Most students at Leesville define a football game with spectacular passes, insane touchdowns, and impenetrable defense.  Many, however, fail to notice another amazing aspect of the event, the marching band. Overshadowed by their spotlighted counterpart, a majority of students are unaware of the commitment, hard work, and leadership displayed by the band—especially the senior members. [...]

Leesville’s partnership blood drive with the American Red Cross was a resounding success, breaking last spring’s record collection by collecting 103 units of blood as well as introducing 89 novice blood donors into a possible lifelong commitment.  “I donated for the first time in high school,” said Tanya Eastman, another faculty member who helped organize [...]

Many high school seniors are facing the choice of whether to apply early to colleges or not. There are three types of application plans that students can undergo.  Early decision refers to applying in November and receiving a letter in December.  However, in early decision, acceptance is binding; students must agree attend this college.  Early [...]

There are over 120 teachers at Leesville, six of these entering only their second year of teaching: Ms. Abbott, Mr. McLeod, Ms. Robinson, Ms. Riley, Ms. Meeks and Ms. Hinnant Courtesy of CFNC According to a new study from the National Education Association, half of teachers are more than likely to quit within their first [...]

On Oct. 6, Chris Malone of District One, Deborah Pickett of District Seven and Debra Goldman of District Nine secured enough votes to be elected to represent the Wake County School Board. A runoff election on Nov. 3 will determine whether or not John Tedesco will win a seat on the Wake Country School Board. [...]

According to the National Sleep Foundation, the average teenager needs nine or more hours of sleep every night.  Unfortunately, this is not possible for most high school students. William Hoese, junior, feels the effects of a demanding high school schedule.  “I’m taking a ridiculous amount of AP classes this semester, and I’m also doing cross [...]

Where the Wild Things Are, the children’s book that many Leesville students grew up with, came to life on the big screen last weekend. Although many people were looking forward to seeing the movie, I had low expectations for what a director could do to turn a ten sentence picture book into an hour and [...]

Every team knows it is hard to lose a star. The Leesville boys basketball team will find out just how hard it is this upcoming season after graduating Harrison George. “Losing [Harrison] is going be hard, he contributed a lot to the team last year,” said Jacob Fragnito, junior. “We’re going to be fine though, [...]

On Oct. 21, the men’s Pride Varsity soccer team finished their regular season  8-8-1 and finished 7-4-1 in the CAP-7 conference, earning themselves the second spot in the conference. According to Bo Burns, senior, the team started the season off a little rocky, finding it hard to control egos, figuring out a solid starting lineup, [...]

The week of October 12 through the 16 is spirit week, the kickoff for the Homecoming game and dance.  Almost all of Leesville show their spirit with wild outfits, hair and some props.  Every year, spirit week pumps up our school for an exciting pep rally and football game.  Lumberjack day started the week with [...]

I understand that a dress code is necessary to provide an environment conducive to the students’ learning, but I believe that our school’s strict dress code may be becoming more of a hindrance than a help. With girls being forced to call home for a change of clothes, and boys yanking up their pants to [...]

Grammy award winning band, Kings of Leon, released their fourth studio album Only by the Night Sept.23, 2008.  This soulful record blew away awaiting fans with its perfection and gloomy essence.  Most of the band’s enthusiasts did not dream this possible since they set the bar extremely high with the essential and game-changing album Because [...]

There are twenty-three co-ed high schools in the Wake County Public School System. Although most teenagers attend one of these twenty-three schools when they reach high school, there are other options. If the student’s parents do not choose to have their child attend one of these public schools, there is the option of same sex [...]

One thing I’ve learned in high school is that everyone speaks diff.  Some kids talk in all slang, and some sound so formal you’d think they were talking to the prez. There is one form of lang used by a select group of studes at Lees that is causing confusion everywhere. Abbrieves. It sounds simp, [...]

One thing I’ve learned in highschool, is that everyone speaks differently. Some kids talk in all slang, and some sound so formal you’d think they were talking to the president. There is one form of language used by a select group of students at Leesville that is causing confusion everywhere. Abbreviations. It sounds simple, but [...]