Thank you to everyone who donated shoes to our shoe drive. With your help, the 5th grade collected 105 pairs of tennis shoes for children in need. This means 105 students can now attend school and get an education! Thank you to all who donated! Your kindness just changed someone's life!!
Middle School Football Parents and Players: Due to a shortage of bus drivers the October 10th game at DeSoto has been moved to 6:30 PM. Obviously, this means we will most likely not get back until approximately 10:00 PM. Thus, we will not be stopping on the way home. However, we will have time right after school to eat. So, I encourage you to have your son pack his own lunch for that time.
If you would like to purchase a letterman's jacket, please see Mrs. Moser for an order form. Cost is $275.
The Middle School Football game that was rescheduled for tonight in Boscobel has been cancelled.
The PTSO's Rural Route 1 popcorn sale will run until Friday, October 4. All elementary students will be selling. If any MS/HS students would like to sell, order forms can be picked up in the office. All orders should be turned in with money by Friday, October 4. This is the main fundraiser for the PTSO and we use the money raised from this for activities like the birthday party bounce house, supplies for the school, scholarships, and the outdoor recreation areas. Thank you for your support!
There will be a popcorn sale this Friday, October 4. Cost is 50 cents a bag, limit 2 bags per student please. Proceeds this week will go to the 4th grade class. Middle and High School students: we will come around to the classrooms to sell at Attack time with teacher permission.
Ithaca School District's Title 1 Program and PTSO welcome you to participate in Family Literacy Night featuring Author Mike McNair on Monday, October 28th!
Mike McNair is a former Richland Center High School guidance counselor turned author. For this literacy event, he will include the unprecedented way he became a writer along with discussing humorous selections from his memoir. His goal is to encourage students to pen their own stories. As McNair puts it, “It’s a crime to wait until you’re almost 60 to begin writing.”
When: Monday, October 28th Where: Ithaca School
Please join us for a free dinner beginning at 5:00 in the Commons, sponsored by the PTSO. Mike’s presentation will be from 5:30-6:30. Each family attending will receive one of Mike’s autographed books absolutely FREE, sponsored by the Title 1 Department & PTSO!
Register your family and return the form to your student's teacher by October 22nd.
Tomorrow is the last day for our Kindness challenge and shoe drive. Please be sure to turn in your kindness journals and shoes to Mrs. Clary by 3:00 tomorrow. Help spread kindness and get us to our goal!
Don't forget the Ithaca School Fair Horse Show concludes the homecoming and school fair festivities this Sunday at the Anderson Quarter Horse Farm. Action begins at 10:30! Riders from 4K to alumni are invited to participate. All are welcome to watch!
NOTICE TO THOSE ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCHES LAST YEAR: You have through Tuesday Oct. 1st to re-apply for the program. If you have not applied by Oct. 1st, it will be assumed you plan on paying the lunch fee starting Wednesday Oct. 2nd. If you were on reduced lunches last year, you may have the reduced price of $.40 per day or $2.00 per week and reapply, also.
We will kick off our FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) Huddle group this Thursday October 3rd at 7:00am - FACE room. Join us for a morning of fellowship, big breakfast and an encouraging & uplifting message. Bring a friend! All middle school and high school students are welcome!
While you're enjoying Homecoming and School Fair experiences tomorrow, take a look at all the improvements and additions our grounds have recently undergone. Our newest addition is a spruced up sign for our Community Gym. Happy 2019 Homecoming and School Fair. Welcome all!
Homecoming Dance! It's Saturday night from 8-11. Please note on the poster it is wrong... Cost is $5 and court free. Make sure to sign up for guests in the office by today.
There is still time to become a member of FBLA. Please return forms and $15 membership dues to Mrs. Burnley either today or Monday. If you still need a form, stop by the Business Ed. classroom today.
Football Boosters will have the concession stand open tonight at 6. We will have limited food for sale. There will be hot dogs, candy, and drinks available.
A most sincere thank you to Mr. Mani, Mrs. Wipperfurth and the entire Playground Committee! The patio and volleyball pit are phenomenal! It was your vision that brought the natural playground and the patio to fruition. On behalf of the staff and students of Ithaca, I most sincerely thank you!! ~Ms. Schoen
The final leg of the school spirit award for homecoming is tonight with class games!!! Games begin at 5 pm with boys volleyball coached by the girls, followed by bubble soccer and of course the rest of the fun on the football field. The night will end with pep band, king and queen announcement and a small campfire.
New this year, following the volleyball game, the school will be locked so please take everything you need with you after the game.
We're still collecting shoes in Mrs. Clary's room until Monday, September 30th!
Where are the donated shoes going? Students ask every time they drop them off. The answer is an orphanage in Africa. If you have an Amazon Prime account there is a documentary called "Inspire Hope." This will explain where our shoes will end up and why it is so important for us to give to those less fortunate. Please watch it if you have a chance. It's about 50 minutes long and very inspiring.
Picture retakes! Wednesday, October 2nd will be picture retake day in the High School gym.
Change of bus plans for your student? Please remember that in order for our drivers and teachers to get students where they need to go, all bus changes need to be in the office by 11:00 daily.