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Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education February 21, 2024 - 1:05 pm

Lawrence High’s Maya Smith earns Kansas Student Journalist of the Year award

by Tricia Masenthin

Lawrence High School senior Maya Smith was named the state’s top student journalist Wednesday by the Kansas Scholastic Press Association.

Arts & Events February 14, 2024 - 7:23 pm

Ceramics piece by Lawrence High School student chosen for national conference

by Maya Hodison

Lawrence High School senior Oliver Elwell’s ceramics piece has been selected to be showcased at a national ceramics conference this spring.

Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Education February 12, 2024 - 8:03 pm

Lawrence team to vie for FIRST LEGO League world title

by Tricia Masenthin

Two Quail Run Elementary fifth graders soon will take a project inspired by monarch conservation to an international STEAM competition.

Arts & Events February 3, 2024 - 3:48 pm

Lawrence middle and high school choirs to join together for All-City Choir Festival

by Lawrence Times

Students of Lawrence Public Schools’ middle and high schools will soon join together to present the annual All-City Choir Festival.

Arts & Events January 27, 2024 - 4:33 pm

KU student creates mural for Lawrence Gymnastics Academy preschoolers

by Maya Hodison

Artist and KU student Caitlyn Howard says she drew too big as a kid. But that came in handy when she created her first mural, in Lawrence Gymnastics Academy’s preschool room.

Education January 25, 2024 - 3:47 pm

Southwest Middle School team heading to Future City international finals

by Lawrence Times

A team of Southwest Middle School eighth graders have earned a trip to Washington, D.C. next month to compete in the Future City international finals.

Education January 23, 2024 - 1:13 pm

Free State High School wins 2nd place, $25K prize in Battle of the Brains

by Mackenzie Clark

A group of Free State High School students have taken second place and won a $25,000 prize in a contest to envision a new exhibit at Science City.

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Education January 20, 2024 - 5:39 pm

Lawrence Youth of the Year winner to be selected at community ceremony

by Lawrence Times

Three candidates will give speeches Thursday in front of family, friends and community members, and one will be selected as the 2024 Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Youth of the Year.

Arts & Events January 19, 2024 - 2:46 pm

Lawrence writer, Baldwin City poet win 2024 Langston Hughes Creative Writing awards

by Maya Hodison

Fiction writer Kimberlee Bethany Bonura and poet Darwin Michener-Rutledge have been named the 2024 Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award recipients.

Education January 16, 2024 - 3:57 pm

Free State High School brings home hardware from debate state championship

by Cuyler Dunn

For the third straight year, Free State High School took home a trophy from the four-speaker debate state championship, adding to their status as one of the best speech and debate schools in the country. 

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