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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

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First Out the Door

ciara sayler, reporter May 17, 2012

As exemplified in many television shows and movies, the senior year of high school is the most exciting year and many seniors want to make the most out of it by completing a full senior year. However,...

Firebird Artists Win Congressional award

katie guyot May 11, 2012

On Friday, May 11, U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins stepped through a door beneath the Firebird that watches over the Commons, walked down an endless hall of green lockers and entered a room decked with wooden easels...

Kony 2012

catherine prestoy, reporter April 2, 2012

Several months ago, Joseph Kony would have been less than a household name. Now, he’s all anyone’s talking about. Kony 2012 is a protest created by the charity Invisible Children to make Joseph Kony...

Free State not “advanced” as they think

ciara sayler, reporter March 30, 2012

In 2009, exams were administered across 28 Advanced Placement (AP) subjects in the Shawnee Mission School District, which has two schools on Newsweek’s list of the Best High Schools in America. Comparatively,...

Sticking to Sobriety

katie guyot, copy editor March 29, 2012

In Kansas, buying alcohol for underage drinkers can carry a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail. In other words, according to stickers now decorating beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages around...

Voting Made Easy

sarah rohrschneider, reporter February 13, 2012

November 6, 2012: The next presidential election. With a new election cycle comes new 18 year old voters. The question usually is “okay, now I can vote. But, how do I register?” With new technology,...

Unreal senior?

February 9, 2012

When seniors think about graduation, they think about walking across the stage and seeing all of their family waving and cheering for them. One senior this year, however, will not be. Camila Barbosa,...

Danger on the Wings

katie guyot, reporter, copy editor January 20, 2012

A flight attendant begins her march to the front of the airplane, and frequent fliers feverishly plug away at their iPads and smartphones to send one more Angry Bird flying into the clouds before she...

Before They Were Teachers

steven ozaki, beg. journalism student January 5, 2012

Teachers. The people who give us endless homework and tests. But not all of them have always been dishing out grades. We have teachers that have traveled far and wide and experienced other cultures, like...

#bombthreatthursday

katie guyot and miranda davis December 4, 2011

Students arrived at school Thursday morning on an assembly schedule, only to be sent home before the first bell rang. At approximately 7:58 a.m. Dec. 1, the school was evacuated due to a bomb threat....

FSHS Principal West Reveals His Weight Loss Secrets

FSHS Principal West Reveals His Weight Loss Secrets

sarah rohrschneider, reporter November 10, 2011

Especially with Thanksgiving around the corner, weight loss may be the last thing students are thinking about. But for Free State principal Ed West, eating right and exercising have been his main focuses...

Free State Scouts Making a Difference

kyle freese, reporter October 27, 2011

For every 100 boys that enter Boy Scouts, only four manage to reach the level of Eagle Scout. For those who do, the accomplishment serves as a great resource for resumes and general life experiences. Free...

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