Dear Students and Parents;
March begins the course selection process for the 2018-19 school year.  Our goal at Lyme-Old Lyme High School is to work in partnership with our LOLHS families to assure every student is on the best academic path to support his/her future goals, in addition to balancing academics with extra-curricular and family commitments. 
On Tuesday March 6th, we will host the second annual Advanced Placement / Early College Experience (AP/ECE) information night.  After a brief introduction in the auditorium, students and parents will have an opportunity to visit up to four teachers of the AP/ECE courses to learn about the rigor and time commitments of these courses.  This program is designed to help students and parents make informed decisions as they make their 2018-19 course selections.
James P. Wygonik
Principal
Lyme-Old Lyme High School
wygonikj@region18.org

Take a look at the amazing work our wildcat journalists are doing! The Osprey Online is a student-run news site which includes articles about events at school, sports, creative writing, reviews of food, music, shows and much, much more!
Delve into articles about...

• The Chinatown Trip
• The 2018 Lip Sync
• The Essex Chocolatier 

Look forward for next week's coverage on...

• The gun control debate
• The LOLHS Tunnels
• The "Walk Out" promoting gun control

The Osprey is currently accepting submissions from our student population- submissions may include creative writing pieces (check out the pieces already on our site!), paintings, articles, and more! Check out our website for more info!
Interested in joining Lyme-Old Lyme High School's number one news source? Contact any of the following to find out how you can become a part of our team! 
Caroline Sirna - sirnac@region18.org
Hannah Wisner - wisnerh@region18.org
Ms. Carbone - carbonec@region18.org
                 CLICK on the image below to check out the website.  

On February 16 a group of students headed to Flushing, New York to soak up some of the authentic Chinese culture that becomes very alive during the celebration of the Chinese New Year.  Take a look at some of the pictures showing their shopping spree and food delights!

The LOLHS Community Service Club is holding a school-wide contest for SPRING-THEMED drawings. The illustrations will be compiled into coloring books and distributed to young kids in a children’s hospital. Drawings should be in coloring book format: black and white, outlines only, simple cartoons. Remember, these are for children, so make your drawings fun! 

​The Visual Arts Department of Lyme-Old Lyme High School is proud to announce outstanding results from this year’s Future Choices Art Show, sponsored by the Shoreline Arts Alliance.
Senior Emily Archer won First Place Print and Best in Show for her etching, “Still,” also earning the Earl Grenville Killeen Founders Award for William Allik as teacher of the Best in Show recipient. Senior Claudia Mergy was awarded First Place in Painting for the second consecutive year, also winning the Ruth Baxter-Tagliatela Award for her painting “Temptations.” Senior Amanda Murphy took First in Ceramics for “Monster Pot.” Winning Honorable Mention were Junior Mya Johnson and Sophomore Nathan Ramella in sculpture, Junior Kathryn Atkinson in Drawing and Senior Cora Koproski in Photography.
Other students with works juried into the show were Charlotte Carmody, Luke Hoffman, Lauren King, Brandon Lee, Hannah Morrison, Jane Scheiber, Summer Siefken, Penelope Small, Colleen Walsh and Georgia Welch. 
Students who reside or attend school in the 24-town Shoreline region are eligible to submit up to three works each for this juried competition. Award-winners earn cash prizes, and other scholarship awards will be announced at the Artist Reception and Awards Ceremony on March 3, from 3pm-5pm at the Sill House Gallery at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, 06371. The show runs through March 6, with gallery hours from 10 am – 4 pm, Monday through Saturday (No Sunday Hours). 

Congratulations to Brynn McGlinchey for being selected as February's Rotary Student of the Month. Brynn was selected for her excellence, enthusiasm and perseverance in her studies of both Chinese and Spanish.  Her leadership skills are prevalent both in and out of the classroom and recognized by her teachers who praise her for her humility and altruism. Brynn plans to continue her studies in both languages and utilize them in her future. 
                                                                 WELL DONE BRYNN! 

The new LOLHS Show Choir, “Amped Up,” participated in its first competition this weekend at Shepherd Hill High School in Dudley, Massachusetts.
 
The 24 Amped Up students performed their show “Broadway Musical Magic,” receiving a rating of Silver and a 3rd Runner Up trophy.  The group also received the Judges’ Award for Best Overall Soloists, and senior Anna Donato was selected as best performer in the ensemble.
 
The group will participate in two more competitions this season, and a benefit dinner is being sponsored by the Old Lyme Inn on Sunday, February 25 (contact the Inn for details).