Ithaca South Elementary

First and Second Grade supply lists are below. Kindergarten lists vary by teacher. You will receive them by mail. Welcome back letters were mailed mid-week and should be in a mailbox near you very soon! Open House at South: Thursday, August 21 from 5:30-7:30

You can find your child's classroom teacher by logging into PowerSchool Parent Portal. If you need help logging into PowerSchool, please email helpdesk@ithacaschools.net We look forward to a great year ahead! Incoming Kindergartners/New Students: If you have not completed the forms in PowerSchool, you will not be able to view your child's teacher.

Parents: Please log-in to PowerSchool and complete paperwork and forms for this school year. We will be releasing classroom assignments in the next few days. You will not be able to view your child's teacher until the 2025-26 forms are completed. This includes incoming Kindergarten students. If you need help logging into your account, please reach out to the technology department.

Meet up and Eat up

We are proud to announce our May students of the month! These students were nominated for their leadership characteristics. Congratulations, Junior Jackets!

Ithaca Public Schools will be participating in Meet Up and Eat Up again this year. 7 Day packs can be picked up by parents or guardians starting June 10th between 7:30 am and 9:30 am. Distributions will be every Tuesday through August 18. In an attempt to make sure we have enough packs available for the entire community we are asking that you email ahanna@ithacaschools.net to get on the list for pick-ups. This is a first come first serve distribution and being on the list does not guarantee that we will not run out of food before you get here. Thank you for helping us try to serve the entire community. We plan on having 225 packs available on June 10th. See you there.

Thank you Ithaca Big Top Ice Cream- Josh Schmidt & Ithaca PTO for a fun treat for our kindergarten kiddos today! We enjoyed our walk to Big Top, the yummy ice cream, and our bus ride back to school! We had PERFECT weather for this activity! 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

We have been studying & enjoying a book in our Bookworms ELA (English Language Arts) lessons called, "Ada's Violin." We are privileged to have a strings instructor as part of our staff, the wonderful & talented Mrs. Faith Chaffee! Mrs. Chaffee brought in her violin today and taught our class the parts of a violin. We loved hearing her play this beautiful string instrument! Mrs. Chaffee has been playing violin since she was 5 years old. Her violin is made of maple wood, and the strings on her bow are horse hair! Thank you Mrs. Chaffee! 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻

Today our Junior Jackets participated in ACES at IHS! Thank you, Mr. Rayburn, for organizing a fun event and thank you to all our families that showed up and walked with us!

Thank you Ithaca PTO for funding the purchase of new indoor recess activities. Our Junior Jackets are using them to feed their creativity on rainy days. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support of our generous PTO!

In preparation for ACES day, kindergarteners read a story about a dog running out on a track during a race. They were then challenged to build tracks out of magnet blocks and construct a separate "dog viewing area".

Today we carried on a special tradition: Our IHS Seniors walked the halls of South Elementary one last time. Thank you, Seniors, for inspiring our Junior Jackets to reach for the stars! We wish you the best on your next adventure. #EmpoweringExcellence

Thank you, Ithaca FFA members, for spending time with our Junior Jackets and teaching them about how to care for animals, answering questions about farming, and setting a positive example during our annual Small Animal Day!

Second graders learned about pollinators in STEAM lab and then designed their own "perfect pollinators" to take home!

Congratulations to our April students of the month! Keep up the good work, Junior Jackets!

Our 2nd grade students have been working extremely hard on their narrative writing. This week, they collaborated with a partner to edit and revise their narratives. They are now in the final stages of their writing process, and final copies will be completed this week. 📝✏️💛

Kindergarteners were challenged to build bird feeders that could hang on our STEAM lab tree!

May 5-9th is Teacher Appreciation Week! Use the QR code to give a shoutout to one of our awesome South staff members!

Observing and learning at the school woods! Thank you, Mrs. Hindbaugh-Marr for planning and leading this fun educational trip.💙