Leesville Road High School
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Leesville Road High School (or Leesville High School, LRHS), which opened its doors in 1993, is a comprehensive public high school in Wake County located at 8409 Leesville Road, Raleigh
, North Carolina
. It has 2,425 enrolled students (checked 7-29-2010). LRHS offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including band, computer club, foreign language, newspaper
, yearbook
, National Honor Society
, Student Council
, and many other clubs.
scores, Leesville ranks above the North Carolina average. In 2005, Leesville scored 90% and 92% in English and Math respectively. The state average was 82% and 80%. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/achievement/nc/1887 The school's yearbook, The Menagerie, won the Columbia University
Scholastic Press Gold Medal in 2004 and 2006.
Leesville Road High School also offers an impressive list of career and technical education courses in the areas of family and consumer sciences, business and marketing education, technology education, and trade and industrial education.
, basketball
, soccer
, gymnastics
, and wrestling
.
At various Leesville Road sporting events (especially football games), LRHS students adorned in all manners of green attire line the sidelines as the Leesville Loonies, the adoring fans of the Pride.
Their Girls soccer team were ranked 1st in the country in 2010 (Coached by Paul Dinkenor).
's largest Latin Clubs with membership in the Fall semester of 2010 totaling to over 130 students.
Career and technical student organizations provide students in career and technical education the opportunity to build their teamwork, communication, leadership, and technical skills in the context of career preparation. The following CTSO's are available at LRHS: Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, DECA
, FBLA-PBL
, and SkillsUSA
.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. It has 2,425 enrolled students (checked 7-29-2010). LRHS offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including band, computer club, foreign language, newspaper
Student newspaper
A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....
, yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
, National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
, Student Council
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
, and many other clubs.
Academics
Leesville Road High School has consistently ranked as a North Carolina School of Distinction. Its most recent ranking was in the 2005-2006 school year. Leesville offers its students a wide variety of advanced and 14 Advanced Placement courses in various subjects. Leesville also offers the following foreign language courses: Spanish, French, and Latin. In math and English EOCEnd of Course Test
The End of Course Test is an academic assessment conducted in many states by the State Board of Education. Georgia, for example, tests from the ninth to twelfth grades, and North Carolina tests for any of the four core class subjects .North Carolina schools administer an EOCT in English I, Algebra...
scores, Leesville ranks above the North Carolina average. In 2005, Leesville scored 90% and 92% in English and Math respectively. The state average was 82% and 80%. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/achievement/nc/1887 The school's yearbook, The Menagerie, won the Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Scholastic Press Gold Medal in 2004 and 2006.
Leesville Road High School also offers an impressive list of career and technical education courses in the areas of family and consumer sciences, business and marketing education, technology education, and trade and industrial education.
Athletics
Leesville High offers various athletic activities to its students including, but not limited to, footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, soccer
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, and wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
.
At various Leesville Road sporting events (especially football games), LRHS students adorned in all manners of green attire line the sidelines as the Leesville Loonies, the adoring fans of the Pride.
Their Girls soccer team were ranked 1st in the country in 2010 (Coached by Paul Dinkenor).
Extracurricular Activities
Leesville is home to one North CarolinaNorth Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
's largest Latin Clubs with membership in the Fall semester of 2010 totaling to over 130 students.
Career and technical student organizations provide students in career and technical education the opportunity to build their teamwork, communication, leadership, and technical skills in the context of career preparation. The following CTSO's are available at LRHS: Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, DECA
Deca
Deca- or deka- is a prefix in the metric system, also a numerical prefix, denoting a factor of ten. The term is derived from the Greek δέκα meaning "ten". Its symbol is the only SI prefix that uses more than one character....
, FBLA-PBL
FBLA-PBL
The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
, and SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
.
The Leesville complex
Leesville Road High School is physically connected to Leesville Road Elementary School and Leesville Road Middle School, forming what is commonly called the Leesville Complex.http://les.wcpss.net/index.htm The three schools are also linked by their mascots. The mascot for the high school is the Pride, a pack of lions. The elementary and middle school mascots are Cubs and Lions, respectively.Notable staff
- David Albert(retired)-President of the North Carolina Music Educators AssociationNorth Carolina Music Educators AssociationThe North Carolina Music Educators Association is the North Carolina state-level affiliate of NAfME: The National Association for Music Education...
- Diane Covington- Recipient of the North Carolina Music Educators AssociationNorth Carolina Music Educators AssociationThe North Carolina Music Educators Association is the North Carolina state-level affiliate of NAfME: The National Association for Music Education...
Choral Director of the Year Award
External links
- Leesville High School Website
- Leesville Elementary School Website
- Leesville Middle School Website
- Google Maps image of the Leesville Complex (The high school comprises the top two buildings)
- Wake County Public School System
- Leesville Football Images
- Leesville High School Bands
- Official Leesville Wrestling Webpage