Lyman Memorial High School

Welcome back Bulldogs! The School year has commenced and is in full swing! We are very excited to have everyone back with us! The past couple of weeks have been busy! With the New Student Orientation, 100th graduation Celebration this past weekend, fall sports starting, launching our Choose Love Curriculum, and Open House the halls are buzzing with excitement. Please enjoy more information, updates and photos regarding the previously mentioned events.

We also would like to welcome our new Lyman Staff! We are excited to have the newest members of the Bulldog community on board! Please see more information about new staff members below.

Finally we would like to share our district goals with you. This year at Lyman we will be focusing on the following four goals:

Goal 1- The school community takes collective responsibility for the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional well-being of every student and can demonstrate how each child is known, valued and connected.

Goal 2- Instructional practices are designed to meet the learning needs of each student.

Goal 3- Educators engage in ongoing reflection, formal and informal collaboration, and professional development to improve student learning and well-being.

Goal 4- Educators develop proactive student, family and community partnerships that support learning.

We are hoping for another awesome school year!

Mr. Apicelli and Mrs. Singleton

Contact Information

James.apicelli@lebanonct.org

Samantha.Singelton@lebanonct.org

This week we started Choose Love. This is our new Social Emotional Curriculum and is being done in grades 5-12. Choose Love was designed by Scarlet Lewis, whose son, Jesse Lewis was a victim in the Sandy Hook Tragedy.

Please use the Link to learn more about the program and its purpose: https://chooselovemovement.org/

Our first unit is Courage.

Courage is the willingness and ability to work through obstacles despite embarrassment,

fear, reluctance, or uncertainty. Courage involves making positive choices, even though

they may be difficult. It takes courage to express our feelings, make ethical choices, tell

the truth, admit mistakes, ask for forgiveness, and to be kind. This is especially true when

others are not leading by example. Courage requires self-awareness and self-regulation

(Greenberg, 2016). Students will practice identifying feelings in themselves and others.

Jesse saved the lives of nine of his classmates before losing his own. His actions and

message of “nurturing, healing, love” inspired the “courage” section of this curriculum.

Students are invited to consider how they can choose small acts of courage every day.

Over the course of the lessons, students reflect on how courage helps them build

self-confidence and strong senses of identity.

For the next six or seven Monday’s Students will be focused on Courage.

- September 29 - Suicide Prevention Walk during PAWS on the track in recognition of September as Suicide Prevention Month.

- September 30 - Our first x-block will be held starting with x1.

- September 30 - School Picture Day!

- October 12 - PSAT's for Sophomores and Juniors

- The LMHS Drama held auditions on 9/9 and rehearsals started on 9/12. The play Agatha Christie's murder mystery, "And Then there were None" will be preformed on 11/4 and 11/5.

On Thursday, September 8 we continued with Block Party style of open house. Families were able meet the teachers, play cornhole and use the bounce houses provided by National Guard and enjoy dinner provided by Chartwells and our school lunch program.

This past weekend was our 100th Year Celebration at Lyman. This year marks 100 years of Lyman. Barbara Wengloski, Kendall Breault, Emily Vigue, Shayla Coutu, Molly Lathrop, Catherine Pomerleau, and Mary Lou Beckwith for their extensive efforts to design a great weekend! There was a wide variety of events and activities such as the food trucks, hay rides, tours of Lyman and the Middle School (the former high school), a Celebration of the new seating and press box at the Hanover Baseball field, girls volleyball game, alumni baseball game, a girls soccer game, an alumni concert and so much more! Over 400 people registered for the event and roughly 200 Lyman alumni attended.

