Browse past news stories for Lyme-old Lyme High School in Old Lyme, CT.

• High School Students Explore Future of Electric Cars (Litchfield County Times)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 06:21:51 pm
  SALISBURY-In January 2007 13 percent of Americans said they had never heard of global warming, according to an ACNeilsen poll of 46 countries. That figure may or may not have changed, but those Americans who had heard of global warming by 2009 are now choosing not to believe in it.
• Physics Olympics inspires (Yale Daily News)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 07:25:10 am
  How long would it take someone to count out loud to one billion? On Saturday, high school students participating in the 12th annual Yale Physics Olympics competed against each other to estimate the answer (over 31 years at a rate of one number per second).
• Ceremonial circuit (The Day)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 10:26:55 am
  Members of the track and field and cross country teams at Lyme-Old Lyme High School run a first lap on the school's newly dedicated regulation-size track as photographers record the ceremony. The majority of funds for the $1.67 million track were donated by John and Heidi Niblack, Lyme residents, and the track is named for their son Charles“Chuck” M. Niblack, a 1988 graduate of the high school ...
• High School Dedicates New Track (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 08:50:45 pm
  The Lyme-Old Lyme High School dedicated a new track on Thursday for all of the sports teams to use year round. The track will also serve as a memorial to an Old Lyme graduate.
• Track dedicated to late alum (The Day)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 10:11:03 am
  Old Lyme - The Lyme-Old Lyme school district will hold a dedication ceremony for the new Lyme-Old Lyme High School track at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday on the Lyme Street school campus. The $1.67 million regulation-size track, built almost entirely on funds donated by Lyme residents John and Heidi Niblack, will be named after the Niblacks' late son Charles “Chuck” M. Niblack. Charles M. Niblack was a ...
• Zoning hearings planned in Old Lyme (The Day)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 10:10:23 am
  Old Lyme - The Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Wednesday on the Lyme-Old Lyme High School application to renovate the school building. The commission will also hold public hearings on amended zoning regulations that would establish a registry system by which residents can prove year-round residency of their summer cottages, and Shoreline Church's special-permit application to ...
• Foye: Test results for Lyme-Old Lyme students 'solid' (The Day)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 11:32:08 am
  Old Lyme - Students at Lyme-Old Lyme High School are performing well on a number of standardized tests required to both graduate from high school and gain entrance into colleges and universities, interim high school Principal Richard Foye said at Wednesday's Board of Education meeting. Student performance on the Connecticut Academic Performance Test, SAT, ACT and Advanced Placement (AP) tests ...
• Permit fee for school work less than feared (The Day)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 10:10:29 am
  Old Lyme - The building permit fee for the Lyme-Old Lyme High School renovation project could be closer to $30,000 than the speculated $400,000, First Selectman Timothy Griswold said at Monday's Board of Selectmen meeting. The $31,200 fee proposal, which the town is still reviewing, is based on the amount of inspections town employees are expected to conduct throughout the renovation process ...
• Building permit fees could inflate cost of Lyme-Old Lyme high school renovation project (The Day)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 10:18:59 am
  Old Lyme - When the Lyme-Old Lyme school district secured public approval of the $47.8 million high school renovation project last year, school officials assumed that was the project's bottom line. Until now. Regional school district officials are facing the possibility that building permit fees for the renovation, which they long assumed the town of Old Lyme would waive, could in fact cost them ...
• Committee says school observatory is a 'gem' (The Day)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 10:26:02 am
  Old Lyme - The observatory at Lyme-Old Lyme High School is a valuable asset to the school district that should remain on school grounds and be run by a nonprofit organization, the Lyme-Old Lyme Observatory Committee recommended Wednesday. Members said the Meade 12.5-inch reflecting telescope that is housed in an observatory atop Lyme-Old Lyme High School is “a gem,” high school physics and ...
• William Derry named Teacher of the Year in Lyme-Old Lyme district (New London Day)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 10:48:51 am
  Old Lyme - William Derry, the Lyme-Old Lyme High School technology teacher who helped create the award-winning FIRST robotics team 11 years ago, has been named the regional school district's Teacher of the Year. ”Our honoree continually demonstrates that he understands the many facets of being a teacher,” high school Assistant Principal Anthony Carrano said Tuesday as he announced the winner of ...
• First Day Of School On Fast Track (New London Day)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 10:12:40 am
  Old Lyme - If you see sleepy children marching clumsily down Lyme Street this morning, don't be alarmed. They're not zombies disguised as schoolchildren. It's the first day of school. Really. The Lyme-Old Lyme school district is the first in the region to start off the school year. Waterford follows suit on Thursday, but the majority of schools in the area don't start until Monday. In Lyme-Old ...
• Lyme-Old Lyme Seeks Info On High School Observatory (New London Day)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 10:19:14 am
  Old Lyme - The Lyme-Old Lyme Observatory Study Committee is seeking former students, faculty members and residents who used the Lyme-Old Lyme High School observatory in the 24 years since its installation atop the auditorium. Few records exist on the history of the observatory, which houses a Meade 12.5-inch reflecting telescope. Information that former users of the observatory can provide ...
