Ithaca School District

Dec. 15, 2020 Today is a Day 1 Today's schedule for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th Grade - Choir, 8th Grade - Band. HS Band and Choir are on the Day 1 Schedule. Monday's winner of $75 in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle was Shirley Grenie, Cazenovia, with ticket #515. Attention Ithaca Choir: Fruit orders can be picked up Friday, December 18th at the bus garage in Ithaca. Students who submitted the order may pick up their fruit between 3-5:30pm. Masks and social distancing protocols will be observed. More details were emailed to parents. Attention students in grades 4-8 - remember to take the Spelling Bee online qualification test this week. Sign up at https://online-test.spellingbee.com and take the online test by Friday, December 18 at 6 PM. School spelling bee qualifiers will be announced on Monday, December 21. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Plonka. The annual food drive put on by Student Council is going to be a little different this year but we still wanted to support Passages. We are going to have 3 nights to donate at our Food Drive Through Drop Off. Those nights are December 15, 17 and 21 from 4-6 pm. Bring your donations to the elementary drop off and food pick up area and a member of the Student council will unload your donation for you! Plus we have heard that Santa may be there to say Hello! We are continuing to have the food drive competition a school wide event. The top three classes throughout the elementary, middle, and high school who collect the most pounds of food will get a pizza or ice cream party! Water will be accepted as a donation but not counted towards pounds of food collected. Thank you for your support and donations to the less fortunate people in our community! Mrs. Murphey is BACK! Please join Mrs. Murphey, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Zorea for an introductory Forensics meeting on Thursday, December 17th during ATTACK time at 11:50am. This will be a Zoom meeting to discuss updates to this year's season, get you on our sign up list with your availability, and talk about the season timeline. Use this link to join.https://zoom.us/j/98511446133 Word of the Day: Tenuous ten-yoo-uhs Tenuous adj. Very weak or slight; insubstantial. “A tenuous argument.” Birthdays: Elementary—Michaella Seep H.S./M.S.—Alexia McCullough, Sawyer Simpson

Dec. 14, 2020 Today is a Day 2 Today's schedule for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Choir, 7th Grade - Band, 8th Grade - Choir. HS Band and Choir are on the Day 5 Schedule. The weekend winners in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle were Brandon Harness - $50 with ticket #300, Kari Honer - $100 with ticket #458, and Amy Reyzek - $50 with ticket #128. There will be a student council meeting during attack today Thank you everyone who participated in the PTSO's Christmas Zoom Trivia Night Friday night! Congratulations to the Menne'-Plonka family team who were the high scorers of the night. Also Congratulations to the Niemeyer family for winning a $50 Culver's gift card, the Brown family for winning a $50 Papa Murphy's gift card, and the Pluemer family for winning a $50 Richland Family Restaurant gift card. Happy Holidays and best wishes for a healthy 2021 from the Ithaca PTSO!!! Attention students in grades 4-8 - remember to take the Spelling Bee online qualification test this week. Sign up at https://online-test.spellingbee.com and take the online test by Friday, December 18 at 6 PM. School spelling bee qualifiers will be announced on Monday, December 21. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Plonka. The annual food drive put on by Student Council is going to be a little different this year but we still wanted to support Passages. We are going to have 3 nights to donate at our Food Drive Through Drop Off. Those nights are December 15, 17 and 21 from 4-6 pm. Bring your donations to the elementary drop off and food pick up area and a member of the Student council will unload your donation for you! Plus we have heard that Santa may be there to say Hello! We are continuing to have the food drive competition a school wide event. The top three classes throughout the elementary, middle, and high school who collect the most pounds of food will get a pizza or ice cream party! Water will be accepted as a donation but not counted towards pounds of food collected. Thank you for your support and donations to the less fortunate people in our community! Mrs. Murphey is BACK! Please join Mrs. Murphey, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Zorea for an introductory Forensics meeting on Thursday, December 17th during ATTACK time at 11:50am. This will be a Zoom meeting to discuss updates to this year's season, get you on our sign up list with your availability, and talk about the season timeline. Use this link to join.https://zoom.us/j/98511446133 Word of the Day: Ostracize os-truh-sahyz Ostracize v. Exclude (someone) from a society or group. “She felt ostracized by society. Birthdays: Elementary—none H.S./M.S.—Trevor Templen

Great news! It appears Google Mail is up and running again. We hope everyone has a GREAT Monday!

