Monthly Archives: November, 2009

Leesville Thanksgiving Traditions

The word, “Thanksgiving” generates a variety of mental images: pilgrims, Squanto, turkey, maize…the list is different for everyone.   According to many Leesville students though,...

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...

Women’s Basketball Falls to Green Hope

Despite a hard fight, Leesville's women's varsity basketball team lost the season first's game 31-90 to Green Hope on Tuesday, Nov. 17. LRHS scored the...

Tween Video Games Propose Harmful Stereotypes

New video games geared for 8-12 year old girls may look fun, but the stereotypes they put on these games can also be harmful...

Newspaper Staff Accidentally Publishes Secrets of Life

Students were quietly reading the November issue of The Mycenaean on Monday, Nov. 16 during SSR and commenting on how well-written the articles were...

Will the Hurricanes Pull it Together?

Hockey fans across the state are appalled at the Canes’ performance this season. On November 11, 2009, the Canes’ suffered their twelfth consecutive loss...

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...

Miller’s Fall Doesn’t Break Spirit

Mr. Miller was determined to finish his Iron-Man Distance Triathlon on Nov 7. Unfortunately, 80 miles into the cycling portion, he had an accident, puncturing...

2010 leesville wrestling preview

The Leesville Wrestling team will begin their 2010 season the first week of November. The team is confident in defending their CAP-7 championship from last...

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...

“Haunted” disgusts and delivers

Haunted, a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, takes an old idea of putting multiple short stories in a single book, and adds a unique...

Magnet Schools, a Third Alternative

The Wake County Public School System is going to fail. On Nov. 3 in a runoff race for District Two, John Tedesco secured a...

Attitude to Blame for Poor Education

Recent studies prove that America’s economic and cultural domination will end within the century.  Whether today's students like it or not, the U.S. is...

Chorus Students Auditioned for Music Conference

Lauren Smallwood, Eddie Hackim, and Mary Robert McGrath were selected out of hundreds of applicants to participate in the annual North Carolina Music Educators...

Pride Football Players Discuss Time Committments

From July to December, Leesville’s football team is dedicated to running, conditioning and practicing several hours a day, five days a week. Even when...

LRHS’s Dracula Exceeds Expectations

Leesville’s fall production of Dracula, performed November 5-7, exceeded every expectation its audience had. Usually ranked second in quality to the school’s spring musical...

Christmas Here Too Early

The moment I walked into Target on Halloween night, I knew something was wrong: Christmas was here, but it was only October!  Alongside the...

A Day for Veneration, Not Vacation

November 11, 2009 marked the 90th anniversary of Veteran’s Day in America’s history. In 1919, when Veteran’s Day was known as Armistice Day, Woodrow Wilson...

Modern, Isolationist Attitude to Blame for Decline

Down with a world in which the guarantee that we Will not die of starvation has been purchased with The guarantee that we will die...

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...

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