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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

Letter to the editor

Standing together, the 2025-2026 news editor staff, Nathan Kramer, Maria Mosconi, Phoebe Morris, Rakshan Ossen, Evie Chancy, Lauren Jackson, Cecilia Bennett, Lucas Smith, Julia Velasco, and Meredith Shryock, welcome you to their first issue.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: News Editors

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...

Standing in a field, senior and Editor-in-Chief Lilly Wall poses.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Lilly Wall

Lilly Wall, News Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2025

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...

Sitting in a chair, editor-in-chief Nick Sprecker poses in the library.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Nick Sprecker

Nick Sprecker, News Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2025

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...

Smiling, News Editor-in-Chief Phoebe Morris sits at a picnic table.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Phoebe Morris

Phoebe Morris, News Editor-in-Chief February 17, 2025

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,...

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Lilly Wall

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Lilly Wall

Lilly Wall, News Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2024

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...

Letter to the Editor: Gay-Straight-Alliance Club’s Response

Natalie Adams-Menendez, Senior January 10, 2017

Free State, My name is Natalie Adams-Menendez, and I am a Co-President of Free State’s Gay-Straight Alliance. During the week of finals there was an opinion piece published by the Free Press that...

Letter to the Editor: Thespian Club Response

Free State Thespian Club January 10, 2017

It was with deep sadness we read about Brittany Swearingen’s time at Free State. The thought that we, the theater community, could have contributed to that experience is equally as concerning. We felt...

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