“The readiness is all.” Ken Johnson, a former English teacher at Ledyard High School, has come to appreciate the little blessings in life, and he embraces the quote from Hamlet above. Johnson has been living with brachial amyotrophic diplegia (BAD), a slow-developing variant of ALS since 2008. Johnson’s shoulders, arms, and hands are completely paralyzed… Read More Ken Johnson
This summer, millions of people around the world poured buckets of ice-cold water on themselves for one of the most recent and effective fundraising phenomenons: the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. On a given day, anyone could scroll through a Facebook or Twitter feed to see it dominated by friends, families, celebrities, sports teams, and… Read More To “Strike Out” Lou Gehrig’s Disease
In the past few months, the ALS Ice Bucket challenge has been rising up on the social radar. However, few had a clue, especially in the current generation, about what the challenge was for, or what ALS is. When people scrolled down their Facebook feed, they saw the videos and pictures, but did not know… Read More Breaking the Rumors on ALS
Ledyard High School’s music groups have been making a name for themselves for years. Talent is embedded within the town, and this is something music director Russell Hammond is thankful for. “I feel very blessed and fortunate to have talented students come in each year who get involved with the programs,” Hammond said. This year… Read More Fresh Additions to Select Singers
The swim team grabs their kick boards to kick off the new season in their new pool. The team now has a pool to call their absolute own. Under the financial circumstances the team faced this year, it was decided that the Mashantucket Community Center pool would be a less expensive, better fit; however, the… Read More Swim Team Updates
The United Kingdom has been together for the past 300 years. But recently, Scotland has been considering seceding from this union and becoming its own country. If this were to happen, the United Kingdom, which includes England, Wales, and Northern Ireland along with Scotland, would lose a third of it’s land mass, 8% of it’s… Read More Scotland
ISIS, or The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is a large extremist group in the Middle East that has caught the world’s attention. First formed in 2006 and branching off of the infamous terrorist group al-Queda, ISIS is a terrorist organization trying to create an Islamic State across Sunni areas of Iraq and Syria.… Read More ISIS
The band starts to play, the cheerleaders begin to tumble on the mats and get the crowd excited, and all classes pile into the stands. The mix of music, cheers, laughing, clapping, and talking creates the thrilling chaos we wait for all year. It is the new and highly anticipated Ledyard High School tradition: Blue… Read More Blue & White Day
How long have you been playing volleyball? I’ve been playing for about five years, since eighth grade. What is the best memory you’ve had from high school volleyball? Probably winning the state championship in 2012. Do you wish to play in college? If so, where and why? I do. I’m looking at Keene… Read More Jenny Nohara: Athlete of the Month
This Nov. 21 and 22, the drama program’s production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller will hit the stage with 23 Ledyard students taking the pivotal roles of characters such as Abigail Williams, the lying and manipulative villain, played by Kali Money; John Proctor, the good and tragic hero, played by Alec Chattin; and Reverend… Read More The Crucible
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