Author: Maddy Winick, staff writer
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Sew Chic Boutique
The Sew Chic Boutique is back for a second year – other teachers in Wake County brought the idea to light outside of the curriculum, and Mrs. Winick, Apparel teacher, loved it enough to…
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South Park
How South Park Was Born In 1992, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone met in film class during their time at University of Colorado at Boulder. While working on lighting or sound…
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2023 Promposals
With Winterfest out of the way, boys scramble to make their promposals for our early prom this Friday. Here’s what Leesville students have come up with so far. What a celebratory day! A promposal…
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Sonal Mahapatra — Leesville’s 15 Year Old Author
Sonal Mahapatra, LRHS sophomore, published her debut as a writer with her first book, Aventurine: A story of a girl and a crystal in December of 2022. How it all started At 9 years…
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Chef Brooks Spotlight
Growing up, Andrew Brooks had always been exposed to the food business in one form or another. Whether it was working in sandwich shops, restaurants, or hotels, his experience in the food industry aided…
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Singing Valentines
In honor of Valentine’s day, Leesville offers the opportunity for ones to purchase a melody for their loved ones. This could account for a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, son, daughter, or colleague. “Singing Valentines were…
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Your New Years’ Resolution: Stick with it!
A New Years’ Resolution is an opportunity to ‘start fresh’ and inspires people to better themselves and leave everything in the past, hence the phrase “new year, new me.” It is almost guaranteed that…
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Early Prom Controversy
On Monday December 5, Principal Solomon releases the 2022-2023 prom date to the Leesville community through his weekly message; “Save the Date! The 2023 Prom will be held on Friday, March 17, 2023. More…
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Hour of Code
The “Hour of Code” is a national, one-hour tutorial run by code.org that introduces people to the basics of computer science in an enjoyable manner. During A and B lunch this week, events will…
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WCPSS Bell Time Swaps
No changes in the WCPSS bell schedule will be made until the 2024-2025 school year at the earliest, but the discussion of the possibility began in 2013. Currently, the majority of Wake County schools…
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Early Action vs. Regular Decision
There are different ways to apply to college, including Early Action, Regular Decision, and Early Decision. Colleges tend to favor the early applicants who apply through Early Action. When a student submits through Early…
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Trick Or Treat?
Trick-Or-Treating origins remain murky, but may have started with ancient Celtic festivals, where villagers began to disguise themselves in animal-skin costumes to drive away phantom visitors. In later centuries, people began to dress as…
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Panic Point
In 2011, two business partners, Brian Garff and Geoff Huguely, decided the Raleigh area could use a Haunted Attraction. Looking to find a location to build on, a landowner in Youngsville, NC agreed to…
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Senoritis
The term “senioritis” is characterized by a lack of motivation felt by students who are reaching the end of their courses. Although this usually will occur during a seniors second semester, the laziness may…
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Masks in 2022?
2022-2023 is the first full year where masks remain optional since the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020. Sloane Mekonis is a senior at Leesville. Interviewed as a junior by Brendon Shore in April of 2022,…
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Best Lunch Destinations For A Lunchers
Controversy arises of whether or not 10:30 is an appropriate lunch time for students. Either kids are not hungry at this time, or it seems like there is nowhere close enough nor open to…
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National Technical Honor Society
The National Technical Honor Society is an educational non-profit that honors, recognizes, and empowers students in Career & Technical Education, known high schools as CTE classes. The NTHS chapter at Leesville was originally founded…
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The Rise Of School Lunch Prices
Most returning Leesville students are aware that in the 2021-2022 school year, school lunches were free. This school year breakfast will cost $1.75, and lunch is $3.25. “The prices for student meals at Leesville…
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Free food thanks to the Canes
Canes Win = Chick-Fil-A Whenever the Canes win a home game, Chick-Fil-A celebrates by giving fans a free chicken sandwich through their app. How to redeem your free sandwich: -log into the Chick-Fil-A…
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Make a Blanket Day
Every year, Project Linus’ “Make A Blanket Day” event takes place between February and May. It is a community event where volunteers come together to make blankets and sew on labels. This year, Make…
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Sew Chic Boutique
Sew Chic Boutique opens Tuesday and Thursday this week, a display will be set up outside the career center in room 102. Students and faculty will be able to purchase key fobs, scrunchies, and…
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Tropicana Crunch
On May 4, 2022, which happens to be National Orange Juice Day, Tropicana introduced the world to its newest breakfast option, “Tropicana Crunch.” Tired of milk with your cereal? Try orange juice. Orange juice…
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What is Worldle?
