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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

 A student scrolls through Instagram while hiding their phone in a book. Many students employ similar tactics to get out of reading.

FEATURE: Phones Take the Throne, Books Left Alone

Meredith Shryock, Reporter February 14, 2024

There is an increasing concern in The Student Library Advisory Board about declines in reading among teenagers. According to the American Psychological Association, less than 20% of high schoolers read...

Editors Trenna Soderling and Sydney Gard discuss their guilty pleasures.

Editors in chief discuss weird interests

Sydney Gard, Trenna Soderling November 28, 2015

Sydney Gard Since I can remember, I’ve always considered myself to be a pretty boring person. I can’t juggle or sing or do any other cool things, I’m terrible at anything involving athleticism...

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