Inside this Edition

Viewpoints & Opinions

SACS Accreditation Visit

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Speed Dating with Books

Cardboard Art

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2015 Leeder Pageant Photos 4—5

2015 Leeder Pageant Photos

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MLK Essay Winner

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Students of the Month

LHS CHAMPIONS

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The Back Page

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Leeds High School Quill and Scroll Honor SocietyLeeds High School Quill and Scroll Honor Society (established October 10, 1947)(established October 10, 1947) February 2015February 2015 International Honor Society for High School Journalists International Honor Society for High School Journalists Volume 9, No. 3Volume 9, No. 3 Published QuarterlyPublished Quarterly

The Vision of Leeds City Schools is Promoting Achievement, Respect, and Success.

AP classes begin Fall 2015

Leeds High School earned a cov-eted spot with the ALSDE/A+ Col-lege Ready program beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. Administration, teachers, and stu-dents are excited to take advantage of the opportunities offered through the program. Pre-AP courses will be offered to 9th and 10th grade students who have met the benchmark on an ACT-based assessment. Pre-AP classes for these students include: Physics, English 9 & 10, Biology, Chemistry, Geometry, Algebra II, and Calculus. AP courses for 11th & 12th grade qualifying students will include: Calculus, English Language (11th), English Literature (12th), Chemis-try, and Biology. Teachers in all Pre-AP and AP disciplines will attend summer training sessions in preparation for the new courses. LHS staff and administrators will be working closely with ALSDE/A+ College Ready to ensure Pre-AP and AP students are meeting/exceeding goals on their paths to successful college and career readi-ness.

2015 Miss Leeder

Miss Leeds Area Elisabeth Chramer presents the bouquet of roses to 2015 Miss Leeder Ali Chambers as our 2014 Miss Leeder Jimeria Williams secures the crown. (Additional photos on pgs 4-7)

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PurposePurpose

The focus of The focus of The GreenWave News The GreenWave News is to provide a school and community informational service highlighting activities of Leeds High School.is to provide a school and community informational service highlighting activities of Leeds High School.

Additionally, the publication seeks to provide a public forum for the opinions of students, the newspaper staff, and faculty.Additionally, the publication seeks to provide a public forum for the opinions of students, the newspaper staff, and faculty.

Articles and opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of Leeds High School nor the City of Leeds Board oArticles and opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of Leeds High School nor the City of Leeds Board off Education.Education.

The editorials are the opinions of the Editorial Staff.The editorials are the opinions of the Editorial Staff.

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OUR MISSION

The mission of Leeds City Schools is to develop confident, productive young people and enable them to become independent life-long learners. We will accomplish this through a dedicated professional staff committed to continued learning. A relevant curriculum will be taught based on thinking and reasoning skills. This will take place in a positive environment recognizing the individual differences in children.

Photos in this edition were pro-vided by The GreenWave News staff, Terri Leigh Gibson, and Susan Stovall & Julie Hubbard of Crown Photography.

Opinions and Viewpoints

By Rebecca Strange

Leeds City Schools will host the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Committee on February 23-24 for the Five-Year Accreditation review. Principal Michael Turner ex-plained that the committee will meet with administrators, faculty, students, parents, and community stakeholders during the review to ensure that the Leeds City School System is continuing to meet the standards and objectives of accred-ited schools. Five areas are evaluated: Standard 1 — Purpose and Direction. The school maintains and communicates a purpose and direction that commit to high ex-pectations for learning as well as shared values and beliefs about teaching and learning. Standard 2 — Governance and Leadership. The school operates under governance and leadership that promote and support student performance and school effective-ness. Standard 3 — Teaching and Assessing for Learning. The school’s curriculum, instructional design, and assessment practices guide and ensure teacher effective-ness and student learning.

Standard 4 — Resources and Support Systems. The school has resources and provides services that support its purpose and direction to ensure success for all students. Standard 5: Using Results for Continuous Improvement. The school implements a comprehensive assessment system that generates a range of data about student learning and school effectiveness and uses the results to guide continuous improve-ment. “Meeting and exceeding the stan-dards for a quality school remains a priority for Leeds High School. We want every student to be a high school graduate and every graduate to be college or career ready,” Turner said.

By Aaliyah Abernathy

Everyone in our school knows that Leeds loves sports. During the school year, our football team became 4A State champs, and it seems as though we have a couple more opportunities to gain titles in basketball and wres-tling. Within the same month, the Varsity basketball boys and the wrestling team will be competing for state titles. It’s a great accomplishment making it this far. Being a part of Leeds High School, I’ve learned from my fellow athletes that it’s all about the effort that they put in as a team. Yes, they are all indi-viduals but at the end of the day , they are all a part of a team. It’s all about being in one accord and on the same page, and I believe our boys have that down pact. With the citizens of Leeds also be-ing supportive along with the stu-dents, it pumps them up even more. They might win these titles for them-selves, but they do it for us as well.

February visit by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

It’s all about teamwork

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“Speed Dating” Books

During the month of February the library held its 2nd Annual Speed Dat-ing with a Book. “I wanted to get students in the li-brary and show them all the books we have,” Librarian Terri Leigh Gibson said about the purpose of the event. When asked how she prepared for classes coming in to participate Gibson added, “I selected romantic songs for background music. Books from all gen-res were displayed for selection on the Dating Tables.” The activity produced active reading as approximately 140 books were checked out during the event. Pleased with the response to the activ-ity, Gibson noted, “This year’s event was as successful as our first. In fact, we’ve actually doubled circulation in the library from the previous year.”

Cardboard Mounts by Art II and Art III

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Photo courtesy of

Senior Beauties (Left to Right) Suzanna Elise Turner, Caroline Renee Payne, Missy Thompson, Molly Christine O’Barr, Ali Chambers, Macie Allred, and Sarah Moore.

Junior Beauties

(Left to Right) Courtney Elizabeth Purkey, Kalei Rae Whitson, Sydney St. John, and Cayla Denise Cook.

Freshman Beauties

(Left to Right) Sidney Ellen Harding and Felicity Kirk

Photo by Crown Photography Photo by Crown Photography

Photo by Crown Photography

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Mr. & Miss Senior Class — Hugo Hernandez & Molly O’Barr

Mr. & Miss Leeder 2015 — Adam Brown & Ali Chambers

Photo by Crown Photography Photo by Crown Photography

Photo by Crown Photography Photo by Crown Photography