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

Katherine Corliss: Senior Column

Katherine Corliss May 26, 2011

Next year I will be attending Baylor University with zero of my current classmates (although Mitch Todd is going there too, if any of you guys remember him). I’ll be in the land of Chick Fil-a cowboy...

Diversity in Education

Diversity in Education

ryan loecker March 31, 2011

Although last year’s budget cuts and the upcoming freshmen have made changes to the public school experience, the unique opportunities offered separate it from private, home and less populated schools. Junior...

Punishment for Online Activity?

January 14, 2011

 Recently, a student in Florida was suspended from school for making a Facebook group, about her English teacher. The group was a forum for people to discuss how much they did not like this...

A Day in the Life of Reilly Moore

kim c December 6, 2010

When I asked Reilly Moore if I could shadow her for a day, I had only a slight idea of what I was getting myself into. I knew she was our student body president, a member of Chamber Choir, Chamber...

Doctor for a Day

allison harwood September 21, 2010

On September 13, ten seniors attended KU Medical Center’s Doctor for a Day program to help further their knowledge in careers in the medical field. Students in Jane Rock’s Pre-Med had to write an...

All Things New

kim c September 1, 2010

The applause was deafening. The teachers were cheering. The students were moaning. School had arrived. After last year’s budget cuts and class cuts, some departments found themselves a...

No More Nasty

amani safadi April 27, 2010

Aside from the exceptional academic, musical, athletic and theatrical success, this is a high school and there are inevitably some pretty disgusting things that go on in a building full of teenagers. Though...

Board of Education Meeting: March 8

amani safadi March 22, 2010

Finalized Cuts: 1. Raise the student- teacher ratio by one student across the district: $1.1 million. One student can make a huge impact on a teachers classroom. Plus it would be harder for us to...

Board of Education Meeting February 8

allison harwood March 2, 2010

At the February 8 Board of Education meeting the main focus was the budget cuts. Numerous parents came up to the podium during the recognition of the audience to contest the idea of closing down any Lawrence...

Student’s Rights

miranda davis January 22, 2010

Your music's up, you're just driving along and you see the flashing lights in your rear-view mirror.  You pull the car over, roll down the window and prepare for what's next. As a student, a minor and...

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