Horizon Awards

The Horizon Award, presented in the fall, recognizes exemplary new teachers in their second year of teaching. Lawrence Public Schools recognize these outstanding novice teachers locally and nominate them to the Kansas State Department of Education's Kansas Horizon Award program. Truity Credit Union, a LEAP partner, donates $500 to each recipient.

2023-2024
Michelle Barnes, Woodlawn Elementary, Lawrence Horizon Award
Katie Biggers, Billy Mills Middle School, Lawrence Horizon Award

2022-2023
Julia Ferguson, Quail Run Elementary, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Awards
Tori Mitchell, West Middle School, Lawrence Horizon Award

2021-2022
Sarah Edmonds, New York Elementary, Lawrence Horizon Award
Mary Krieger, West Middle School, Lawrence Horizon Award

2020-2021
Alexandra Smith, Quail Run Elementary School, Lawrence Horizon Award
Allyson Gilmore, Free State High School, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award

2019-2020
Chad Aberle, West Middle School, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award

2018-2019
Alyssa Barratt, Free State High, Lawrence Horizon Award
Cheyenne Hansen-Marlow, Schwegler Elementary School, Lawrence Horizon Award

2017-2018
Brandon Daley, Woodlawn Elementary, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award
Berenice Weisel, Southwest Middle School, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award

2016-2017
Mimi LaPiana, Hillcrest Elementary, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award
Kelsey Stolt, West Middle School, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award

2015-2016
Frances Caudill, Schwegler Elementary, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award
Jordan Boyd, Free State High School, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award

2014-2015
Mark Buckman, Pinckney Elementary, Lawrence Horizon Award
Laura Hochman, South Middle School, Lawrence & Kansas Horizon Award