WIHS Daily Announcements

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Day 4

 

 

The annual 3 on 3 basketball tournament will be this Saturday from 1-5 p.m., so get your team together, choose a name and signup during periods 3-6 in the cafeteria.   The cost is $5 per team member. 

Attention girls who may be attending the Junior or Senior Proms: On Saturday, April 18^th from noon to 4 p.m., there will be free prom dresses at the State Farm Insurance office, 222 #2 Elmira Road.

Seniors, remember the Cayuga Medical Center scholarship application is due tomorrow.

Hey Students and Staff!  The first annual IHS Dodge Ball Tournament will be taking place in Bliss Gym on Saturday, April 25th, at 1pm.  Four-player teams will compete in round-robin match-ups followed by the finals.  There will be prizes for the winning team and the team with the best costumes.  The entry fee is $20 per team and sign-ups will be in the cafeteria all next week during lunch periods. 

The weather is finally warming up and the School Store is stocked up and ready with some great prices.  Short-sleeve t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles are available and cost only five dollars each.  Hoodies and long-sleeve t-shirts are also on sale.  The School Store is open from 11:30 to 12:30 in the cafeteria.

Come to the last "Conversations with a Scientist" talk for this year to talk about big questions of particle physics like learning about the origin of mass and matter in the Universe.  What is the Large Hadron Collider?  What is matter-anti-matter asymmetry?  Dark matter?   Dark energy?  Come to H courtyard at 4:30 pm today for an exciting talk.

Do you like donuts? If you do, come buy one after school today for only a dollar. Support NHS and help us raise money to buy books for kids!

Practice writing skills, workshop pieces, and expand your creativity at the Tompkins County Public Library Writing Workshop Series from 5:45-6:45 every Thursday.

If you ordered a plant from the Class of 2018, please come to G-208 this morning to pick up your plants.

Juniors! Do you want to learn about how to get into college? Come to “Getting Into College Night” on Wednesday, April 22 at 6 p.m. in York Lecture Hall. Presenters will include admissions counselors from Cornell, Ithaca College and SUNY Binghamton.

The Ithaca High School Brain Team, IHS’s nationally-ranked Academic Quizbowl team, is holding their annual spring trivia night fundraiser from 6:00 to 8:30 on Thursday, April 23rd in the IHS cafeteria.  Bring a team of up to 5 people, or come by yourself and meet some new friendly folks.  Tickets are $10 and include dinner, music, and fun trivia.  Funds that are raised will help the Brain Team go to national tournaments in Chicago and Washington, DC.  Email Benjamin Kirk at bkirk@icsd.k12.ny.us for details, or just show up on the 18th.