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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.
Sophie Racy, Free State High School senior, has earned the National Speech and Debate Association’s highest honor, and she’s the state’s first three-time qualifier for the Tournament of Champions.
Groups of students at Hillcrest Elementary and at Free State High School each have a chance to see their vision for a new exhibit at Science City brought to life as finalists in the ”Battle of the Brains” contest.
The Lied Center has named Terence Blanchard, Grammy Award-winning composer and trumpeter, and Melissa Smith, assistant director of bands at Free State High School and West Middle School, as this season’s IMPACT Award winners.
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As the sun set behind the Free State High School press box on Wednesday night, the light created a backdrop nearly as beautiful as graduate speaker Solie Edison’s speech to his fellow graduates.
Phil Mitchell, a social studies teacher at Free State High School, has been selected as the new assistant principal and athletic director for Liberty Memorial Central Middle School.
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Free State High School took home its fourth-straight state forensics title over the weekend, and Lawrence High School finished in fourth place. Both schools sent multiple entries to the finals.
Free State High School senior Wendo Kimori has received a prestigious award that recognizes young leaders pushing toward racial equity in their communities.
Debaters from the University of Kansas, and former high school debaters from Lawrence, are set to compete in the biggest debate tournament in the country this weekend.
Free State High School senior Matthew Marcum has earned a national championship title, becoming the first Lawrence wrestler to do so, according to his coach.
