Ithaca Junior/Senior High School

Our students know that Ithaca is a great place to be! Go Jackets!

Students in Mrs. Krieg's English 10B class are making connections between literature and real life and exploring censorship while reading Fahrenheit 451. Students were asked to create a poster on a social or political issue advocating for or against censorship of that issue.

Freshmen and Seniors victorious Friday morning in out annual "Buff Puff" volleyball game. Sophomores and Juniors...better luck next year!

Nice crowd on hand Saturday as Ithaca High School hosted the 2024 individual regional wrestling tournament. All four Ithaca HS Seniors advanced to this years individual state tournament in 2 weeks at Ford Field. Congratulations!

One of Ithaca’s finest helping the kitchen staff re-stock milk.

Another wonderful assembly put on by Mrs. Shankel and the IHS student council. Mrs. Ridgell, Mrs. Ward and Mrs. McDaid did a great job as guest officials. Good job to everyone who helped put on this weeks activity!

Congratulations to Ms. Gonzalez and Ms. VanDeWeghe for starting up the Middle School Model U.N. program here at Ithaca Jr./Sr. High School. They competed in their first event recently at Michigan State University and did very well!

This is a reminder that there is no school for students tomorrow, Monday, February 12, 2024. We look forward to seeing students back on Tuesday!

Juniors and some seniors had a great time at the RESD’s Career Expo today. Students had the opportunity to connect with local employers and talked about co-op, summer and pos- graduation options.

Ms. VanDeWeghe and Mr. Lincoln, along with a number of Ithaca HS students participated in the Model UN competition on Wednesday, February 7. Thank you for representing Ithaca HS well!

Ithaca HS students and staff doing their part to help today! Thank you to everyone for donating blood today. Thank you Mrs. Ridgell for all your work in making today happen.

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.