​The Art Department of Lyme-Old Lyme High School is proud to announce that five of our students were recognized at this year’s Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards.
 
Senior Grace Phaneuf deserves special mention for receiving a Gold Key for her portfolio, “In Stasis.” Grace’s portfolio will go on to be juried at the national level.
 
Seniors Sedona Holland and Adam Damiano both earned Honorable Mention for their portfolios. Adam’s individual entry in Drawing also took a Silver Key, while Sedona took a second Honorable Mention for an individual work of Photography.
 
Other accepted students include Sophomore Anna Goldfarb and Junior Janna Graves, who were awarded Honorable Mentions in Ceramics and Drawing respectively.
 
Listed works are hanging at the Silpe Gallery at the University of Hartford through February 2, with an awards celebration scheduled for Sunday, January 28. Congratulations to all who participated!

Congratulations to Drea and Thomas for being accepted to Uconn's Startalk program, which will begin this Saturday.
StarTalk is a course offered under the auspices of Startalk Chinese Culture and Language Immersion through Gaming and Storytelling program. STARTALK offers students (K–16) and teachers of these languages creative and engaging online learning and summer experiences that strive to exemplify best practices in language education and in language teacher development.
The programs use the themes of storytelling and gaming to engage students in a highly motivated learning experience.  The programs allow students to explore their own interests and self-understandings within a framework of cultural comparison and deepening cross-cultural competence while completing a series of exciting, creative projects.

Last week, LOLHS' Unified Team competed against our Faculty. A great way to end the quarter and have a little break before exams began.

Student Council and NHS collaborated for our annual Study With A Buddy held during Midterm Exams. NHS students provided tutoring for anyone and Project Paws Therapy Dogs were on hand to provide some calm encouragement during this stressful time. 

​The Business Department is proud to announce that the following students have successfully demonstrated proficiency in Personal Finance by achieving a passing score on the nationally standardized Financial Literacy Certification Test this fall. Subjects mastered include money, budgeting, banking, credit, insurance, investing, retirement planning, and financial planning and management. The students are officially, nationally Certified Financially Literate! 

By Jack Porter
For the month of December, the Spanish Honor Society adopted a family in coordination with the Youth Leadership Council at the LYSB for the holidays. The family had a boy, age 3, who wanted various items for Christmas that the members of the Spanish Honor Society were able to chip in and get. This included a Lincoln logs set, a Sports Illustrated Big Book of Why, various clothes, and some gift cards as well pictured below. It was a good feeling for the club knowing that they were able to help out a family over the holidays and have a kid be able to wake up to some presents on Christmas.