Ithaca School District

Thank you to the Richland Center Fire Department for coming to speak to our students! Fire prevention awareness never ends, so even though National Fire Prevention Week may be over, our students learned techniques to prevent fires, tips to stay safe, and equipment our fire fighters use to respond to emergencies. Thank you to all who helped make this happen!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oct. 19th, 2021 Today is a Day 2 Lunch for today: First Choice - Chicken Fajita, Second Choice - Fish Sticks, Spanish Rice, Applesauce, Breadstick, Milk Parent Teachers conference tonight at 3:30-7:00. The schedule today for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th and 8th Grade - Choir, HS Band is on the Day 4 Schedule. HS Student Council will meet today during ATTACK in Ms. Sprecher's room. Volleyball playoffs begin tonight! Good luck to our Lady Bulldogs as they travel to Hazel Green to take on the Southwestern Wildcats. We'd love to have a strong fan section, despite the drive. Come cheer them on! "Dogs" on three. ONE-TWO-THREE - - DOGS! Grades 5 - 12 Band Students: Your fundraiser items will be delivered on Wednesday, October 20. You may pick up items from 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Choir students, who will be gone that day to the Fireside, should make plans to have another person pick up your items. Middle School boys, please sign up for basketball outside of the office until Thursday, Oct. 21st at 12:00. Practice will begin Monday after school. October 23-31 is National Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week started after the death of Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who was brutally murdered in 1985 by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After his death, people wanted to honor his sacrifice. Local observations began in California – where Camarena grew up – in 1985, and in 1988 the National Family Partnership started the first National Red Ribbon Week. Next week, students will have opportunities to participate in activities to learn more about healthy choices, personal responsibility, and/or facts about drugs and drug abuse prevention. Oct. 29th will be the last day to order a high school yearbook for the price of $37.00. Yearbooks can be ordered online at jostensyearbooks.com or you can contact Mrs. Burnley for an order form. After Oct. 29, the price will increase to $47 so order now! SENIORS...it's time to submit your Senior Portrait, Baby Picture, Then and Now Picture, Senior Quote, and Senior Legacy to the Yearbook Committee. Pictures can be submitted directly to Jostens at https://images.jostens.com/416245955 or they can be emailed to Mrs. Burnley. A Google form was sent to your school email for your quote and legacy. Pictures, quotes, and legacies need to be submitted by Nov. 24. Trunk or Treat is back! Join us on Tuesday, October 26 for the PTSO's Trunk or Treat. If you want to decorate a trunk those will set up in the student drop off/pick up area by the playground starting at 5 PM. Trunk or Treating will be from 5:30 - 6:30. Prizes for the top 3 trunks! For more information on this spooktacular event, check out the Ithaca PTSO facebook page. This day in history: 1781 Americans defeat the British at Yorktown - Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. Word of the Day: Nomenclature (noh-men-kluh-cher) noun can mean "name," but it is most often used for a system of names or naming for things especially in science. Starting a new job or entering a new field of study means becoming familiar with the nomenclature. Birthdays: Elementary—None H.S./M.S.—None

Join us for the showing of the Rated G movie, The Tale of Despereaux. Join us on Thursday, November 4th at 6:00 pm. Enjoy FREE POPCORN, a FREE DRINK, and a FREE BOOK. Please return the RSVP to your student's teacher/s by Nov. 1st if you plan to attend.

It is National Bus Safety week, and we are proud to present a few Ithaca Students "in the media" talking about bus safety week. The following ad's will be heard this week on WRCO FM 100.9, FM 107.7 and AM 1450 and are available on our new "In the media" section of our website and the Ithaca APP. https://www.ithaca.k12.wi.us/o/ithaca-school-district/page/ithaca-in-the-media

