The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online
The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online
The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

Archives 2015-2016

Finding an assignment for class, senior Isabel Marshall-Kramer picks up her paper at the library's printer. The library printer offers free printing to all students. Conscious of funding, teachers have been asking students to print from home, if possible.

New funding system presents uncertainty for Free State

Mariah Houston, Reporter • September 23, 2015

Free State Firebirds flood the new, renovated hallway, clutch their new school supplies, and catch glimpses of their new principal. The year of 2015 is one full of change for Free State, but many students...

Opening her classroom cabinet, French teacher Karen Gipson, checks her Kleenex supply. Gipson has never rewarded her students with extra credit for turning in tissues.

New school-wide policy prevents students from earning extra credit

Evan Frook, Reporter • September 21, 2015

Senior Brett Carey did a double-take when he read the extra credit policy in the student planner. Carey is a good student in multiple AP classes, and he gets A’s in them. That’s not to say he doesn’t...

Office renovation spark criticism and praise

Lauren Brittain, Copy Editor • September 15, 2015

Sleek. Unfinished. Contemporary. Fishbowl. The heavily renovated 200 hallway and brand new office addition of Free State has garnered many names in it’s short two weeks of life. Voter approval of...

Swedish exchange students,Kevin Munge (right) and Simon Larspers (left), finish the obstacle course at Free State's club fair.

Foreign exchange students adjust to life in another country

Reagan Sullivan, Reporter • September 11, 2015

Free State students come from different places. Some from different towns, states, and even countries. This year, Students from all over the world have come to live in the U.S. as part of exchange programs...

Free State’s YARC club works to raise awareness

Maya Hodison, Reporter • September 10, 2015

YARC (Youth Against Rape Culture) has a mission: to educate people about injustice toward women in Free State and in the general world and how to fix these problems. Senior Becca Moran started the club...

Attendance Secretary Stephanie Kema at her desk.

Meet Free State’s new Attendance Secretary Stephanie Kema

Maame Britwum, Online Editor-in-Chief • September 9, 2015

At the start of the school year some students were surprised to see that the friendly face of Free State’s old Attendance Secretary Donna Madel was not in the office. “She was always really friendly...

Lawrence Mayor Jeremy Farmer resigns

Darby Gilliland, Reporter • September 8, 2015

On the 12th of August Lawrence Mayor Jeremy Farmer announced his resignation. This was two days after he stepped down as executive director of Just Food, a nonprofit food bank. Elizabeth Keever...

Bystanders gather to learn about the prairie restoration project behind Free State.

Prairie restoration project connects KU and Free State

Libby Stanford, Co-Online Editor in Chief • September 4, 2015

Two years ago Free State science teacher Julie Schwarting and University of Kansas professor Dr. Helen Alexander saw potential in the abandoned football field behind Free State. Schwarting and Alexander...

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