The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

The need to read

The need to read

Jillian Sanders, Editor-in-chief September 24, 2014

I used to inhale books and words like they were a half-priced Dairy Queen cookies ‘n cream Blizzard on a Friday after school. Now, I have a growing stack of books along my dresser that have one term...

The benefit of flipping the classroom

The benefit of flipping the classroom

Julia Vastano, Editor-in-Chief September 23, 2014

Many teachers have their own teaching style or technique that works best for their class, personality, and subject. Flipped classrooms have become especially popular as technology continues to be integrated...

The screen that controls teens

The screen that controls teens

Pierce Goddard, Staff Reporter September 22, 2014

I have an obsession with my phone. And just by taking a wild guess, I bet you do too. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if 99 percent of teenagers are as we can’t seem to do anything without an electronic...

I used to love H.E.R. by Common is the number one hip-hop song by Complex Magazine.

I still love H.E.R.

Matthew Norwood, Staff Reporter September 19, 2014

A little over a year ago Complex Magazine made a consensus list of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. Coming in first was “I Used to Love H.E.R.” by Chicago rapper Common. Common rapped over...

Focusing on the little things

Focusing on the little things

Riley Laurence, Staff Reporter September 18, 2014

There are many struggles that every high school student goes through, ranging from wondering who is going to ask you to the school dance to what college you are planning on going to. Thinking about major...

Education gets a new mandate in Syria

Education gets a new mandate in Syria

Noah Corbitt, Staff Reporter September 17, 2014

Picture a world of a new education. Everybody will attend three classes: reading the native language in a pre-approved form, an “altered” chemistry and physics that attributes everything to the state...

Pierces purr-ception: Stress

Pierce’s purr-ception: Stress

Pierce Goddard, Staff Reporter September 16, 2014

As teenagers, we have an unruly amount of expectations to keep up with, but since we are merely human, this task is next to impossible. This puts us in an awkward position. We are told to handle nearly...

Disadvantages of college

Disadvantages of college

Riley Laurence, Staff Reporter September 15, 2014

I want to leave high school, I really do. College seems appealing compared to how draining it is to show up every day for seven and a half hours and give 100 percent of my effort completing worksheet after...

Opinion: the faults of political correctness

Opinion: the faults of political correctness

Matthew Norwood, Staff Reporter September 11, 2014

A few days ago Bruce Levenson, owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, put his team up for sale. He felt that an email he had sent to his staff more than two years ago was racially charged, and was a possible...

Load More Stories