​To:  Parents and Guardians of Lyme-Old Lyme Students
From:  Holly McCalla, Business Manager
Date:  February 16, 2023
RE:  Free lunch legislation            
 
This week, Governor Lamont signed legislation allocating an additional $60 Million toward free meals for Connecticut’s school children.  If you recall, breakfast and lunch were free at the beginning of this year, but funding was exhausted in early December. 
At this time, schools are awaiting the guidelines from the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) as to how this additional funding is to be appropriately utilized.  Once this guidance is issued, the district will implement the program and communication will be sent to all families.  What we do know, however, is that there will not be retroactive payment of past due balances on lunch accounts; therefore, please ensure your child has a positive or $0 balance on his/her lunch account at all times.
Please let me know if you have any questions.

Lyme Old Lyme Booster Club

What we do:
·   Host Awards Banquets for the Athletes
·   Contribute to Championship Gear for each conference or state winning team
·   Lyme Old Lyme Booster Club Annual Senior Scholarships
·   Support athletics for items not included in the annual education budget
 
We Need You!   

 - Volunteer at outdoor Concession Sale run at key home games
- Lyme Old Lyme Booster Club Scholarship committee member
- Attend LOL Booster Club Meetings to share ideas and feedback
- Support corporate sales
 
Meeting dates - LOLHS Media Center  6:30 pm -
Please come join us and share your ideas!
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·   MARCH 9TH
·   APRIL 5TH
·   MAY 11TH
 
For info and updates visit:  www.lolboosterclub.org

​By  Sr. Vázquez: Spanish AP 2023 - Presente del Subjuntivo - Real Conversations
Students have been studying and using present subjunctive in different academic scenarios and AP practices.  In order to make the practice and usage more memorable, we tried to use it in more spontaneous and authentic contexts outside of the school setting.
Students had to create an advertisement requesting some service (like in the old times). Some examples were advertisements seeking roommates, landscapers, piano instructors, dog-walkers, and personal trainers.  In the advertisement, students had to write 10 sentences using the subjunctive. 
We displayed all of the posters in the classroom, and students had to take a piece of paper with the name and number of the person and call him/her requesting information about the responsibilities.  The task had all of the components of an interpersonal speaking communication but with more room for improvisation.

Kristin Davis, former student and graduate of LOLHS who is now co-owner (with Dan Coffee) and co-creator of Old Lyme based D. Coffee Services, LLC, spoke to the Business Department's Entrepreneurship class.  Kristin told them about her career moves since leaving LOL and how and why she went from working for others to starting a business.  Kristin explained the process a new business goes through from getting legal licenses and permits to buying equipment to getting the word out.  She said that her experience in the world of work as well as her business classes here gave her the impetus to create a startup.  D. Coffee Services, LLC opened in 2022 as a new business serving our community and doing, for now, mostly outside work anywhere from dump runs to landscaping.  They hope to expand their offerings (hence, the name Services) in the future. Kristin said that she loves being her own boss and the opportunity this business affords for her to work outside.

​Students have been studying the impact of technology and science in the USA and in the Spanish-speaking world.  One of the tools for students to be able to communicate ideas about this futuristic thinking is the different kinds of future in Spanish. After a week of conjugating, answering questions and writing in the journal, it was time for students to practice the future in some real contexts such as the following: reading the horoscope from a Spanish newspaper, practicing with a fortune teller made of paper, and pretending to read the future with a ball as a professional fortune teller.  Students used euros to pay the service. Students talked in Spanish throughout the class. Who said that it wasn’t possible to speak in Spanish for 30 minutes ?
 
by: Adinivo - Sr. Vazquez

Last Monday, on January 30th, the Environmental club went on an owl prowl with Joe Attwater from the Audubon society on Open Space land McCulloch‘s Tree in the Gap. The group was 9 students deep with teachers  Heather Fried, LOLHS' Environmental Club advisor, and Chemistry teacher Mrs Kelley. Andrea Fenton from The Open Space Commission also attended .