Instead of guessing the word of the day, Worldle challenges the player to guess the country of the day. The game launched on January 30th 2022 by a French game developer. Two weeks later,…
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Teacher Appreciation Week
Teachers are always appreciated for all they do here at Leesville, but this week highlights their hard work. Teacher Appreciation week has arrived, starting May 2 and ending May 6. How are our wonderful…
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The Truth Behind Wilderness Therapy Programs
How do kids get there No consent is given by the children when it comes to attending the camp. Most kids do not even know places like these exist before arriving there themselves. Many…
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Diving Into The Lululemon Brand
What Is Lululemon? It all started in Vancouver in 1998. Chip Wilson, Canadian Entrepreneur, had a vision; to create a store that was more than just a place to buy clothes to sweat in.…
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Leesville’s 2022 Spring Carnival
Leesville’s 2022 spring carnival will be held both in the stadium and the Murphy Building drop-off traffic circle. There will be general carnival activities like food and booths, which various clubs run. Other activities…
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Prom 2022
Juniors and Seniors, make sure to save the date! Prom is on May 13 from 7:00-11:00 p.m. Prom is at the Raleigh Marriott near Crabtree Valley Mall. Students will enter through the back entrance…
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Saying goodbye to PBS’ Arthur
February 21, 2022 was an emotional day for the world — Arthur came to an end after its 25th and final season.Debuting on television in October 1996, the series is officially the longest running…
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Career Fair at LRHS 2022
On Tuesday March 22, Leesville held their 2022 Career Fair. Usually the event is held in the evening during the week, but this year it was operating from 8-2 pm where students could go…
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Leesville Compost Bins
By 2020, two compost bins existed at Leesville – one behind the Murphy building and one behind Mr. Muira’s construction class, both constructed in Spring of 2019. Mrs. Stolfo, foods teacher at Leesville, came…
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Is The Vampire Diaries Leaving Netflix?
With its 5.7 million views, The Vampire Diaries is one of the most successful shows in the history of the CW network. Many believed that the show leaves Netflix in March of 2022. It…
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Leesville’s Mid-year Grads
Contributors: Emma Nani and Maddy Winick Beginning at 6:30 pm, about 50 seniors will enter the main gym in cap and gown, concluding their high school career. Eligibility to graduate early (minimum requirements): By…
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LRHS New Biology Club
The LRHS Biology Club is now available for student’s to join. “At Gibbons, my old school, we had a Biology club. When I transferred to Leesville and saw they did not I was really…
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Leesville’s Cultural Diversity Club
Kelly Kim, freshman at LRHS, is in charge of the new Cultural Diversity Club at Leesville, along with Mrs. Stolfo, a Foods teacher at LRHS. “The Cultural Diversity Club will focus on educating students…
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New Clubs at LRHS
Fiber Arts Club Benton Henry, Junior, created Leesville’s first “Fiber Arts Club” in October 2021. The club has been created so people can volunteer for service hours using fiber arts (materials including fabric and…
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LRHS Military Sign Ups
Now is the time where any student at Leesville has the chance to sign up to be in the military. Click here to access the sign up sheet and sign up to meet with…
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LRHS Theatre Presents “And Then There Were None”
The theatre class at LRHS has been putting together And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. In this best selling novel, ten strangers are invited to an island by an unknown host. Each…
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Squid Game Review
*Spoilers* About the New Squid Game Hit Series ‘Squid Game’ follows the lives of hundreds of indebted participants who are invited to participate in multiple games based on games a majority of them played…
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CTE Courses- Leading To Their Career Path
“These CTE classes are very important, we are trying to prepare students for real life skills, other than just studying and you know, learning from a book or a computer. In these classes they…
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Leesville Lunch Time Problems
For the 2020-2021 online school year, students were very grateful for the introduction of a schoolwide two hour Leesville lunch time — but as they returned to school in-person, most students are having trouble…
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Breakfast Week At Crumbl Cookies
From the 6th-11th people had “cookies for breakfast,” with the new “breakfast week” introduced by Crumbl Cookies. These were last weeks cookie flavors: “WAFFLE” — A thick waffle cookie drizzled with rich maple syrup…
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Breakfast At Leesville
We are always told breakfast is the most important meal of the day — but how many students at Leesville actually eat their morning meal? The rush to wake up, get ready, and hurry…
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Returning To School In A Pandemic
Students at Leesville Road High School need to adapt to yet another school year with masks, as the virus continues to cause many deaths and hardships. Students have many different feelings towards going into…