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
All content by Savannah Whitmer
AP US History teacher Brian Erskine has been offering study sessions before school and on weekends in order to review for the AP exam.

History teacher provides alternative method of review

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
April 27, 2016
School resource officer Joe Peebles recently replaced Mark Mitchell.

A new sheriff in town

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
March 9, 2016
AP Lang. teacher Jasen Eairheart told his students a story about his days as a high school newspaper reporter.

Language teacher fights for freedom of the press

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
March 4, 2016
The hand dryers in E Hall are among the most hated, nonetheless Savannah Whitmer still appreciates what they do for the environment.

Column: Blowing away waste

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
March 1, 2016
At McKinney trade days local gun owners are prohibited by many businesses from openly carrying weapons.

New bill permits open carry

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
January 25, 2016
At McKinney trade days local gun owners are prohibited by many businesses from openly carrying weapons.

After three prior years of preparation, senior year is filled with college applications, interviews, and acceptance letters.

College culture creates stress for students

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
January 6, 2016
The annual Homecoming Games is underway with all eight contestants still actively in play.

Let the Games begin

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
September 22, 2015
Due to a new bill passed by the Senate, Truancy is no longer illegal in Texas. It will now be viewed as a behavioral problem and will be dealt with internally by schools.

New bill deems truancy no longer a crime

Savannah Whitmer, News Reporter
September 14, 2015
To commemorate the start of the club as well as to celebrate the Supreme Court's decision, GSA hosted a color war at Celebration Park over the summer.

New GSA chapter focused on ‘teaching love and acceptance’

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
September 2, 2015
The rain that has removed the five year drought in Texas has put the high school construction zone underwater and requires manipulating construction plans.

Flooding rain requires schedule change for construction

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
May 29, 2015
State legislators in Austin are currently debating a bill that would partially tie teacher pay to student performance.

Teacher pay possibly boosted by performance

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
May 21, 2015
The Allen/Lovejoy area YoungLife clubs are held at Greenville Oaks Church on Mondays and begin at 7:29.

Mixed opinions on local youth ministry

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
May 4, 2015
Students in all classes, such as Courtney Todd's GT English 1 class anticipate next year's shift from 6 week grading periods to 9 week grading periods.

School may move to nine week grading periods

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
April 20, 2015
Though red light cameras may become a thing of the past, The red Ledger's Matthew Norwood argues that they should be kept.

[Photo] Keep the red light cameras

Matthew Norwood, Staff Reporter
April 16, 2015
The Civil War ended 150 years ago, but the Confederate flag is still a hot topic. Recently some students on campus have been told they can no longer wear nor display the flag on school grounds. For junior Josh Shewmake, that has meant he can no longer fly the Confederate flag from the back of his truck.

A flag of pride to some, a sign of racism to others

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
April 15, 2015
With the crowd applauding, some 2014 graduates raise their diplomas.

Senate Bill 149 would ease graduation requirements

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
April 13, 2015
The Spanish Club poses in front of the Meadows Museum at SMU where they studied Spanish art.

AP courses leave the classroom to learn

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
April 8, 2015
Juniors Brock Bittner and Ben Ominara have started the Clash of Clans club, combining gaming with an opportunity to raise money for Cypress ECG Project.

Clash of clans club combines gaming and charity

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
March 27, 2015
School meets state's highest standard

School meets state’s highest standard

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2015
Highland Park ISD is trying to ban The Scarlet Letter and The Glass Castle due to what parents believe is mature content.

Banned books in North Texas classrooms

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
February 17, 2015
Four are arrested after a drive by shooting in Allen, Texas. Police say this is the first occurrence in eight years.

Four arrested after drive-by shooting in Allen

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
January 21, 2015
State legislators in Austin are currently debating a bill that would partially tie teacher pay to student performance.

Texas school funding unlikely to increase

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
January 12, 2015
Just in time for the season of giving, the city of Dallas has now made it legal to give the homeless food with the help of National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty organization.

New ordinance makes donating food easier in Dallas

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
December 29, 2014
A fertility goddess on display in Eairheart's room; an ugly gift from a year previous.

AP Lang: judging a present by its wrapping

Savannah Whitmer, Lead reporter
December 15, 2014
The State Board of Education has approved new social studies textbooks for the 2015-16 school year. The new books were passed by a 10-5 vote with all 10 Republicans voting for the new textbooks and all five Democrats voting against the new textbooks.

A change in Texas textbooks

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
December 10, 2014
Not only will AP Art History students get a chance to have their artwork featured in the Dallas Museum of Art, but by doing this, they receive a lower price on their AP exam.

AP Art History students compete for a place at the Dallas Museum of Art

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
November 20, 2014
With stars and stripes hearts lining the overhead storage compartments on a flight from Washington, D.C. to Dallas, more than 40 veterans make their return home after a visit to war memorials in honor of Veterans Day.

Honor Flight pays tribute to veterans

Savannah Whitmer and Will Anderson
November 11, 2014
World geography teacher Bev Smith will celebrate her 30th year teaching anniversary this fall.

Smith, the super educator: 30 years of teaching part 2

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
October 28, 2014
World geography teacher Bev Smith will celebrate her 30th year teaching anniversary this fall.

Smith, the super educator: 30 years of teaching

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
October 22, 2014
Texas SAT scores are at a 22 year low for the math section. The reasons for this drop are unknown.

Texas SAT scores reach record low

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
October 14, 2014
Even though skipping out on one day of school may not seem much for students, but now under House Bill 5, school funding is partly based on attendance rates.

Empty seats lead to less funding

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
October 7, 2014
The Kohl's Clothes for Kidz program is in its 5th year providing back to school items for families needing financial help.