Oct. 18th, 2021 Today is a Day 1 Lunch for today: First Choice - Mac & Cheese, Second Choice - Mini Corn Dogs, Green Beans, Pears, Dinner Roll, Milk The schedule today for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Choir, 7th and 8th Grade - Band, HS Band is on the Day 3 Schedule. Attention Middle Schoolers: Today is the day!!! Middle School FFA meeting during ATTACK. Do you like plants or animals? Are you interested in leading or speaking? Do you enjoy meeting new people? If you said yes to any of these questions then FFA is the place for you! Join our Ithaca FFA officers for the first meeting of the Ithaca Middle School FFA today at ATTACK time in room 316! Bring a friend! Grades 5 - 12 Band Students: Your fundraiser items will be delivered on Wednesday, October 20. You may pick up items from 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Choir students, who will be gone that day to the Fireside, should make plans to have another person pick up your items. Good luck to the freshmen volleyball players tonight! They wrap up their season as they travel to Royall. Go, Lady Bulldogs! Tonight the middle school volleyball players will play St. Mary’s to finish their season. Good luck, Lady Bulldogs! HS Student Council will meet on Tuesday during ATTACK in Ms. Sprecher's room. There will be Parent Teacher Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 19 and Oct. 21 at 3:30-7:00 pm Oct. 29 will be the last day to order a high school yearbook for the price of $37.00. Yearbooks can be ordered online at jostensyearbooks.com or you can contact Mrs. Burnley for an order form. After Oct. 29, the price will increase to $47 so order now! SENIORS...it's time to submit your Senior Portrait, Baby Picture, Then and Now Picture, Senior Quote, and Senior Legacy to the Yearbook Committee. Pictures can be submitted directly to Jostens at https://images.jostens.com/416245955 or they can be emailed to Mrs. Burnley. A Google form was sent to your school email for your quote and legacy. Pictures, quotes, and legacies need to be submitted by Nov. 24. Trunk or Treat is back! Join us on Tuesday, October 26 for the PTSO's Trunk or Treat. If you want to decorate a trunk those will set up in the student drop off/pick up area by the playground starting at 5 PM. Trunk or Treating will be from 5:30 - 6:30. Prizes for the top 3 trunks! For more information on this spooktacular event, check out the Ithaca PTSO facebook page. This day in history: On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally took possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. Indigenous peoples settled the unforgiving territory thousands of years earlier. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson. Word of the Day: per-puh-TOO-uh-tee noun Perpetuity is a state of continuing forever or for a very long time. The property will be passed on from generation to generation in perpetuity. Birthdays: Elementary—None H.S./M.S.—Aiden Brown

It is National Bus Safety week, and we are proud to present a few Ithaca Students "in the media" talking about bus safety week. The following ad's will be heard this week on WRCO FM 100.9, FM 107.7 and AM 1450 and are available on our new "In the media" section of our website and the Ithaca APP. https://www.ithaca.k12.wi.us/o/ithaca-school-district/page/ithaca-in-the-media