Good morning Ithaca community. Google has been experiencing worldwide downtime this morning. It has affected Google Mail, Drive, Docs, Single sign on and YouTube. As of this moment, everything seems to be restored except for email. Your student (and teacher) can now sign into a Chromebook and Schoology with the usual Single Sign On technique. We will keep everyone informed here as to WHEN email becomes available. Thank you.

Show off your Holiday Spirit! Monday starts our week-long Holiday Spirit Week. Let's see your ugliest holiday sweater on Monday. Share your pictures with us! Send to a teacher, email to juli.thompson@ithaca.k12.wi.us or post to the school's social media!

Today and daily through Friday, December 18, books for elementary-aged students will be available to pick in the commons. For each child, please take 1-2 books that you think would be of interest and enjoyed by your child. Do you have books to donate? Mrs. Schoen left a labeled tote set out that you can leave your good, used books for another child to enjoy. Donated books will be set aside for the recommended three (3) days before being offered to others to choose. 8am-4pm daily.

Dec. 11, 2020 Today is a Day 1 Today's schedule for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th Grade - Choir, 8th Grade - Band. HS Band and Choir are on the Day 4 Schedule. Thursday's winner of $50 in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle was Kelly Louis, with ticket #549. HS Band Students: Please let Mrs. Behrens know if you didn't sign up for the Secret Santa gift exchange this past Wednesday and you want to participate. Please read your email for directions on picking names. The annual food drive put on by Student Council is going to be a little different this year but we still wanted to support Passages. We are going to have 3 nights to donate at our Food Drive Through Drop Off. Those nights are December 15, 17 and 21 from 4-6 pm. Bring your donations to the elementary drop off and food pick up area and a member of the Student council will unload your donation for you! Plus we have heard that Santa may be there to say Hello! We are continuing to have the food drive competition a school wide event. The top three classes throughout the elementary, middle, and high school who collect the most pounds of food will get a pizza or ice cream party! Water will be accepted as a donation but not counted towards pounds of food collected. Thank you for your support and donations to the less fortunate people in our community! Mrs. Murphey is BACK! Please join Mrs. Murphey, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Zorea for an introductory Forensics meeting on Thursday, December 17th during ATTACK time at 11:50am. This will be a Zoom meeting to discuss updates to this year's season, get you on our sign up list with your availability, and talk about the season timeline. Use this link to join.https://zoom.us/j/98511446133 Word of the Day: Acrid ak-rid Acrid adj. Having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell. Angry and bitter. “An acrid odor filled the room." Birthdays: Elementary—Sat.-Bodyn Louis H.S./M.S.—Sat.-Derek Franzen and Alana Nelson

Don't forget to sign up for next week's food service distribution. Pick up is Tuesday and Thursday from 4pm until 6pm. Now receive a full gallon or half gallon of milk determined by family size. If you're coming, please consider donating to the High School Passages drive. Donations can be dropped off as you're picking up your meals. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqHtIWM0oCb2J8j4HsC4ZYtDWEaVGzVp-UhcB0C8HdMjv0LQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Dec. 10, 2020 Today is a Day 2 Today's schedule for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Choir, 7th Grade - Band, 8th Grade - Choir. HS Band and Choir are on the Day 3 Schedule. Wednesday's winner of $75 in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle was Sam Geraths, with ticket #354. The annual food drive put on by Student Council is going to be a little different this year but we still wanted to support Passages. We are going to have 3 nights to donate at our Food Drive Through Drop Off. Those nights are December 15, 17 and 21 from 4-6 pm. Bring your donations to the elementary drop off and food pick up area and a member of the Student council will unload your donation for you! Plus we have heard that Santa may be there to say Hello! We are continuing to have the food drive competition a school wide event. The top three classes throughout the elementary, middle, and high school who collect the most pounds of food will get a pizza or ice cream party! Water will be accepted as a donation but not counted towards pounds of food collected. Thank you for your support and donations to the less fortunate people in our community! Mrs. Murphey is BACK! Please join Mrs. Murphey, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Zorea for an introductory Forensics meeting on Thursday, December 17th during ATTACK time at 11:50am. This will be a Zoom meeting to discuss updates to this year's season, get you on our sign up list with your availability, and talk about the season timeline. Use this link to join.https://zoom.us/j/98511446133 Word of the Day: Elucidate Elucidate v. Make (something) clear; explain. “The presentation will help to elucidate the project.” Birthdays: Elementary—none H.S./M.S.—none

