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 [...]

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. [...]

Rising seniors about to enter the dreaded college application process, please sit back and realize that the process only lasts a few months. Make sure that you apply to a wide range of schools because where you want to go at the beginning of senior year may not be the same place where you end [...]

High School is different than any other type of grade because everything begins to matter. The grade made in freshman year gym will be seen by college four years later. A few bad grades will add up and could alter the college decision process. However, when most students are trying to get by, a few [...]

Last year Leesville introduced a new course, Holocaust and Genocide, to the Social Studies Department. Students were attracted to the class for many different reasons. For starters, the course counts for an honors credit, causing many GPA lovers to enroll. However, not only does this course have credit appeal, but the content of the class [...]

On Feb. 2, CASL(Capital Area Soccer League) seniors celebrated National Signing Day, legally committing to play soccer in college. Erika Lenns, senior, verbally committed to Gardner-Webb University in July of 2009. Gardner-Webb is a small, Christian institution located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. “It is a great school for education,” said Lenns. “I will get [...]

Girl’s soccer tryouts began the week of Feb. 15. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams have very high standards. For the past two years, the varsity team remains the reigning state champions while the JV team has always finished with a winning season. Clearly freshmen girls trying out must be somewhat nervous. Sydney O’Brien [...]

CBS recently began airing a new show, Undercover Boss, which takes a CEO of a company and introduces them back into one of their own stores. The week of Feb. 14, Undercover Boss featured Coby Brooks, the president and CEO of Hooters of America. During his time as a restaurant manager, promoter and a cook, [...]

The senior exemption policy is one of the few privileges that seniors have over the rest of the student body. If a student has an A in a class he/she can miss up to 3 days of school, two absences for a B and one absence for a C to miss the class period’s exam. [...]

I didn’t believe that this could happen to me is the common phrase said by teenagers nationwide. Parents warn their children about the dangers of poor driving, show videos, and turn on the news only to find another teenager dead in a car accident. Yet, teenagers find themselves  texting while driving despite a desperate plea [...]

Students are often pressured to volunteer by parents and clubs to satisfy the “Volunteer” section of the college application. Out of my four years of high school, I have probably accumulated over 300 hours of volunteer work. With every hour volunteered, I have learned more about myself and other people. This Christmas season my co-workers [...]

The 2010 seniors were overjoyed when they found out that the Graduation Project was no longer mandatory. However, approximately thirty seniors are still completing the project despite it being optional. The Graduation Project required a large time commitment so many seniors chose not to complete it. “The time needed to complete the Graduation Project outweighed [...]

On Dec. 7 through Dec. 18 the United Nations will be holding the 15th Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss the current global warming crisis. Approximately 15,000 participants from over 192 countries representing governments and businesses will be attending. The global warming crisis has been put on the backburner of many countries. [...]

Senior students usually enter their final year of high school at age seventeen anticipating the day that they turn eighteen, gaining the access to vote, attend clubs and purchase lottery tickets. However, one senior will not be turning eighteen this year, or even seventeen for that matter. Oishee Sen is a senior and is only [...]

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 [...]