I’m sure by now, everyone has heard of Bitcoin. It is a type of a worldwide payment system called a digital currency or Cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies are generated by “mining”. Not mining with a pickaxe project though, but with powerful computers. Bitcoin isn’t issued by the government like paper money, but instead spawned by a community… Read More How Cryptocurrency Works
For the past few weeks, Food Network has been broadcasting the show, “Best Baker In America,” a competition composed of nine skilled bakers from all over America to win a prize of $25,000. Each week contestants compete in two challenges, the skills challenge, and the master challenge. The skills challenge evaluates the technique of the… Read More Bake Off!
LHS students got to enjoy the new Winter Dance which was a nice change from strictly Homecoming and Prom. We enjoyed an inspirational talk from Chris Herren learning to stay on the right path. The Ledyard Music program went through some great changes with the new choral director, Melanie Cometa. Students got to rock out… Read More 10 Great Things That Happened At LHS This Year
The following details the post-graduation plans of Ledyard High School’s Class of 2018. your plans aren’t displayed next to your name, or are inaccurate/outdated, please contact us with what you’ll be up to after high school. Noah Acor: Johnson and Wales University, major in Culinary Arts EJ Ahlborn: Three Rivers Community College, undecided major Shahrukh… Read More What the Future Brings
May 19 was a huge day for not only for the United Kingdom, but the world as citizens speculated about what the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle would entail. The exciting day took place at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom as 600 people watched the ceremony… Read More American Actress Takes on the United Kingdom
Almost every high school student dreams to break a record in something or to just be noticed. This dream came true for a fellow Ledyard Colonel. Senior Captain Megan Larmann of the girls’ lacrosse team was awarded 1st team All-Star and Scholar Athlete Award this season along with finishing her high school career scoring 143… Read More Another Record Broken
We’ve all had the common cold. Adults get an average of two to three colds every year according to the CDC. Over 200 different viruses cause the common cold and there is no cure. Until this point, scientists have tried and failed at developing a cure for the most common infectious disease. UK scientists have developed a… Read More Say Bye to the Common Cold with New Scientific Breakthrough
My family has had a consistently wistful relationship with the Norwich State Hospital for years. I grew up with a very close relationship to mental illness; my mother has worked in the mental health field since well before my birth. In the mid to late 80’s, my mother worked very happily at the Norwich State… Read More The Condemnation of the Norwich Hospital
Arts Night is an annual night held at the Ledyard High School to honor the students who took an art class during the school year allowing them to show their pieces of work. This year the date will fall on Thursday, May 24, from 5 to 7 p.m., and end right before the last Coffee… Read More Arts Night 2018
FFA (Future Farmers of America) and our Agriscience program is a proud part of our mighty Colonel family. On one night a year, we celebrate all the students and their accomplishments throughout the year. FFA is a large organization that prepares students for a life in agriculture; to be a member of FFA, students must… Read More And the Award Goes to…
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