Senior Band Leadership
Most students at Leesville define a football game with spectacular passes, insane touchdowns, and impenetrable...
October Blood Drive: Record-Breaking Results
Leesville’s partnership blood drive with the American Red Cross was a resounding success, breaking last...
Students Weigh Benefits of Applying Early
Many high school seniors are facing the choice of whether to apply early to colleges...
Second-year Teachers Face Challenges, Work with Leesville
There are over 120 teachers at Leesville, six of these entering only their second year...
New School Board Members Oppose Busing
On Oct. 6, Chris Malone of District One, Deborah Pickett of District Seven and Debra...
Sleep Needs Differ Among Students
According to the National Sleep Foundation, the average teenager needs nine or more hours of...
“Where the Wild Things Are” Disappoints
Where the Wild Things Are, the children’s book that many Leesville students grew up with,...
Men’s Basketball Preview
Every team knows it is hard to lose a star. The Leesville boys basketball team...
Men’s Soccer Turns Season Around, Heads to Playoffs
On Oct. 21, the men’s Pride Varsity soccer team finished their regular season 8-8-1 and...
Spirit Week in Review
The week of October 12 through the 16 is spirit week, the kickoff for the...
Dress Code Distractions
I understand that a dress code is necessary to provide an environment conducive to the...
Kings of Leon: Not as New as You Think
Grammy award winning band, Kings of Leon, released their fourth studio album Only by the...
Same-Sex High Schools
There are twenty-three co-ed high schools in the Wake County Public School System. Although most...
Lessons in Abbreving, Part 2
One thing I’ve learned in high school is that everyone speaks diff. Some kids talk...
Lessons in Abbreving, Part 1
One thing I’ve learned in highschool, is that everyone speaks differently. Some kids talk in...
Muck Wars: Good, Clean Fun
When most people think about Christianity, they think about long church services, mission trips, and...
Leesville Band Forced to Make Heavy Committments
Marching band students chose to make a huge commitment when they decided to sign up...
Harmful Discoveries of Gardasil
In June of 2006, the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, was released worldwide and...
Stop Complaining
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, and since his surprising win, critics...
Mischief Night
Over the past few decades, hundreds of neighborhoods across Raleigh experienced vandalism in the dark...
Seatbelt Neglect Results in Tragedy
When Christopher Raynor woke up on September 12, he had completely different intentions in mind...
Obama Gives Controversial Back-to-School Speech
On September 8, President Barack Obama delivered a speech aimed at students in kindergarten through...
Bennett Experiences Snuggalicious Day
Today, September 29, was the first day in my life that I truly enjoyed. I...
Foreign Exchange Students Find Raleigh New, Exciting
The Foreign Exchange program brings new faces from multiple countries to Leesville Road High School...
Homecoming Preview
Students all over Leesville are beginning to prepare for Homecoming festivities that are to take...
Leesville Green in More Ways than One
In 2004, Wake County Public School System teamed up with Child Nutrition Services and began...
Senioritis: A High School Epidemic
It is the most common disease among high school students, more contagious than the H1N1...
9-out-of-10 Campaign Clears Misconceptions about Teens
All teens talk on their cell phones while driving, all the time. This major misconception...
Haunted Houses Part of NC Halloween Tradition
In a nation searching for cheap thrills and scares, the North Carolina area has got...
Permissive Parenting Has Long-Term Effects on Children
Permissive parenting is a style in which parents sit back and allow their children to...
Juniors Prep for Puff
The powder puff season began just as it had in previous years: energetic, enthusiastic, and slightly murderous. The vast majority…
Leesville’s Public Safety Day “A Major Hit”
The annual Public Safety Day took place on Saturday, Sept. 19. Firefighters, policemen and special...
Leesville Students Show Faith
On Wednesday, Sept. 23 approximately 15 students gathered at the flagpole in the front of...
Lyons’s Prideful Kicks
Lyons’s sweet Nikes Satire Principal Scott Lyons reached a new level of fabulousness this week....
Students Prepare for Homecoming
Students all over Leesville are beginning to prepare for Homecoming Festivities that are to take...
Dracula Auditions: The Process
Pride Productions, Leesville’s drama department, is putting on the eerie and frightening story of Dracula...
One Athlete, Two Sports, One Season
Most Leesville students would agree that playing a sport in high school requires a lot of time and energy.
2009 Grill Team: Better than Ever
The Leesville Grill Team, a group created by the 2008 senior class, continues this year...
Band Camp: Somewhat Amazing
The Leesville Road High School Band Program held its fifteenth annual band camp at Lees-McRae...
Program Welcomes New Students to LRHS
The New Student Program is designed for the new students to become more accustomed with...
Lauren Strapp Breaks Record
Most people go through life never emphasizing how much one second matters; it can be...
Some Wake Schools Start SMART Lunch
This year, Knightdale, Sanderson, and Athens Drive Highs Schools have joined Panther Creek in instituting...
Gym Etiquette
School sports are not for everyone. While some can score touch downs and make home-runs,...
Senior Wall
Every year since the school’s opening in 1993, the senior class has decorated the intersection...
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...
Music Poll Indicates Surprising Similarities Between Generations
Most kids are under the impression that parents (or just “old people” in general) would...
The Lost Symbol Surprises a Skeptic
The line was five long, and each customer held the same book in hand. The...