Yearly Archives: 2009

Thirty Seniors Still Completing Graduation Project

The 2010 seniors were overjoyed when they found out that the Graduation Project was no longer mandatory. However, approximately thirty seniors are still completing...

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...

Hockey team petitions for club status

The Leesville Road High School Hockey team is currently petitioning for club status. Andrew Wolfe, senior, believes that club status would bring the team more...

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...

Adopted Students Adjust to Changes, Excel

Almost all people cite childhood suffering—such as families split by divorce or being an only child—as some of the most difficult times in their...

Oishee Sen Plans to Graduate at 16

Senior students usually enter their final year of high school at age seventeen anticipating the day that they turn eighteen, gaining the access to...

Farmville: The World’s Newest Farmers

Facebook application/Zynga application “Farmville”, digital farming experience, is capturing the hearts of students at Leesville. Planting soybeans and squash, harvesting the crops, and milking the...

Atheists Don’t Hesitate to Participate in YoungLife, etc

Atheists are becoming increasingly more welcome in Christian organizations such as FCA, YoungLife, youth groups and church services. Everyone comes to these get-togethers with high...

Paying for Grades a Bad Idea

If schools took donations for grades, various programs that require extra funds might thrive, but students’ motivation and quality of education would drastically decline. Leesville...

UNC athletics are top-notch

The University of North Carolina’s field hockey team defeated Maryland 3-2 on November 22 to win the national championship, their second in three years. While...

Cheerleaders Win First Place

On Nov. 7, Leesville’s Varsity cheerleaders won first place in their division at the NCHSAA State Cheerleading Invitational at the Raleigh Convention Center. The competition was...

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...

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...

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