Lyman Hall High School

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Lyman Hall High School
Address
Lyman Hall High School
70 Pond Hill Road

,
Connecticut
06492

United States
Coordinates 41°26′12″N72°49′17″W / 41.4366°N 72.8214°W / 41.4366; -72.8214
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TypePublic High School
Motto"We are the makers of our own fortunes"
Established1957(66 years ago) (1957)
Sister school Mark T. Sheehan High School
CEEB code 070815
PrincipalJoseph Corso
Faculty85
Grades9-12
Enrollment955 (2021-22) [1]
Color(s)Blue, white, and orange
   
Mascot Trojan
Website www.wallingford.k12.ct.us/our-schools/lyman-hall-high-school

Lyman Hall High School is a public high school located at 70 Pond Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is part of the Wallingford Public School System, and one of two public high schools in Wallingford, Mark T. Sheehan being the other. [2]

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History

Lyman Hall High School is named in honor of Doctor Lyman Hall, a signatory party of the Declaration of Independence who was born in Wallingford on April 12, 1724.

The school's original location was on South Main Street, in a building constructed in 1916-1917 that today serves as Wallingford's Town Hall. In the year 1957 the school was moved to its current location at 70 Pond Hill Rd, in southeast Wallingford. [3]

Academic programs

Lyman Hall High School has a wide range of academic courses. The school is one of only four in the entire state of Connecticut that offers courses in all of the career clusters identified by the Connecticut Department of Education. [4] In addition to courses in what are considered normal academic areas, i.e. mathematics and science, students can elect to take courses in Agriculture, Transportation Technologies, Communication Technologies, Construction Technologies, Food Service, Family and Consumer Science, and Medical Careers.

Lyman Hall offers Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin language courses. German is offered in place of Latin at Wallingford's sister school, Mark T. Sheehan High School

Agricultural education

Lyman Hall is a Regional Agricultural Science & Technology Education Center (formerly Vocational Agriculture). Lyman Hall enrolls more than 300 students from Wallingford and nine surrounding towns for this program.

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References

  1. "Lyman Hall High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. Wallingford School System web site Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today
  3. "About Us - Wallingford Public Schools". www.wallingford.k12.ct.us. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  4. Connecticut Department of Education web site