Join the Trunk or Treat PTSO event! Tuesday, October 26th from 5:00pm until 6:30pm. Decorate your trunk and set up at 5:00pm in the pick up and drop off area near the playground. Prizes for the top three trunks. ¡Únase al evento PTSO Trunk or Treat! Martes 26 de octubre de 17:00 a 18:30 horas. Decore su baúl y colóquelo a las 5:00 pm en el área de recogida y entrega cerca del patio de recreo. Premios para los tres mejores baúles.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oct. 15th, 2021 Today is a Day 2 Lunch for today: First Choice - Meatball Sub, Second Choice - Hot Ham Cheese, Corn, Tropical Fruit, Milk The schedule today for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th and 8th Grade - Choir, HS Band is on the Day 2 Schedule. High School Band Students: You will be playing at the Pep Rally today. Please come to the Band room at 2:45 to get ready. Tonight, you will be playing at the football game. Please be in the band room at 6:20 or meet down at the field by 6:35 pm. Congratulations to Kaylee Peterson this past Saturday for getting 2nd place in the Riverdale Cross Country Meet and getting 4th place in last night's conference meet at Richland Center. Kaylee Miller placed 30th out of seventy five runners and Kaylee Peterson received first team All Conference. Grades 5 - 12 Band Students: Your fundraiser items will be delivered next Wednesday, October 20. You may pick up items from 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Choir students, who will be gone that day to the Fireside, should make plans to have another person pick up your items. There will be a popcorn sale today, Friday! Cost is 50 cents a bag. We will sell to MS and HS during breakfast like we did last sale. Proceeds go to the 3rd grade class. Thank you for your support! There will be Parent Teacher Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 19 and Oct. 21 at 3:30-7:00 pm Oct. 29 will be the last day to order a high school yearbook for the price of $37.00. Yearbooks can be ordered online at jostensyearbooks.com or you can contact Mrs. Burnley for an order form. After Oct. 29, the price will increase to $47 so order now! SENIORS...it's time to submit your Senior Portrait, Baby Picture, Then and Now Picture, Senior Quote, and Senior Legacy to the Yearbook Committee. Pictures can be submitted directly to Jostens at https://images.jostens.com/416245955 or they can be emailed to Mrs. Burnley. A Google form was sent to your school email for your quote and legacy. Pictures, quotes, and legacies need to be submitted by Nov. 24. Trunk or Treat is back! Join us on Tuesday, October 26 for the PTSO's Trunk or Treat. If you want to decorate a trunk those will set up in the student drop off/pick up area by the playground starting at 5 PM. Trunk or Treating will be from 5:30 - 6:30. Prizes for the top 3 trunks! For more information on this spooktacular event, check out the Ithaca PTSO facebook page. This day in history: 1990 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending Cold War tensions. One of his accomplishments include four summits with President Ronald Reagan, including a 1987 meeting at which an agreement was reached to dismantle the U.S. and USSR intermediate-range missiles in Europe. Word of the Day Embellish means "to make (something) more appealing or attractive with fanciful or decorative details."As they grew older, the children realized their grandfather embellished the stories of his travels abroad. Birthdays: Elementary—None H.S./M.S.—None Staff—Mrs. Wipperfurth

Ithaca will remain in Red until October 25th, per a board policy change. We will remain in a color zone for at least 1 week, (red is 14 days) unless we must move toward more safeguards. We are not cohorting anymore.

Tomorrow is Popcorn Friday! Popcorn is 50 cents a bag, limit 2 per student please. We will also sell to middle and high school students at breakfast break. Proceeds this week go to the 3rd grade class. Thank you for your support!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oct. 14th, 2021 Today is a Day 1 Lunch for today: First Choice - Chicken Patty, Second Choice - Polish Sausage, Caesar Salad, Baby Carrots, Peaches, Milk The schedule today for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Choir, 7th Grade - Band, 8th Grade - Choir. HS Band is on the Day 1 Schedule. High School Band Students: You will be playing at the Pep Rally on Friday. Please come to the Band room at 2:45 to get ready. Grades 5 - 12 Band Students: Your fundraiser items will be delivered next Wednesday, October 20. You may pick up items from 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Choir students, who will be gone that day to the Fireside, should make plans to have another person pick up your items. There will be a popcorn sale today, Friday! Cost is 50 cents a bag. We will sell to MS and HS during breakfast like we did last sale. Proceeds go to the 3rd grade class. Thank you for your support! There will be Parent Teacher Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 19 and Oct. 21 at 3:30-7:00 pm There will be a senior class meeting today during seminar in Ms. Stock’s room. We will be discussing the Josten’s packet, cap and gown ordering, and picking our class flower and motto. Please bring ideas. Thank you. Any Middle and High School students who are entering the VFW Patriot's Pen or Voice of Democracy contest should have their entries - printed essays or stick drives with audio files- into the office by Friday, October 15 at 3:30. Good luck Middle School Volleyball players! Tonight the middle school hosts Richland Center with the action starting at 5pm. They are also supporting Walk With Grace by having Dig In Pink at their concessions stand. Good luck! Tonight Kaylee Miller and Kaylee Peterson will compete with the Richland Center/Ithaca Cross Country teams at the Conference Meet in Richland Center. Boys race at 4:30 and girls race at 5pm. These two talented young women have been competing on the cross country team this fall season as well as in volleyball. We are proud of you both! Good luck, and we know you'll do great things! Tonight the Freshmen, Varsity Reserve, and Varsity travel to DeSoto to take on the Pirates. The Freshmen and Varsity Reserve will play in separate gyms starting at 6pm, and the Varsity will start close to 7:15pm. DeSoto is having their pink night and honoring all seniors as it is the last regular season game! Good luck, and GO LADY BULLDOGS! All football players please have your tickets sold and turned in to your coaches by October 15. On Thursday, October 14th during ATTACK time, Mr. Andresen will hold the organizational meeting of Math Club. What is Math Club? Many different things - a way to learn some fun math challenges, a way to earn college scholarships, a way to compete in math competitions, and a way to talk about math-related topics in a relaxed atmosphere. Any ability is welcome! Any questions - talk to Mr. Andresen in Room 311. Trunk or Treat is back! Join us on Tuesday, October 26 for the PTSO's Trunk or Treat. If you want to decorate a trunk those will set up in the student drop off/pick up area by the playground starting at 5 PM. Trunk or Treating will be from 5:30 - 6:30. Prizes for the top 3 trunks! For more information on this spooktacular event, check out the Ithaca PTSO facebook page. This day in history: 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr received a doctorate degree in theology and in 1955 organized the first major protest of the civil rights movement: the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott. Influenced by Mohandas Gandhi, he advocated nonviolent civil disobedience to racial segregation. Word of the Day cabal kuh-bal (noun) is a group secretly united in a plot. Military police arrested members of the cabal who were planning to overthrow the government. Birthdays: Elementary—Valkyrie Alexander H.S./M.S.—Gage Buscher and John Clary Staff—Bill Kloehn and Ms. Bevan