• Lyme-Old Lyme approves design for high school renovation (New London Day)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 12:42:17 pm
  Old Lyme - The Board of Education approved the next stage of the design process for the Lyme-Old Lyme High School renovation project on Wednesday. Board member Christopher Carter was the sole dissenter. Wednesday's approval was of the project's “design development” stage, which provided a detailed design of the new school with a specific breakdown of project costs. Residents of Lyme and Old Lyme ...
• Ex-New London educator named interim principal at L-OL High (New London Day)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 04:11:26 am
  Old Lyme - Richard Foye, who recently retired as headmaster-superintendent of Woodstock Academy, has been named the interim principal of Lyme-Old Lyme High School. The New London native is serving as interim superintendent of Griswold schools through Aug. 24, when that district's new superintendent, Paul Freeman - currently assistant superintendent of East Lyme schools - is scheduled to begin ...
• Richard Foye named interim principal at LOL High School (New London Day)
  posted on August 7, 2009 at 06:49:35 pm
  Old Lyme – Richard Foye, who recently retired as headmaster-superintendent of Woodstock Academy and is currently serving as interim superintendent in Griswold, has been appointed the interim principal of Lyme-Old Lyme High School. Foye is a New London native best remembered for his stint as New London schools' interim superintendent in 2003. Locals advocated for Foye to become superintendent ...
• Lyme-Old Lyme Principal To Leave (New London Day)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 10:11:59 am
  Old Lyme - Lyme-Old Lyme High School principal Jan Guarino-Rhone announced Tuesday she is leaving to become the director of human resources at Wallingford Public Schools. Guarino-Rhone was offered the job on Monday evening and will start Aug. 10. Her last day as principal is anticipated to be Aug. 7. ”We're delighted for her,” Lyme-Old Lyme Superintendent Elizabeth Osga said Tuesday. “This is a ...
• Ex-Haddam-Killingworth athletic director named assistant principal at LOL Middle (New London Day)
  posted on July 11, 2009 at 11:54:29 am
  Old Lyme - The former athletic director of Haddam-Killingworth Middle and High schools has been appointed the new assistant principal of Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School. Lori Susi, who has also served as an assistant principal in East Haddam and Salem schools, joined the Lyme-Old Lyme school district on Tuesday. ”Her experiences with middle school students and families, as well as her work with ...
• Osga earns stellar review for first year in Lyme-Old Lyme district (New London Day)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 10:12:18 am
  Old Lyme - Superintendent Elizabeth Osga is “easy to admire” and has proved herself as an effective leader during her first year running the Lyme-Old Lyme regional school district, the Board of Education wrote in its evaluation. ”Her style is to lead in a collaborative fashion and while she has the experience and expertise, she has allowed her administrative team the latitude to make their own ...
• LOL grads reflect on the good times (New London Day)
  posted on June 20, 2009 at 01:50:19 pm
  Old Lyme - Graduates of Lyme-Old Lyme High School described themselves as an energetic group who were notorious for getting into mischief. On Friday,
• School Ties Tough To Break For Third-Generation Williams Grad (New London Day)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 10:13:04 am
  New London - When Christopher Schellens graduates from The Williams School on Thursday, he and his family will find it more difficult than most to
• Old telescope may have new value (New London Day)
  posted on June 5, 2009 at 10:39:42 am
  Just like popularity of the U.S. space program has waxed and waned in the half-century since the manned-flight Mercury project was launched in 1958, the
• Committee forms to study school observatory (New London Day)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 01:16:09 pm
  Old Lyme - A new Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education committee has been tasked with exploring the future of the underused Lyme-Old Lyme High School
• Student Hopes To Turn Personal Passion For Flute Into Professional Career (New London Day)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 10:29:29 am
  Old Lyme - The flute was at first just an instrument Rebecca Baehr picked up for fifth-grade band. Back then, the Lyme-Old Lyme High School senior
• Engineering Group To Recognize Middle-Schoolers (New London Day)
  posted on May 17, 2009 at 10:12:07 am
  Old Lyme - The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering will recognize three Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School students at its annual dinner for their work
• This coach has 'plenty to celebrate' (New London Day)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 10:33:51 am
  Old Lyme - He's sitting in the home dugout at Lyme-Old Lyme High School and, to make a point, Bret Perry takes off
• Harkness State Park to be site for summer concerts again (New London Day)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 10:14:07 am
  Waterford - SoundMusic's revival of summer concerts at Harkness Memorial State Park was heralded Wednesday with a brief musical performance, a bevy of enthusiastic speeches,
• Lyme-Old Lyme High's robotics team honored (New London Day)
  posted on May 8, 2009 at 10:19:29 am
  A proclamation by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and a statement U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, entered into the Congressional Record on Tuesday celebrate the
• Shoreline Arts Alliance announces high school arts achievers (New Haven Register)
  posted on May 3, 2009 at 04:43:11 pm
  CLINTON — The Shoreline Arts Alliance awarded its 28th annual Arts Scholarships to six area students, and recognized the achievements of several more at a ceremony at Andrews Memorial Hall on April 26.
• Lyme-Old Lyme High School To Be Renovated Without Its Observatory (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 11:08:54 am
  It's rare to find an observatory and its three telescopes in a public school.