UN Copenhagen Conference to Discuss Global Warming
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…
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Leesville Students Compete in WRAL Brain Game
On Nov. 14, Andrew Christian, Nathan Miller and Woong-Soo Lee competed in WRAL’s brain game competition. Leesville competed against Fayetteville Christian School and Tarheel Challenge…
Shoe Drive Collects Over 1,300 Pairs of Shoes
From Nov. 2-6, The Key Club held a shoe drive, where Leesville students donated over 1,300 pairs of shoes, which provided people with shoes unable…
Dance ensemble flies south for the winter
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…
Siblings at Leesville
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…
New teacher takes over class
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…
Leesville Students Attend Military Fair
Leesville Road High School conducted a military fair on November 3, 2009 for students interested in the armed forces. West Point military, the United States…
Obese NC Workers to Pay More for Health Insurance
North Carolina will implement a ‘fat tax’ on its government workers starting in July 2011, making workers that qualify as “obese” pay more for health…
Stolen Art Prompts Search, Frustration
On a seemingly normal Monday morning, Gene Kim was shocked to discover that his artwork had been stolen from the lobby where it had been…
Seniors Win Homecoming Float Contest
On Friday, October 16, 2009, the Leesville Road High senior student council won Leesville’s annual Homecoming float contest. Beginning on the first day of school,…
Boy cheerleaders add humor to powder puff game
A group of senior boys took on the role of cheerleaders to show their support for the senior girls during the annual Powder Puff game…
Ten Students Interviewed for Teaching Fellows Scholarship
Ten Leesville seniors attended the district interviews for the teaching fellows scholarship, a $6500 per year scholarship awarded to future North Carolina teachers. Teachers, WCPSS…
2009 the First Year for DST Change
Daylight Saving Time is the system of changing the official local time by one hour for the duration of the spring and summer months. The…
October Blood Drive: Record-Breaking Results
Leesville’s partnership blood drive with the American Red Cross was a resounding success, breaking last spring’s record collection by collecting 103 units of blood as…
New School Board Members Oppose Busing
On Oct. 6, Chris Malone of District One, Deborah Pickett of District Seven and Debra Goldman of District Nine secured enough votes to be elected…
Spirit Week in Review
The week of October 12 through the 16 is spirit week, the kickoff for the Homecoming game and dance. Almost all of Leesville show their…
Same-Sex High Schools
There are twenty-three co-ed high schools in the Wake County Public School System. Although most teenagers attend one of these twenty-three schools when they reach…
Harmful Discoveries of Gardasil
In June of 2006, the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, was released worldwide and called “a public health breakthrough” by the American Medical Association. …
Mischief Night
Over the past few decades, hundreds of neighborhoods across Raleigh experienced vandalism in the dark of night on October 30, the night before Halloween night. Also…
Seatbelt Neglect Results in Tragedy
When Christopher Raynor woke up on September 12, he had completely different intentions in mind for his day. Raynor was on the way to eat…
Obama Gives Controversial Back-to-School Speech
On September 8, President Barack Obama delivered a speech aimed at students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. He spoke at Wakefield High School in Arlington,…
Homecoming Preview
Students all over Leesville are beginning to prepare for Homecoming festivities that are to take place the weekend of Oct. 16. “I’m very excited for…
Leesville Green in More Ways than One
In 2004, Wake County Public School System teamed up with Child Nutrition Services and began the FEED THE BIN program. Leesville Road High School has…
Senioritis: A High School Epidemic
It is the most common disease among high school students, more contagious than the H1N1 virus, a disease that drives teachers crazy, and is the…
Haunted Houses Part of NC Halloween Tradition
In a nation searching for cheap thrills and scares, the North Carolina area has got something to offer: haunted houses. These are not your father’s…
Permissive Parenting Has Long-Term Effects on Children
Permissive parenting is a style in which parents sit back and allow their children to make their own decisions. This style of parenting is becoming…
Juniors Prep for Puff
The powder puff season began just as it had in previous years: energetic, enthusiastic, and slightly murderous. The vast majority of the junior class’s females attended the information meeting October 1. Girls of all groups, cliques and backgrounds united to achieve one major goal: destroy the Class of X.
The coaches for the class of 2011, Bradley Millice, Alex Lawrence, Kyle Holtman, and Eric Michaud, are just as stoked as the girls.
Leesville’s Public Safety Day “A Major Hit”
The annual Public Safety Day took place on Saturday, Sept. 19. Firefighters, policemen and special animal units set up their trucks and booths at Leesville…
Leesville Students Show Faith
On Wednesday, Sept. 23 approximately 15 students gathered at the flagpole in the front of Leesville Road High School. They formed a circle and prayed…
Lyons’s Prideful Kicks
Lyons’s sweet Nikes Satire Principal Scott Lyons reached a new level of fabulousness this week. Lyons recently purchased a pair of superfly kicks to show…
Dracula Auditions: The Process
Pride Productions, Leesville’s drama department, is putting on the eerie and frightening story of Dracula for the fall play. For many of the people involved…
2009 Grill Team: Better than Ever
The Leesville Grill Team, a group created by the 2008 senior class, continues this year bigger than ever. In the past the team consisted of…
Program Welcomes New Students to LRHS
The New Student Program is designed for the new students to become more accustomed with the school. During first and second periods of the first…
Lauren Strapp Breaks Record
Most people go through life never emphasizing how much one second matters; it can be the difference between winning or earning a place in the…
Senior Wall
Every year since the school’s opening in 1993, the senior class has decorated the intersection right outside of the school. A few brave seniors sneak…
State Fair: Sure to be “A Whole Lotta Happy”
The North Carolina State Fair’s new slogan “A Whole Lotta Happy” comes with big expectations from the public. The 142nd-annual state tradition promises a bigger…
Music Poll Indicates Surprising Similarities Between Generations
Most kids are under the impression that parents (or just “old people” in general) would rather have a root canal than listen to the music…
New Library Opened Next to Leesville Campus
Wake County opened a new library branch September 26, 2009. The Leesville branch is the closest and most convenient branch for Leesville families. The new facility,…
School Supply Samaritans
In the fall of 2008, Leesville Road High School initiated a free school supply program for students who experience homelessness or financial hardship, in an…
A Simple Way to Save Lives
On Friday, October 2, 2009, Leesville Road High School hosted the biannual Red Cross blood drive, where 100 people wereregistered to donate a total of…
H1N1 Virus Worries Community
Concerns among healthcare providers, teachers, parents and teens are rising about a pandemic sweeping the nation: novel influenza A, also known as the H1N1 virus,…
Energy Drinks Affect High School Students
“Its name is Spike and once you take a sip you’ll never go back.” This slogan does not belong to some new liquor, but instead…
Early Release Affects Students, Teachers
Beginning the 2009 school year, students in Wake County Public Schools will be dismissed one hour earlier, at 1:30, every Wednesday throughout the school year….
Female Runner’s Gender Questioned
Caster Semenya, winner of the women’s 800 meter final at the Track and Field World championship, is under speculation that she might not be considered…