Lilly Wall, News Editor-in-Chief
• November 30, 2023
$883. On average, a family spends $883 on their child’s youth sport every year, according to Aspen Institute. That’s roughly $73 a month, leveling out at around $20 a week. That’s enough to cover...
After waking up early into the morning and loading themselves into for the long drive to Topeka Middle School, 23 Free State Orchestra student’s hard work was rewarded with a ticket into the district...
Ember Klein, News Managing Editor
• October 27, 2023
To continue their success from last year, the debate team plans their annual home tournament and prepares for one of the first national circuit tournaments of the year.
The home tournament, organized...
Katie is a Junior and the Social Media Editor in Chief for the 24-25 school year. She is also involved in NHS, NCL, and works at J. Wilson’s. She is interested in graphic design, fashion, and social...
![Working on a project, sophomore Skyler Hansen examines one of the walls. Hansen explained that Geometry and Construction is usually divided up between two periods. “You do an hour of either geometry or construction, depending on what the teachers want to do at the beginning. Then the next hour, you do whatever you didn’t do in the first hour,” Hansen said. “In geometry, you’ll learn a specific set of [information], and in construction, you use that after you learn the geometry.”](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Roust_GeoinCon8_27_24-3-1200x800.jpg)
![Playing the violin, Ms. Herron, the new orchestra teacher, demonstrates to her class how to play a piece. “I was a little nervous going into [the first day], of course, but it was just so much fun and so welcoming from the students,” Herron said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-06-at-3.03.28 PM-1200x800.png)