Students to help local families shop at Kohl’s

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
September 26, 2014
No English allowed

No English allowed

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
September 8, 2014
With the new late work policy, teachers are being asked to give a behavioral consequence instead of a grade consequence for work that is not turned in on time.

School dramatically changes late work policy

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
September 2, 2014
After the first Ebola case in America, the school board immediately met to discus the disease control protocol.

State changes school evaluation reports

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
August 20, 2014
North Texas heads into it's fourth summer of extreme drought

North Texas heads into it’s fourth summer of extreme drought

Savannah Whitmer, News Editor
July 30, 2014
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
The auto giant, Toyota, is moving headquarters to Plano, which will impact the local economy.

Auto giant’s move to impact local area

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
May 22, 2014
Chris Mayfield has been appointed as the new principal, replacing Gavan Goodrich.

Mayfield appointed principal

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
May 21, 2014
Bond passage provides for STEM lab

Bond passage provides for STEM lab

Olivia Griffin, Savannah Whitmer, and Ian Raybon
May 19, 2014
After recent changes from Google, the school has had to restrict student access to gmail on school computers. Now, all non-Lovejoy emails are blocked.

School makes the move to Google Drive

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
May 9, 2014
Parents have the option to prevent their kids from taking STAAR tests.

Texas parents opt out of testing

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
May 5, 2014
The TEA will now allow students to use a calculator app on their devices for the STAAR test.

Calculator used to add up on STAAR test

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2014
The city of Lucas no longer has to use the city of Wylie's emergency care vehicles, as they got their own ambulance on April 1.

A quicker 911 for Lucas residents

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
April 14, 2014
Senior Mick Ellis is one of the many students to take part in the educational trend known as redshirting, in which parents delay school for their kids born close to the cut off date to start school in the hopes that they will have academic or athletic advantages.

Redshirting: an intended advantage

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
April 7, 2014
A dated work of art

A dated work of art

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
March 14, 2014
The College Board announced major changes effective 2016. The redesigned SAT will be scored on a 1600 point scale rather than a 2400 point scale.

SAT faces changes

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2014

The most interesting woman on campus

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
February 28, 2014
While schools discourage teachers to spend personal money, many feel obligated to go above and beyond in order to enhance students educational experience.

Budgets on blast based on bad performance

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
February 17, 2014

House Bill 5 changes graduation requirements

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
February 7, 2014
Flipping more than a fad

Flipping more than a fad

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
February 3, 2014
Teachers tread lightly on twitter

Teachers tread lightly on twitter

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
January 30, 2014
This year GoMAD will be holding it's first annual winter benefit concert.

GoMAD hosts first winter concert

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
December 19, 2013
Algebra II may be a thing of the past for many high school students, if the Texas Board of Education has its way. “Algebra II is a great course for many students, but we wanted to expand the number of course options a student can take to satisfy their math requirement for graduation," Senate Education Chairman Dan Patrick said. A component of House Bill 5, the earliest this would happen would be 2014 and 2015.

Algebra II may not add up under new graduation plan

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
December 12, 2013

Cafeteria delivers a new name-brand slice

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
December 11, 2013
Sophomore Justin Malik has gotten a head start on his future career through a program with the local fire department.

Fire Explorers program ignites student passion

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
December 4, 2013
Teacher Amanda Gulley's Ready, Set, Teach! students have earned their way to TAFE state.

Future educators head to state

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
December 2, 2013
Bill aims to reduce human trafficking in Texas

Bill aims to reduce human trafficking in Texas

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
November 19, 2013
The price of parking: part two

The price of parking: part two

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
November 15, 2013
The spanish four and five classes have been combined, and are now the same period with the same teacher.

Spanish classes combined

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
November 14, 2013
The price of parking: part one

The price of parking: part one

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
November 14, 2013
November 12, 2013 or 11/12/13 is a unique, rare date.

11-12-13

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
November 12, 2013
Daylight saving time falls back Sunday, November 3.

Time to fall back

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
November 1, 2013

National Take Back Drugs Day

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
October 24, 2013
Leave no valuables behind

Leave no valuables behind

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
October 15, 2013
Sophomore Heidi Zettl has performed with her band at local venues and events such as this year's Leopard Friday in early September.

Student scores show theme song

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
October 1, 2013
The road to recovery

The road to recovery

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
September 23, 2013
Contagious cough has district on alert

Contagious cough has district on alert

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
September 19, 2013
In the next few weeks, several college representatives will be visiting campus. Among those scheduled to visit are Texas Tech, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Georgia.

College visits without leaving campus

Savannah Whitmer, Lead Reporter
September 10, 2013
Freshman Kendall Whitt jumping her horse in a show

Equestrian events equals athletic credits for sophomore

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
July 9, 2013
New system could resolve computer problems

New system could resolve computer problems

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
May 28, 2013
Freshman to have chance at college head start

Freshman to have chance at college head start

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
May 17, 2013
When six weeks equals seven

When six weeks equals seven

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2013
By selling a set amount of cookie dough, students will be able to raise enough money to get a free prom ticket. Monday during all lunches there will a five minute presentation in front of the school store explaining how the fundraising will work.

Store serves needs of school

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
April 16, 2013
Elevator for injured use only

Elevator for injured use only

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
April 16, 2013
From books to social center, library use transitions for today's teens

From books to social center, library use transitions for today’s teens

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
April 1, 2013

Not saved by the bell

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
March 19, 2013

The faces behind the food

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
March 16, 2013

A mosaic of classes

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
March 11, 2013
Nurse's office more available than students think

Nurse’s office more available than students think

Savannah Whitmer, Staff Reporter
February 18, 2013
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