The word, “Thanksgiving” generates a variety of mental images: pilgrims, Squanto, turkey, maize…the list is different for everyone.   According to many Leesville students though, the most important factors of the holiday are not the stereotypical aspects, but the many traditions individual families share. Alissa Locke, senior, said, “Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  I love getting [...]

Leesville’s Dance Ensemble made arrangements to perform at the 2010 Orange Bowl’s Halftime Show on January 5. The dancers were invited to perform in the show in May of last year and have been hastily making preparations ever since, participating in fundraisers to earn the money needed for accommodations. Selling Butter Braids, distributing money cards [...]

Despite a hard fight, Leesville’s women’s varsity basketball team lost the season first’s game 31-90 to Green Hope on Tuesday, Nov. 17. LRHS scored the first 2 points due to a technical foul, but after that, the Falcons began to dominate. “We made a lot of mistakes, mostly because we were nervous,” said Lauren Scollard, [...]

New video games geared for 8-12 year old girls may look fun, but the stereotypes they put on these games can also be harmful to girls. These new games allow girls to become anything from fashion to jewelry designers and they can also create their own boyfriends.  Girls at this age are likely to think [...]

Students were quietly reading the November issue of The Mycenaean on Monday, Nov. 16 during SSR and commenting on how well-written the articles were when Principle Scott Lyons’ urgent announcement exploded into classrooms across Leesville’s campus. “Teachers, I know that you may have already distributed the newspapers, but if you could please collect them, they’ll [...]

Hockey fans across the state are appalled at the Canes’ performance this season. On November 11, 2009, the Canes’ suffered their twelfth consecutive loss of the season against the LA Kings at the RBC Center. Caniacs young and old are floored by the athletes’ performance this season, especially considering the teams’ shining record. In 2006, [...]

The common misconception is that younger siblings are annoying, and do nothing but harass and trouble older siblings. However, according to Simon Burke, freshmen, it is the opposite. “My sister always annoys me. She tries to wave at me in the hall and it embarrasses me.” Morgan Burke, junior, is the sister he was referring [...]

Mr. Miller was determined to finish his Iron-Man Distance Triathlon on Nov 7. Unfortunately, 80 miles into the cycling portion, he had an accident, puncturing one lung, breaking his clavicle and snapping two ribs. He was released from New Hanover County Hospital on Nov, 11 and is resting at home in North Raleigh. It’s hard [...]

The Leesville Wrestling team will begin their 2010 season the first week of November. The team is confident in defending their CAP-7 championship from last year. Jason Weiss, the wrestling coach, is optimistic about achieving their goal of maintaining their championship. “We’re definitely going to be competitive this year and defend it,” he said. Kirk Lincoln, [...]

Leesville gained a new staff member this week when Ms. Rebecca Jones, a first year teacher, took over Mrs. Breeden’s Honors U.S. History and Law and Justice classes.  Mrs. Breeden went on maternity leave on Monday, October 26. Graduate of the LHS class of 2005, Jones has spent most of her teenage and adult years at Leesville.  After [...]

Haunted, a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, takes an old idea of putting multiple short stories in a single book, and adds a unique approach by tying all the short stories together. The short stories in the book are said to have been written by the fictional characters of the book, with an additional twist. [...]

The Wake County Public School System is going to fail. On Nov. 3 in a runoff race for District Two, John Tedesco secured a school board seat, giving neighborhood school proponents a 5-4 majority. The majority is in favor of reassigning students to schools closer to their home to eliminate busing. In theory, this is [...]

Recent studies prove that America’s economic and cultural domination will end within the century.  Whether today’s students like it or not, the U.S. is no longer poised to be the world’s biggest or most productive economy, and American graduates are outperformed and, increasingly, jobless. Wake Education Partnership, an organization that claims to promote excellence in [...]

Lauren Smallwood, Eddie Hackim, and Mary Robert McGrath were selected out of hundreds of applicants to participate in the annual North Carolina Music Educators conference held on  Sunday, Nov. 8, in Winston-Salem. Before being selected, applicants had to display their musical skill in a competitive audition where only 160 students were chosen. Those who auditioned [...]

From July to December, Leesville’s football team is dedicated to running, conditioning and practicing several hours a day, five days a week. Even when the season is over, the team uses those extra months for training, with players working to maintain their speed and strength at gym workouts and training sessions. What people rarely consider [...]