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Education April 22, 2024 - 5:56 pm

Free State sweeps speech and debate national qualifier; Lawrence High qualifies 7

by Cuyler Dunn

Free State High School’s forensics team dominated the speech and debate national qualifier, winning all four sweepstakes awards and seeing nine students punch their tickets to the national tournament. Lawrence High qualified seven students for nationals.

Arts & Events April 19, 2024 - 4:36 pm

Lawrence High School student’s art comments on sexualization of young women; piece to be displayed on Topeka building

by Maya Hodison

Lawrence High School junior Adele Erickson’s award-winning art piece, ”Babydoll,” is meant to make people uncomfortable.

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.

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Education January 31, 2024 - 4:20 pm

New venue, portable pool to host Lawrence Polar Plunge fundraisers

by Tricia Masenthin

There’s a fundraising competition heating up among Chesty Lions that will culminate with a chilly dip in a pool and, if organizers meet their goal, $10,000 for Special Olympics Kansas.

Lawrence news January 22, 2024 - 9:57 pm

Lawrence High School sophomore shot, killed in Olathe

by Natasha Torkzaban

Lawrence High School student Brianna Higgins, 15, was “a beautiful, bright soul, definitely the light of the room,” according to an online fundraiser to help pay for her funeral.

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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.

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Education November 27, 2023 - 6:02 pm

District names principals for Lawrence High School, Lawrence Virtual School

by Lawrence Times

Quentin Rials and Zach Harwood are being promoted from interim principals to the permanent positions at Lawrence High School and Lawrence Virtual School, respectively.

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Education November 7, 2023 - 4:21 pm

Teal, kindness highlight lessons left behind by Lawrence High alum James Lynch

by Tricia Masenthin

Amid the red and black adorning Lawrence High homecoming festivities this fall, a pop of teal ushered in a campaign promoting kindness at the school. Here’s the story behind the movement and James Lynch, the 2017 alum who inspired it.

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Lawrence news November 6, 2023 - 10:15 am

Lawrence High School lockdown lifted; police found pellet gun off campus

by Lawrence Times

Lawrence High School was under lockdown Monday morning after a report that a student may have a weapon on campus. Officers later found a pellet gun at a nearby park.

Arts & Events October 26, 2023 - 8:29 pm

13 Halloween-themed events coming up in Lawrence

by Lawrence Times

Grab your costume and a large bag — it’s trick-or-treating time in Lawrence. Here’s a roundup of some fun and spooky events in the area. Most involve gratuitous amounts of candy.

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