D.A.Y. Light Youth of the Year

Congrats to our very own Allorra Allen for winning this award. Allorra was "being recognized for her academic success, dedication and perseverance in the face of adversity, and for serving as a role model for her peers".

This is an annual award given by the Onondaga Country Department of Aging and Youth.

National Spelling Bee

Ok, so my last title was a pretty bad example of basic literacy.

The National Spelling Bee is going on right now in Washington DC. with the finals on Thursday May 28th. Watch it on tv.

See if you can make it to the semifinals by taking the test from the 2009 qualifying rounds. I thought I was good, but got only 20 right.

Let me know how you do.

Is Txtng gud r bd?

Heres what some of the latest research is showing:

Spurred by the unlimited texting plans offered by carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the Nielsen Company — almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier.

The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation.

Dr. Martin Joffe, a pediatrician in Greenbrae, Calif., recently surveyed students at two local high schools and said he found that many were routinely sending hundreds of texts every day.

Full article here.

What do you think?

ITC vs. Nottingham

Last game of the season:









(video by Jake)

Hangin' Out On Earth Day

Some pics sent in by Eugene:

ITC At The Everson

We are very proud of our resident video artists, who worked hard on their projects and are now on exhibit at the Everson till July 12th.

Congrats to Allora, Jade, Sanjeev, Jonathan, Ausha, and Eugene who worked on weekends to get it done!

ITC vs. Fowler

Enjoy the action:

Dont Try This At Home!

How can you not admire his skills?

ITC Boys Baseball

Some pictures from the meet against Auburn:








(Photos taken by Sanjeev)

I.T. Works

Check out the new video produced by Clear Channels with the aid of S2S showcasing our school.

Student of The Month

Congrats to Adnan Salkic for being student of the Month for April

Regents Review Live

Here is the schedule for regents reviews that will be shown in PBS on the following dates. In case you miss then you can watch them online later.

There is also other useful stuff on the website
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Pixar Presentation

S2S and the art class were invited to attend a presentation from Scott Clark a head animator at Disneys Pixar Studios. We watched his presentation at the MOST and then were lucky enough to host Scott at our school later that afternoon. As if all that wasn't enough we got to see lots of clips of the upcoming Pixar release Up, coming out May 29th. Some pics from the event and his visit to ITC.