As the school year comes to an end, it’s time to sneak a peek into the lives and backpacks of our graduating seniors! We’ve all carried around textbooks, notebooks, and bulky water bottles, but what exactly are the essentials that have carried our seniors through their four years at Ledyard High School? Senior Lia Day… Read More What’s in The Seniors’ Backpacks?
When choosing classes in high school, you have to worry about more things than you might have expected. For example, different classes are weighted differently, and their weights are symbolized by levels. The amount of weight a class has affects your GPA; to give context, your GPA is your Grade Point Average. Your Grade Point… Read More Let’s talk about levels, GPA, and prerequisites. What do they mean? How do they affect you as a student?
This point in your life is a big deal. The choices you make in eighth grade will decide the next four years of your life. I am currently a senior at Ledyard High School, so I am going through a similar decision. My whole life, I have been within the Ledyard school district. I went… Read More Windows Into Ledyard High School
Ledyard High School, like any high school, has its own tips and tricks, its own hidden gems, rough riders, and its own mysteries that we will debunk, accredit, and absorb. In today’s article, we will look at the top 5 Hidden Gems and whether they are diamonds in the rough or if their validity will… Read More Ledyard High School’s Hidden Gems
Have you fallen victim to random children coming up to you and referencing some odd thing called Skibidi Toilet? Perhaps singing a theme song about it? “Skibidi Toilet” falls under what is referred to as the “brain rot” section of modern internet consumption. Brain rot is a slang word to describe someone’s brain “deteriorating” or… Read More Explaining Skibidi Toilet
On Tuesday March 18, a woman was arrested in the dirt parking lot in the back of Ledyard High School for being under the influence of drugs. Police stated that they saw a black GMC envoy parked in the lot around 11 am, and when they started to interview her and ordered her out of… Read More Parking Lot Party Crasher
What would you do if you were being monitored from within the restroom? This is a question LHS should be asking themselves more and more every day. Superintendent Jay Hartling and administrators plan to implement a new generation of security sensors to further school safety. The sensors are aimed to monitor movement, environmental shifts, and… Read More A.I Taking Over Our Bathrooms?
Happy April Fools! Last Wednesday, March 26, the upstairs boys’ bathrooms were closed because exterminators came to try and remove the snake population that has recently been attempting to take over the school. Over the past few weeks, the school has had multiple snake sightings! The bathrooms are the main areas students need to be… Read More Sneaky Snakes
Happy April Fools! In the coming 2025-26 school year the Department of Education has opted to do away with all P.E related classes in turn for mandatory musical theater classes. The move comes after heavy debates about whether or not children are ”Proportionately Fit” and what schools can do about it. Many school districts have… Read More No More P.E. – Mandatory Musical Theater
After focusing, and engaging with classmates, the most anticipated time of day for Ledyard students is going to lunch. Talking to their friends, while reenergizing and getting a bite in, is the highlight of the school day for most. It’s a break from classwork to enjoy one of the best luxuries in life: food. However,… Read More Seasoned with Care
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