for tomorrow.

Along with NOT attending the track meet in Viroqua tonight, the Ithaca Middle School track team will NOT have practice tonight.

The Ithaca/Weston Middle School track team will not be attending the track meet tonight at Viroqua. The meet is still on, however the Ithaca/Weston track team will not be participating as scheduled.

🎓✨Senior Spotlight | Class of 2025✨🎓 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Help us celebrate our Ithaca High School graduates! 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Ithaca Schools is proud of the work and contributions of our graduates. Help us celebrate them in our Senior Spotlight feature. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts" • Winston Churchill ✨Today we celebrate Logan Biermeier and Ari Louis.✨

Congratulations to Ithaca High School's forensics team members that recently performed at the State Festival! Results are as follows: Gold Medal Critic's Choice performers (perfect score of 25): Maggie Kershner, Holly King, Ari Louis, Alyssa Mueller, Kailey Newkirk, Trista Pluemer, Jadyn Boland, and Annabeth Sprecher. Silver Medal All State performers: Maggie Gschwind, Izzie Ortiz, Abby Plonka, Aliyah Swenson, and Peyton Brown. Bronze Medal Finalist performers: Ally Plonka, Callie Muckler, and Alyssa Olson. Copper Achievement performer: Ethan Birkrem.

Congratulations to August Ringelstetter and Ben Huebsch on their performances at the State Solo/Ensemble Contest at UW Platteville this past Saturday! Ben received a 2nd on his vocal solo and August received a 1st on his vocal solo. Great job!

Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow Announcements: Monday April 28, 2025 Today is a Day 2 Lunch for today - Choice 1: Fish Sticks; Choice 2: Cheese Quesadilla; Vegetable, Fruit, Salad Bar, and Milk Attention 8-11th grade students: If you are interested in earning volunteer hours during summer school, June 9-20, please see Ms Schoen. Baseball/Softball is released at 3:10 today. From the Class of 2026 and Mr. Klang: The Junior Class held their prom this past Saturday night. Congratulations to Devin Ihm and Jaydn Boland for being voted the 2025 Prom King and Queen. Congratulations to the Junior class for hosting a very fun and successful prom! Thank you for all of your work in decorating and cleaning up after the dance. Thank you to Mr. Herbst, Mrs. Kauffman, and Mr. Fetterly for giving your time to help chaperone the dance. We appreciate it! Thank you to Mr. McCoy for providing the awesome music for the dance. Thank you to Jeanette Simpson for taking photos during the night. Thank you to Ms. Durkin with the help of the photo backdrop. Thank you to the Boland family for helping with the arch way and thank you to anyone else who helped make our prom a success! From FFA: The greenhouse is full of beautiful flowers and opens May 1! We have bedding plants, deck pots and hanging baskets, over 200 to choose from. Stop in anytime during the school day Wednesday through Friday and after school until 4:30 each day! From Mrs. Behrens: Congratulations to August Ringelstetter and Ben Huebsch on their performances at the State Solo/Ensemble Contest at UW Platteville this past Saturday! Ben received a 2nd on his vocal solo and August received a 1st on his vocal solo. Great job! Attention Ithaca Community members: The Ithaca School Foundation is having a reorganizational meeting on Tuesday, April 29 at 7 PM in the Ithaca School Commons. All members of the Ithaca Community are welcome to attend. You do not have to be an alumnus to belong to the Foundation, just have an interest in the betterment of our school. Questions can be directed to Annette Louis 475-7312. From Mrs. Zorea: Attention Students in K-12th grade and staff: Entry forms for the library bookmark contest are due to Mrs. Zorea by this Wednesday, April 30. Attention Cloverbuds:. Our next meeting for K-1st grade will be Wednesday, April 30 after school until 5 PM. Permission slips will be going home this week. Attention High School Students--Become an Umpire! Here’s a great opportunity to be a part of the action! We are seeking students interested in umpiring Ithaca youth softball and baseball games. If you're looking for a fun and rewarding way to earn extra cash while gaining valuable experience, contact Cody at 608-574-5013 or codypulvermacher@gmail.com for more information. From Mr. Herbst: We will continue to announce birthdays at the beginning of the school day; however, they will no longer be listed on the announcements that are sent to the general public. From Mr. Herbst: Parents/guardians are informed of field trips via permission slips. Unlike an athletic event or music concert, field trips are not open invitations for the general public to attend. Therefore, as a safety precaution, field trips will no longer be listed on the calendar on the District's website.

