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Our Nutrition and Wellness Team has you covered this July for FREE summer meals for children and youth ages 1-18.

NSDA Nationals results are in! Thirteen scholars from Lawrence High School and Free State High School attended the 2025 National Speech and Debate Association National Championship in Des Moines, Iowa last week alongside thousands of fellow debate and forensics competitors.

The rising summer sun was met by bright orange shirts and warm smiles organizing, carrying, and distributing thousands of free meal kits for families and children.

Lawrence Public Schools and the Lawrence community was out in full force during the annual Lawrence Juneteenth Celebration.

In honor of her upcoming retirement, and more than 27.5 years of service to Lawrence Public Schools, the Lawrence Schools Foundation, along with community LEAP partners with Truity Credit Union, have declared June 10th, 2025 as "Julie Boyle Day." Additionally, a new award has been established that will be given annually, called the "Julie Boyle Heart and Spirit Award".

"A breath of fresh air." "Energetic and student-centered." "Exactly the leader we needed." These are some of the ways colleagues describe West Middle School Principal Kady Carson, our 2024-2025 Secondary Principal of the Year!

Our administrative team greeted Sunflower Elementary Principal Amanda Green today with a surprise presentation of the 2024-2025 Elementary Principal of the Year Award.

Have a great summer everyone!

Click here to read about our 2025 Graduation Ceremonies.

Resilience. That word kept coming to mind for Principal Mark Preut as he reflected on this year's Adult Learning Center and Diploma Completion Program graduates.

On their last day of the 2024-2025 school year, students at Woodlawn Elementary School commemorated the end of their 282-day journey and got a sneak peak of summer vacation during a party featuring friends, educators, music, dancing, and a whole lot of foam.