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Jared Shuff's Digital Journalism class at Free State High School spent the last day before Spring Break reflecting on their most recent issue of The Free Press.

Anna Lansbury's class at Deerfield Elementary School took a floral approach to practicing their reading comprehension skills by creating "Main Idea Flowers."

Fifth graders got their first glimpse of life beyond elementary school as they were guided on tours at middle schools across the district.

We chat with the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Youth of the Year nominees, LHS senior Arabella Gipp and Sunflower fifth grader Aiden Kong.

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Lawrence High staff and students gathered in the school atrium this morning with cake, balloons, signs, and banners to surprise Zana Kennedy with the announcement of her selection for the Susan Massy Award, given annually to the Kansas Student Journalist of the Year.

Sunset Hill Elementary's 2nd graders and librarian Tiffany Easley learned lots about Mars and showed off some colorful collages they created to celebrate Black History Month.

Quail Run Elementary's best athletes were out in full force, showing off their skills and smiles for the Quail Run Olympics.

Hillcrest Elementary had a jam-packed schedule yesterday, welcoming a variety of visitors from across the Lawrence community for AVID Career Day and throwing a centennial celebration for the 100th day of kindergarten.

"There's no such thing as a mistake, just an opportunity to learn," said Lawrence College & Career Center Chef David Weakley to his Culinary students after needing to make a last-minute change to their meal just hours before a group of Kansas Teacher of the Year nominees were set to arrive for a luncheon.

On this episode of the Lawrence Public Schools Podcast, we break down the feedback our community gave us in our Community Conversations survey from this past fall.

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