Inside the third floor computer room at Waterford High School resides veteran teacher Michael Ellis. This year marks Mr. Ellis’s 29th year of teaching. Over the years he has taught mathematical subjects...

Senior captain of the WHS softball team, Emilia Podeszwa, is on track to being a successful collegiate softball player after graduation to play D1 at Binghamton University. Any athlete going through...

Absenteeism has always been an issue in schools. Absenteeism is the failure to report or stay present in school as scheduled, regardless of the reason. According to The US Department of Education, about...

Waterford High School, which opened in 1956, has gone through a series of changes over its history. Initially, it only had 24 rooms and held grades 7-9. It became a four-year high school in 1959, three...

In our town, many of us have grown up with classmates who have parents in law enforcement. This aspect of our community brings a lot of challenges and advantages to the lives of these students. Junior,...

The clocks go ahead an hour on March 10, 2024. The ritual of turning clocks back one hour in the fall and putting them ahead one hour in the spring has been happening in the United States since 1966. Daylight...

A deep-rooted rivalry between two towns can make a regular-season game feel more important than the rest. With years of heated games, wins and losses, Waterford-East Lyme matchups are always intense. Maintaining...

Is there a way to be accommodating and inclusive without stripping away traditions? Students here at WHS are expressing concern that while being inclusive is a top priority, it is also taking away traditions...

The time has come where new world records are being set and women’s athletics is getting the credit it deserves. Two world records have recently been set by college athletics for the highest crowd attendance...

Melanie Martin, a senior athlete who has progressed from little league to division two softball, is ready to embark on the next chapter of her life: collegiate athletics.  In her tenure at WHS, Martin...