Lyme-Old Lyme High School is a public high school in

Old Lyme, Connecticut Old Lyme is a coastal town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The main street of the town, Lyme Street, is a historic district with several homes once owned by sea captains. Lyme Academy of Fine Arts is located in Old Lyme and ther ...

. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school operated by Lyme-Old Lyme Schools.

History

A successful 2009 referendum cleared the way for a 15,000-square foot expansion of the school that wrapped up in 2013.

Athletics

LOLHS athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats and compete in the

Shoreline Conference Shoreline Conference is one of the many athletic conferences in Connecticut. The conference consists mostly of schools in Middlesex County, Connecticut, Middlesex County and serves one school in New Haven County and another in New London County. ...

. The school fields a co-op

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team with Valley Regional High School, nicknamed the Warriors. In 2019, the

Performing arts

Lyme-Old Lyme has a competitive

show choir A show choir (originally known as a "swing choir") is a musical ensemble that combines choral singing with choreographed dance, often with an overarching theme. It is most relevant in the Midwestern United States and was popularized by the America ...

, "Amped Up!".

Robotics

Lyme-Old Lyme High School's

FIRST Robotics Competition FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year's game that weig ...

Team 236, "The Techno-Ticks", won the Championship Chairman's Award in 2009.

Notable faculty

Jim Calhoun James A. Calhoun (born May 10, 1942) is a longtime college basketball coach. He is best known for his tenure as head coach of the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball team. His teams won three NCAA national championships ( 1999, ...

, basketball coach

References

External links

* {{authority control Old Lyme, Connecticut Schools in New London County, Connecticut Public high schools in Connecticut