Year: 2019
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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 rather watch an episode than do their schoolwork. (Photo courtesy…
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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 ending cycle—enabling clothing brands to drop new clothes frequently.…
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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 stage during graduation. Depending on the road one chooses to…
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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 A’s. However, only a select few people move all the…
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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’ rooms, and the new one on the Senior Wall. Chloe…
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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 the Steven King book by the same name, blew up…
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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 football career. Kaperpernick took a stand against social injustice by…
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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 the tragedies of the Carribean, there are also people in…
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Before School Programs
Although school starts at 7:18 a.m it is required for some to arrive at school earlier than that. The early arrivals is due to the fact their coaches or directors believe extra practice or…
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Naming the storm
In North America, we identify hurricanes through different names to ease communication and confusion. However, until 1953 we tracked hurricanes by year and the order in which they occurred during the year. “The use…
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The Story Behind Nuking Hurricanes
Hurricanes are one of the most powerful natural forces on Earth. Governments would jump at the thought of being able to prevent one of these disasters, but would they go as far as dropping…
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Balancing School and Athletics
Sonnet House is one of many students at Leesville High School who has to balance school and soccer. Being a student athlete helps her be responsible and improve her time management. (Photo used by…
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Leesville’s JV football loses close game to Panther Creek
On Thursday, August 29, the Leesville JV football team took on Panther Creek in Leesville’s first home game of the season. Both teams fought hard, but Panther Creek walked away with a one point…
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Why does nobody care about winter sports?
Aside from men’s basketball, most winter sports don’t get much publicity within the Leesville community. While parents and friends attend some games/matches, most winter sporting events are barren, full of empty stands and forgotten…
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Lana Del Rey continues to slap
Norman F***ing Rockwell, Lana Del Rey’s sixth studio album, dropped August 30. As a fan of her music, I looked forward to the release of this album since hearing “Venice B****” last September. Del…
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DC’s Universe needs a new dawn
Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel (2013) gave some DC fans a new hope for the future of live-action DC movies. But, critics and hardcore fans were suspicious of the potential plot to the franchise. …
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Lover: Song-by-Song Analysis And Review
Photo courtesy of Natalie Gore By: Natalie Gore Two days after the release, Lover became the top-selling album of 2019. Swift’s music is enjoyed around the globe by millions every single day. (Photo courtesy…
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Volunteer Service Awards
In November, Leesville Road High School will be honoring students who have given back to the community. The LRHS PTSA is recognizing “individuals who demonstrate outstanding volunteer service and civic participation over the course…
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SNAC is giving back
By: Ellie Thompson, Staff Writer The officers of the Special Needs Awareness Club stop for a photo after a successful interest meeting. They constantly offer their time and resources to support the students…
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Sony vs. Marvel: The Spiderman Split
The recent news of Sony and Marvel’s split has fans of the Spiderman films worried about the beloved character’s future. Fans are asking many questions concerning where Spiderman will appear. Luckily the character is…
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Hurricane Dorian, Did We Overreact?
Many people in Wake County were worried about the hurricane, but for most people in the county this was this scene. No torrential rain, no 100mph winds, no dark clouds, nothing. (Photo courtesy of…
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Parking Lot Chaos: Split Lunch’s Impact on the Student Lot
The parking lot has been an important sign of independence for students. With this new schedule change, leaving campus is a daunting task that some upperclassmen are avoiding entirely. (Photo courtesy of Ellie Bruno)…
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Marching Band
Matt Cash, sophomore and member of Leesville’s marching band, practices his saxophone. The members of the marching band often practice after school and on their own to keep improving for future games and competitions.…
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Leesville Tennis Dominates Green Level
The Leesville Road women’s varsity tennis team won their match with the recently built Green Level high school at home on Wednesday, September 4. Leesville won every set, with the result being 9-0. The…
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Customers give the new Popeyes sandwich a thumbs up
On August 12, Popeyes broke the internet with its new Chicken Sandwich. The sandwich caused an amazing amount of attention–especially on social media– and was so successful that it sold out the first day…
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Wave Goodbye to Digital Media Classes
During the 2019-2020 school year, students at LRHS will witness the last batch of Digital Media students as the original classes will make way for the more focused, content-heavy Adobe curriculum classes. The Adobe…
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What are the new digital portfolios?
