LEESVILLE ROAD HIGH SCHOOL

'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 2,176 enrolled students (checked 7-2-2006). LRHS offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including band, computer club, foreign language, newspaper, yearbook, National Honor Society, Student Council, and many other clubs.

Contents

Academics

Athletics

Football

Wrestling

Soccer

Track and Field

The Leesville complex

Noted alumni

See also

External links

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, German, and Latin. In math and English EOC 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%. [1] The school's yearbook, ''The Menagerie'', won the Columbia University Scholastic Press Gold Medal in 2004 and 2006.

Athletics

Leesville High offers various athletic activities to its students including, but not limited to, football, basketball, soccer, gymnastics and wrestling.

Football

★ 2006: 10-3 due to a forfeit (11-2)

★ 2005: 1-9

★ 2004: 2-9

★ 2003: 25-0

Wrestling

Notable Wresters-

★ Billy Edwards (2003-2007) - 232-46

★ Matt Coakley (2000-2004)- 184-52

★ Ben Oeser (2001-2005 - 174-40

★ Corey Hulsey (2002-2006)- 158-37

★ Brian O'Boyle (2002-2006)- 145-18

★ Jeremy Jones (2005-present)- 1-0 (due to forfeit)

Soccer

★ Regular Season Champions (Women) (2007)

★ Cap 7 Champions (Women) (2007)

★ State Champions (Men) (1997, 1999, 2004)

Track and Field

★ Regular Season Champions (16-0) (Women) (2007)

★ Cap 7 Champions (Women) (2007)

The Leesville complex

Leesville Road High School is physically connected to Leesville Road Elementary and Leesville Road Middle, forming what is commonly called the ''Leesville Complex''.[2] The three schools are also linked by their mascots. The mascot for the high school is the Pride, a pack of lions.[3] The elementary and middle school mascots are Cubs and Lions, respectively.

Noted alumni

★ Clay Aiken

★ Shawan Robinson

★ Anthony Richardson

★ Brian Rimpf

★ The band Squeezetoy

★ The band Pico vs Island Trees

See also

★ Leesville Road Elementary School

★ Leesville Road Middle School

★ Sanderson High School

★ Wakefield High School

External links

★ Leesville High School Website

★ Leesville Elementary School Website

★ Leesville Middle School Website

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★ 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