Seniors Olivia Lyon and Ben Gardner are The Colonel’s Athletes of the Week. Lyon is a four-year varsity girls’ tennis team member and is a co- captain this season. Gardner has been a member of the boys’ team since his junior year and currently leads a young team in a competitive ECC tennis tournament. The… Read More Athletes of the Week: Seniors Ben Gardner and Olivia Lyon
On April 26, Connecticut voters headed to the polls to select their preferred candidate for the Connecticut Primary. Republican frontrunner Donald Trump easily took home the 28 delegates. The 69-year-old also claimed Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island and Delaware. According to the Associated Press, Trump entered the contest with 845 delegates, followed by Ted Cruz… Read More CT Primary Outcome: Republican
April 26 was the day of Connecticut’s Primary, where two Democratic candidates, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, fought to gain delegates in order to have their name on November’s presidential ballot. Hours after the Republican winner was announced, Sanders and Clinton remained undecided, at one point being as close as 50 percent and… Read More CT Primary Outcome: Democrat
At first it wasn’t tense. Twenty or so Ledyard residents waited around in the hall just outside the Ledyard High School media center on April 28, mingling with one another and making small talk. Eventually Board of Education member Anthony Favry opened the media center door and the residents filed in. The Board was arranged… Read More Board of Education Proposed Reductions
Ruth Gowitzke, Staff Writer Senior Ruth Gowitzke is a staff writer for the 2015-2016 Colonel. She participates in Symphonic Band, Marching Band and Jazz Band.
Most track athletes know the difference between a dual meet and an invitational. At a dual meet you can mostly rely on leftover snacks from your lunch to tide you over until the meet’s over, but at an invitational you better bring food or you’ll be begging your friends for concession stand money. At a… Read More The 2016 Ledyard Relays
Ledyard High School’s Wind Orchestra and Jazz Band visited Toronto, Canada from April 28 to May 1. They performed throughout the city and competed in a World Strides Music Festival at York University. Both bands won gold in their respective competitions, in addition to Jazz Band’s Adjudicator’s Award. Together, both bands won the Sweepstakes… Read More Ledyard’s Band Students Travel to Canada
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Ledyard High School offers a unique opportunity to perform and express yourself through its monthly coffee houses. Students from all grades come together for a night of music and cheer. There are no auditions, it is simply an open mic. Events are held in the cafeteria and are open to anyone. The first coffee house… Read More The Final Coffee House of the Year
Prom is right around the corner for juniors and it seems that everybody is frantically preparing for what will most certainly be a special night. It is now time for the group shots on the beach, a picture with Grandma and a hug with dad who appears teary eyed as he sends his daughter off… Read More Prom Season has Arrived
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