Monthly Archives: March, 2010

Obamas Campaign to Tackle Childhood Obesity

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 marked the first official day of First Lady Michelle Obama’s new nationwide campaign to wrestle childhood obesity in America. ...

Booster Club Hosts Sixteenth Annual PA Café

On Friday, Feb. 26, the Leesville Choral Department Parent Arts Booster Club hosted its sixteenth annual Performing Arts Café. With what Diane Covington, choral director,...

Capital Pride Participates in Emerging Issues Forum

On Feb. 9 Leesville’s Capital Pride traveled downtown to the Raleigh Convention Center, where they participated in North Carolina State University’s 25th Annual Institute...

Marrying for Money

With the remnants of Valentine's Day still in the air, the topic of love resonates in the minds of many Leesville students. However, as many...

For Stars, Rehab Now the Preferred Apology

Before making a televised public apology for all of his indiscriminate extramarital debauchery on February 19, and following months of public perturbation, Tiger Woods...

LRHS Students Participate in 2010 AMC

Leesville students participated in the 61st annual American Mathematics Contest (AMC), test B, on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Students either participated in the AMC 10...

Sanderson to Host College Fair

On Sunday, March 7, Sanderson High School will host a “Spring College and Post Secondary Opportunities Fair.”  The fair will provide students with the...

Earthquake Strikes Chile

On Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 01:34:14 a.m. a massive earthquake struck offshore Maule, Chile. The earthquake was a magnitude 8.8, 500 times stronger than...

A Day in the Life of a Lunch Lady

Every weekday morning at 5:15, Jennifer Buck, cafeteria manager, wakes up and comes to Leesville in order to prepare pounds of food for the...

Indoor Track State Championship Meet

On Saturday, Feb 20 the Leesville Track team traveled to UNC-CH to compete in the Indoor State Championship meet. Since qualifying standards are so difficult...

Black History Month Must Progress

Now that Black History Month has come to a close, perhaps it is time to reassess its origin and significance in today’s society. In 1926,...

LRHS Improvements, from a Junior’s Perspective

After nearly three years at Leesville, I feel like I know my way around and know how things work.  For the most part, the...

Bachelor Finale Review

On this year’s Bachelor finale, bachelor/pilot Jake Pavelka made an unexpected choice by choosing this season’s villain, and my personal favorite, Vienna, as his...

Hockey Play-Offs

The Wake County High School hockey Championship Tournament was held Feb. 6- 7 at Dreamsports in Apex. The tournament was set in a double...

CASL Seniors Celebrate National Signing Day

On Feb. 2, CASL(Capital Area Soccer League) seniors celebrated National Signing Day, legally committing to play soccer in college. Erika Lenns, senior, verbally committed to...

Basketball Seniors Recognized on Senior Night

Leesville’s Varsity Basketball senior night was held Monday, Feb. 8, versus Sanderson High School. To recognize the senior ladies, jerseys were placed on the...

Dubai Tower – A Symbol of What?

Construction of the tallest building in the world that began in Jan. of 2004 was finally completed after six long years and $1.5 billion...

New AP Test Registration

High school students will register for the 2010 AP exams through a new online process. In past years, students registering for the AP exams turned...

Trying out for Varsity Soccer an Intimidating Process, Especially for Freshmen

Girl’s soccer tryouts began the week of Feb. 15. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams have very high standards. For the past two...

The Blind Side a Story of Staggering Achievement

The Blind Side is about an under-privileged, under-educated teenage boy who finds hope in a wealthy family who takes him in. The story follows Michael...

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