Announcements for this week, January 13-17, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving!

Reminder to all Spanish 2 students to study, study, study for the upcoming test this Thursday! Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for man. Dios le bendiga!

Get your pom poms and your cheering voice ready because we have a basketball game this Thursday! Come to support your basketball team! Students come in free. The middle school game starts at 4 and the high school game starts at 5:15! Go Fletchers!!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As Thanksgiving approaches, we want to express our gratitude for our hardworking students, dedicated teachers, and supportive parents. We are thankful for you! Also don’t forget we have classes on Monday and Tuesday. Then enjoy your break.

Save the date: Mark your calendars for the Christmas Cantata December 14 at 2 and 5 pm. Tickets are free! Hope to see you there! 

This is our penultimate episode of News or Lose, the HLA news trivia show. All of our questions are based off of World Watch News, hosted by Brian Basham.  

Host: Carson Agar
Producer: Alex Schweitzer
Editors: Mia West and Ella Grace Brady

Welcome back for another news trivia contest from the Journalism class of Heritage Leadership Academy!

All of our questions are based off of World Watch News, hosted by The Big Bash, Brian Basham. https://worldwatch.news

Host: Alex Schweitzer
Producer: Carson Agar
Editors: Mia West and Ella Grace Brady

In this new podcast, HLA journalism students ask trivia questions from the week's news. 

How much do you know about this week's news? What sources have you been listening to? These questions will put your knowledge to the test! 

The questions are all written by the journalism class, based from watching World Watch News. https://worldwatch.news/home 

Host: Alex Schweitzer
Producer: Carson Agar
Icebreaker Interviewer: Cooper Jarmon
Editors: Mia West, Ella Grace Brady
Writers: Entire 2021 Journalism class

If you've been watching World Watch News, you might be able to answer our questions in this second episode of News or Lose, the HLA news trivia podcast! Test your knowledge of what's happening in the world with our contestants.

Please subscribe to the podcast anywhere you normally get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pandora or Spotify.

In this final episode of From Heritage to Legacy, Savannah McCormick and Anna Helton interview Apex Mayor Jacques Gilbert. Gilbert is an Apex native and who has served as a school resource officer, police captain, Blue Lights College founder, and now mayor.

At the taping of the episode, Gilbert was not only handling his normal day-to-day responsibilities - including a pandemic and protests against racial injustice - but the town was also under a flood watch that day. The whole crew is exceedingly grateful for Gilbert's time and candor. 

Thanks to Ava McLain for editing, along with Ethan West for his tech leadership. 

Be sure to subscribe to get information about our next season! The new podcast will be a news quiz show called News or Lose. 

This episode has a team talking with Mark Mitro, a Raleigh Fire Department lieutenant.  He discusses how he found firefighting as a career and the challenges of being a first responder.