4 Lyme-Old Lyme Students Receive Leadership Honors

OLD LYME, CT — Four Region 18 School District students were recently honored by the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) with a Student Leadership Award, officials from the Lyme-Old Lyme district announced.

Gary Bocian and Emily O’Brien, 11th grade students at Lyme-Old Lyme High School, and Nihad Bicic
and Felse-Alexandra Kyle, 8th grade students at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, were nominated to receive this award by their school principals.

CABE awards students who exhibit the following leadership skills:

• Willingness to take on challenges
• Capability to make difficult decisions
• Concern for others
• Ability to work with others
• Willingness to commit to a project
• Diplomacy
• Ability to understand issues clearly
• Ability to honor a commitment

Superintendent Ian Neviaser and the Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education recognized these students at the
June 6 Board of Education meeting.

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