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

Small talk for small minds

Small talk for small minds

Rachel Jackson, Staff Reporter September 10, 2014

We’ve all been there. Those dreaded 2-5 minutes of “catching up” with that one person you met in that one class and only talked to them because you didn’t really know anyone else. The awkward exchange...

Time to cut the school day

Time to cut the school day

Michelle Stoddart, Managing Editor September 3, 2014

Many adult day jobs are from 9-5 each day. Each morning I get to school around 8:45 (if it’s a good day anyways), and I don't get home until 4:20 at the very earliest. The days I have a club meeting...

Named the Best Website by The Dallas Morning News, members of the editorial staff of The Red Ledger stand outside the DMN in downtown Dallas. From left to right are Managing Editor Michelle Stoddart, Editor-in-chief Jillian Sanders, Managing Editor Caroline Smith and Editor-in-chief Hallie Fischer.

Meet the editors

Hallie Fischer, Editor-in-chief August 26, 2014

One of the hardest goodbyes we have had to say as a staff was to our beloved editor-in-chief, Liz Schasel. She was not only a great editor, but along with Ginger Hervey, she was the creator of theredledger.net....

Farmlife: what it is like to live in the country

Farmlife: what it is like to live in the country

Will Anderson, Staff Reporter July 17, 2014

Growing up and living on a farm is a completely different from suburban life. I’ve grown up in the “middle of nowhere,” beside “where’s that ville,” and a little south of “that place doesn't...

Column: why traveling is good for you

Column: why traveling is good for you

Adrian Moger, Staff Reporter June 17, 2014

“People don’t take trips, trips take people,” - John Steinbeck. The average high school student will often tell you about how they regret wasting time during their summer. In fact a poll in 2012...

One nation, under God

One nation, “under God”

Will Anderson, Staff Reporter May 30, 2014

Learning the Pledge of Allegiance when I was a kid was a big thing; I actually had a test in fourth grade over it. Recently, as I said the words slowly, I wondered:  When did the pledge actually originate...

Opinion: card ban is getting out of hand

Opinion: card ban is getting out of hand

Michelle Stoddart, Managing Editor May 29, 2014

Administration has recently placed a ban upon playing cards in class. Although this is logical at other times in the school year, during finals week, such a ban isn’t feasible. Due to the schedule,...

#EndRapeCulture

#EndRapeCulture

Tory Heruska & Riley Laurence, Staff Reporters May 28, 2014

It is in the jokes we tell, the songs we sing, and the news we read. Whether it is noticed or not, there is a rape culture all around us. Defined as the culture of a society that tolerates rape and sexual...

Lovejoy vs. Boyd

Lovejoy vs. Boyd

Riley Laurence, Staff Reporter May 27, 2014

When I transferred here from McKinney Boyd High School on October 7, 2013, I never would’ve imagined my life would be the way that it is now. There have been struggles and hardships, but they have been...

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