Chris Loustaunau, Staff Reporter Comic-Con is a convention with loads of different attractions every year, all over the world. Usually, in the U.S. each state hosts one Comic-Con annually. Comic-Con is an enjoyable experience for anyone with interests ranging from anime, gaming, cinema, and more. In San Antonio, they host the event in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, […]
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Maria Yesenia Velasquez, Staff Reporter Elections in schools have always been important to many students. For the homecoming court, all grades are able to elect one female and one male student to represent them. However, for the first time in LEE and ISA’s history, there was someone elected that fit neither of those categories. Carter McManus (12) was […]
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Christopher Fisher, Staff Reporter As school began, so the did cross country season. “We’ve been doing meets since literally the first week of school every Saturday” Rachel Sherman (9) explains. The cross country pre-season took place during the summer, to strengthen and prepare our team’s legs for the upcoming races. Runners wake up early every morning and put in […]
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Xander Scout, Staff Reporter LEE Theater’s fall production, Eurydice, opened on Thursday, September 30. Eurydice is a play based on Greek mythology and focuses on the famous love story of Orpheus and Eurydice from Eurydice’s perspective. The play, while lackluster in the beginning, picked up at the halfway point when it really felt like the actors got into […]
Read moreLesly Rodriguez, Staff Reporter Shame, embarrassment, frustration. You were just walking through the halls of your school, a place you should feel safe, when you were stopped by a teacher, they look you up and down, eyebrows raised, hand on hip, a slight squint of their eyes. A look that you’ll remember for days. “Your shorts are way […]
Read moreCJ Fisher, Staff Reporter Mr. Daniel Everidge may be a first year teacher, but it is not his first year on the LEE campus. He graduated from NESA in 2002 before pursuing a career as a successful actor in the performing arts. But luckily for the aspiring performers in the Musical Theater department, Mr. Everidge has decided to step off […]
Read moreKaitlin Arocho, Staff Reporter On Friday, September 3, the newest Marvel Studios movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, premiered. It broke the Labor Day box office record of $30.6 million, that was previously held by Halloween (2007), with $71.4 million. In the film there were creatures known from Chinese culture, like the nine-tailed fox Huli Jing (also […]
Read moreLesly Rodriguez, Staff Reporter The morning of Thursday, September 2, LEE High School sustained its first loss due to the Covid-19 pandemic when Special Education math teacher, Ms. Laurie Marrero, passed away at her home due to complications from the virus. Ms. Marrero was diagnosed with Covid-19 about a month before her passing according to information provided to Principal […]
Read moreKaitlin Arocho, Staff Reporter We are in the midst of election season for Senior Class President. The person elected to be President will be in charge of coordinating senior class events, promoting senior class activities, and further down the line will be the one organizing class reunions. Voting will be Friday, September 13, during lunches. There will be stations […]
Read moreYesenia Velasquez, Staff Reporter LEE High School was the subject of a social media shooting threat on Monday, September 6. The Labor Day post, which appeared on both Instagram and Snapchat warned of a possible shooting when students returned from the long weekend on Tuesday, leaving many students concerned about the legitimacy of this threat and their safety on campus […]
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Madison Munoz, Staff Reporter Outside of room M227, stands a tribute to the 13 U.S. servicemen lost early last Thursday morning, August 26 in the bombing at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. Ms. Amanda Towers, English teacher and former Marine, put up the memorial soon after hearing the devastating news. “It was a big loss, they deserve to be remembered,” […]
Read moreChris Loustaunau, Staff Reporter Many colleges this year will not be requiring SAT/ACT scores on applications for incoming freshmen. If a college chooses a “test-optional” admissions process, students will not have to submit their ACT or SAT scores in order for their application to be reviewed and accepted. If a student does include their test scores in their application, this […]
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Kaitlin Arocho, Staff Reporter On Friday, August 20, in room M212, the Tabletop Game Club had their first meeting of the year, and their first in-person meeting in over 18 months. The turnout was fantastic, with 24 students showing up to battle it out in their favorite board, card, and RPG games. Last year there was an attempt to continue […]
Read moreXander Stout, Staff Reporter LEE’s Model United Nations team will hold it’s first meeting on Wednesday, September 1, in Ms. Jacobie’s room, after school at 4:30 p.m. Model UN is a club which aims to simulate the processes of the United Nations, allowing participants to run through scenarios while emulating the various nations of the world and their representatives to […]
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Sebastian Bingaman, Staff Reporter The LEE Volunteers varsity football team kicked off their season on Saturday, August 28th at 7:00 p.m. against the Holmes Huskies at Comalander Stadium after a brief delay due to weather. This year the Volunteers are looking to improve their record, coming off of a 1-11 season in 2020. The season opens with two non-district games, […]
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