Below is a link to the sophomore class sock sale! ... Wildcat socks!
If you have any questions, please contact class president Gary Bocian (bociag@region18.org) or Head Advisor,  Adam Raiti (raitia@region18.org) ,

​Lyme-Old Lyme High School is a  community of learners committed to creating contributing citizens.  To that end, On Friday, November 18, students kicked off the holiday season with an Advisory on the Gift of Giving. ​ After watching the above video, Advisors facilitated conversations about how we can give. Together with their advisees, they crafted an action plan for the upcoming holiday season that embraces the “Gift of Giving.”  Here are just some of the plans that students embraced:

• Raise money to contribute to Heifer International
• Create holiday cards for Veterans and visit with them
• Buy donuts for another Homeroom Advisory
• Collect coats for the winter clothing drive
• Purchase children's books for the library holiday wreath in a neighboring town
• Select a berry off our NHS wreath for our community
• Spend a Saturday morning at a local soup kitchen
• Facilitate a school wide Food Drive
• Collect clothes for the Women's Shelter

So many fantastic plans!  We are truly a community of contributing citizens with BIG hearts!

LOLHS Girls soccer team win the CIAC Class S girls' soccer championship game on Saturday at Strong Stadium in West Haven! Winning goal was made by Caleigh O'Neil in the second half.  Way to go girls! Your team work, sportsmanship, spirit and support of one another shine on the field and off!  You make us proud... well done girls!

Last week, LOLHS students came together on November 11 to recognize and thank our heroes. Mr. Ed Shyloski Commander, Lyme-Old Lyme VFW Post 1467 spoke to our students as well as presented a donation of $3,000 to our Band and Chorus program for their trip to Hawaii to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Our assembly included music from the LOLHS Band and Chorus, a welcome speech from Matthew McCarthy, as well as a reading of Aoife Hufford’s award winning essay for the Voice of Democracy. We also viewed  “A Soldier’s Story”, the story of a LOLHS graduate and WWII prisoner of war survivor, Mr Keenan. It was a reflective and heartwarming assembly.

View article from The Day

​Take a look at a slide show of the High School and Middle School event

On Saturday and Sunday, November 12-13 weekend,  40 students from the community service club went to homes in our community to rake leaves as a fund raiser. After a hard and fun day of work, the students were treated to to some hot cider and cookies.   It was a great day - sunny and no wind! ​

Lyme-Old Lyme High School is honored and proud to congratulate two scholars as the selected Rotary Club Students of the Month Award Recipients thus far this year. The Rotary Club recognizes a student from three area schools each month: Old Saybrook, Westbrook and Lyme-Old Lyme. Each month a predetermined department selects a student who best exemplifies the respective discipline.  Also taken into consideration is how a student might embody the core beliefs of the Rotarian: community before self. Once selected, these students are invited to Old Saybrook Point Inn on a Wednesday morning to enjoy a celebratory breakfast with their families. Students are introduced to the audience by a department representative and given an opportunity to talk a little about what plans they have for their future.  It is such a special event. 

In October Natalie Rugg was honored for her work and accomplishments in English over the past four years. She has excelled not only as a student of English but as well as and accomplished writer in our school evidenced by the newly redesigned digital school newspaper of which she is editor-in-chief  (see link on right side bar).  She hopes  to continue her studies of English at UCONN next year in the honor program.

Laura Lee Wayland was the November Student of the Month recipient for her success in Math.  
Along with excelling in several advanced math courses, Laura Lee is part of the Mathletes Varsity Team which continues to rank #1 in their division and is part of the Robotics team. She hopes to study Engineering in college as well as continue to participate in Irish dance competitions, which she has been doing since first grade!

​​November is already half over and I would be remiss if I blogged about November and ignored all the great things that happened in October.  I'm so sorry for the delay in delivering this news but... as they say, better late then never… no?
So,  to recap the whirlwind of October... there were so many great things going on – from robots, STEM, moles, and despots! Take a look...

TECHNO TICKS:
October 1, LOLHS hosted the annual Techno Tick Bash. The competition included several schools who brought their robots to compete and show off their stuff! It was absolutely amazing to see these robots work. The Commons had been transformed into the robot pits for each team and the Gym became the gaming floor.  It was truly impressive to observe how these students maneuvered their robots. Each team beamed with pride and energy. Take a look!

MOLE DAY SCIENCE LESSON
Celebrated annually on October 23rd from 6:02 AM to 6:02 PM, Mole Day commemorates Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 1023), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
For a given molecule, one mole is a mass (in grams) whose number is equal to the atomic mass of the molecule. For example, a water molecule has an atomic mass of 18. Therefore, one mole of water weighs 18 grams and contains 6.02 x 1023 water molecules. In general, one mole of any substance contains Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 1023 molecules or atoms) of that substance. This relationship was first discovered by Amadeo Avogadro (1776-1858).
Take a look at some videos that might deepen your understanding of...  THE MOLE!

On Monday, November 7, 2016 Lyme-Old Lyme High School  is proud and extremely excited to announce the opening of THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER. For the past two months we have been developing and redesigning the former Learning Center into what will now be called THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER (aka: TASC). Our goal is to create and maintain an educational environment in which students will develop student organizational skills and where we will be able to  provide our student body with targeted Tier 2 interventions when needed using PSAT/ SAT testing data as a primary focus as well as  offer English/ Language Arts and Math tutoring on a drop in and/or scheduled basis.

TASC will now function more like a classroom setting staffed with three tutors: Mr. Popeleski, Mrs. Tarkoff, and Mr. Arcisz.  By working with the tutors in TASC, students will develop the skills needed to not only succeed in their classes but develop techniques that will allow them to become a more independent learner. The TASC team met with a group of students to solicit feedback which was honest and helpful in establishing further guidelines. One of the most significant  requests from students was  the ability for them to earn credit for being assigned to TASC. Students will now be receiving .25 credits per year and up to a .50 credit towards graduation requirements.

So, beginning on Monday new procedures and routines will begin such as:

• Agenda checks to view all short-term and long term assignments
• Daily Tutor check-ins to assess progress and course of action
• Do Now / Do Later plans to prioritize work load

These steps, along with others, are the routines established to assist students in becoming more organized, staying up to date on assignments and helping them prioritize the short term and long term work that needs to be completed. Once students become comfortable with TASC routines and expectations, TASC will open for drop-in purposes on November 28.  The TASC team will continue to meet weekly to analyze student data, review student progress, and reach out to students who need academic support with SAT exam preparations.

I am so excited to get this new program off the ground ... I know that academic success will be the logical result because ...being on task in TASC leads to SUCCESS!