Category Archives: Region 18

Lyme-Old Lyme School Budget Referendum Today

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Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the District 18 Board of Education hosts a public hearing in the Lyme-Old Lyme HIGH SCHOOL auditorium on their proposed budget of $31,963,401 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 as recommended by the board.  The proposed budget reflects a 0.7 percent increase over the current budget with just over three-quarters of a percentage point of the increase made up of debt service on the high school renovation.  The remainder of the increase is accounted for by changes in programs and operations through out the district.

The budget is split between the two towns according to enrollment with Old Lyme being responsible for 79.1 percent of the total while Lyme pays for the remaining 20.9 percent.

Click to view options for reading the Region 18 Budget Book online.

A district-wide referendum on the budget will be held tomorrow in both Lyme and Old Lyme  between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.   Voting will take place at Cross Lane Firehouse for Old Lyme residents and Hamburg Firehouse for Lyme residents.

The individual town results will be announced at the respective polling stations shortly after 8 p.m. and published on LymeLine within  minutes of their announcement.  The final result reflects the combined tallies from both towns.

Regular board of selectmen’s meetings are also scheduled for today with Lyme’s starting at 3:30 p.m. at Lyme Town Hall and Old Lyme’s commencing at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Town Hall.

Lyme-Old Lyme HS Environmental Club Honored by Old Lyme Land Trust

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LOLHS members (from left to right) Isabel Ritrovato, Hugh Cipparone, Madalyn Gibson-Williams, Philip Hallwood and club adviser Heather Fried were honored as 2013 Volunteers of the Year at the Old Lyme Land Trust's Annual Meeting last Sunday.

LOLHS Environmental Club members (from left to right) Isabel Ritrovato, Hugh Cipparone, Madalyn Gibson-Williams, Philip Hallwood and club adviser Heather Fried were honored as 2013 Volunteers of the Year at the Old Lyme Land Trust’s Annual Meeting last Sunday.

At its 48th Annual Meeting, the Old Lyme Land Trust (OLTT) presented its “Volunteer of the Year” award to members of the Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) Environmental Club.  On hand to receive the award were Isabel Ritrovato, club president, Madalyn Gibson-Williams, Hugh Cipparone and Philip Hallwood, as well as club adviser and LOLHS teacher, Heather Fried.

The Club has provided OLLT with critical stewardship assistance, clearing trails on the OLLT Goberis-Chadwick Preserve and blazing a new trail on the Esther and Bob Heller Preserve.

“There is discussion among environmental groups that today’s youth is not connected to nature and the outdoors, and concern about where the next generation of conservationists will come from,” said OLLT President Christina Clayton. She noted Ritrovato and Fried had participated on a panel devoted to this subject co-sponsored by OLLT, Lyme Land Conservation Trust and Connecticut Audubon Society in the autumn of 2012.

Clayton continued, “But it was a pleasure to behold how efficient these high school students were; how comfortable they were in the woods; and how they were enjoying themselves.  You would have no concern about the future of conservation if you watched them.”

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Teams Share Victory in CT Science Olympiad

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Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School science team members display their medals after both LOLMS teams shared first place honors in the state tournament.

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School science team members display their medals after both LOLMS teams shared first place honors in the state Science Olympiad.

Two Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School (LOLMS) teams shared top honors to win the Connecticut Science Olympiad for the third year in a row.  In an extraordinary performance, team members from LOLMS won a medal (1st,2nd or 3rd) in 23 of the 24 events.

The teams now move on to the national competition in Florida which takes place May 16-17.

Congratulations to science teacher Shannon Glorioso, and Lucy and Johnny Walters, who head up the after-school science program that makes this all possible.  And, of course, congratulations also to all the students who participate in the program.

Go Wildcat Scientists!

LYSB Hosts Kindergarten Readiness Workshop This Evening,

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Join members of the Kindergarten and Preschool Teams from Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools on Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. in the Lyme-Old Lyme High School Media Center to learn about how you can prepare your child for kindergarten.

Some of the topics to be covered under the title , “How Do I Know If My Child Is Ready?” include:

  • Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
  • Kindergarten Today – It’s Not What it Used to Be
  • Late Birthdays – new Connecticut dates to consider
  • Emotional, Social and Academic Development

This program is free and open to the public.  Parents of children age 3 and up are welcome to attend.

Childcare  will be provided

For more information, contact LYSB at 860.434.7208.

This event is sponsored by the Lyme-Old Lyme Early Childhood Council.

Wildcat Boys Win 4 x 800 Class ‘S’ State Title

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Class 'S' 4 x 800m state champions!

Class ‘S’ 4 x 800 meter state champions!

The Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) boy’s team of (from left to right in photo) Ross Golebiewski, Cole McKnight, Stuart Ross and Jeff Davis won the 4 x 800 meter relay yesterday during the  Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class S boys’ indoor track and field championships at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.

The boys finished in an outstanding time of 8:18.49.  Click here to watch a video by Euan Ross of the race.

Congratulations boys, on this amazing achievement!

Kaylin Wiese successfully clears the bar in the Class 'S' pole vault.

Photo by G. Wiese.  Kaylin Wiese successfully clears the bar in the Class ‘S’ pole vault.

In the girl’s competition, Old Lyme’s Kaylin Wiese finished sixth in the pole vault — extraordinarily Wiese only took up this sport three short months ago.

The LOLHS girl’s 4 x 200 meter relay team of Sam Lee, Megan Burns, Caroline Cox and Allison Scott came in sixth in their race in a time of 1:54.37.