Lawrence High School artists earn 39 awards and recognitions at regional competition
Several Lawrence High School student artists earned awards at a regional competition, including seven whose works were selected in the top 1% of all submissions.
Several Lawrence High School student artists earned awards at a regional competition, including seven whose works were selected in the top 1% of all submissions.
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Arabella Gipp has been declared the 2025 Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence Youth of the Year — the third time she’s earned the honor during her high school career.
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A new namesake award will honor people who embody a KU administrator’s advocacy for Native American students.
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Lawrence students will perform on aerial silks, sing barbershop tunes, Irish step dance and more at the Ovation! talent show on Sunday.
Free State High School claimed the 6A four-speaker state title over the weekend, besting some of the top debaters in the state for the Firebirds’ first debate state championship since 2019.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Mike Jones, Lawrence High School band director, has earned the 2024 Outstanding Band Director Award from the Northeast Kansas Music Educators Association.
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Low brass musicians from across Lawrence filled the Lied Center stage Friday to perform holiday classics.
Andrew Beaven
Deborah Woodall Routledge, band director at Southwest Middle School, was honored Wednesday with the annual Dedication to Education award from the Lawrence Schools Foundation.
Band students from Lawrence middle schools and KU will join onstage Friday for a holiday concert, “Brassmas.”
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU museum studies students will soon debut new exhibitions at the Watkins Museum telling the stories of two legendary Lawrence figures.
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