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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

Archives 2014-2015

Students explore college credit opportunities

Students explore college credit opportunities

Trenna Soderling and Sydney Gard, Reporters April 28, 2015

The 2015-16 school year marks many changes in the USD 497 school district. The new learning programs to be offered include the College and Career Center and classes for college credit offered through KU....

Agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America sponsor Laura Priest will resign at the conclusion of this school year.

Agriculture teacher, Future Farmers of America sponsor Laura Priest to resign

Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief April 13, 2015

For the past eight years, agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America sponsor Laura Priest worked to advance Free State’s FFA chapter and break down stereotypes regarding agriculture, but now she’s...

New bill passed prohibiting “harmful material” in schools

Juliana Hill, Reporter April 13, 2015

Wednesday, Feb. 25, a bill was passed with a 26-14 vote by the Kansas Senate aimed at prohibiting any school taught material that may be deemed harmful or inappropriate.The bill’s purpose is to limit...

Junior Libby Stanford.

Web’s modern-day implications examined

Libby Stanford, Reporter April 10, 2015

Feb. 26, I opened my Twitter account to find a Buzzfeed post about a dress that was baffling the world. I was in awe over this strange phenomenon and proceeded to message everyone I knew and ask them what...

Sports Score

April 7, 2015

Current Events: SAE racial chant, Germanwings plane crash, Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Lauren Brittain, Reporter April 7, 2015

Fraternity SAE shut down for racist chant University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter was shut down due to the release of a viral video of fraternity members chanting racial slurs to the...

The French and Latin classes visited the Colosseum while in Rome.

Free State students go abroad over spring break

Maame Britwum, Reporter April 1, 2015

As she was drifting down the Seine River on a boat tour of Paris she couldn't take her eyes off the breathtaking view of the glimmering lights on the Eiffel Tower at night. Over spring break junior...

Sports Score

March 26, 2015

Sports Score

March 26, 2015

Sophomore Hannah Malloy traveled to a ranch during spring break.

Bird’s Word: Students discuss spring break plans

Juliana Hill, Reporter March 24, 2015

As students prepared for spring break, we asked several students about their plans. Here are the responses we gathered: Sophomore Hannah Malloy: “I am going to a ranch to go horseback riding, four-wheeling...

Free State teachers pose to demonstrate what a feminist looks like.

Students take a stand against rape culture

Maame Britwum, Reporter March 15, 2015

When junior Becca Moran started hearing and seeing the rampant effects of rape culture, she and her friends decided to do something about it. Moran’s brainchild helped create Youth Against Rape Culture...

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