The last few days of school are filled with final exams, bittersweet farewells, and yearbook signings. While the latter can be fun and sentimental, it’s often a time where normally interesting people tend to be cliché and unoriginal. Despite how sweet and nostalgic quickly scrawled messages in yearbooks can be, Ledyard High School is full… Read More How to Sign Yearbooks the Right Way
Moriya Phillips, Staff Writer Senior Moriya Phillips is a staff writer for the 2016-17 Colonel. She is the President of the Gospel Music Club and participates in Select Singers, Concert Choir, and Acabellas. She plays basketball and throws shot put and discus for Track and Field. Outside of school, she can be found volunteering at… Read More Mr. Hammond’s Final Thoughts
Summer Reading should be FUN and relaxing…no rubrics, no assessments! In an effort to both encourage students to read, and reward them for it as well, the LHS library will be holding a raffle for each book read during the summer. Students who read (or partially read) a book or books during the summer are… Read More Summer Reading 2017
The game of hacky sack is quickly sweeping the country. It is most commonly played on college campuses, but the fad has made its way to Ledyard High School where the Hacky Sack Club can be found hacking after school. The club was created by senior Alex Houdeshell and is supervised by Kurt Jannke. Houdeshell… Read More Hackers Unite
“Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go So make the best of this test, and don’t ask why It’s not a question, but a lesson learned in time It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right I hope you had the… Read More Good Riddance, Seniors
A lot has happened in 2017 in and around schools, but one of the most notable trends is the fidget toy craze. According to the official Kickstarter page of Antsy Labs, the idea for the Fidget Cube emerged in 2012 and the Kickstarter was launched in 2016. Shortly after, fidget spinners, another item designed to… Read More Fidget Spinners: Yay or Nay?
A to Spirit Week: Smoking is bad, and so was the Class of 2019’s performance, but the Class of 2017 was FINALLY able to work together enough so they could graduate with a win. A to athletic seasons: It’s nice to see more trophies being added to the giant trophy cases in the athletic hallway.… Read More End of Year Review
Sit: As the year comes to an end, we are simply trying to just make it to June 19th. Try sitting and just taking a breath. Refocus all your energy into the tasks that need to be done in the next couple of weeks. Don’t start barking at your teachers, like Spike might start barking… Read More Dog Tricks to Remember as the Year Ends
Reading The Circle by Dave Eggers was a lot like watching a train crash. The situation presented kept getting worse and worse, but the worse it got, the faster I read. The characters, although they could be infuriatingly realistic in their attitudes and mannerisms, were intriguing. The action, although incredibly mundane at times, never seemed… Read More Review of The Circle
1 ) Lost Voices by Sarah Porter Lost Voices is a beautifully rich novel of abuse, neglect, loss, love, and pain. The writing exhibits an artful use of imagery, and delicately crafts each individual character. Book one in a trilogy, Lost Voices is followed by Waking Storms and finally concluded by The Twice Lost. Lost Voices surrounds… Read More A Few of the Best and Simultaneously Obscure Novels
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