We would like to thank other members of the Lyman Community for their help

- John Jarvis

- Tammy Magnon

- Mr. Picard

- Landscaping and Turf Management class

- Wolf-Gang Andrews - Kowal

- Julia Lathrop

- Isabella Deslauriers

- Michael Chagnot

- Carlee DeRoehn

- Tristan Laskarzewski

- Lauren Lambert

- Nina Gardella

- Matthew Dukicki

- Avery Brooks

- Erica Arpin

- Rylee Benway

- Natalie Tingley

- Emma Melia

- Casey Gigliotti

- Katlyn Howard

- Brianna Doyle

- Kylin Williams

- Alana Nowosad

- Elisabeth Person

- Jonah Person

- Rowan LaFleur

- Nicholas Slater

- Janay Bear

- Emelia Heinzman

Ayanna Dillman

- Natani Spears

- Julianna Helm

- Caydence James

- Kassidy Latour

- Sadie Seagrave

- Ryan Spellman

- Alyssa Szemreylo

- Alex Svedarsky

- Jayden Swidrak

- Jenny Lopez

- Kelsi Mitchell

- Lilah Nowosad

- Loretta Svedarsky

- Leah Comeroski

- Alexis Zimnoch

- Sarah Dungan

- Ryan Dungan

- The Girls Volleyball Team

- Caroline Nettleton

- Mrs. Michele

- Mr. Harvey

- Ms. Ricard

- Mr. Johnson

- Mr. Morello

- Mr. Gomez

- Thursday, October 13 - How to Pay for College Virtual Presentation. Please see attachment below for more information!

- Counselors will be visiting senior English classes in mid September to review the college application process, post high school planning and college essay tips. These sessions will be followed up with individual student meetings.

- College bound seniors should have narrowed down their list of schools to about five or six, including a range of target, reach and safety schools.

- Seniors should plan on visiting interested college campuses. If students miss school for a college visit, it will be counted as an excused absence. Parents should call the main office to let the school know their child is out for the day for a college tour.

- College representatives will be coming to Lyman during PAWS to speak with interested students. Please listen to announcements to learn when and which colleges will be represented.

- A representative from Post University is coming on September 16th and a representative from Western New England University will be at Lyman on September 26th.

- Seniors should be starting their Common Application, college essays and asking teachers for letters of recommendation.

- Parents and students should contact counselors with any questions.

- Please see the links below regarding College Planning, FASFA, and The PACT Program at Three Rivers.

Message from Lyman's Athletic Director Scott Elliott and Assistant Athletic Director Ryan Fabry

- CIAC Website: www.casciac.org --- students/parents can retrieve a lot of information regarding schedules, games, cancellations, etc. hre

- ECC Athletics: eccathletics.org -- this website provides information on Athlete of the Week and other things happening around our league.

- Twitter/Instagram: @Lymanathletics1 -- For those who wish to follow on social media, this is our Twitter/Instagram account.

- Tickets - B/G Soccer, B/G Basketball, Wrestling - gofan.co - in order to purchase tickets to watch games, parents and other fans should go to this page. All fall soccer games require tickets for those who wish to watch from the stands. The proceeds help defray operational costs - lights, etc.

Fall season is underway...

Girls Soccer: 3-0

Boys Soccer: 2-1

Girls Volleyball: 2-1

Football: 0-1

Cross Country: Stratton Brook Invite - Hazel Delucia finished 6th

Volleyball Player Kassidy Latour is our first ECC Athlete of the Week nominee

Check out Mrs. Nowosad's Reading Suggestion Presentation for September!

- Superintendent Gonzalez Facebook Page

. A page hosted by Superintendent Gonzalez to help inform and celebrate all of the things happening in the Lebanon Public Schools District

- Parent Portal:

. System for tracking students grades and attendance 24/7.

. If you have any questions regarding parent portal contact Mrs. Michele at

Kristy.Michele@lebanonct.org

- Athletics Calendar

. Google Calendar with athletic competitions dates, times and locations along with the opponents.

- Master Calendar:

. Google Calendar to show even/odd day schedule along with upcoming school events.

- LMHS Facebook:

. Official Lyman Memorial High School Facebook Page.

- Lyman 100th Anniversary Facebook Page

. Keep up with the latest news on the upcoming 100th graduating class