Yearly Archives: 2017

The college basketball fraud scandal illustrates why collegiate student-athletes should be paid

Last month, the release of an FBI investigation into bribes and corruption in college basketball recruiting shocked the world of collegiate athletics. The three-year...

Freshmen Against the World

While everyone’s experience is different, high school will always have a major impact on every person. Freshman year is especially memorable. Not only is...

Halloween spooks its way into Leesville

Candy, jack-o-lanterns, and spooky monsters are just a few of the things that immediately come to mind when one thinks about Halloween. The holiday...

Dysautonomia Awareness Month

October is National Dysautonomia Awareness Month. Dysautonomia is an umbrella term that describes the breakdown of the Autonomic Nervous System  which controls many of...

Creativity at Leesville

On Tuesday October 3, second period English classes gathered in the auditorium to listen to Emily Lockhart -- better known as E. Lockhart --...

First NTHS Meeting for Leesville

Leesville hosted its first annual National Technical Honors Society (NTHS) meeting on Friday, October 27. NTHS aims to foster professional relationships and experience between...

Cross Country Impresses At Cap 7

On Tuesday, October 17, the Leesville Road High cross country team faced off against our district's best at  the 2017-18 Cap 7 Championship. Leesville’s...

Superstitions: mental or a must?

Whether it’s a certain song that has to be listened to before a game or a specific order in which your shoes have to...

Looking back on past clubs at Leesville

Being a member of a club is a fundamental part of any high schooler’s experience.  Freshmen begin high school excited about the clubs they...

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

*Play was on Saturday* The theater department kicked off the school year with a comedic musical: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The production...

College Application Season at Leesville in Full Swing

October is a month of transition for North Carolina. The temperature is cooler, but not cold, and Leesville’s football team is just over the...

Leesville Swim Team Breakdown

Starting in the chilly month of November each year, while most high school students’ alarms have not yet rung, Leesville swimmers like Jack Irby...

Senior Wall Vandalized

  On Thursday, October 19, students walked their normal routes to their first periods, just expecting another usual day at Leesville Road High School. But,...

Winter Athletes Prepare for Season

With the end of fall comes the beginning of winter. That doesn’t only mean colder weather, but an entire season of new high school...

First Animal Rescue Club at Leesville

Paws for Pride was introduced to Leesville during the 2017-2018 school year. Currently the club has over two hundred members signed up to join,...

The benefits of travel

For thousands of years, humans have been on the move.  According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, the average American drove...

Senior Crowns are back

During the week of Homecoming, Leesville Road High School students have plenty to do, especially the seniors. For them, this includes the tradition of...

Alumni Spotlight: Geoffrey Graybeal

Geoffrey Graybeal was a student at Leesville from 1993-97 and wrote for the Mycenaean as a staff writer and Co-Editor in Chief. Below is...

Leesville Students Take On Panic Point

In high school, students may feel like they’ve grown out of dressing up and trick-or-treating. A fun alternative to the scary tradition is going...

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