YUGA President junior Rachelle Robeson had a clear vision for the final day of the “Because I Am a Girl” campaign. The goal was to have a school wide pink out so that students could show their support for girls’ rights all over the world. “It was really great to see how many people get… Read More A Club With a Vision
From the top row in the overcrowded and overheated bleachers, one can barely make out a pack of freshmen sporting yellow on yellow, meanwhile the cheerleading squad feverishly practices their backflips. But who puts in all the trouble and time to organize these festivities on the day of the Homecoming pep rally? “Really, it’s just… Read More Peppin’ it Up
On 18 Oct. about 220 sophomores and juniors took the PSATs at Ledyard High School, including Fitch, St Bernard, and homeschooled students. Over 1.4 million high school students take them each year in the United States according “Princeton Review”. Why is everybody lining up to take the PSATs you might be asking? “Taking the PSATs… Read More Boosting Confidence for the SATs
On 17 Oct. students from the Early College Experience Marine Science class embarked on a fishing trip to Long Island as part of the University of Connecticut’s Project Oceanology. This is part of a series of field trips conducted by the class, that involves surveying the environmental status of the Groton area and Long Island… Read More Gone Fishin’
We see them every day. They assign homework and give us quizzes and tests. They scold us when we’re late and lend us extra help after school. But what do they do when they’re not in school? Do they climb into their pencil closets at night and pop out in the morning, ready made for… Read More Beyond the Classroom
“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
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 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
On 21 June, the Class of 2014, made up of 242 students, started their transition from high school to college at graduation on the Mignault Football Field. With a remarkable turnout in weather, the students lined up next to the Agri-Science building in preparation to walk out across the track to the chairs awaiting them… Read More We Made It
