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Last spring, the state shut down, and schools were required to go virtual. Students had to learn independently. Coming back from Thanksgiving break, the high school decided to test out a week of online learning. This year's distance learning is more interactive, but it is not without its downfalls. The...

Chess is an ancient two-person strategy game set on an eight by eight grid with six kinds of pieces: pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, a queen, and a king. Each type of piece has a different way it can navigate the board and capture opponents pieces. The goal of chess is to attack the enemy king, in such...

We have been told our whole lives that the only way to get better at something is to practice. Do it over and over and over again until eventually you're good at it. "Practice makes perfect." Goes the old adage, but that is simply not true. Though perfection takes practice, the best to improve is by...

This past Tuesday, the music department held a concert under the stars. At the concert, all three choirs performed; along with Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. As a member of the choir, I can say that it was quite a different experience from a regular concert. It was more laid back and relaxing, but...

The past four months have felt as though we have been living in a protective bubble. While Covid-19 has been striking other parts of Connecticut, and the U.S. at large, here in Old Lyme we have been relatively unscathed. Incidence in town, until recently, has been very low. Low levels of incidence have...

Second period of the day, like clockwork, the intercom clicks on. Students, instructed to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance, place their hands on their hearts and mumble out the same words: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one...