Blog Archives

Mrs. Fried's Biology Classes Share Their Much Needed Brain Breaks!

4/13/2020

Mr. Eckhart's WEEK 4:

4/13/2020

Wide Open School: A GREAT Resource for Parents and Educators from Mrs. Trost:

4/13/2020

Take a look at this resource: WideOpenSchool.org. It has suggestions, various sites, tools, even events to go to ... virtually. It includes all different disciplines even ideas for our well-being!
Totally worth a look. Take a minute and view this short video from Mrs. Trost taking you for a little tour of the vast site.

Some Wildcat Celebrations!

4/13/2020

LOLHS would like to RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE
Hayden Saunders
who was a top ten essayist in the Laws of Life Essay Contest.

The School of Ethical Education's (SEE) 2019-20 Laws of Life Essay Program is a character education essay writing contest that includes students reflecting, writing and discussing their laws of life (ethical values) that help people live productive and meaningful lives. Laws of Life values should lead to positive and life-affirming essays. The essay theme was Perseverance and Struggle - this year there were over 2,500 essayists who participated.
Well Done Hayden!!!

LOLHS would like to RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE
Samantha Olson
has been selected as a winner of the The Travelers Employees' Club Scholarship.

Pursuant to an Agreement with National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), this Special Scholarship award is sponsored by The Travelers Employees' Club.

Special Scholarships are underwritten by many of the business organizations that also provide Merit Scholarship® awards for students who qualify as Finalists in the National Merit® Scholarship Program. These corporate sponsors wish to offer a fixed number of awards each year for students who meet their specified criteria—usually children of employees or residents of communities where the company has facilities. In years when the number of such Finalists is less than the total number of scholarships a sponsor wishes to offer, the company or business supplements its National Merit Scholarships with Special Scholarships for other high performers in the National Merit Program. Winners of Special Scholarships are chosen based on their academic accomplishments from a pool of candidates who fulfilled the sponsor's criteria and scored high on the 2018 PSAT/NMSQT®.
Nice Job Samantha!

Keeping the Creativity Alive and Fun... Keeping it Light

4/13/2020

We now know that we are going to be out another month at least! We know that it is already week 5 of being home and week 4 of distance learning. Even though we have school work to do, we have to stay connected, laugh, have some fun... together - but alone! We want you to join in on some fun - help to keep it

Here is Fiona final product: a waist band made from a shoelace! True life skills!

And How do you have a track meet alone? Check out what Emma and Bianca did:

WLYM is sending a CHALLENGE:

All of us from WLYM challenge you to send in a video showcasing your talents: it can be singing in the car, dancing to your favorite song, lip-syncing, your favorite TikTok challenge, etc... it does not matter as long as it is positive and will bring a smile to someone's day.

Use the following link https://forms.gle/41x4jr4gAEFdM8gW7 to access a google form where you will be able to upload your video. Be sure to submit your videos in by Wednesday night, April 15th, so they can be featured on next week's broadcast. Looking forward to seeing your videos!

Last Week's WLYM:

4/13/2020

Take a look at week 2 of WLYM created from home.... what a great job they are doing coordinating and collaborating - this week's stories include:

Sending a "Shout Out" to a friend
Music Challenge!
Interview with Mr. Wygonik
Student Interviews
Need ideas to stay busy at home? Take a look!
Mr Fisler... singing the blues
And a great tech tip!

LOLHS Faculty's Expressions During our Social ( & School) Distancing

4/13/2020

As we continue to practice social distancing and distance learning, some teacher share how they feel about all this... each in their own way and using their favorite medium.

Distance Learning With
Mr. D'Aquila

Mrs.
Pekar Sings the
Covid Blues!

Mr. Fisler Sings the
Covid Blues... TOO!

Mrs. Duhamel's note to her period 7 class:

What I Would Give
What I would give to see period 7 trying to put their chairs up FIVE minutes before the bell or leaving their borrowed pencil on their desk for me to put back. . . but I won't single out anyone (Sal, Zach . . . lol).

