After three years at Leesville, Mrs. Wooldridge, English teacher, has decided to leave our school where she has made an impact on many students. Q: Why have you decided to leave Leesville? A: My husband, who has been in the U.S.M.C. [United States Marine Corps] for 26 years, has received a promotion. He will be transferred [...]

An update to Ubuntu, one of the most popular distribution of Linux, was released on April 29, 2010.  The 10.04 update, codenamed Lucid Lynx, touts features like a new music store, online synchronization, stability improvements, and a new standard theme. Ubuntu is a free operating system; its users are able to modify the software as [...]

This summer many students will have the opportunity to work different jobs in order to earn money for summer expenses. There are employers looking to hire teens for the summer and students should make sure to spend their summers working jobs that best fit them. Life Guard One of the more notorious summer jobs, lifeguarding [...]

The Leesville Pride women’s soccer team kicked off Thursday, May 6, against rival Broughton in the Cap-7 Championship. Leesville beat Broughton twice during the regular season, and hoped to make it a third time for the title. Both teams’ defenses held their ground ground throughout the first half not allowing a single goal. “At half [...]

As seniors move toward graduation and beginning the next chapter in their lives, many are starting college in the fall.  Although they have learned the ins and outs of high school during their four years at Leesville, college will be a new and exciting experience. In order to make the transition from high school to [...]

Leesville Road High School students ran a two week AP Environmental Science ink cartridge recycling drive for a project. Group leader Jason Nance, junior, said that the project helped him grow as a person.  “It made me feel like a responsible adult.” Nance and the rest of the group helped collect over 100 ink cartridges [...]

Graduation is fast approaching for seniors.  With less than nine days left of school, not including the senior assembly and exams, senioritis has taken hold of many seniors. However, even though the thought of summer and college is more interesting to some seniors than learning vocabulary words, many have continued to work hard and achieved [...]

After sophomore year, students are given the opportunity to apply to the North Carolina School of Science & Math, a statewide residential magnet school for students with a strong aptitude and interest in math and science. Kirby Vardo-Russ applied to the school after sophomore year and was granted acceptance. Q: How did you hear about [...]

The 2010 school year has been one to remember. We have come a long way since we first stepped foot on campus again on August 25. Freshmen have now experienced the high school culture, sophomores will look forward to becoming upper classmen, juniors cannot wait to be seniors and the seniors just want to graduate. [...]

Leesville’s stadium has always been a source of pride for students and faculty; however, it instills even more pride in those whose name will stay in the stadium long after they have gone.   The “Pathway to Pride” honors students, friends, coaches and loved ones.  For $50 a student can purchase a brick that is [...]

Most kids go through their entire childhood without the faintest clue of what their true passion in life really is. A fortunate, select few students at Leesville Road High have known what their ambitions are since birth. These fortuitous few have dedicated their entire life to becoming rock stars. This group of students, Kiley Blades, [...]

Leesville’s bright young graduates left their mark on the school that will be remembered in embarrassment for years to come. Way to go out with a bang, X. The red Volkswagon Golf parked in the grassy circle behind the school that was intended to remind students to practice safe partying was vandalized the night of [...]

When people imagine downing a pint of whiskey, their logic is typically not to save energy. Ironically, thanks to a new innovation by an independently-owned distillery in Scotland, that is exactly what drinkers around the world will be doing. The distiller, Bruichladdich, will begin using anaerobic bacteria in their whiskey waste to create an alternative, [...]

On May 12, Leesville held their annual Awards Day ceremony to honor the students who exceeded academic standards. Around sixty students win awards ranging from Best Weightlifting Student to Best Calculus Student. A few days before the assembly students were given passes inviting them to the Awards Ceremony, but not saying what award they won. [...]

On May 17, many devoted theatre and technical theatre students were inducted into the International Thespian Society (ITS).  In order to be inducted, one must have logged at least 100 hours working on a Leesville theatre production and have participated in two aspects of theatre. Some perks of ITS include receiving a cord at graduation [...]