Colleges have been defining students by just their grades for many years, but they’re are realizing that there is more to a student then how good or bad students score on test. Standardized test…
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LRHS Bands Introduce New Organization of Students
If you’re not familiar with the Leesville Band program, you’re missing out. Led by Alyssa Montgomery, currently in her seventh year as the director of the program, all three bands are impressively successful in…
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Celeste Castillo Joins the Leesville Faculty
Celeste Castillo rewards her students with pesos — spanish currency — when they answer a question in Spanish. Castillo encourages her students to participate even if they are unsure about the accuracy of their…
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Future of Football
Leesville football has a good reputation, including a record of 10-3 in 2018, and making it past two rounds in the final playoffs in 2018. Although the team has notable losses in the new…
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Mr. Hurley at head of theatre department
Matthew Hurley laughs with his students during first period. Mr. Hurley is teaching them how to express themselves both on and off the stage. (Photo courtesy of Ellie Thompson) With twenty-five new teachers at…
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Student Entrepreneurs at Leesville
Student entrepreneurship is when a person in school has created their own business. At Leesville we have a few student entrepreneurs that balance school and after school activities and their business. (Photo used by…
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New Lunch Schedule
S.M.A.R.T. lunch has been a norm for Leesville Road High School students and staff since 2015, but recently the administrative team changed the lunch schedule. S.M.A.R.T. lunch before was 51 minutes long–the new lunch…
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New Problems Have Arisen Within Model UN
Every time a new school year starts, it gives clubs a chance to advertise themselves and attract new members. This year, some clubs are finding it increasingly difficult to operate. An example of one…
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Students weigh in on AB Lunch
With the start of the 2019-20 school year comes new students, new classes, and new rules. After the arrival of Leesville’s new principal, Dr. Solomon, he brought with him a new wave of change…
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Leesville’s Glowing Fall Play
Leesville’s theater department has announced that its fall play, Radium Girls, will premiere on November 14 at 7 p.m. The play is based on the true story of female factory workers in the 1920s…
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The Story of Stiles
As students begin tuning instruments, sharp A’s and flat D’s fill the room. Mark Stiles, the orchestra director, whistles for the class to quiet down. Stiles has been at Leesville for 21 years. He…
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What Exactly is a Digital Portfolio?
With the start of the 2019-2020 school year, the Wake County public school system has introduced a new requirement that will impact students and teachers alike. All Wake County students grades 3-12 are now…
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Will “Personalization Time” Kill Fast-paced Classes?
The 2019-2020 school year kicked off with a rough start. Administration put in place a new bell schedule, taking 30 minutes out of structured instruction and replacing it with “personalization time”. Each department has…
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The senior anthology is no more
The start to the new school year means lots of changes around Leesville. From the new lunch schedule to tardy policy, the changes are receiving mixed reactions. However, there is one change that many…
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Six reasons every kid should get a summer job
A summer job is an opportune way for any teenager to utilize their abundance of time in a productive manner.
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An inside look at the Freshman Class
On Monday the 26, Leesville Road High School welcomed the class of 2023 for their first day of high school. They are the newest members of an already huge Pride. Our student body size–which…
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New Club System
With a new lunch system at Leesville, clubs have gone through some major changes. Last year, with traditional SMART lunch, club meetings could be held every day during lunch, and students could attend them…
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A fresh face for the bands
Mr. Ballard, the talented new student teacher for the Bands, stands beside the LRHS Bands banner. Ballard will be staying with the band throughout the winter and making sure they have a good start…
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Running with the Pride
In the heat and humidity of Raleigh, the last thing most people would think of doing is getting up and going on a run. Cross country runners are not most people. Leesville Road High’s…
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Taylor Swift’s Lover review
On Friday, August 23, Taylor Swift finally released her long-awaited album Lover. The album contains eighteen tracks including three songs she released previously this year. One of the reasons I like Lover as a…
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Senior Parking Lot Chalk
In recent years, the Leesville seniors have participated in a tradition on the day before the new school year begins. Rising seniors gather in the student parking lot, bringing their most creative mindsets to…
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New Tardy Policy & Its Impact
With the new school year, administration added many changes to alter rules and routines, sending a wave of evolution through the students at Leesville Road High School. While the changes were made to increase…
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Leesville Soccer Ties Defending State Champions
“Everyone was getting excited, and adrenaline was flowing. We thought we had it in the bag.” The Leesville Pride Men’s soccer team were on top of the world when their sophomore playmaker Abdul Qurneh…
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Not Even Water: Ramadan as a Muslim American student
The New Generation’s Ramadan By Jannah Said America is a melting pot, but oftentimes we find the different “groups” somewhat less-than-melted. Today’s American-Muslims often face identity crises as they struggle to search for equilibrium…