Lyman Hall High School - Wallingford, Connecticut/CT

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Lyman Hall High School

70 Pond Hill Rd., Wallingford, CT, 06492-4809 -

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Definition of Terms

Lyman Hall High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

New Haven County, CT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

981 students

% Male / % Female

47% / 53%

Total Classroom Teachers

87 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 60 students

Grade 10 - 305 students

Grade 11 - 316 students

Grade 12 - 300 students

This School

(CT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CT) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	9%	13%
% Black	3%	16%
% White	85%	67%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

19%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(CT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Wallingford School District

This School's Agency

(CT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	13	6
Number of Students Managed	7,035 students	2,969 students
District Total Revenue	$95,950,000	$38,028,000
District Expenditure	$94,001,000	$36,375,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,639	$12,808
District Expenditure / Student	$13,362	$12,252
District Graduation Rates	95%	79%

Vo-Ag room to be named after former director (The Record-Journal)
posted on February 2, 2010 at 07:46:07 pm
WALLINGFORD - Just as students at Lyman Hall High School began to settle into the new state-of-the-art Vernon E. Cleaves Vocational Agriculture Center last month, their program director said goodbye after 45 ½ years of teaching.
Girls Hoop: Butler does it for Titans (The Record-Journal)
posted on January 23, 2010 at 03:49:19 am
WALLINGFORD - Trailing by four at the end of the first quarter to Lyman Hall, the Sheehan girls basketball team starting to get production from a familiar source: Bre Butler.
Sheehan, LH set for basketball doubleheader (The Record-Journal)
posted on January 22, 2010 at 03:19:27 am
By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff WALLINGFORD - The Sheehan vs. Lyman Hall boys basketball matchups have been memorable over the past two years, to say the least. And tonight's 6 p.m. game at Lyman Hall High School shouldn't be much different.
King celebration bridges generations (The Record-Journal)
posted on January 19, 2010 at 12:31:05 am
WALLINGFORD - John Sullivan looked at the people in line for refreshments in the Sheehan High School cafeteria Monday morning and noted the blend of generations - of young people and the older people who'd been around during the civil rights movement and when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive.
No clear answer on vo-ag delay (The Record-Journal)
posted on January 12, 2010 at 03:47:52 am
WALLINGFORD - The new 70,000-square-foot Vernon E. Cleaves Agricultural Center, a regional vocational and agricultural program on the campus of Lyman Hall High School, was supposed to be open to classes by now, but a hitch in trying to find a moving company during the Christmas break has left the facility's actual opening date uncertain.

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Lyman Hall High School is a public high school located at 70 Pond Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is part of the Wallingford School System, and one of two public high schools in Wallingford, Mark T. Sheehan being the other.
Mission Statement
Lyman Hall High School's Mission Statement is:
At Lyman Hall High School, all students can achieve at high levels in a community that acknowledges its diversity and provides challenging programs designed to meet individual needs.
This statement is read during the daily announcements.
History
Lyman Hall High School is named in honor of Doctor Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who was born in Wallingford on April 12, 1724.
The school's original location was on South Main Street, the current location of Wallingford's Town Hall. In the year 1957 the school was moved to its current location at 70 Pond Hill Rd, in southeast Wallingford.
Academic Programs
Lyman Hall High School has a wide range of academic courses. The school is one of only four in the entire state of Connecticut that offers courses in all of the career clusters identified by the Connecticut Department of Education. In addition to courses in what are considered normal academic areas, i.e. mathematics and science, students can elect to take courses in Agriculture, Transportation Technologies, Communication Technologies, Construction Technologies, Food Service, Family and Consumer Science, and Medical Careers.
Agricultural Education
Lyman Hall is a Regional Vocational Agricultural Education Center. Lyman Hall enrolls 225 students from Wallingford and nine surrounding towns for this program.
Advanced Placement
AP courses taught at Lyman Hall span across Science, Math, Social Studies, and Music. The AP Social Studies program is of special note, including courses taught in United States History, US Government and Politics, Comparative Government and Politics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, European History, and most recently World History.
Christopher Buchas can be attributed with the founding of the AP program at Lyman Hall, although University of Connecticut Co-op classes have been offered for many years.
Trojan Times
The Trojan Times is Lyman Hall's school newspaper. It is put together by an editorial board that meets after school, using articles written by journalism classes and other students.
Administration
Lyman Hall High School's Administration consists of:
Principal: Mr. David Bryant
Vice-Principals: Mrs. Bonnie Roman, Mr. Barry O'Neill
External links
Lyman Hall High School's Official Website.

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