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 Lovejoy Board of Trustees will meet in the administration building Tuesday to discuss a big agenda including future graduation requirements.

School board set to determine future graduation requirements

Michelle Stoddart, Managing Editor June 16, 2014

The passage of House Bill 5  is forcing the school district to change the requirements for the Class of 2018 to graduate with the next stage to come at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting. The meeting...

An area of Stacy  Ridge Park has been designated as a nesting area for the cattle egrets.

Cattle Egrets cause a ruckus

Tory Heruska, Staff Reporter June 12, 2014

First it was Celebration Park nearly a year ago. Now it’s Stacy Ridge Park where hundreds of nestling Cattle Egrets, a protected species at the state and federal level, have taken up temporary residence. “They...

The Red Ledger will continue to post over the summer

The Red Ledger will continue to post over the summer

Julia Vastano, Editor-In-Chief May 31, 2014

Though students will officially be on summer vacation starting May 30, The Red Ledger will still be continuously posting updates. Check back here for stories, videos and photo slideshows. School will...

Even with a 5 on an AP exam, students may still not receive college credit with new policies in place by schools such as Dartmouth and Columbia.

Students get EOC scores

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter May 30, 2014

With the end of the school year comes the return of EOC (End of Course) results from recent standardized testing. Students will not receive individual scores until they are mailed home next week, but administration...

Adminstration has banned the use of playing cards during class due the the fact that its distracting for students.

Admin deals students a card ban

Cameron Stapleton, Staff Reporter May 29, 2014

A popular past time for students on campus has come under fire from school administration as playing cards is “banned” from school. “Card playing in class is not an appropriate use of student...

While some seniors are enjoying a day at Six Flags, others are making up school hours.

Some seniors stay home from Six Flags

Lauren Payne, Staff Reporter May 28, 2014

The last week of school is normally a breeze for seniors, with students only having to show up for certain activities. “You don’t have to do anything [the last week],” senior Mark Scott said....

Students that would like to change their schedule must now go to PowerSchool.

New year brings new schedule policy

Riley Laurence, Staff Reporter May 27, 2014

With only a few days left in the school year, some students are already trying to change their schedule for next year. But there’s a new process in place and students only have until June 4 to submit...

Protecting the president

Protecting the president

Claire Peralta, Staff Reporter May 26, 2014

Protecting the most important man in the country is an important, difficult, and stressful task; one that Senior Master Sergeant James Finn, father of AP World History teacher Kevin Finn, took on when...

With all of next years budget cuts, the district is cutting the kindergarten through seventh grade spanish program.

District says adios to K-7 spanish

Sydney Grissom, Staff Reporter May 23, 2014

Learning foreign languages early is proven to be easier than trying to learn at later ages, however students in the Lovejoy ISD will not have that opportunity in 2014-15 as a result of budget cuts. “The...

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