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Raleigh’s Chinese Lantern Festival
Throughout the holiday season in Cary, North Carolina, the Koka Booth Amphitheatre hosts its annual Chinese Lantern Festival.The program, begins the day after Thanksgiving and…
Leesville’s special needs awareness club gears up for holiday festivities
Special needs awareness club (SNAC) is a group of students who get together every month with the students in the special needs program here at…
Leesville Holds Winter Choir Concert
The fall semester has been nothing but dedication for the students involved in the chorus program. Hours of hard work in class and after school…
Movies to Watch Over Winter Break
10. Grease Savor it while you can, Grease will be taken off Netflix with the start of 2018. A classic movie-musical, Grease appeals to people…
The Underclassman Show Exceeded Expectations
“Oh Baby!” was performed in the intermission between “Dearly Departed” and “Red Velvet Cake Wars”. The cast consisted of freshmen and sophomores in the…
Service: A Story of Intelligence, Courage and Bravery
The cracks of rifles filled the air in Da Nang, Vietnam while the sun was shining at its brightest. Life and death was at stake…
Dearly Departed Was A Hit!
The Leesville Theatre Department’s production of “Dearly Departed” was performed November 14, 16, and 18 and was absolutely amazing. From the acting to the…
Sophomores and Juniors take the PSAT
On October 11, 2017 juniors, sophomores, and freshmen went to take the PSAT. It lasted from 7:25 am until 11:30 am all throughout the school…
How is Leesville Feeling About Exams?
It is the end of the semester, and you are so close to being done with your classes you can almost taste it. All that…
Dearly Departed Was a Hit!
The Leesville Theatre Department’s production of “Dearly Departed” was performed November 14, 16, and 18 and was absolutely amazing. From the acting to the set…
December Edition (2017-18)
Photo Series: Hell Week at Leesville
Hell Week by Erin Darnell on Exposure
Holiday Traditions at Leesville
Holidays for high school students are a time to relax, pretend to study for exams, and spend time with friends and family. Of course traditions…
The Red Velvet Cake War
The cast of “Red Velvet Cake War” performed their last show on Saturday, November 18, at 2 p.m. The show starred the Verdeen family, more…
Spanish Club participates in adopt a family program
When you think of the holiday season, what comes to mind first? Perhaps it’s spending time with family, or gathering for a meal with loved…
The Problem With Teacher Salaries
How can the state that has a rank of 12 out of 50 for upper education, some of the most prestigious universities in the world,…
Yost Wins Leesville’s 2017 Teacher of the Year Award
According to the Oxford dictionary, the definition of “teach” is “to cause someone to learn or understand something by example or experience.” Obviously, the main…
Credle aims for Naval Academy
When Sidney Credle was a ninth grader, he was enrolled in Mr. Kelly’s aerospace class, and his brother, Austin, was beginning the application process for…
The Stages Every AP/Honors Student Goes Through During the Semester
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Wake County Affordable Housing Crisis
Wake County is the second most rapidly growing county in the United States, with a 12% cumulative growth rate in the past five years. It…
Leesville’s Working Teens
MNHS Influences Students Interested in Mathematics
On October 12, Math National Honor Society held their inductions during B lunch in the auditorium. Students that applied for the honor society during the…
Sophomores and Juniors take the PSAT
On October 11, 2017 juniors, sophomores, and freshmen went to take the PSAT. It lasted from 7:25 am until 11:30 am all throughout the school…
Leesville Pray Circle
Leeville’s prayer circle is like one of many others occurring in Durham and Wake County schools. The group responsible for the wave of various prayer…
A Day in the Life of a Dinkenor
Most of my day is spent with one or both of my parents. I wake up in the morning and eat breakfast with my parents….
SMART Lunch, our never-ending blessing
At Leesville, SMART (Students Maximizing Achievement with Resources and Time) Lunch is one of the highlights of each day. For an hour after third period,…
Pride Football Families and All They Do
As playoffs begin,the Leesville football families are busier than ever. The name “football families” is the title given to the organization of parents who assist…
Thanksgiving: Traditions and Changes
Turkey, football, and family — the traditional picture of an American Thanksgiving. However, Thanksgiving hasn’t always looked like this. Traditions and values have evolved throughout…
The Age of Digital Distractions
It’s the 21st century, and technology now plays a major role in our lives. From staying in touch with family to help with homework, the…
Officers of the Officers’ Club now able to cite leadership experience on college applications
On November 16, the Leezville Road High School Officers’ Club held its first meeting during S.M.A.R.T. Lunch A in room 0240. In this revolutionary club,…
LRHS Wrestling Team Holds Annual “Blue/Green”
Things are just heating up for the wrestling team as the cold temperatures come into Raleigh. Less than a week before their first meet of…
FCA Leaves A Lasting Impact on Leesville Students
When FCA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, was founded in 1954 Don McClanen wanted to project the idea of athletes and coaches as Christian men strongly…
Year-Round Athletes
School. Practice. Shower. Eat. Homework. Sleep. Repeat. This is what a typical day looks like for a year-round student athlete. Leesville is home to quite…
College Fair Inspires Leesville Students
For high schoolers, one of the most stressful parts of their high school career is figuring out what they want their future to look like–…
Pride women’s tennis doubles team excels at states
On October 28, the talented Leesville women’s tennis doubles team of Helen Alvis, sophomore, and Kylie Rigsby, senior, shined at the NCHSAA 4A State Championship…
Autopsy of High School Football
On September 26, 2014, Isaiah Langston, a student at Rolesville Road High School, collapsed on the football field, hours before his Friday night football game….
The meaning behind the artwork
Ms. Meeks’ intermediate art students create beautiful art pieces by using various shades of black, white, and grey. Recently, students were assigned with the task…
Fire at Leesville Sparks Investigation
On Monday, November 6, Leesville students were sent out of class for the majority of third period and had lunch pushed back for a fire…
Handwashing is more critical to Leesville than we think
Keeping good hygiene is a part of daily life many humans retain. Teeth cleaning and taking showers are things many people do every night to…
Leesville Sophomores Take The Pre-ACT
On Thursday, November 2, around five hundred sophomores from Leesville took the Pre-ACT, the Preliminary American College Testing. The Pre-ACT is a multiple choice test…
Thor Ragnarok Movie Review
Thor: Ragnarok is the third installation in the series of Thor movies starring Chris Hemsworth. Thor, the God of Thunder and prince of Asgard, has…
6 Things All Leesville Students Can Relate To When It Comes to Raleigh’s Fall Weather
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Alumni Spotlight: Braxton Berrios
In the 25 years that Leesville Road has been open, many notable athletes have competed in a Pride uniform. However, none may be more renowned…
Leesville Football Student Section
During the Fall sports season, Leesville students spend their Friday nights in the football stands. Whether it is at Hamilton Stadium or another team’s field,…
Where to go for lunch based on time
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Catching Up with a former Leesville Ballplayer
For many students at Leesville, the culmination of our educational journey is marked by throwing our caps into the air during senior graduation. Former student…
The Costly Wake County Scheme
On April 25, 2017, the North Carolina Senate passed House Bill 13, which aims to lower school class sizes, while also addressing concern of specials…
Where should you go for lunch?
Staff Spotlight: Geoffrey Travagline
The Leesville community is full of fantastic teachers, administrators, and coaches–but it’s the Leesville staff members that take it upon themselves to go above and…