Month: January 2018
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The wrap on SNAC
Special Needs Awareness Club has been a well known club at Leesville since its establishment four years ago, but its popularity goes beyond what its title may portray. SNAC at Leesville was formed with…
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Leesville Students Read to Sycamore Creek Class
Every week, students in Russ Fraziers’ second period weight training class head to either Sycamore Creek Elementary or Leesville Elementary to read with the third grade students. Reading to the elementary students came about…
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Cook Out: Convenient, Cheap, Good Food
If you mention the words “Cook Out” to any high schooler at Leesville, I guarantee that almost every student will have at least heard of the restaurant. Founded in 1989, Cook Out is a…
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The MSA is introduced to Leesville
The Muslim Student Association, or MSA for short, has recently become a part of Leesville’s impressive repertoire of clubs. While there was only about 15 people at interest meeting Wednesday, December 13, the club…
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Styrofoam In Schools
Snuffing out our oceans, clogging our landfills, and feeding our children? The culprit of these heinous deeds is none other than insidious styrofoam. Styrofoam–scientifically known as polystyrene–has been the bane of the environment for…
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The Grind Never Sleeps
You are in overtime, in a wrestling match that could qualify you for the individual state tournament. Your entire high school athletics career has been building up to this single moment–the last four years…
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The Outsider: My experience—or, rather, lack of experience—with social media
Loading… Click here to view on piktochart.com Sydney Tucker, senior editor 2018-2019
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High school athletics: Winning and wealth
Loading… Ashley Tysiac, editor in chief
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NFL 2017-18 Season Playoff Scenarios
As the year of 2017 comes to a close, the playoff season for the National Football League is just beginning. Teams with higher records race to secure their spot in the playoffs while division…
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Wake County Track Meet
Leesville Road High School traveled to JDL Fast Track in Winston Salem on Friday, December 15 to compete in the Wake County Invitational #2. The team performed very well, both in individual competitions and…
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The Importance of VSCO
VSCO, the photo editing app created by and named after Visual Supply Company, has recently exploded amongst the social media community of teenagers and young adults. Both iOS and Android owners use the app…
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Wrestling tri-meet at Leesville
The most recent wrestling meet that took place at Leesville on December 21,ended in a victory for the Pride. This meet in particular was a “tri-meet,” meaning three schools (Leesville, South East Raleigh, and…
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Leesville Taproom, a great family restaurant
The Leesville Taproom, located in the Leesville Towne Centre just off I-540 at the intersection of Leesville Road and Strickland Road, is a great family sit-down or to-go restaurant with a warm atmosphere and…
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The Last Jedi: Fans Get Hyped
Star Wars: A name synonymous with “nerd heaven” for the past forty years. With each passing film, TV show, and novel, the franchise’s prestige and fan base only seem to rise. Featuring eight movies…
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Net Neutrality
Take a moment to imagine an internet divided — our once free-roam domain carved up by varying net speed, arbitrary paywalls, and a slew of restricted websites. This is the possible future for our…
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The good and bad of The Last Jedi
The Last Jedi: A marvelous addition to the Star Wars saga The Last Jedi is not worth the hype The Last Jedi: A marvelous addition to the Star Wars saga By: Ashley Tysiac, Junior Editor…
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Spotlight on Elise Hall and her pole vaulting success
Elise Hall, a junior at Leesville Road High School, is known around the “pole vaulting world” as a very successful young girl who created her fame with hardwork and dedication. Hall qualified for New…
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Raleigh’s Chinese Lantern Festival
Throughout the holiday season in Cary, North Carolina, the Koka Booth Amphitheatre hosts its annual Chinese Lantern Festival.The program, begins the day after Thanksgiving and lasts seven weeks. More than twenty lighted displays are…