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oct. 13th, 2021 Today is a Day 2 Lunch for today: First Choice - Quesadilla, Second Choice - Hamburger, Baked Beans, Mandarin Oranges, Dessert, Milk The schedule today for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th Grade - Choir, 8th Grade - Band. HS Band - Today will be a Day 4. There will be Parent Teacher Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 19 and Oct. 21 at 3:30-7:00 pm There will be a senior class meeting on Thursday October 14 during seminar in Ms. Stock’s room. We will be discussing the Josten’s packet, cap and gown ordering, and picking our class flower and motto. Please bring ideas. Thank you. There is a National Honor Society meeting on Friday, Oct. 15 during Attack in the Library. We will be discussing the upcoming induction ceremony. There is a National Honor Society induction ceremony on Monday, Oct. 18th during Attack in the Library for students who have been invited to join the National Honor Society. All football players please have your tickets sold and turned in to your coaches by October 15. On Thursday, October 14th during ATTACK time, Mr. Andresen will hold the organizational meeting of Math Club. What is Math Club? Many different things - a way to learn some fun math challenges, a way to earn college scholarships, a way to compete in math competitions, and a way to talk about math-related topics in a relaxed atmosphere. Any ability is welcome! Any questions - talk to Mr. Andresen in Room 311. Attention Middle School Students: The VFW's Patriot's Pen essay contest is now open. The topic this year is "How Can I Be A Good American?" Lots of cash prizes for winners! Essays are due October 15. For more information and the rules, contact Mrs. Plonka. Attention High School Students: The VFW's Voice of Democracy Audio Essay contest is now open. The topic this year is "America: Where do we go from here?" Lots of cash prizes for winners! Essays are due October 15. For more information and the rules, contact Mrs. Plonka. This day in history 1792 the cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the “White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings. Word of the Day: Odious, oh-dee-uhs means "causing strong hatred or dislike." It was one of the most odious crimes of recent history. Birthdays: Elementary—Ellyn Brown H.S./M.S.—none

At 4:35 p.m. we received notification that the fiber splicing was for the most part complete. Shortly after that time the network connectivity at Ithaca returned. The school still may experience minor, brief outages or slow downs as backlogged data moves through the entire system. The good news is it looks as if things should be returned to normal by the start of classes tomorrow morning.

