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$10,000 Bobs Award Nominations Being Sought

Nominations are being accepted for the most prestigious teaching award provided through the Lawrence Schools Foundation. Community members, parents, students, alumni and fellow teachers are encouraged to submit a nomination of a Lawrence Public Schools teacher for the annual $10,000 Bobs Award.

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2018 Innovative Teaching Grants Presented This Spring

The Lawrence Schools Foundation is awarding its 2018 Innovative Teaching Grants through April and May. The Foundation is recognizing six recipients and providing $14,800 to teachers and staff, who applied for these annual grants. We will update this page as we present checks to the recipients so check back here to see the projects.

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Through An Innovative Teaching Grant, Christina Smith's Fourth-Grade Students At Quail Run Are Global Inventors

What were you doing in fourth grade? It probably wasn’t collaborating with a classroom of students in Mexico to design solar powered flashlights, but that is what Christina Smith’s fourth-grade class at Quail Run Elementary did this year.

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Grant Applications, Staff Award Nominations Due March 15

A number of grant opportunities for teachers and staff award nomination periods are available through the Lawrence Schools Foundation beginning February 1. Did you know anyone – fellow teachers, parents, students, etc… - can nominate teachers for these Foundation awards?

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Foundation Special Funds: SEGER Fund

The SEGER Fund, which stands for Special Educational Grants for Emergency Resources, was set up through private donors in 2016. The fund provides $1,000 to both Free State High School and Lawrence High School to allow social workers and counselors to assist with students’ emergency needs.

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Free State Teacher Scott Ireland Will Represent Foundation at Transformations Gala

After the first six Transformations shows featured women contestants, this is the first year men will compete. Ireland selected the Lawrence Schools Foundation as his charity and hopes to claim the $10,000 prize for the Foundation.

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Leah Henry Named Dedication To Education Award Recipient

Leah Henry, a teacher of learning strategies at the Juvenile Detention Center, was awarded the 11th annual Dedication to Education Award by the Lawrence Schools Foundation Wednesday afternoon. The award includes a $5,000 check.

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2017 Ovation! Talent Show Lineup Announced

The Lawrence Schools Foundation and Lied Center of Kansas are proud to announce the second annual, district-wide talent show for middle and high school students on Sunday, January 21, 7:30 pm.

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Hanzlik Hands On Grant Awarded To Joyce Bell, Cordley Elementary

Joyce Bell, the librarian at Cordley Elementary school, was awarded a 2017 Hanzlik Hands On Academy Teacher Grant Friday. Bell’s project title – Bridge Building – will benefit students in kindergarten through fifth grade at the school.

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Dine And Donate In December And Help Support The Foundation

Take a culinary trip around Lawrence when you Dine and Donate in December. Mention the Lawrence Schools Foundation on the selected dates and a percentage of all purchases will be donated to the Foundation and support our students, teachers and classrooms.

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Truity Credit Union Makes $30,000 Donation To Lawrence Schools Foundation

Continuing its commitment to local public education, Truity Credit Union presented the Lawrence Schools Foundation with a check for $30,000 recently. Truity is a Master Partner in the Foundation’s Lawrence Education Achievement Partner (LEAP) program.

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Tickets Available For Expanding Performing Arts Access Dinner

This fundraising dinner on October 23 supports performing arts experiences for middle and high school students and takes place on the Lied Center Stage. It features one of the performers and is a fun way to support our students and the arts.

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Summer Grant Presentations Completed

This summer the Lawrence Schools Foundation awarded School Assistance Grants, MusicWorks! Grants and Carl Knox Development Grants. This month we recognized the recipients by visiting their schools and presenting those staff members with their checks and principals with their yard signs.

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Community Education Breakfast To Be Held September 15

Hamilton Lewis, a 2005 Free State High School graduate and senior pre-visualization Artist at The Third Floor, Inc., will be the keynote speaker for the Lawrence Schools Foundation Community Education Breakfast, Friday, Sept. 15 from 7:30-9 a.m. Sponsorship opportunities and tickets are available.

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Foundation Awards Six School Assistance Grants For 2017-18

The Lawrence Schools Foundation has awarded $9,890 in funding for six 2017-18 School Assistance Grants projects. The School Assistance Grants is a program established by the Lawrence Schools Foundation to provide funding for defined areas of use in the Lawrence Public Schools for needs that are not being met with state or federal monies.

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Laurie Ziegler Named New York's Barbara Hodgson Dream To Achieve Award Recipient

New York Elementary title teacher Laurie Ziegler was selected as the 10th annual Barbara Hodgson Dream To Achieve Award recipient Tuesday afternoon.

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Foundation Honors Free State Teacher With $10,000 Bobs Award

Stu Strecker of Free State High School was presented the 2017 Special Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Lawrence Schools Foundation Tuesday morning. The award, commonly known as the Bobs Award, includes a $10,000 check for the recipient.

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Foundation Finishes Awarding Scholarships To High School Seniors

More than $63,000 in scholarship money was provided to Lawrence Public Schools seniors from Lawrence High School and Free State High School as the Lawrence Schools Foundation took part in both schools’ senior recognition ceremonies in early May.

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Foundation Hands Out Scholarships At Free State; LHS Night Is May 9

Eighteen scholarships managed by the Lawrence Schools Foundation were awarded to seniors at Free State High School as part of the school’s Senior Recognition Ceremony Monday night. The Foundation will be a part of Lawrence High School’s Senior Recognition Ceremony Tuesday, May 9.

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Foundation Starts Handing Out Innovative Teaching Grants

This spring the Lawrence Schools Foundation rewarded 10 different sets of teachers with $20,249 worth of Innovative Teaching Grants. Tuesday we began presenting the checks to the teachers. Follow along with us this week to see who received this year's grants

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Music Works! Grants Are Now Available. Apply By May 5

The Music Endowment is a fund of the Lawrence Schools Foundation and the result of the fundraising efforts of Music Works! to enhance and enrich music education in the Lawrence public schools. Grants will provide music educators with funds they need to enhance access to, enrich the quality of, and expand the educational experiences of their students.

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Carl Knox Staff Development Grant Now Available

Former Superintendent Dr. Knox believed that “staff development is an investment, not a cost.” Apply for these $500 staff development grants by April 7. Recipients will be announced at the Foundation Follies April 21.

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McCall and Henderson Earn Golden Apple Educator of the Year Awards

Schwegler Elementary teacher Kathy McCall and Free State High School teacher Nolan Henderson were named the Golden Apple Educators of the Year it was announced at the annual Foundation Follies.

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Golden Apple Award Nominations Are Being Accepted

Nominations for the Lawrence Schools Foundation's Educator of the Year (Golden Apple) Award are being accepted. Nominations must be submitted to the Foundation by 5 p.m. on March 10, 2017.

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Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Presents Grant For Ryan Gray Playground

Lawrence Schools Foundation, in collaboration with the Ryan Gray Playground for All Children Steering Committee, is proud to announce that they have received a $12,200 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for the Ryan Gray Playground for All Children.

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