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Vibe and Tribe #2: The Evolution of Friend Groups
Duncan keeps her students’ best interests at heart
Staves continuing family basketball legacy
Within the Frame
NC Conservatory’s Outreach
The importance of summer camp
Timeline: Social Media through the years
A history of excellence for Leesville women’s swimming
Pride football duo sign together to play at Limestone College
Jeremiah Stubbs and Dylan Reeves, Leesville seniors, have played football together since sophomore year. On Thursday, February 28, the two signed their National Letters of…
Behind the Scenes: Mamma Mia!
The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh put on a production of Mamma Mia!-– a classic musical from the early 2000’s–from February…
Church league basketball, the new NBA
Raleigh is home to hundreds if not thousands of church league basketball teams. All over the area, boys and girls of all ages participate in…
Love Around The World
Valentine’s Day is huge holiday in the U.S and the history of the holiday dates far back. Valentine’s Day rose up at the end of…
Leesville Wrestling Expands Their 100 Win Club
The 100 Win Club, as of January 2019, remains an exclusive group inside the Leesville Wrestling team. Only four members of the Varsity Wrestling team…
Long May They Reign
Like many pop and rock cultural icons, Freddie Mercury is one of the most recognizable figures of the 20th century. Anyone who was alive during…
Teenage addiction, rehabilitation and renewal
Every day, we are surrounded by people. We do not know what’s going on in their lives or how it’s affecting them. In recent weeks,…
Weston Estate: High Schoolers by Day, Hot New Music Group by Night
Marco Gomez, Manas Panchavati, Abhi Manhass, Tanmay Joshi, Ushno Chakraborty, and Srikar Nanduri are seniors at different Wake County high schools. They spend the day…
Rural vs. Urban: Education
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Vibe and Tribe: An Exploration into the Identity of the Modern High Schooler
High school is a time period during which we grow, develop, and come of age. However, each and every teenager experiences a unique search for…
Leesville’s New Book Club
Book Club kicked off their first meeting on November 28. The biography section of the library hosted a group of about a dozen potential members…
J.K. Rowling on failure and imagination
Hoping to impart wisdom upon me before I leave their home in less than a year, my parents presented me with a small book for…
Stan Lee: Superhero Legend
Stan Lee, Marvel icon, died on November 12 at the age of 95. Many remember him as the overseer of the company’s emergence as an…
Clara Oquendo Gordon: A story of family and fortitude
Hard work. Honesty. Loyalty. Respect. Self-actualization With the help of these values, my grandmother– whom I refer to as Ati– made a life for herself…
The Great Leesville Read: Young adult fiction
Dear reader, We have discovered America’s favorite book through The Great American Read on PBS, but what is Leesville Road High School’s favorite book? After…
Dylan Reeves Football Journey
Football is a game of passion, hard work, and pure dedication. Dylan Reeves, a senior at Leesville Road High School, has been displaying these characteristics…
Shortcuts through high school
Freshman year. Sophomore year. Junior year. Senior year—parking in the senior lot, making plans for the next year, Homecoming, Prom, the Senior Assembly, the Senior…
In Pursuit of Information
Back in September, I started research for an article about department funding at Leesville Road High School, specifically in regards to the arts department. As…
Mental Disorders in Teens
First Video tapes, now DVDs?
Home entertainment has skyrocketed within the development of technology over the 21st century. Transitions in platforms of how people watch shows and events to entertain…
Open Letter to Juniors
Dear Class of 2020, You are juniors! Hard to believe, right? It seems like just yesterday it was your first day of freshman year, and…
Art on the Ocean: Robert Patterson’s Art Career
In the great era of comic books, there were plenty of sources of inspiration to any aspiring artists. For one young boy in particular, it…
“Sticker Bombing” at Leesville
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Arostegui and Pardo: Bound by soccer
Over the years, friends Malina Pardo, Leesville senior, and Hannah Arostegui, former Leesville student, would sometimes discuss the possibility of attending the same college together,…
How Large Class Sizes Affect Students
Every day approximately 2,800 students walk through the doors of Leesville Road High School and into the classrooms of approximately 140 teachers. Class sizes vary…
Infographic: The U.S. Supreme Court
Following the class of 2021 into Sophomore year
One year ago the class of 2021 reflected on their first days of high school. With their freshman year under their belt, they are now…
James Bunton: Aspiring Medieval Blacksmith
Everyone has their hobbies. Some people like sports, some like knitting, and some people like to spend their weekend forging weapons. James Bunton, a sophomore…
Preparing for Florence
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Ainsley Duke: NC House Page
When you imagine someone who works in public policy, what do you picture? An old white Congressman? A posh woman wearing a business suit? What…
Students experience personal growth throughout calculus
They huddle together during SMART Lunch with their thick blue books cracked open, whispering about mysterious topics such as integrals and Riemann sums. Each night,…
Volunteering for A Fiery Future
Many students spend their summer soaking up rays at the beach or travelling to national parks, but some students, like Victoria Rodriguez, chose a different…
Student Spotlight: Cecelia “Cece” Marks
Ask almost anyone in the school, and they’ll know who Cecelia “Cece” Marks is. Most likely, they’ll have some story about her, whether it’s funny,…
Carolina Panthers Offseason 2018
After finishing the 2017 season 11-5, and losing in the wildcard playoff game, the Panthers created room for improvement. Starting off big, one of the…
Dealing with the process of cancer (pt. 2)
Cancer sucks. It’s the worst disease, not only to myself, but to other people as well. It reminds me of strep throat; it sneaks up…
How I dealt with death (prt.1) `
My grandmother’s name was Peggy Anne Houze, and she died at 65. Before she was diagnosed with breast and brain cancer, she was a wild…
North Carolina School Vouchers
On July 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of North Carolina approved the Opportunity Scholarship Act which allows residents of North Carolina to decide where their…
Professional Sports and Their Impact on Us
It’s the final three seconds of Game 5 in the Cavaliers vs. Pacers matchup. The game is tied 95-95. LeBron James receives the pass from…
VIP’s go to VIP Program
What Vehicle Injury Protection Program for a Very Important Person (VIP for a VIP) – a distracted driving prevention program that Leesville Road High School…
My Experience In Entrepreneurship
When I walked into Entrepreneurship 1 Honors on the first day of second semester, I don’t know what I was expecting, but it certainly was…