Rand Ziegler knows it sounds cliché, but he thinks this year’s nominees for the Journal-World’s Academic All-Star honors are the best he has come across. Additional 2012 Academic All-Star coverage2012 Academic All-Stars are impressive, humbleFree State’s Ruben Ghijsen is 2012’s top ...
Additional 2012 Academic All-Star coverage2012 Academic All-Stars are impressive, humbleFree State’s Ruben Ghijsen is 2012’s top Academic All-StarFrom Dakar to D.C. to Eudora, 2002’s academic all-stars continue pursuit of excellenceJudges exceedingly impressed with this year’s ...
By the start of next school year, full-day kindergarten could be available at all elementary schools in the Lawrence school district. On Monday night, the Lawrence school board will be asked to extend the full-day kindergarten program to the remaining four schools who don’t have it: Sunset ...
A national program that prepares middle-of-the-road and first-generation college students for higher education could soon be implemented in Lawrence’s high schools. Known as Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), the program targets students who get B’s, C’s and D’s, have a ...
Teachers in the Lawrence school district would like to see a $3,250 raise next year.That was the offer made Wednesday night by members of the teachers’ union, the Lawrence Education Association. The union asked that the school district keep in place the one-time, $1,000 bonus given to ...
A Lawrence High School senior is one of 1,000 high school students from across the country to receive a corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship. Leah Anne Towle was awarded a National Merit Macy’s Inc. Scholarship. Corporate-sponsored scholarships are given to students whose parents ...
Whether you are a fan of supermodel Cindy Crawford, celebrity chef Paula Deen, jazz musician Wynton Marsalis or Royals Hall-of-Famer George Brett, there’s a piece of memorabilia with their autograph on it going up for auction.For more than five years, Free State High School physical education ...
Enrollment for summer driver’s education instruction will be from 8:30 am. to 11 a.m. today at Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive.The Lawrence school district will offer two summer sessions. The class runs from May 31 to June 29. The first session will be from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and ...
The tradition of when Lawrence and Free State high school graduates flip their tassels is in for a change.On Monday, the board approved moving the district’s 2013 graduation date from a Sunday afternoon in late May to a weekday evening.Free State High School Principal Ed West and Lawrence ...
Lawrence’s smallest elementary schools will stay open — for now.On Monday, the Lawrence school board voted 5-2 to not consolidate any of six elementary schools in east and central Lawrence. The decision came after two years of discussion and the recommendations of two separate community ...
As Kansas and the rest of the country prepare for major demographic shifts, training for bilingual or multilingual students in the classroom shouldn’t be limited to a single assignment or college course, one Kansas University professor argues.Instead, the tools should be integrated throughout ...
Time’s up. After two and half years of discussion, the Lawrence school board is being asked to take a formal vote on whether to consolidate its smaller elementary schools. “Board officers feel like it is time to make a decision,” Superintendent Rick Doll said. “Everyone has the ...
Sue Hosey resigned Friday from her position as principal of Sunflower School. Hosey had been in the position for more than three years but is leaving to explore other professional opportunities. “I will truly miss the students at Sunflower Elementary,” Hosey said. “Being their principal ...
What’s at the end of the universe?It’s a question that Idan Ginsburg remembers asking years ago as an elementary school student attending a summer course at Kansas University. As he recalls, the college students leading the session didn’t give a very satisfying answer.“I’m still ...
A number of afternoon sporting events have been called off Wednesday due to inclement weather in Lawrence.The Wednesday home quad for Lawrence High’s boys tennis team was postponed and rescheduled for 3:30 p.m. Thursday.Topeka schools Washburn Rural, Seaman and West were scheduled to compete ...
Lawrence school district students had the Jayhawks to thank for a slight reprieve in state assessment testing. A number of elementary schools postponed state assessments that were scheduled for Tuesday for fear that students would come in groggy or miss school entirely after Monday’s NCAA ...
A Lawrence resident who attends Topeka High School is among 800 black American high school seniors to be recognized as an Achievement Scholar through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Nicholas Henriquez was named as an Achievement Scholar for his record of accomplishments and ...
For parents of children who are about to enter school, kindergarten roundup begins this week for elementary schools in Lawrence.On Wednesday, Pinckney will hold the first kindergarten roundup, an event that gives parents and their children a chance to familiarize themselves with the school, ...
Kristen Ryan, a learning coach for the Lawrence school district, has been named the new principal at Southwest Middle School.Ryan, whose appointment is pending approval by the school board, will replace longtime Southwest principal Trish Bransky. Last month, Bransky announced her retirement, ...
Sarina Farb, a home-schooled high school senior who also takes classes at Free State High School, wasn’t caught up with March Madness or the Jayhawks’ run to the Final Four during spring break.“I just don’t have time for it,” she said.Instead, she was busy winning the grand prize at ...