Author: Davis Dutton, staff writer
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Ms. Ballew — an inspiring teacher at Leesville
Background: Mrs. Ballew grew up in a small town located near the NC mountains and was one of the first of her family to attend college after graduating from Mcdowell High School. “I grew…
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What do students use Winter Break for: relax or study?
Some students at Leesville have to decide whether to plan out their Christmas break with loads of studying or maybe even just a little bit of studying. On the other hand some students choose…
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Ms. Moenning: from Texas to Raleigh
Although she just started teaching at Leesville two years ago, Christin Moenning known as Mrs.Moenning encourages and pushes her students to their fullest potential, so they can be successful while also bringing in a…
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Football Season Recap
Last Friday night Leesville Road High School played against Cleveland high school looking to knock them out of the playoffs and advance to win a high school title. During the game last week, Leesville…
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LRHS Marching Band wins final competition
The symphonic band at Leesville Road High school placed first in every category and won Grand Champion at the Western Alamance Band Competition. The Symphonic Band is Leesvilles premier audition-only band where students learn…
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Leesville Young Life
Throughout the years at Leesville, Young Life has been a big part of the student community and it’s a fun way to get to meet new people. Tyler Carlson, senior, said, “Young Life is…
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Wake County gives out mid assessment for “The Great Gatsby”
Wake County has issued all English III teachers to give all of their students a mid book assessment on the book The Great Gatsby. This assessment consists of three different sections that use your…
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Leesville adjusts to Canvas
The 2023-2024 school year has brought many changes to the school including new rules, new teachers, a principal and also an old but newly introduced way to learn and for teachers to post their…
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HOSA club at Leeville
As students are almost 3 weeks into school, students have chosen to expand and bring new/old clubs together for other students to join and be a part of. One club in particular has sparked…
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Is Junior year really as stressful as people make it out to be?
As the 2023-2024 school year starts most if not all juniors are ambitious but also excited to start their new classes. Throughout the years at Leesville Road High School many students, and also seniors…
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Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Roche
Micheal Roche has been teaching at Leesville Road High School for three years and is transferring to a private school. Roche chose to work at Leesville Road High School for these past three years…
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How taking Newspaper Benefits you
Only a few out of the 2500+ of people that attend Leesville Road High School take newspapers as an elective for either a semester or the year long class. The only requirements to join…
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Men’s Lacrosse Playoffs
As the 2022-2023 season came to a close, the Mens Leesville Lacrosse team has made the playoffs. On Tuesday May 2, 2023 the first round of the playoffs started with Leesville playing against East…
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7 ON 7
As the football off-season continues for Leesville Road High School, some of the players play 7 on 7 on the weekends. These games take place on Saturdays and Sundays consisting of 1-2 games in…
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Written vs Virtual Teaching
Nowadays in most schools, many teachers use online tools for students to take notes and complete assignments. Most teachers choose more online teaching and learning because it is easier to manage and also to…
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Teacher Workdays vs Early Releases: Pros and Cons
The 2022-2023 school year has brought more early releases from school rather than having lots of breaks, random days off and teacher workdays throughout Wake County High Schools. The reason for this is because…
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Safety of students at School (metal detectors)
A major problem across schools in North Carolina and the nation for 24 years now is how safe students really are at school. This has been a big problem ever since the Columbine High…
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Coaching Staff for Leesville Men’s Lacrosse
Jeff Spear,Assistant Varsity Coach, walking off the field after the game on senior night in the 2021-2022 season. (Photo used by permission of Lori Campoli)
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Student Preparations For Spring Sports Tryouts
As second semester starts, so do tryouts for spring sports. Anyone can try out for the following sports but you must have your Dragonfly filled out before you can try out. Tryouts that take…
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Girls Taking Physical Training Classes
Very few girls take weight training and extensive training classes. In Ben Kolstad’s second period Weight Training II class, 3 out of 31 students are girls.That’s only 10% of the class being girls. Students…
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Girls Taking Physical Training Classes
Very few girls take weight training and extensive training classes. In Ben Kolstad’s second period Weight Training II class, 3 out of 31 students are girls.That’s only 10% of the class being girls. Students…