Monthly Archives: September, 2019

Nashville Catholic School bans Harry Potter, Leesville Media Center Specialist Weighs in

Library shelves in a Nashville, Tennessee school are empty of the classic series Harry Potter, written by J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter is one of...

Epic Soccer Win against rival Cardinal Gibbons

The Varsity Men's Soccer team pulled an epic victory against Cardinal Gibbons Monday, September 16. They won the game after tying, going into overtime,...

What do students think of Leesville’s new policies?

This 2019-2020 school year is Mr. Ian Solomon’s first full year as Leesville Road High School’s principal. His transition into being a full-term principal...

The Leesville Yearbook’s new dynasty

Leesville Road High School’s yearbook, Menagerie, has been documenting the school’s history since its establishment in 1993. Every year, the Menagerie staff is responsible...

Mental health of students

High school students have learned to cope with stress because it is almost always going to come up. Some stressors are worse than others,...

Diagnosis: Senioritis

There are about 570 seniors in this year’s graduating class, and it is pretty clear that at some point or another these students will...

What’s The Difference Between Fans Of College and Pro Football?

This past weekend, on September 8-9, I had the opportunity to go on an intense football weekend with my father and his friends. On...

Justin Williams stepping away for the 2020 season

The 2020 season is around the corner, and Carolina Hurricanes fans are already buying new gear and season tickets, and getting ready to see...

Surprise! Vaping is bad for you!

Originally created to be a way for smokers to wean off cigarettes, teens discovered the nicotine- filled juice of vapes and became hooked. Vaping...

Senior v.s. Freshman

In the four years of high school, students grow and change dramatically. But how different are their opinions about school?  Thoughts on the first day?  “On...

Raleigh’s Mayoral Race

Yard signs dot the ground in downtown Raleigh, an area where candidates must get out the vote to have any chance of winning their...

Why schools should teach more black history

In 1926 Carter G. Woodson started to teach Black History Week which would later become Black History Month in 1976.  In the United States,...

The Office and TV Time

The TV sensational show The Office has taken over the world, sometimes pushing important homework and due dates to the side as students would...

Fast Fashion: What is it and how does it affect us?

  In the ever changing fashion world, brands try to keep up with the latest trends. The design, create, and release process is a never...

How Athletics vs Academics Impacts High School Students

Along the journey that is high school, there are many routes one can take all with the same goal in mind: walking across the...

Harper balances teaching and earning a Master’s degree

All high schoolers know the struggles and hard work that goes into being a student: the hours of homework and classwork required to get...

The minds behind the 2020 Leesville Mural

Leesville Road High School students and staff see many murals around the school, including the ones in the cafeteria, inside some of the teachers’...

It: Chapter Two Review

Two years ago, killer clowns will all the rage. At a time when there were stories of clowns menacing people, It, based off of...

Colin Kaepernick: Impacting the Pledge

With the NFL season starting, Colin Kaepernick is back in the news. In August of 2016, Kaepernick made a decision that would end his...

Hurricane Dorian Hits Ocracoke Island

The devastation of Hurricane Dorian really hurt the Carribean, but the Outer Banks also felt the storms power. and while everyone is hearing about...

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