The annual food drive put on by Student Council is going to be a little different this year but we still wanted to support Passages. We are going to have 3 nights to donate at our Food Drive Through Drop Off. Those nights are December 15, 17 and 21 from 4-6 pm. Bring your donations to the elementary drop off and food pick up area and a member of the Student council will unload your donation for you! Plus we have heard that Santa may be there to say Hello! We are continuing to have the food drive competition a school wide event. The top three classes throughout the elementary, middle, and high school who collect the most pounds of food will get a pizza or ice cream party! Water will be accepted as a donation but not counted towards pounds of food collected. Thank you for your support and donations to the less fortunate people in our community!

Help improve the Ithaca Softball field! By watching a video, answering a few questions, and a few other activities, we can earn points toward raising as much as $1000 from USCellular. No money is needed from the community for this project. Click the link to get started towarding supporting our school and team. https://communityconnections.uscellular.com/support/ithaca-softball-team

Join in on the Holiday FUN! Pull out your ugly sweater, find your holiday PJs, dust of your Santa hats! Next week is Holiday Spirit Dress Up Week. Send us your pictures (either to your teacher or juli.thompson@ithaca.k12.wi.us) as you get in the Holiday Spirit!

Dec. 9, 2020 Today is a Day 1 Tuesday's winner of $50 in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle was Patty Swenink, with ticket #46. Mrs. Murphey is BACK! Please join Mrs. Murphey, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Zorea for an introductory Forensics meeting on Thursday, December 17th during ATTACK time at 11:50am. This will be a Zoom meeting to discuss updates to this year's season, get you on our sign up list with your availability, and talk about the season timeline. Use this link to join.https://zoom.us/j/98511446133 Word of the Day: Contrite kon-trahyt Contrite adj. 1. Arising from sense of guilt: done or said out of a sense of guilt or remorse. 2. Very sorry: genuinely and deeply sorry about something. “He was suitably contrite.” Birthdays: Elementary—Brennan Klingaman H.S./M.S.—none

¡Registro de Ithaca 4K y Evaluación del Desarrollo! El Distrito Escolar de Ithaca está dando la bienvenida a las familias a nuestro evento de registro y evaluación para el año escolar 2021-2022. Las pruebas de detección nos permiten conocer mejor a su hijo y anticiparnos a cualquier necesidad que pueda tener su hijo. Si su hijo tendrá tres o cuatro años el 1 de septiembre de 2021 o antes, llame al Distrito Escolar de Ithaca para registrarse al (608) 585-2311. Los paquetes de evaluación se enviarán a casa según la información que proporcione y le daremos más información como se indica en los materiales del paquete de evaluación. ¡Estamos emocionados de conocer a nuestros futuros cachorros ‘Buldog’!

The Ithaca School District is welcoming families to our registration and screening event for the 2021-2022 school year. Screening allows us to get to know your child better and anticipate any needs your child may have. If your child will be three-years-old or four-years-old on or before September 1st, 2021, please call the Ithaca School District to register at (608) 585-2311. Screening packets will be sent home based on the information you provide and we will follow up with you as stated in your screening packet materials. We cannot wait to meet our future Bulldog pups!

Dec. 8, 2020 Today is a Day 2 Today's schedule for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th Grade - Choir, 8th Grade - Band. HS Band and Choir are on the Day 2 Schedule. Monday's winner of $75 in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle was Julie Doudna of Lone Rock, with ticket #431. Middle School Science Quiz bowl will meet today at 1 PM. Check the Schoology group or email Mrs. Plonka for the Zoom link. High School Science Quiz bowl will meet today at Attack. Check the Schoology group or email Mrs. Plonka for the Zoom link. Word of the Day: Precocious pri-koh-shuhs Precocious adj. Manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude. “A precocious child.” Birthdays: Elementary—none H.S./M.S.—none

Christmas Trivia sign up has been extended one day! We have a couple slots left and wanted to make sure everyone who wants to participate can! Please sign up via Sign Up Genius by 6 PM today, December 8. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094facac2dabfe3-family