The JV baseball game of Ithaca at Baraboo tonight has been cancelled.

Get Real was held at Richland Center High School on Wednesday, April 23. 43 Ithaca students from the Careers and Personal Finance classes attended the event where they practiced making real life financial decisions. Before the event, students chose a career, researched the average salary for that career, and the education required for the job. Students were then randomly assigned a FICA score, marital status and whether or not they had dependents. At Get Real, many volunteers were there to help walk students through decisions about housing, vehicles, insurance, banking, food, utilities, health care, charitable donations, entertainment and leisure activities, and even random chances of fate. Students practiced writing checks and balancing their account. Some students discovered that they needed to get a second job to make ends meet or they realized that they should have made different decisions on housing, vehicles, credit cards, or owning pets. A few students even received "Speeding Tickets" or "Crime Stopper Awards" from law enforcement officials that were at Get Real. It was a great learning experience and we appreciate all of the volunteers who made this event so fun and educational.

Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow Announcements: Friday April 25, 2025 Today is a Day 1 Lunch for today - Choice 1: Chicken Nuggets; Choice 2: Cold Turkey & Cheese Sandwich; Vegetable, Fruit, Salad Bar, and Milk Middle School Track and High School Softball athletes should be released at 2:30 today. Wisconsin Public School Observance Day: Today is Arbor Day, a National and Wisconsin School Observance Day which began in the 1800s to promote conservation and beautification of the environment by encouraging people to plant and care for trees. From Mrs. Pluemer: There will be a Middle School Sources of Strength meeting today (April 25) during lunch. From Mrs. Behrens: Good luck to Ben Huebsch and August Ringelstetter on Saturday (April 26) when they will sing their vocal solos at the State Solo/Ensemble Contest held at UW Platteville. They will participate, along with thousands of others across the state, who are the best student musicians in Wisconsin. We are proud of you! Attention 8-11th grade students: If you are interested in earning volunteer hours during summer school, June 9-20, please see Ms Schoen. From the Class of 2026: The Junior class is excited to bring you a "Night in Hollywood" themed prom held on April 26th from 8-11 PM at the White House in Richland Center. Admission is $10. Prom's Grand March will be held at 9:00 PM on April 26th. Spectators will be allowed to enter the dance at 8:45 PM and will be charged $3. Spectators will be required to leave immediately after the Grand March. Students, please remember that once you leave the prom dance, you will not be allowed to re-enter. From PTSO: Enjoy an afternoon with your family and friends at Symons Recreation Complex for FREE!!! April 26 from 8-noon. The PTSO will be holding their Swim for Free Family Day. All you have to do is come to Symons and let them know at the counter that you are for the Ithaca PTSO Swim Day. We hope to see you there! Attention Ithaca Community members: The Ithaca School Foundation is having a reorganizational meeting on Tuesday, April 29 at 7 PM in the Ithaca School Commons. All members of the Ithaca Community are welcome to attend. You do not have to be an alumnus to belong to the Foundation, just have an interest in the betterment of our school. Questions can be directed to Annette Louis 475-7312. From Mrs. Zorea: Want to see your artwork professionally printed? Enter your design to win our school library’s bookmark contest! Students in K-12th grade, and staff, can enter. Entry forms are in the library and entries are due to Mrs. Zorea by April 30. Attention Cloverbuds: Our next meeting for K-1st grade will be Wednesday, April 30 after school until 5 PM. Permission slips will be going home this week. Attention High School Students--Become an Umpire! Here’s a great opportunity to be a part of the action! We are seeking students interested in umpiring Ithaca youth softball and baseball games. If you're looking for a fun and rewarding way to earn extra cash while gaining valuable experience, contact Cody at 608-574-5013 or codypulvermacher@gmail.com for more information. From Mr. Herbst: We will continue to announce birthdays at the beginning of the school day; however, they will no longer be listed on the announcements that are sent to the general public. From Mr. Herbst: Parents/guardians are informed of field trips via permission slips. Unlike an athletic event or music concert, field trips are not open invitations for the general public to attend. Therefore, as a safety precaution, field trips will no longer be listed on the calendar on the District's website.

Ithaca would like to recognize and say THANK YOU to our incredible administrative assistants: Sheila Kitsembel, Christine Schmitt, and Brooke Hackl. Thank you for the hard work for the district, families, and staff.