Yearly Archives: 2009

Muck Wars: Good, Clean Fun

When most people think about Christianity, they think about long church services, mission trips, and hymns, but a Leesville Christian Organization, YoungLife, has different...

Leesville Band Forced to Make Heavy Committments

Marching band students chose to make a huge commitment when they decided to sign up for band as opposed to other, less demanding electives. ...

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...

Stop Complaining

President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, and since his surprising win, critics have not ceased complaining. Conservatives and liberals alike questioned...

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. ...

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...

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...

Bennett Experiences Snuggalicious Day

Today, September 29, was the first day in my life that I truly enjoyed. I owe this perfect day entirely to the greatest invention...

Foreign Exchange Students Find Raleigh New, Exciting

The Foreign Exchange program brings new faces from multiple countries to Leesville Road High School each year. These students leave their home countries for...

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...

9-out-of-10 Campaign Clears Misconceptions about Teens

All teens talk on their cell phones while driving, all the time.  This major misconception was recently shattered by the 9-out-of-10 campaign, a study developed...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 off...

Students Prepare for Homecoming

Students all over Leesville are beginning to prepare for Homecoming Festivities that are to take place the weekend of October 16. With spirit week, parades,...

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