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May 3, 2024
On March 27 and 28, the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) welcomed Connie Morrison, author of I Got the Rhythm , into classrooms across the district to engage with our youngest ...
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April 23, 2024
Check out the April 2024 issue of the e-Insider ! In this issue, you'll find articles about a student-led protest march and assembly at Belle Sherman, the Ithaca Robotics Tea...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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-...
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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 ...
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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October 16, 2023
The ICSD e-Insider provides news from around the district and updates on Learning Forward ICSD , our multi-year approach to academic and social-emotional learning. The four tenets...
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September 19, 2023
Over the past year, the Ithaca City School District Child Nutrition Department has been working with the Chef Ann Foundation to create a robust nutrition program that allows us ...
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August 11, 2023
On August 8-9, hundreds of educators from New York and surrounding states gathered at Ithaca High School for the annual Diversity Symposium of Thought Leaders: Cultivating Excelle...
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July 28, 2023
This week, the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) added two electric, zero-emission school buses to its fleet as part of its long-term plans to switch to a completely electric bus...
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June 13, 2023
Kids Discover the Trail! Ithaca ( KDT! Ithaca ) provides all ICSD elementary students the opportunity to enhance their learning through curriculum-based field experiences alon...
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May 9, 2023
The Ithaca City School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) designation from the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music ...
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February 15, 2023
In the summer of 2021, a group of Ithaca City School District (ICSD) elementary teachers gathered to think critically about what shifts could be made to enhance elementary learnin...
![Enfield Elementary Leaders Harrington and Grainger Rally in Albany to End School Hunger](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/ithaca_city_school_district_ar/article/image/large_967f4a70-1cf4-40ec-8dd0-0f7350c3d3c1.jpeg)
February 15, 2023
When federal meal waivers expired in June of 2022, more than 726,000 New York State students lost access to free school meals. Among those impacted were ICSD students and families...