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Over 100 student delegates from middle schools across Lawrence convened at Southwest Middle School for All-City Model United Nations Day.
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We are excited to announce that we are now taking applications for the new preschool classrooms at Sunflower Elementary School and Woodlawn Elementary School for the 2025-2026 school year, along with our preschool programs at Kennedy Early Childhood Center and New York Montessori.
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Southwest Middle School and Sunflower Elementary School students demonstrated their everyday learning process by co-hosting an AVID Showcase for about 30 visiting educators from other school districts, as well as a few Lawrence school board members, administrators, and teachers.
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Congratulations to the Kansas Scholastic Press Association's 2025 Student Photographer of the Year, Anders Benson, co-photo editor of Free State's Talon yearbook and to Free State's Free Press and Free Press Online which won All-Kansas Awards.
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Travelers across Lawrence excitedly grabbed their passports and flocked to Sunflower Elementary School for a trip around the world during Sunflower International Night.
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"Oohs" and "ahs" were in no short supply at Lawrence High School for their annual Career and Technical Education Innovation Expo.
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Annual Student Registration is now open from April 1-30.
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2025-2026 New Student Registration is now open.
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![Friends, Knights, and Lawrencians Gather for New York's Field Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744662532/usd497org/ae0e9wdcee90hke5strc/DSC_6296.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744662532/usd497org/ae0e9wdcee90hke5strc/DSC_6296.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744662532/usd497org/ae0e9wdcee90hke5strc/DSC_6296.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1744662532/usd497org/ae0e9wdcee90hke5strc/DSC_6296.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1744662532/usd497org/ae0e9wdcee90hke5strc/DSC_6296.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1744662532/usd497org/ae0e9wdcee90hke5strc/DSC_6296.jpg","width":2200}])
Another year means another Field Day at New York Elementary! Teachers, students, friends, family, and community members took to the playground to play and compete in all kinds of events.
![LHS Culinary Classes Compete to Create a New School Lunch Item]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744318585/usd497org/fi2jnun36ugly0oddgbk/DSC_5847.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744318585/usd497org/fi2jnun36ugly0oddgbk/DSC_5847.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744318585/usd497org/fi2jnun36ugly0oddgbk/DSC_5847.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1744318585/usd497org/fi2jnun36ugly0oddgbk/DSC_5847.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1744318585/usd497org/fi2jnun36ugly0oddgbk/DSC_5847.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1744318585/usd497org/fi2jnun36ugly0oddgbk/DSC_5847.jpg","width":2200}])
Things were heating up in Chef Rose Barry's Culinary 2 classes at Lawrence High School as students competed to create a new meal for the school's lunch menu.