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

An appreciation of academic success

An appreciation of academic success

Liz Schasel, Editor-in-chief January 9, 2014

It feels nice to be honored, especially when the recognition is paired with friends and food. That’s exactly what students are offered at the Advanced Academics Banquet; a tradition the high school started...

The lure of the British

The lure of the British

Michelle Leddon, Staff Reporter January 6, 2014

To start off, I love plenty of things British. I watch Doctor Who and Sherlock, listen to Muse, love Simon Pegg, and drink Earl Grey tea. I have seen The King’s Speech at least eight times, I prefer...

Think before you resolve: New Years resolutions

Think before you resolve: New Year’s resolutions

Noah Corbitt, Staff Reporter December 31, 2013

As the Times Square ball drops and the calendars are replaced, a deeply ingrained tradition comes into effect in households across the country, a practice that is widely discussed, commonly broken, and...

Double the Christmas, half the fun

Double the Christmas, half the fun

Darby Blaylock, Staff Reporter December 29, 2013

The holidays; the most wonderful time of the year. Ha! Not. They are the most stressful, most crazy times. It shouldn’t be, but it is. Anyone with divorced parents will understand. My parents split...

Christmas means something different to everyone, but in Europe traditions are drastically different than in the U.S.

Christmas spirt rings differently in Europe

Claire Peralta, Staff Reporter December 25, 2013

The twinkling lights of festive homes and the soft light of the manger in which the baby Jesus was born are slowly being outshone by the harsh lights of Wal-Mart and Toys-R-Us. It seems as though societies...

Thought Bubble: The awful gift

Thought Bubble: The awful gift

Julia Vastano, Assistant Editor-in-Chief December 24, 2013

It’s Christmas morning and you are celebrating with all your relatives like every other Christmas since the dawn of time. Everyone in the room is in great spirit. You're sitting around a glowing Christmas...

The uses of Twitter

The uses of Twitter

Darby Blaylock, Staff Reporter December 19, 2013

Twitter is one of the biggest social media sites there is. According to the numbers from Statistic Brain, there are 554,750,000 active registered Twitter users, with 135,000 new Twitter users everyday. Twitter...

Applying to college: a modern epic poem

Applying to college: a modern epic poem

Liz Schasel, Editor-in-chief December 17, 2013

You don’t know procrastination Until you meet college applications. You set yourself some deadlines And assess your expectations.   The common app opens each year on August first. You think...

Make the best out of exams

Make the best out of exams

Katie Curry, Staff Reporter December 17, 2013

It’s the second year that we’ve had exams before the break. My freshman year and all the years prior that the school existed, exams were the second week after the break. It was those years that students...

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