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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

obamacare vs. affordable care act

obamacare vs. affordable care act

sarah lieberman, copy editor November 12, 2013

A failure to reach an agreement on funding The Affordable Care Act led to a government shutdown and a near economic collapse. Members of Congress had such strong, and opposing, opinions that America was...

ACT Scores

maria carrasco, social media editor August 27, 2013

Lawrence ACT scores continue to exceed the national average. USD 497 ACT SCORES | Infographics

Supreme Court: DOMA and Proposition 8

kyra haas, reporter April 29, 2013

As one of the biggest debates in America, the legality of gay marriage has finally worked its way up to the Supreme Court, although the matter has been a point of contention for years.  The two cases...

Tumblr, along with many social media sites, is unable to be accessed on district computers

Reasoning Behind USD 497’s Blocked Websites Revealed

kyra haas, Reporter January 25, 2013

Tumblr, Facebook, the non-educational Youtube.  Students with extra time on their hands at school often long to reblog a post, poke a friend or watch the latest cute cat video. However, if a student...

Junior Josie Naron begins to prepare for her SAT, which she will take later this month.

Free SAT/ACT Practice Tests

hannah moran, reporter January 4, 2013

Kaplan Test Prep and the Lawrence Public Library are teaming up once again to offer a series of practice SAT/ACT tests. Students should call the Teen Zone at the Lawrence Public Library to register. SAT...

Preparing for the Test

miranda davis January 18, 2011

36, 2,400 and 240. These numbers may seem meaningless, but inside the walls of any high school, they on the minds of many students. These number describe the top scores on the ACT, SAT and PSAT, respectably....

ACT/College Preparation

amani safadi January 20, 2010

Among college bound students the ACT and SAT are a source of great stress. Many students, like junior Liesel Reussner, are studying hard and paying a ton of money to pass one important test.     "I...

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