Skip to Main Content
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

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

FEATURE: Festival of Trees

Maura Langland and Allison Mayhew December 12, 2022

  This year was the 35th Festival of Trees, an annual tradition in Lawrence that raises money for the O’Connell Youth Shelter here in town. The festival lets local communities and groups...

Photo Gallery: Trunk or Treat

Photo Gallery: Trunk or Treat

Isis Norris, Maya Pavlyak, and Emma Hardesty, Photo Editor, Photo Editor, and Photographer November 5, 2019

Margaret Clark and Bailey Culbertson wait for first hour to start. There are currently 28 students enrolled in IPS.

Intrapersonal Skills returns to traditional curriculum

Chris Pendry, Reporter February 3, 2017

With a new teacher at the head of the class, Intrapersonal Skills has changed in structure and style. Senior Paige Bowers enrolled in IPS for the first time this semester. Even though Bowers was never...

IPS students discuss the effect the class has had on them

Hala Hamid, Copy Editor November 17, 2015

When senior Kirsten Baska first signed up for her interpersonal skills (IPS) class, she knew it would be unlike any other class she took. An average class is more than just taking notes and tests. Baska...

Reporter Fiona McAllister reads a Simpson's comic book with freshman Benji Horton.

Happy helper

fiona mcallister, reporter December 13, 2013

Rather than spend the day going from class to class, freshman Benji Horton spends most of his day in the special education classroom. Horton has autism, a developmental disorder that affects his social...

The Free Press Guide to the Hallway’s

miranda davis May 26, 2011

Upper Left Classes in this hallway: math and science This hallway is full of future engineers and rocket scientists. It is known to have a distinct smell after an experiment conducted by the chemistry...

Load More Stories