The ICSD elementary school day ends at 2:00 PM, nearly an hour earlier than surrounding districts’ dismissal times. For many ICSD families, this extremely early…
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An Athlete’s Guide to College Divisions
By SKYE LEE-BYRNES on June 2026
Most people think the difference between Division I (D1), Division II (D2), and Division III (D3) athletics is simply scholarships and talent level, but the…
The Greatest Sports Photographs Ever Taken
By JACK PIERETTI on June 2026
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” – Robert Frank Sports are one of the few things in modern…
A New Buffalo Bills and Their New Receiving Core
By DHILAN SETHUPATHY on June 2026
It has now been over four months since the Buffalo Bills lost in the NFL Divisional Round, where they were stymied in overtime by the…
Why We Should Move Away from Standardized Testing
By OLIVIA HAO on June 2026
Every year, students pile into testing rooms and spend hours answering questions that may shape their future. Most students take many standardized tests throughout their…
Why Athletes Should Be Exempted from PE
By CHRIS ERRICHIELLO on June 2026
In an athletically competitive environment, such as IHS, it is necessary to consider that athletes can be overworked. As the point of high school is…
What the Kotlikoff Incident Can Tell Us About Cornell’s Lucrative Complicity in Global Conflict
By IMRI WOLF on June 2026
On April 30, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff startled the Ithaca and Cornell communities by backing his car into at least one student and running over…
What Happened to Black Lives Matter at School?
By ACE DUFRESNE on June 2026
When I came to IHS in ninth grade, the school community was wrestling with the inequities exposed by COVID-19 and white America’s so-called “racial awakening”…
Should Governments Control the Use of Social Media?
By LEE CHO on June 2026
Social media spans across a variety of apps where people connect, talk, and argue online. Though social media can help with learning or daily life,…
Controversial Takes: Freshman Year vs. Senior Year
By MIA CHO, VIVIAN JIANG on June 2026
We bet that at some point in high school, you’ve said to yourself, “I’m so ready to graduate.” But come senior year, there’s still a…
iPads at Restaurants: A Parenting Tool or a Distraction?
By JULIANA NIEMACK, TAKUO KAWATE on June 2026
Walking into a restaurant, happily ready to order, and in the corner of your eye you see a kid on their iPad while everyone is…
Constellations
By CORALLUS MEEKS, ZADIE WANG on June 2026
my hand orbits over the page pen following the trajectory of my fingertips pulled across the page by a gravitational force until my words are…
On May 2, a cruise ship full of citizens from many countries, including the US, reported an outbreak of a severe illness with two deaths…
IHS Technology Student Association’s Road to DC
By FURKAN UYAR on June 2026
Technology Student Association (TSA) is a high school club in which students compete in different STEM events. According to technology teacher and TSA advisor Jonathan…
ICSD Budget Passes Easily
By OREN MILDER on June 2026
On May 19, voters overwhelmingly voted to approve the school district budget proposed by the ICSD Board of Education (BoE). As shown in the chart…
Junior Emma Beer Wins Congressional Art Competition
By CORNELIA YE on June 2026
Every year, each member of the House of Representatives honors one high school student from their district by selecting a piece of artwork to display…
This spring, IHS Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) students led efforts to open up the Anderson Garden, the courtyard in G-Building, for students during Universal Lunch.…
Garner, Tripp, and Blalock Elected to School Board
By ACE DUFRESNE on June 2026
On May 19, voters elected Sara Garner, Dr. Jill Tripp, and incumbent Garrick Blalock to the ICSD Board of Education (BoE). Madeline Cardona, who was…
Downtown Garage Will Be Redeveloped Following Discovery of Structural Issues
By ELI WARSHOF on June 2026
A municipal downtown Ithaca parking garage is permanently closed. The City is starting to plan to redevelop the site, which was closed in April and…
People Watching
By ANONYMOUS on June 2026
People watching Left-handed Your wrist curled, cradling your script So careful not to smudge a single letter You don’t notice the crescent of silver Upon…
Buttermilk
By MIRIAM DEGEORGE on June 2026
twisting on the sun in the sky, vultures soar thinking silent. each tree unswayed by wind. afternoon crawling in the palm of my lost hand,…
Breathing
By ELEANOR CLARK on June 2026
It all happened so fast. Of course, not really. Actually, fifteen year old Naomi Reiman had been waiting for this day for nearly her entire…
Ferdinand
By ACE DUFRESNE on June 2026
My dog growls as a rabbit scurries by, Haunches tense, ready to pounce— When a bright flower catches his eye. How fiercely he wrestles it,…
Senior Goodbyes ’26
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on June 2026
Zadie, Before anything else, you must know what a rarity you are. It is a privilege of a lifetime to encounter an unapologetically feminine woman…
I was recently able to photograph a bird that I’d dreamed of seeing ever since I’d read about them many years ago in a Ranger…
Ornithology Feature: The Bird Flu
By SUSANNE GUIMBRETIERE on June 2026
The damage that we as humans are doing to our natural environment is a big concern. Often this takes the form of overconsumption, pollution, or…
June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month. What steps can we take to support the people around us? Often, men’s mental health is deemed less…