2011 District Track Meet

April 18, 2011

By: Haley Hartwick April 12-14th marked the 2011 16-5A District track meet, which was held at Pflugerville High School. It was an intense and exciting three days filled with lots of sweat, smiles, and victories. Although Leander didn’t top in overall team scores they sure did top in overall... Read more »

Leander Theater OAP District Results

April 12, 2011

By: Haley Hartwick This past Wednesday, April 6th, the Leander Theatre One Act Play cast and crew competed in district competition with their production of, Four Baboons Adoring the Sun. The cast and crew competed with six extremely talented schools and now are an alternate to the region competition... Read more »

Leander Track rocks TSU Relays

March 22, 2011

By: Haley Hartwick Over Spring Break, a small portion of the Leander Varsity girls track team went to Houston for the TSU Relays at Texas Southern University. With more than twenty schools competing Leander definitely left their mark on the track. Stephanie Wangui placed first in the 800 meter run with... Read more »

2011 Academy Awards Ready the Red Carpet

February 25, 2011

By Cody Zivley and Haley Hartwick This year marks the 83rd Annual Academy Awards which will be hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway none other than at the Kodak Theater of Hollywood. This year nominations were received with amazing films such as the King’s Speech, with a whopping twelve nominations,... Read more »

Living Memorial to Dylan Memorial

February 17, 2011

By The Roar Staff It’s hard to describe the sense of loss in our hallways since the death of Dylan Horn, a beloved teacher and friend. Students and faculty learned of the news Tuesday morning, Feb. 15, 2011. Information in the obituary tells of his birth date, Dec. 28, 1978 and his death date Feb.... Read more »

Guns ‘N Hoses (LHS staff) upsets local police and fire

December 15, 2010

By Ben Fischer An annual tradition for several years now is the “Guns ‘N Hoses,” volleyball game, when LHS faculty and staff challenge Leander’s finest police and fire departments. The game is a part of the Blue Santa program, which is sponsored by police departments across the nation... Read more »

Tears, goodbye, German chocolate and highways

December 13, 2010

(Ed. Note: Chiara Osmer our German foreign exchange student shares memories of her journey from her homeland to Cedar Park, Texas.) Hi. I am Chiara Osmer, and I am from Germany. This is my exchange year. I will stay for 10 months, but there are only 6 months left. My home is right in the middle... Read more »

Salado Soldier gets ‘Extreme Makeover’ home

December 7, 2010

By Haley Hartwick Staff Sgt. Patrick Zeigler, a severely wounded soldier of the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting at Ft. Hood is getting a big surprise this holiday season. He and his fiancée are getting the house of their dreams from the ABC television show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” with an army of... Read more »

Jazzy Juniors

December 3, 2010

Taryn Sanders: A colorful Monochrome By Terry Ballard Purple is her room. Not partially, entirely. Purple, purple, purple…. it’s everywhere, in nearly every crease of the room. It is truly an astonishing sight. The room, though, contradicts everything she is. Dig deeper, raise the violet veil,... Read more »

Fabulous Freshmen