Nice win last night for the boy varsity basketball team. March Madness is right around the corner and this is a good time of year to be playing your best. Congrats!
Varsity Pompon Clinic for for grades Pre-K-8th
Kurt Hrabal, husband of our very own Cynthia Hrabal, won the Ithaca FFA $625 on a trivia contest at the American Sugar Beet Growing annual meeting in Orlando Florida. The event was sponsored by Crystal ACH Seeds. Thank you Kurt! And thank you Cynthia for everything you do here at Ithaca JR/SR High School.
Mrs. Ward's 7th grade math class doing an escape room lesson with proportions, ratios and unit rates. Thank you Mrs. Ward for all you do to make math fun!!!!
Ithaca FFA members had a great district contest last Thursday. 25 students participated in a leadership contest. The top two placings move on to regional FFA contests next Thursday. Congratulations !
1st place Agricultural Issues: Kenny Daniels, Tanner Lamey, Pazlee Donovan, Haylie Mayer, Ben Munro
Prepared Public Speaking: 1st place Nicole Hollabaugh, 3rd place Alternate Emmalee Shankel, Silver Grady Andrews
1st place Junior high Conduct of Meetings: Samantha Taylor, Brody Morris, Benson Eckelbarger, Viola Donovan, Riley Skinner, Emerlie Andrews, Emma McCune, Evan Wood
1st place Extemporaneous Speaking: Brent DeSaegher
Creed Speaking: 2nd place Rylee Strait, Silver Nora Vozar
Job Interview: Gold Quinne McMurphy, Silver Blake Morris, Silver Esperansa Sandoval
Silver Award Demonstration: Emma Montgomery, Lakyn Zimmerman, Karlee Whitmore, Elizabeth Hudson
Sophomores heard about CTE programming options to plan for next year. If interested in CTE programming, plan to attend their open house on Thursday February 1st. Sophomores & Juniors, watch email for registration which should be available on Monday
Algebra 2 students learn about the Desmos graphing calculator. The digital SAT will have Desmos built right in the testing software. Students can get the app for their phone and Chromebook to practice using it.
Snow days can't keep our dedicated math department from showing up!! Great teachers, going above and beyond here at Ithaca.
All after school activities are cancelled. All games, all practices, after school tutoring and drama are cancelled.
All FFA events are cancelled for today also.
Job well done Friday night as the Ithaca boys' basketball team brings "The Bell" back home with them. Congratulations!!
Nice turnout Saturday for the Ithaca Wrestling Tournament. As of Saturday evening the tournament will now be recognized as the Mike Doran Invitational! Thank you to Mike's family for attending Saturday evening.
Seniors - get those scholarships finished up! They are due Wednesday January 24th. , https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GnZi1JWzJehyVoa/?mibextid=PrsZJ7
The Ithaca Agriscience students have had a fun week experiencing the miracle of life. Two sets of twin lambs were born in the ag barn and there are four more sheep who will be delivering in the next few weeks.
Nice crowd for last nights wrestling match. Ithaca defeated Millington and Saginaw Valley Lutheran. Congratulations to Owen Mikulka on his 100th win
Thank you to Kristin Skeith for arranging Jennie Arlt and Kiley Kochensparger, both from the Gratiot County RESD, to speak to our Juniors and Seniors this morning about the upcoming Michigan Career & Recruitment Expo. Our students will have an opportunity to see what jobs are available in our area out of H.S., and potential summer employment for those students going to college, Ithaca will be attending on February 8th in the morning. Thank you Jennie and Kiley for making time in your day to attend Ithaca H.S.
Important Yearbook information for seniors.
Parent Teacher Conferences for the Junior/Senior High School are January 18, 2024 from 5:00-8:00 pm. If you would like to schedule an appointment please call Kim Pendell at 989-875-3373 ext 1706 or email at kpendell@ithacaschools.net.
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Winners of the Major Award Award in Designing Building Making
Nestor and Corbyn
IHS starting Christmas Break with some Christmas fun at the assembly.
WMLM and Mercantile Bank have chosen 3 of our students of the week to recognize today. Congratulations Evan, Kierstin & Ben!
