Regional District 18 Superintendent Elizabeth Osga announced late yesterday that Lyme-Old Lyme High School Principal Jim Wygonik, pictured above, has been named the outstanding First Year High School Principal by the Connecticut Association of Schools.  He will be recognized in early December for the honor.

In announcing the award, Osga expressed her thanks to the school community, “… for the support you have given Jim.”   She noted, “He truly has done a remarkable job in leading a top high school through a complicated building project. He is deserving of this recognition.”

In an extraordinarily successful 12-month period for Regional District 18, this honor for Wygonik follows on three other significant honors bestowed on the district:

• In November 2010, Osga was named the 2011 Connecticut Superintendent of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents.
• In June 2011, Lyme-Old Lyme High High School was recognized as number two in the state in Newsweek‘s listing of “America’s Best High Schools.” 
• In October 2011, Center School was named Connecticut’s co-Elementary School of the Year by the Connecticut Associations of Schools.

Many congratulations to the District 18 administration, staff, faculty and students on all these honors!