Junior Mia Lloyd recently committed to play Division I field hockey at Merrimack College. For most, this accomplishment would be enough to memorialize a special story, but for Mia, her commitment means...

Before walking into the movie “Michael,” if you had asked me who fans called “The King of Pop,” I probably would have guessed Bruno Mars. Now, two weeks after walking out of Regal Cinemas, I could...

The 2026-2027 EL town budget failed to get enough votes to pass in the referendum held May 21, sending the budget process back to the Board of Finance for another round of revisions and public discussion. The...

On most baseball game days, the hits, runs, and final score get the fans on their feet. What people often miss is the focus and strategy that must come from the pitcher’s mound. This season, ELHS’s...

Junior Kylo Oswald: While seniors are settling into their “just need to pass” mindset, juniors are doing the exact opposite: trying to hold everything together at once and hoping the glue doesn’t...

For ELHS students, the words “book bannings” can feel like a foreign concept. Sure, we may hear about it on the news or in our English classes, but in our day-to-day lives, access to books is never...

In an effort to bring real-world experience into the classroom, ELHS Spanish teacher Jessica Garcia and Emergency Med Tech ECE teacher Mary Turano paired Spanish students with EMT students for a two-day...

Chants of “Abolish ICE” and “ICE has no place in our schools” echoed outside New London and Fitch high schools as students walked out of their classrooms to protest immigration enforcement policies...

For decades, school dances seemed to define the high school experience. Nearly every classic high school rom com features a boy working up the courage to ask his crush to dance under twinkling lights in...

Noah Kahan’s latest single “The Great Divide” dropped on Jan. 30, three years after his breakout album “Stick Season.” The song is worth the wait. Known for his emotionally honest songwriting,...

Senior Annie Rossi has sung at Fenway Park, mastered six instruments, and danced on countless stages. This winter, however, her most important role wasn’t under the spotlight, but instead helping a group...

VS: Could you describe your day to day life as a copywriter? JE: In the custom content ad sales world, I’m working on what we call pre-sale or post sale. Pre-sale is when you get a request from an...

Cast list day. We all know the feeling. Speed-walking into school, palms sweaty, knowing a piece of paper ominously posted in the music wing will determine your fate for the next few months spent at rehearsal. Okay,...

For everyone who’s worn maroon and white over the course of their high school career, college can often mean more than just the next step - it’s our chance to burst out of the protective East Lyme...

For most students, hearing that 6 a.m. alarm signaling that it’s time to get up and ready for school is an unpleasant experience. On Veterans Day, many students claim it’s even harder to get out of...

Anastastia flourishes in her new location.

“Free speech is a bedrock of American life. Our constitutional rights must be fiercely protected, and I want you to know that we will always have your back,” President Donald Trump at a July 2019 social...

Out of everything that may scare certain teenagers, there’s one thing that pretty unanimously sends shivers down every young person’s spine: putting yourself out there authentically on social media. Over...

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter has recently received a great deal of backlash over her new “Man’s Best Friend” album cover. The picture shows Carpenter on her hands and knees with a man standing above,...

ELHS students, Jessica Feng, Aaron Knapp, Justin Korineck, Karthik Bolineni, Jack Chen, Astrid Phillips-Geeza, and Nathaniel Scott, applied and got accepted to intern at the EL Public Library to work on...

During their freshman year, alongside their older siblings, seniors Alex Rindell and Xavier Stefanski founded an organization called Vikings Play it Forward. “The goal of our organization is to make...

Getting back into the groove of waking up with the sun and remembering to pack everything I needed for school was a challenge, but as many times as I’ve forgotten my computer charger or a pencil, I’ve...

As you walk into your end of the season sports banquet, you are filled with nerves. You’ve worked hard all season, tried to make connections with teammates, and pray that your year(s) on the team have...

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year from the Viking Saga staff. We hope everyone had a relaxing and refreshing summer, and we can’t wait to kick off the school year with all of you. Our team looks...

For seniors on the ELHS field hockey team, the appointment of new interim head coach Laura Mackey is a pivotal moment: their third new head coach in four years. Although Coach Mackey is new to the role...

“The Black Point Market is probably my favorite place to go in the summertime. When it opens in the spring it’s like it’s the unofficial start of summer,” junior Teagan Dunne said. Home to sandwiches,...

“I’m a hard worker,” Bucko said. Key Club Advisor Danielle Holsapple agrees, “There aren’t many things [Evan] hasn’t done... He’s always the very first person to sign up for anything,”...

With a career that has encompassed 23 graduation days and speeches (four of which her own). June 13, Principal Deborah Kelly will take the mic for the final time, wishing her final senior class farewell. Her...

The year is 2019. 1300 students at ELHS watch the clock, waiting for it to strike 10:30: lunchtime. The entire student body spills out of classes and into the commons. With one lunch wave and limited...

You turn 16, spend hundreds of dollars, take the painful safety classes, and now it’s finally time to get your license. Friends have been calling shotgun in your car for months, assuring you it’s...

It’s 5 a.m. the morning after a snowstorm. You wake up wearing your pajamas inside out, having flushed ice cubes down the toilet the night before. All students await the ring of the phone to say “school...

Between the #metoo movement and the backlash that ensued from the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, female empowerment is at the forefront of society. This call to empower women is being...

When asked what kinds of books we like to read, few people can say “books like my own.” If you ask ELMS sixth grader Nadia Lira, that is her immediate response. “The first product is not always...

“It’s a huge temptation. Your laptop, adults understand that too,” East Lyme school district technology leader Ben McCarthy said. Every student knows how easy it can be to get distracted throughout...

“I want students to know I have an open door policy. If they have a question or they want to talk about something, (...) I’m always happy to talk,” newly elected East Lyme First Selectman Dan Cunningham...

“The underlying tone for these restaurants was [that] you can’t make it in the winter here in Niantic. You had to be seasonal. Now, you see restaurants thriving [year round],” president of the Board...

“The best medicine is simply walking in the woods,” Daniel Nazzaro, former advisor of the Hiking Vikings Club, physics teacher, and avid hiker said. So, I set out to test Mr. Nazarro’s theory, and...

“Understanding the importance of flexibility and realizing my coaches want to see my success was essential to my athletic accomplishments,” sophomore varsity soccer player Julianne Guarraia said. Managing...