Congratulation!!!!!
Reminder to seniors and senior parents: FAFSA is now expected to open December 31st. Get your FSA ID now so you are ready to complete the form in January.
Next week Christmas Dress Up
The Ithaca FFA Crop Management Team competed in their last presentation at Agroliquid in St. Johns. The team has made decisions for their soybean plot they were given. This team has learned about what chemicals to use, if the plot has any disease issues, and if the weather has affected their soybeans. Congratulations to the team, they did a wonderful job today. Team members are Carlson Eckelbarger, Nicole Hollabaugh, Pazlee Donovan, and Tanner Lamey.
After a 2 hour judging session, the student council finally came up with some winners!
Congratulations to the winners:
1st: Ms. Brook’s Sensory room (gingerbread)
2nd: Mr. Snoblen oh Chemistree
3rd (tie): Superintendent office and Mr. Marcy
Little elves are finishing door decorations and helping make our building bright and cheery
The conference room is coming together nicely at the Jr./Sr. High School. Thank you Terry Hessbrook and Cynthia Hrabal for your work on this project.
Things are looking a lot like Christmas in the hallways of Ithaca Jr./Sr. High School.
Mr. Thompson and his good friend Finn Rondy after HS lunch this afternoon. Thank you Finn for all you do during Jr./Sr. High School lunches.
Thank you Mark Richter for all the hard work and effort you put into your job here at Ithaca. Mark is a Co-Op student here at Ithaca High School.
Gratiot County Community Foundation Scholarships are now open. Seniors - run to this site https://www.gratiotfoundation.org/scholarships/ and fill out your applications! Scholarships are due January 24th. FAFSA has been pushed back again to December 31st but you can get your application started and add your FAFSA info later. Take advantage of the free money available to you.
Congratulations to Brent DeSaegher & Nicole Hollabaugh who competed in the State Discussion meet with Michigan Farm Bureau today! Brent was chosen to be in the top 6 finalists in the state. Congratulations to both Nicole & Brent for an outstanding job and how well you represented Ithaca Public Schools & Ithaca FFA today.
Dear Parents,
As a token of appreciation, Lifetouch is offering discounts on school photography!
50% off a purchase of $50+ with code THANKFUL50
40% off a purchase of $40+ with code THANKFUL40
30% off a purchase of $30+ with code THANKFUL30
Valid through 11/25/23
To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's school ID number. Don’t forget to order your FREE Digital SmileSafe card!
More about the Smilesafe program here.
Thank you!
Great evening of music put on by Mr. Impembia and the M.S. & H.S. bands!
Have a great weekend!
Senior Keegan Henderson is this year's winner of The Voice of Democracy scholarship competition sponsored by our local VFW Post 7805.
Keegan's essay, along with his audio recording, will now be submitted to compete at the District 9 level next. Congratulations Keegan, and good luck advancing to the
next level!
Chemistry students had the opportunity to choose an element to complete some research on and present to their classmates before final exams. Here are some students showing their creativity with their element symbols for their Element Projects!
Mrs. Shankel's 7th grade math class started reviewing for their math exam today! They had a heated game of "Trashketball." Pictured are the "Spartans" who came out on top!
Congratulations to Ithaca FFA members Ivy Davenport & Makinna Foglesong in the State FFA Broiler Contest. Ivy Davenport received STATE WINNER and Makinna Foglesong received a STATE SILVER award. Congratulations to all FFA members who competed in this contest!
Ithaca Parliamentary Procedure Team wins National Silver and in the top 25 in the United States. ⭐️ The Ithaca Parliamentary Procedure team did an outstanding job competing on the National Stage this week.
Team members are: Blake Morris, Quinne McMurphy, Emmalee Shankel, Emalee Woodard, Brent DeSaegher, Emma Polash & alternate Austin Barancik.
Eighth grade students in Mrs. Jorae's 5th hour English class have been creating "WANTED" posters for characters from the novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton! Kids have been working hard, collaborating, and demonstrating productive creativity. IHS students are inspiring - watch out, bad guys!
