At the end of April, we will unfortunately be saying goodbye to a beloved member of our school’s family — our principal, Amanda Fagan. Fagan plans on relocating to another high school in Detroit, Michigan due to both the need for administration in the city and her familial connection to the area. Arty Fischel, the… Read More Fagan Reborn
Senior prom night is the event that every high school student can’t wait to partake in. It’s one of the only times that students can go full out in elegant attire and enjoy an expensive meal. As tradition has it, Ledyard High School holds senior prom in a hall or ballroom special buildings; last year… Read More Senior Prom Moves Down the Hall
As many Colonels know, for many years the football team has been coached by athletic director James Buonocore. But when our former assistant principal Shane Winters retired, Buonocore took his place. With the loss of a coach James Buonocore the Ledyard football program was in need of someone new to fill his shoes. Ledyard recruited… Read More Q&A with Jonathan Hernandez
Due to increased cell phone usage among students, numerous teachers have started to collect phones at the start of classes. This has led to a new policy change: LHS administration has reconsidered their original idea that cellphone use should be up to the teachers. At the beginning of the day, students will be required to… Read More No More Snapchat?
The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament will take place in Jan. 2018, and these episodes will be different than all others— Alex Trebek will introduce a Ledyard student (and hopefully more than once). Junior Charles Crain, who will be a senior by then, is eager to appear on “America’s Favorite Quiz Show.” Crain has consistently been a… Read More Junior Charles Crain to Appear on Jeopardy!
Freshman Savannah Wahrer is taking her soccer skills to a whole different playing field. Come Sept. 2017, she will be kicking her way into the Friday night lights. After representing Ledyard’s girls’ soccer team as a top goalie last year, Wahrer has prepared herself immensely for this opportunity to become a part of the Ledyard… Read More Kicking Her Way Into Sophomore Year
Scavenger hunts are a fun and unique way to bring people together to search for objects and cool prizes. They were first popular in the 1930s, and are still a fun adventure today. This year, Ledyard High School students will have a chance to participate in their own scavenger hunt to finish off the 2016-2017… Read More The Hunt is On
Hogwarts’ magical game joins the list of sports here at Ledyard High School. In the traditional game of Quidditch, teams are compiled of students from their house, which is how students at Hogwarts are separated. Here at Ledyard High School, teams will be organized by grade: there will be sophomore, junior, and senior teams. Tryouts… Read More Quidditch Sweeps Into LHS
Bad news for music folks. Pops, the beloved spring choral concert, has been cancelled this year. For those who don’t know, Pops is when all the in-school and after-school groups come together in a cabaret-style performance complete with choreography and costumes. Choirs take on Broadway show tunes, throwback hits, and current pop music. Pops… Read More POPS Cancelled
Ledyard High School’s wrestling team easily captured the Class S 2017 championship title, while the music department was preparing to travel to Disney World to compete in the annual Festival Disney music competition. But, Ledyard’s Unified Sports team has their eyes on a different kind of prize. Unified Sports is a team centered around creating… Read More A Different Kind of Team
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