Cultural Media Literacy available next school year
Leesville plans to offer a new English class next school year for all grades called...
MoMA Exhibits Tim Burton’s New Artwork
Most know Tim Burton as the creepy-but-enticing movie director. His movies are easily recognizable: dark,...
New North Carolina Laws
The state legislature has passed several new laws ranging from December 1 to January 1....
Republicans to take majority in 2010
The 2010 midterm elections could cause losses for the Democrats in the House and the...
Schmidt and Woodhouse named semi-finalists for Morehead-Cain
Most students that attend Leesville dream of a full ride to the University of North...
Early Graduates Look Forward to College
While most students around Leesville have been counting down the days until Winter Break, a...
Juniors Victorious in Penny War
The Penny Wars of 2009 ended successfully on Friday, December 11. The total amount of...
ITS Inductions
International Thespian Society inductions took place Thursday, Dec. 10. Students who have logged one hundred...
2009 Food Drive Successful
Leesville Road High School students and faculty participated in another successful annual food drive. The...
Break-In at Leesville
Sometime in the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov 29, several individuals broke into the...
Bunzey flies to Serbia
When most students think about the last few days before Winter Break, they sit with...
Thirty Seniors Still Completing Graduation Project
The 2010 seniors were overjoyed when they found out that the Graduation Project was no...
UN Copenhagen Conference to Discuss Global Warming
On Dec. 7 through Dec. 18 the United Nations will be holding the 15th Climate...
Leesville Students Compete in WRAL Brain Game
On Nov. 14, Andrew Christian, Nathan Miller and Woong-Soo Lee competed in WRAL’s brain game...
Shoe Drive Collects Over 1,300 Pairs of Shoes
From Nov. 2-6, The Key Club held a shoe drive, where Leesville students donated over...
Dance ensemble flies south for the winter
Leesville’s Dance Ensemble made arrangements to perform at the 2010 Orange Bowl’s Halftime Show on...
Siblings at Leesville
The common misconception is that younger siblings are annoying, and do nothing but harass and...
New teacher takes over class
Leesville gained a new staff member this week when Ms. Rebecca Jones, a first year...
Leesville Students Attend Military Fair
Leesville Road High School conducted a military fair on November 3, 2009 for students interested...
Obese NC Workers to Pay More for Health Insurance
North Carolina will implement a ‘fat tax’ on its government workers starting in July 2011,...
Stolen Art Prompts Search, Frustration
On a seemingly normal Monday morning, Gene Kim was shocked to discover that his artwork...
Seniors Win Homecoming Float Contest
On Friday, October 16, 2009, the Leesville Road High senior student council won Leesville’s annual...
Boy cheerleaders add humor to powder puff game
A group of senior boys took on the role of cheerleaders to show their support...
Ten Students Interviewed for Teaching Fellows Scholarship
Ten Leesville seniors attended the district interviews for the teaching fellows scholarship, a $6500 per...
2009 the First Year for DST Change
Daylight Saving Time is the system of changing the official local time by one hour...
October Blood Drive: Record-Breaking Results
Leesville’s partnership blood drive with the American Red Cross was a resounding success, breaking last...
New School Board Members Oppose Busing
On Oct. 6, Chris Malone of District One, Deborah Pickett of District Seven and Debra...
Spirit Week in Review
The week of October 12 through the 16 is spirit week, the kickoff for the...
Same-Sex High Schools
There are twenty-three co-ed high schools in the Wake County Public School System. Although most...
Harmful Discoveries of Gardasil
In June of 2006, the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, was released worldwide and...
Mischief Night
Over the past few decades, hundreds of neighborhoods across Raleigh experienced vandalism in the dark...
Seatbelt Neglect Results in Tragedy
When Christopher Raynor woke up on September 12, he had completely different intentions in mind...
Obama Gives Controversial Back-to-School Speech
On September 8, President Barack Obama delivered a speech aimed at students in kindergarten through...
Homecoming Preview
Students all over Leesville are beginning to prepare for Homecoming festivities that are to take...
Leesville Green in More Ways than One
In 2004, Wake County Public School System teamed up with Child Nutrition Services and began...
Senioritis: A High School Epidemic
It is the most common disease among high school students, more contagious than the H1N1...
Haunted Houses Part of NC Halloween Tradition
In a nation searching for cheap thrills and scares, the North Carolina area has got...
Permissive Parenting Has Long-Term Effects on Children
Permissive parenting is a style in which parents sit back and allow their children to...
Juniors Prep for Puff
The powder puff season began just as it had in previous years: energetic, enthusiastic, and slightly murderous. The vast majority…
Leesville’s Public Safety Day “A Major Hit”
The annual Public Safety Day took place on Saturday, Sept. 19. Firefighters, policemen and special...
Leesville Students Show Faith
On Wednesday, Sept. 23 approximately 15 students gathered at the flagpole in the front of...
Lyons’s Prideful Kicks
Lyons’s sweet Nikes Satire Principal Scott Lyons reached a new level of fabulousness this week....
Dracula Auditions: The Process
Pride Productions, Leesville’s drama department, is putting on the eerie and frightening story of Dracula...
2009 Grill Team: Better than Ever
The Leesville Grill Team, a group created by the 2008 senior class, continues this year...
Program Welcomes New Students to LRHS
The New Student Program is designed for the new students to become more accustomed with...
Lauren Strapp Breaks Record
Most people go through life never emphasizing how much one second matters; it can be...
Senior Wall
Every year since the school’s opening in 1993, the senior class has decorated the intersection...
State Fair: Sure to be “A Whole Lotta Happy”
The North Carolina State Fair’s new slogan “A Whole Lotta Happy” comes with big expectations...
Music Poll Indicates Surprising Similarities Between Generations
Most kids are under the impression that parents (or just “old people” in general) would...
New Library Opened Next to Leesville Campus
Wake County opened a new library branch September 26, 2009. The Leesville branch is the closest...