Dec. 7, 2020 Today is a Day 1 Today's schedule for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Choir, 7th Grade - Band, 8th Grade - Choir. HS Band and Choir are on the Day 1 Schedule. The weekend winners in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle were: Kristie Troxel - $50, with ticket #123, Stacey Ottman - $100, with ticket #361, and Brandi Aide - $50, with ticket #29. Mark your calendars! Friday, December 11 starting at 6 PM the PTSO is sponsoring Christmas Trivia Zoom Night! This event is FREE for our Ithaca friends and families. We are doing Sporcle Live Trivia via Zoom and will have drawings for door prizes throughout the night. Please reserve your spot via Sign Up Genius - we can have up to 60 devices/families (please only one device per household). If you would like to team up via breakout room with another family, mention it in your comments. If you have any questions, contact Jill Plonka at 986-2921. Please sign up by December 7. Thanks and hope to see you there! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094facac2dabfe3-family Word of the Day: Assertive uh-sur-tiv Assertive adj. 1.Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured. “She is an assertive businesswoman.” Birthdays: Elementary—none H.S./M.S.—Sam Waldner

With the change to virtual learning until January 4th, the food distribution will continue. Please complete surveys to sign up for the program for weeks December 7th-11th, December 14th-18th, and December 21st-25th. There is still a new form each week. During the week of December 28th, there will be NO FOOD distributed. All of these forms have been emailed today to families and community. These and subsequent forms are also always found on our website under the "News" tab in an article titled "Weekly Food Service Survey". Check there for the surveys as well. Pick up will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4pm until 6pm at the Elementary School entrance, except the week of Christmas. On Monday, December 21st from 4pm until 6pm, two meals will be distributed. On Wednesday, December 23rd from 4pm until 6pm, three meals will be distributed. NEW NEXT WEEK! Families will receive full gallon or half gallon jugs of milk according to family size. There may be some transition time with cartons to use them up, but eventually all families will receive jugs on Tuesdays during pick up. Regarding any meal needs, please contact Annette Louis by phone or text at 608/475-7312. If you have any questions or issues with the form, please email Juli Thompson at juli.thompson@ithaca.k12.wi.us.

Dec. 4, 2020 Today is a Day 2 Today's schedule for Band and Choir is: 6th Grade - Band, 7th Grade - Choir, 8th Grade - Band. HS Band and Choir are on the Day 5 Schedule. Thursday's winner of $50 in the Band Parent's Calendar Raffle was Justin Manning with ticket #430. Family Literacy Night is Monday, December 14th! Join Mrs. Newkirk and Mr. Lange as they read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'. Goodie bags with cookie decoration kits and other fun holiday activities will be provided beforehand! If you are interested in attending via Zoom, please email Mrs. Newkirk (newkand@ithaca.k12.wi.us) or Mr. Lange (kyle.lange@ithaca.k12.wi.us) by THIS Friday, December 4th. The Ithaca basketball apparel store is up and running! Please place your orders by December 4th. https://www.idoshirts.com/online-stores/ithaca-basketball-online-store/ Attention Middle and High school students: The deadline for the Dream Careers essay contest has been moved to January 6. Cash prizes are awarded to students who win or are chosen as honorable mention. For more details on how to enter, contact Mrs. Plonka. Attn Middle and High schoolers interested in doing Destination Imagination: There will be an organizational Zoom meeting on Friday, December 4 at 1 PM that will last about a half an hour. Contact Mrs. Plonka to join the Schoology group to get the Zoom link if you haven't already. Mark your calendars! Friday, December 11 starting at 6 PM the PTSO is sponsoring Christmas Trivia Zoom Night! This event is FREE for our Ithaca friends and families. We are doing Sporcle Live Trivia via Zoom and will have drawings for door prizes throughout the night. Please reserve your spot via Sign Up Genius - we can have up to 60 devices/families (please only one device per household). If you would like to team up via breakout room with another family, mention it in your comments. If you have any questions, contact Jill Plonka at 986-2921. Please sign up by December 7. Thanks and hope to see you there! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094facac2dabfe3-family Word of the Day: Licentious lahy-sen-shuhs Licentious adj. Promiscuous and unprincipled. Lacking moral discipline. “The judge treated her in a most licentious manner.” Birthdays: Elementary—none H.S./M.S.—Cole Dicken and Asher Gomez