What I would give for period 4 students to trickle in after lunch with ice-cream, chips, and/or ENORMOUS brownies in hand . .. but I won't single out anyone (Alec, Max, and Phil . . . lol).

What I would give to launch into my "teacher look" due to phones . . .yes . .. let's not single anyone out (Nate, Colby, Andrew, Jeremy . . . lol).

What I would give to hear your cheerful greetings as you enter class (Dylan, Darin, Jeremy, Nathaniel, Kaitlyn, Charlie, Parker, Corbin, Faith, Britney, Nate, Ryan M., Finn, Liam, Quinn, Aidan G., Kevin, Sam R., Max)

What I would give to hear your pleasant "have a nice day" as you leave class (Callum, Andrew, Aidan R., Lauren, Bryce, Angie, Gabe, Ryan T., Luc, Sam G., Sal, Kamber, Jenny and Lisbet)

What I would give to be BACK IN SCHOOL with all of you!!

At the end of the day, you know I say this all with a SMILE---yes---I am SMILING as I type this. These little high school quirks make you YOU and give color and character to our class.
Please submit your work---
Stay healthy and be well!
Mrs. Duhamel

A Special Thanks to our LYSB

4/6/2020

Lymes' Youth Service Bureau has been an instrumental part of our community. During our school closure, their countless efforts, deep compassion and absolute commitment to our community have been invaluable.

If you didn't get to read the article in the day a chance to read the article in The Day on Sunday, take a look: (select the link below)

Lyme and Old Lyme set up coronavirus relief fund to help residents in need

...And in the spirit of keeping us connected to our community during this time of isolation, check out the
Lyme-Old Lyme Prevention Coalition Instagram ...
( select link click on the image to the left)

The 25 days of Wellness offer a ideas and activities to consider in order to stay healthy and active during this time or isolation.

And, ... if you want some great ideas to for fun activities to stay active, check out the "stay home- activities link".

Week 3 by Mr. Eckhart:

4/5/2020

WLYM Returns!

4/5/2020

During these 'Distance Learning' times, our WLYM team have come together to give us continued LOLHS coverage... take a look... sports, tech tips and some great interviews from faculty and students about their take on how Distance Learning is going!

Brady Bunch comes to LOLHS!

4/5/2020

LOLHS' faculty have been meeting over the past 2 weeks but what really made us smile was when we learned how Google Meets added the Brady Bunch Feature! These are the simple pleasures that can make us smile.

The Day’s All-Area Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year: Old Lyme’s Aedan Using

4/5/2020

To read the article published in The Day on Sunday, April 5, click

HERE

It is a great article!!!

Way to go Aedan!

One Student's Art Project!

4/5/2020

Painting by Erika Carcamo-Martinez

We are all struggling with ways to keep occupied, positive and creative. Here is one's student's work... not classwork related. Erika shared her "spare time" project with a teacher. I thought it would be fun to share with you all... It makes me want to paint and keeps me thinking of what colors will come once Spring finally shines on us. I love the colors!

 Nice Work Erica!

LOLHS' Katie and Evan Featured on Channel 3 News!

4/5/2020

If you have not already seen this great clip about a couple of our own Wildcats, please take a minute and select the image below.

This news segment was aired on Tuesday, March 31, on Channel 3 News. It is wonderful dose of POSITIVE during these stressful times. It will warm your heart and make you smile!

Two young friends from Old Lyme High School are finding a special way to stay in touch during COVID-19.

A Wildcat Shout-Out to the LOLHS Fencing Team!

4/5/2020

Congratulations to the LOLHS Fencing team. They competed at the end of February at the Individual State Competition, and by doing well there, they qualified for the Team State Competition the following weekend, where both the Men's Epee and Women's Foil teams placed fifth in the state! What a fantastic achievement!
WAY TO GO WILDCATS!