We would like to remind you that Ithaca has a scheduled early release tomorrow, Wednesday October 13th, 2021. Elementary releases at 12:10 p.m. - middle and high school release time is 12:36 p.m. thank you and have a great day

Hello all, Here is the latest update on the fiber cut in Madison that is causing our network outage. Update: North end splicing has been completed. Splicing on the south end of the cable has begun, this is a 256 count cable. No ETR listed at this time. We will send another update once one becomes available. Thank you, BNNOC

Here is the latest update concerning the network outage at Ithaca. This update has been provided by one of our umbrella partners. Fiber repair efforts remain ongoing at this time. The cause of the damage was a water main break in Madison that affected buried fibers. One end of the break has been exposed and prepared for repairs, excavation of the other end is currently in progress. There is no ETR at this time. We will continue to monitor this outage and provide updates as new information becomes available.

As you know, Ithaca experienced a network outage yesterday starting at 9:30 AM. This outage is affecting about 2 dozen other institutions as well. Yesterday afternoon the outage was finally identified as having been caused by a Frontier fiber optic bundle being cut during a water main installation (location unknown at this time) At of 3:30 am this morning the outage is still affecting all of the original institutions, including Ithaca. I think it is safe to say the outage will last into our school day today. Anyone on site at Ithaca will NOT have access to internet (including but not limited to being without: Zoom, email, Schoology, Google drive - basically anything we would access on the internet will be impacted negatively). As of now, we do have phones at Ithaca. Our telephone provider is Frontier so phone access COULD be impacted at some point in this process but they are functioning as of now. We will utilize email, Facebook and calls to keep everyone informed as this situation progresses. Thanks for your time, Adam

Ithaca is still without internet. If this continues, the board meeting will not have zoom capabilities. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

We wanted to post this message to let you know that Ithaca is being affected by a wide Network outage that is also affecting many other institutions across the state of Wisconsin. What this means is in our building we have no access to internet, email, Zoom, or schoology. We will generate another alert when we have an ETA of correction or we have more information from our service provider.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oct. 11th, 2021 Today is a Day 2 Lunch for today: First Choice - Corn Dog, Second Choice - Salisbury Steak Sandwich, Mixed Veggies, Applesauce, Dinner Roll, Milk The schedule today for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th Grade - Choir, 8th Grade - Band. HS Band - There has been a change to the schedule. Today will be a Day 2. The schedule for the week is on Schoology. All football players please have your tickets sold and turned in to your coaches by October 15. Good luck to the freshman volleyball players tonight as they travel to Iowa-Grant for a triangular against Boscobel and Iowa-Grant. Go, Lady Bulldogs! Tonight the Varsity Reserve and Varsity volleyball teams host Kickapoo! Varsity Reserve action starts at 6:00pm and Varsity to follow at 7:15pm. Good luck, Lady Bulldogs! The October PTSO meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 12 at 3:45 p.m. in the LMC. We will also have a zoom link available in the Facebook PTSO Discussions page for those unable to attend in person. Babysitting will be available. Masks will be required based on the school's status on the Covid Matrix. We hope to see you there. On Thursday, October 14th during ATTACK time, Mr. Andresen will hold the organizational meeting of Math Club. What is Math Club? Many different things - a way to learn some fun math challenges, a way to earn college scholarships, a way to compete in math competitions, and a way to talk about math-related topics in a relaxed atmosphere. Any ability is welcome! Any questions - talk to Mr. Andresen in Room 311. Attention Middle School Students: The VFW's Patriot's Pen essay contest is now open. The topic this year is "How Can I Be A Good American?" Lots of cash prizes for winners! Essays are due October 15. For more information and the rules, contact Mrs. Plonka. Attention High School Students: The VFW's Voice of Democracy Audio Essay contest is now open. The topic this year is "America: Where do we go from here?" Lots of cash prizes for winners! Essays are due October 15. For more information and the rules, contact Mrs. Plonka. This day in history: On October 11, 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Word of the Day: A restaurateur (noun res-tuh-ruh-TER) is a person who owns or manages a restaurant. The restaurateur has created an exquisite menu to match the elegantly renovated dining room. Elementary—none H.S./M.S.—none