Hi Firebirds! Welcome to our final issue of the year! This issue highlights a variety of subjects, all the way from the moon and back to Lawrence. We sought to find a balance between student culture,...

Before anything else, thank you for picking up this issue, and more so, thank you for stopping to read the letter. I know that even doing something small, like pausing to read the paper or look at our...

Thank you for picking up the March issue of the Free Press! March is Women’s History Month, where we recognize women’s past and present contributions to our history and society. It’s an important...

Dear Firebirds, When we became student journalists, many of us assumed the job was simply to record events as they unfolded. But last year changed that. Many of us became editors during the election...

When The Free Press and The Budget came together last year to create our first joint issue, both staff and publications were doing something unconventional, considering our publications had never worked...

Hey Firebirds! We are writing to you for the first time as the 2025-2026 editorial staff. While the seniors have been working diligently to publish the senior issue, we have been stepping into our new...

Firebirds, Happy April! First, I want to thank you for taking the time to pick up the newspaper. This is one of the last issues I will work on as the editor-in-chief of The Free Press. I’ve spent...

Hi Firebirds, Thanks for taking a look at Issue 6! Please know that what is inside is created and designed for you, and that you are placed at the forefront when we are considering what to cover. It...

Dear reader, On behalf of FSJ, I would like to formally welcome everyone back with our first issue in 2025. In January, our district enjoyed multiple chilly snow days and implemented the new phone policy,...

Dear Reader, As the first issue of the year lands at the end of September, it arguably hits the busiest month of the school year. The first month of school sports, homecoming week, childhood cancer...