LEAD News

Ode to Ms. Mirna

Asiyah Walters, Class of 2025, Contributor • March 30, 2023

Ms. Mirna is not working the elevators Who’s coming to get us ? Ms. Mirna is not working the elevators Everyone is in a rush Ms. Mirna is not working the elevators We’re all crushed Ms. Mirna...

Mental Health Awareness Here At Leadership: With Anxiety on the Rise, School Professionals Urge Prioritizing Mental Health

Ashley Marmolejos, Contributor • March 30, 2023

For Belinda, a junior, thinking about school can make her anxious as she starts asking herself, “Did I look dumb? Did I do something that made me look dumb?” For another student who asked not to be...

Advice Letter #6

Ms. Ramos's Advisory • March 30, 2023

Letter #6 Dear Friend: My close friend's boyfriend is in two of my classes. Lately, he's been flirting with me a lot and trying to touch my hand and my hair when she's not around. I do not like...

First Advice Letters

February 18, 2023

Dear Friend, I love my boyfriend dearly but he is always comparing me to other girls and telling me I should get my body done when I’m older. I think I am fine the way I am, but it hurts me...

Leadership Students are Baffled by the New School-Wide Late Policy

Makayla Charles, Staff Writer • February 17, 2023

The dean’s office recently revealed that the policy is not consistently applied in classrooms.

One Bathroom Too Few: Boys Speak Up

Jacob Woody • February 16, 2023

Leadership & Public Service is a 14-story building with only one bathroom with two stalls opened for boys. This leads to overcrowding and long wait times, especially during peak hours after lunch....

Building a Library from the Ground Up at Trinity Commons

Kaytlin Quiles, Contributor • February 16, 2023

What did you do this summer? That has to be the most common question teens are asked when coming back to school. In September 2023, Leadership students were happy to say that they had participated...