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!
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
Junior year is notorious for being the most stressful year of high school, and for good reason. Juniors must take their most challenging courses yet, start the college search and answer a very important question — what do they want to do with their life? On top of everything else, all juniors at Ledyard High… Read More SAT vs. ACT: The Ins and Outs of Each Test
Jolie Suarez, Staff Writer Sophomore Jolie Suarez is a staff writer for the 2016-2017 Colonel. She spends her time outside of class playing soccer and swimming. She also enjoys reading, writing, and singing.
Quiz: Your Taste In Bread Will Reveal A Deep Truth About You Result: Feel Like You Don’t Deserve Things Um, very inaccurate. I’m not sure where the thought process came from that a person’s taste in bread will show a deep secret but tragically, they are wrong. Quiz: Can We Guess Your Age With Music… Read More How Accurate Are BuzzFeed Quizzes?
Super Bowl season— it’s something you either hate or love. One thing everyone looks forward to, sports fans and sports haters alike, are the new and funny commercials. These pricey commercials, at 5 million dollars for just 30 seconds, are worth a watch. The following are the most memorable from the 2017 Super Bowl: Stranger… Read More The Best Super Bowl Commercials
From the tallest sandcastle ever made to the first nuclear power submarine, Connecticut is home to a multitude of world records. One record sticks out more than others: the soon-to-be first female to travel to all the countries in the world. Cassie Depecol, a 27-year-old from Washington, CT, embarked on her journey in July to… Read More Around the World in 39 Months
New year, new you. 2017’s the year for change, but we hope our favorite Twitter users remain as funny and relatable as they were in 2016 forever! (Is that selfish? My New Year’s resolution was being less selfish buuuuut…we hope you don’t change. We love you the way you are now.) Here are some of… Read More Funniest Tweets from 2016: LHS Edition
The 2016 presidential election is extremely well-known for being wild and unreal, with highlights such as President-Elect Donald Trump’s intense Twitter rant, which bashed Saturday Night Live because the man clearly couldn’t take a joke. Clinton isn’t much better: email drama galore and encapsulating the idea of “the lesser of two evils.” Compared to them,… Read More 14 LHS Students and Teachers That Would Make a Better President Than Trump
Ledyard senior and volunteer firefighter Jimmy Fitzmaurice had a hectic day after leaving school early on Dec. 15 around lunchtime to assist with the fire that had started at a recycling building on Lorenz Parkway. Many units responded and struggled to fight the fire as it lasted most of the day. “There was a lot… Read More Full-time Colonel, Part-time Hero
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