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- Joe’s Bakery employee known for hard work
- Longtime staffer dies at age 66
- March 1, 2005
- Ralph Smith says he remembers crying from embarrassment when his father’s bakery employee Dorothy Nadine Armstrong kissed him when he was 5 or 6 years old.
- Journal-World Academic All-Stars include musicians, athletes, editor
- February 27, 2005
- After reading through 28 high school superstars’ nominations, Rand Ziegler made his 15-year-old son read some of them.
- School boundary changes up for discussion tonight
- February 14, 2005
- A controversial proposal will come before the Lawrence school board tonight. The board faces scenarios that would move more than 40 students out of Hillcrest School next fall to reduce crowding.
- Educators warn 100 percent goal for No Child Left Behind unlikely
- February 14, 2005
- In nine years, 100 percent of public school children in the U.S. grades three through eight should be proficient in math and reading, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Author shares African experiences with Lawrence’s fifth-grade classes
- February 11, 2005
- Jane Kurtz spent most of her childhood in Ethiopia, and those years in east Africa left her with a wellspring of ideas for her books.
- LHS play draws protest from pastor
- February 9, 2005
- When students at Lawrence High School stage the play “The Laramie Project” this week, they say they’ll be exploring themes of hate and intolerance, not promoting a homosexual lifestyle.
- Virtual school recruiting students from across state
- Open houses planned in several cities in four-month tour of Kansas
- February 7, 2005
- With an eye toward educating home-school students wherever they’re found, Lawrence Virtual School officials have begun a statewide recruiting drive.
- Library a big improvement for city’s smaller readers
- February 5, 2005
- Looking at the colorful chairs and tables and more than 5,000 new books, Stacey Van Houten said the new library at East Heights Early Childhood Family Center finally had what it needed.
- Schools pass hats for tsunami victims
- Students, staff raise money for disaster relief
- February 5, 2005
- Weeks after tsunami waves devastated southern Asia, Lawrence school children continue to pitch in their birthday money and raid piggy banks to help out.
- A lesson in black history
- Performer offers students different viewpoint of Lewis and Clark’s expedition
- February 4, 2005
- Lemuel Sheppard doesn’t just tell people about history. He lives it for them. “When we think about history, we think about dead guys,” Sheppard said Thursday. “I really like bringing people back to life. “
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