Responding to the “Unite the Right” protests and resulting clashes in Charlottesville, VA, over the weekend, The Resistance LFK organized an evening vigil to express solidarity with victims of hate...
Spanish teacher Stuart Strecker was announced as the recipient of the 2017 Bobs Award on the morning of May 17 in front of a crowded gymnasium. The award is given every year by the Lawrence Schools Foundation...
Superintendent Kyle Hayden will transfer to become chief operations officer effective July 1 after one year as superintendent.
“I feel fortunate to have been able to contribute to significant facility...
Walking out of the school, junior Cameron Hodge expected to learn something new during the day. Hodge and 90 other juniors went out to nine different locations to extend a helping hand to the communities...
“I never thought I would make archeological discoveries,” junior Adam Ziegler said. “Especially not when I was 15.”
What Ziegler uncovered in April 2015 was the first evidence of the location...
Photos of tonight's meeting will be included as soon as they are available.
On March 30, the Lied Center was packed with local religious leaders, churchgoers and curious students and adults, all...
Loving is non-binary, they do not identify with either end of the traditional male to female gender spectrum. This is just one identity falling under the umbrella term of genderqueer, which applies to...
After recent controversy surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Shawnee Mission North mascot, the Native American has made it their goal to discuss these issues and make the experiences of Native...
The Environmental Club and Young Democrats Club have teamed up to spread awareness about the Dakota Access Pipeline and raise funds to help arrested protesters with legal aid. The pipeline was proposed...
From offering reduced scheduling to underclassmen to new career pathways, many things are changing in USD 497 high schools. Starting next year, civics will not be a required course for freshmen; it will...
Yesterday, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that state funding to the district’s schools is inadequate and the Legislature must rework the s finance formula by June 30.
“The state’s public financing...
![Civics teacher Laura Henderson gives a lecture to her Civics 9 class. "[Civics is] a mix of a bunch of different things and it's based out of the state government standards." Henderson said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PURCELL_Civics-9-900x600.jpg)
