Boynton Middle School

Jeff Tomasik, Principal
Lauren Wright, Associate Principal

1601 North Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Main Office: (607) 274-2241
Fax: (607) 274-2357

9:04 AM – 3:25 PM

Black Lives Matter at School: The Ithaca City School District will observe the week of February 4-8, 2019 as Black Lives Matter at School: A Week of Understanding, Affirmation, and Social Action. Black Lives Matter at School is an independent movement that began in 2016 as a day of social action in Seattle and has since been embraced by other school districts across the country. In February 2018, the movement expanded to a national week of action, with thousands of educators from more than 20 cities organizing for ... more >>

Boynton Students Examine Incarceration: What are the effects of mass incarceration on society, especially children? That’s the question Boynton Middle School’s sixth grade Wind Team recently explored in a unit centered around the anchor text “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander. Groups of students examined various aspects of mass incarceration and how they impact both the jailed and the greater society, including young people. The unit concluded ... more >>

Secondary Course Redesign: What does it look like to “Engage, Educate, and Empower Everyone” in the Ithaca City School District? The ICSD is committed to supporting teaching and learning that engages, educates, and empowers all of its 6000+ thinkers – a mission that requires analyzing and changing systems, challenging old thinking, and investing in innovation. One product of this commitment has been the expansion of project-based learning (PBL) throughout the district. As of the 2017-2018 ... more >>

IHS Offering New "Math Principles of Robotics" Course Starting 2019-2020: A new course offering in Ithaca High School’s mathematics department aims to expose more students to computer science, particularly those from underrepresented demographics in STEM fields. Computer science pioneer Edsger Dijkstra said, “The question of whether machines can think is about as interesting as the question of whether submarines can swim.” The semester-long Math Principles of Robotics will give students the tools to teach computers how to think, allowing them ... more >>

ICSD Adding Text Messaging Capability: The Ithaca City School District is adding text messaging capability to SchoolMessenger Communicate, the system it currently uses to call and email families. The new service will allow schools to send parents and guardians important informational text messages about events, school closings, safety alerts, and more, directly to their mobile devices. Any ICSD parent or guardian who wishes to participate in this service need only to: (i) verify that their wireless phone number is on file ... more >>

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