Virginia Reed is a superb writer and an even better friend. She enjoys unhealthy foods and writing sarcastic articles. Virginia is the Online Editor for the 2011-12 school year and was a Managing Editor for the 2010-11 year but has not forgotten her humble beginnings as a staff writer when she was a wee sophomore. Her goals for the future are to get an A in newspaper and to apply to college in a timely fashion.
On Wednesday, January 4 the PTSA hosted an informational college panel in the LRHS Media Center at 7 p.m. Roughly fifty people attended the panel, a group which consisted of Leesville seniors and their parents as well as a few underclassmen. Attendees were also given a door prize of free Chik-fil-a chicken sandwich coupons. The [...]
For many years, Leesville Road High School’s Mycenaean staff have been providing devoted readers with factual, relevant and entertaining information. But on a dark November 2, 2011, that sanctuary of trust was breached when one contributor blatantly lied via an article about the new NBC show, The Sing Off. The writer in question, Brendan Marks, [...]
On December 1, Andrew Byrum, senior, learned that his years of hard work in activism had paid off: he is one of 45 recipients nation-wide of the Roadie Internship at Invisible Children. The internship provides an immersing, 5-month speaking tour across the United States available to 45 American activists and 15 Ugandans. The process of [...]
The annual LRHS Food Drive ended on Thursday, December 1. Leesville ended in the Wake County competition with 2,218 pounds of food and $15,031.32 raised and donated to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. Leesville Middle School also collected donations for the food drive and contributed their earnings to LRHS’ total. [...]
If you’re looking for a couple of laughs at the expense of crude humor and an unimaginative plot acted out by a team of top-billing actors, Tower Heist is the movie for you. The story itself follows a pretty typical “Robin Hood” story of stealing from the (corrupt) rich and giving to the (idiotic) needy. [...]
The Leesville Road High School Executive Council is announcing the kick-off of the school-wide fall Food Drive to begin today, Nov. 14. Sarah Martin, student body president, is looking for dedicated student, faculty and community support. “[Executive Council] began preparations for the drive about a month and a half ago,” said Martin, “but we’re still [...]
Where were you at 2:00 on Wednesday? If you were near a radio or television, you were a part of history. On November 9 at 2:00 p.m, the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System was conducted. We have all heard the familiar “this is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is [...]
My fans will remember that for the 2010-11 school year, I wrote a series of articles about different kinds of food. Depending on the topic, I would actually consume the food that I was writing about for that week. In other features, holiday feast traditions were analyzed and reviewed. To much disappointment from my frenzied [...]
By cue of the morning bell on Wednesday, October 12, Leesville students shuffled off to their respective classrooms, most of them more glum than usual to begin first period. Because of PSAT testing, first and second period have been combined into one 3-hour block while sophomores and a handful of juniors take the exam. Most [...]
On October 5, 2011, the world lost the visionary creator of Apple, Steve Jobs to pancreatic cancer. Jobs had been battling cancer for several years, and took medical leave from Apple in January just eight months before he stepped down as CEO. Apple was founded in Cupertino, CA in Jobs’ garage. But before he ventured [...]
On Thursday, September 29 every Leesville student who drives to school wondered the same thing: Who is that kid with the squirrel, and why is he letting it climb all over him? Andrew Wise, senior, surprised most everyone when he took a tame squirrel out of his car and carried it casually on his shoulders [...]
As many seniors are focused on GPAs, AP classes, college applications, and impending ‘senioritis,’ one Leesville senior is focused on a more global concern. Andrew Byrum is focused and dedicated to a cause called ‘Invisible Children,’ and he wants you to be, too. In 2003, Invisible Children: Rough Cut was released, exposing the horrors of [...]
On Thursday, September 29, Jewish Leesville students stayed home from school to respect Rosh Hashanah, otherwise known as the “Jewish New Year.” The first and second days of Tishri mark the days of Rosh Hashanah. Though there are not many similarities between the Jewish and American new year as far as festivities go, both holidays [...]
For the 2011-12 school year, LRHS is introducing the Philosophy Club under the direction of Ms. Scioli. “The idea [for a philosophy club] has been floating around out there for a while now, and a series of fortuitous synchronicities brought it to fruition,” said Scioli about why the club had not been founded before this [...]
For twelve years, Dr. Denis DuBay has taught all levels of Earth and Environmental science at Leesville Road High School, and the 2010-11 school year marks his retirement. “I didn’t always want to be a teacher,” DuBay remembered. “I was working in the state office of environmental education, doing teacher workshops, but I’d never taught [...]