
March 25, 2024
Check out the March 2024 issue of the e-Insider ! In this issue, you'll find articles on student-led Lunar New Year celebrations, notable education leaders visiting DeWitt an...

March 20, 2024
Written by Liya Zhou, Foreign Language Teacher at Boynton Middle School In mid-February, the Lunar New Year—celebrated as the Year of the Dragon—commenced, marking a momentous ...

March 11, 2024
On March 7, the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) welcomed Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) , and Melinda Person, President of New York St...

February 27, 2024
Check out the February 2024 issue of the e-Insider ! In this issue, you'll find a new edition of "Sitting Down with Dr. Brown" featuring IHS 9th grader Gracie Lomax and artic...
February 14, 2024
A recent article posted online has left members of our community with a false impression of how and why the school district plans to invest in an integrated clock system for the e...

January 30, 2024
In pursuit of a more effective and inclusive approach to English Language Arts (ELA) instruction, second-grade teachers Hannah Zimar and Alex Graves at Fall Creek Elementary Schoo...

January 18, 2024
By Carly Hare, PR Officer, Code Red Robotics | ch20@icsd.k12.ny.us
Ithaca High School’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team C...

January 16, 2024
Check out the January 2024 issue of the e-Insider !
In this issue, you'll find articles about Ithaca High School being recognized as a STEM School of Excellence, DeWitt's Farm-...

January 10, 2024
At Cayuga Heights Elementary School (CHES), several fifth-grade students gather during their lunchtime to do their part in making their school a better place to learn.
While ev...

January 2, 2024
Ithaca High School’s Technology Education and Engineering Department has been named a 2024 STEM School of Excellence by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Asso...
December 20, 2023
“If the land that the U.S. agricultural system is built on is Indigenous American and the hands that built the system are African - where is the African and Native American repre...

December 19, 2023
Check out the December 2023 issue of the e-Insider !
In this issue, you'll find articles on Ithaca High School’s Creatives of Color, who were commissioned by Cornell to create ...

December 13, 2023
On December 12, district leadership and the ICSD Board of Education recognized the extraordinary achievements of students and staff at the first Commendation Ceremony of the 2023-...

December 5, 2023
“ Math is one of those things that people decide in elementary school that either they’re good at it or they’re bad at it.”
This common misconception about math class ...

December 1, 2023
On November 28, 2023, the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) Board of Education unanimously voted to permit the flying of the Haudenosaunee (Hood-en-no-sho-nee) flag on one of the...

November 21, 2023
Check out the November 2023 issue of the e-Insider !
In this issue, you'll find articles on how a group of Ithaca High School students is urging the Board of Education to fly t...

November 20, 2023
This past month, Samantha Little, the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) Director of Athletics and Wellness, was named Educator of the Year by NAMI-NYS for her tremendous dedica...

November 13, 2023
Beginning on December 1, 2023, all students in the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) will be eligible to receive a free healthy breakfast and lunch at school . This will conti...

November 8, 2023
By Carly Hare, PR Officer, Code Red Robotics | ch20@icsd.k12.ny.us
Code Red Robotics at Ithaca High School is one of thousands of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recogniti...

November 1, 2023
Dear ICSD Community,
We are deeply saddened by the tragic events that have escalated in Israel, Palestine, and other places across our globe and country. We are heartbroken ove...