A Lawrence school district leader will transition into a part-time role next school year. Jennifer Bessolo, the school district’s director of curriculum, will begin serving as a part-time curriculum specialist for the Lawrence Virtual School on July 1, Superintendent Anthony Lewis recently ...
While high school students in Lawrence can often be caught up in the Lawrence High School and Free State High School rivalry, another team in town overcomes school district lines to compete for a common goal. Team STEAM, a Lawrence student-led robotics team, has been operating for years and ...
A student-run fundraising event for Australian wildfire relief came up big last weekend. Deerfield Elementary third grade teacher Madeline Herrera said her students’ trivia night event raised about $4,800 for Australian organizations providing recovery efforts — and a few more donations ...
After the students of Madeline Herrera's third grade class learned about climate change this year, they were clearly shaken when they saw recent wildfires ravaging Australia. But Herrera, who teaches at Deerfield Elementary School, said she was happy to see the students would not only learn ...
The longtime activities director at Free State High School will retire at the end of the school year. The Lawrence school district announced this week that Lisa Boyd will retire on June 30. She has served as an assistant principal and director of activities since 1998, shortly after the school ...
Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis has been mentioned in a report outlining allegations that administrators in the Kansas City, Mo., school district — where Lewis was formerly an administrator — led a scheme to falsify attendance records. Lewis, however, told the Journal-World this week ...
The Lawrence school district is heading in the “right direction," but more must be done to achieve its goals set out in its strategic plan, said Superintendent Anthony Lewis. Lewis made the comment while he was discussing the school district's performance on Kansas State Assessment tests for ...
The Lawrence school board will hear a report regarding the school district’s progress on its strategic plan during its meeting on Monday. Superintendent Anthony Lewis is expected to provide the update, which is scheduled to occur during a work session. The board will not take any action on ...
In a little over a month, Allie Martinez will be giving a deeply personal speech in a statewide Boys & Girls Club competition. But that's far from the only thing on her mind right now. Once she graduates from Free State High School, she said she'll probably be moving to New York, Los ...
Bishop Seabury Academy’s Academic WorldQuest team is heading off to nationals this spring. The school’s team finished first at the Kansas City, Mo., regional, which was held this week at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, said Leslie McCaffrey, admissions director for Bishop Seabury. ...
Solving water scarcity is not an easy task, but students at Lawrence's Southwest Middle School were recognized this week for envisioning a solution to that problem in the future. A group of Southwest students known as Team Lima placed second in the Future City national competition, which was ...
A feel-good comedy musical will be making its world premiere in a Lawrence middle school this week. West Middle School will be the first school in the world to perform a junior version of the musical adaptation of “Sister Act,” according to Music Theatre International, the company which ...
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The Lawrence school board on Monday hired two principals who will join the district at the beginning of the next school year. During the board’s meeting, Superintendent Anthony Lewis introduced Anne Hawks and James Polk as the newly selected principals for Liberty Memorial Central Middle ...
The Lawrence school board will receive an update on the progress of some of the goals of its strategic plan during its meeting Monday. Zach Conrad, the school district's executive director of research, evaluation and accountability, is expected to report to the board the Lawrence student ...
While standing in a newly renovated classroom on the second floor of Lawrence High School, school board member Carole Cadue-Blackwood said it felt like she was somewhere else. “It’s like a treehouse,” Cadue-Blackwood said, looking out large windows into the trees surrounding the school. ...
Broken Arrow Elementary School will have a new leader next school year. The Lawrence school district announced in a news release this week that Brian McCaffrey, current principal of the school, plans to retire effective June 30, pending Lawrence school board approval. The district said it ...
Many Lawrence students were likely among the thousands of fans attending the Chiefs parade. The Lawrence school district counted a total of 2,213 excused absences on Wednesday, Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the district told the Journal-World. Of those students, 941 of them were Free State ...
If the Lawrence school district wants to close academic achievement gaps among students, it needs to address certain barriers, Lawrence high school students recently told Superintendent Anthony Lewis. One barrier is racial representation among the district's faculty. After discussing how ...
After accepting the first-place trophy for the 2020 Douglas County Spelling Bee, Charlie Maples said winning the annual contest wasn’t his only notable accomplishment Saturday on the stage at Southwest Middle School. “I also set a personal heart-rate record of 247,” the Deerfield ...