Lawrence High Girls Swimming Earns State Titles Quietly
A longtime Lawrence High School girls swimming program has dominated state titles since 1990 with five straight championships. The team remains under the radar as media and funding favor male and major sports, while fans gravitate to football and boys basketball. Community support and coverage lag behind, limiting revenue and resources for women’s and minor sports.
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Women's sports gain momentum at MAU and KU
Laura Hubert, an LHS sophomore, notes improved coaching and technology are boosting women’s athletics. She argues media coverage shapes public interest and support, citing Kansas University basketball and Lawrence High volleyball as growing examples while urging equal recognition for minor sports regardless of funding or following.
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Students to appear on What's in the News program
Tommy Murray, a Centennial School sixth grader, is among eight chosen for the instructional TV series What’s in the News produced by WPSX 1V Penn State. He will read his spring write in essay praising New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott for skill and community spirit. The KCPT Channel 19 telecast dates are April 22 at 9 am and April 25 at 11 am. Lawrence students also excelled in a state math contest held March 26 in McPherson with multiple top placements across grades four to eight.
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Budding Einsteins and Curies display science talent at state
Lawrence High School students Michael Lerner Steve Chappell and Darren Smith won first in the Mission Possible category of the Kansas state Science Olympiad at Wichita State University for an elaborate energy transfer flag-raising device. Shawnee Mission South led the field with a first place, while LHS placed third overall among 36 high schools.
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Central Junior High students explore Japan customs and charity show
Kumi Patterson from Hiratsuka Japan spoke to Central Junior High School students about foods holidays schools and customs. Her daughter Mina helped teach origami while Excaliber choir staged a fundraising talent show Puttin on the Ritz that raised over 1000 for Kyrgyzstan relief. Central students helped with book and supplies drives and recycling efforts as Memarie Pester and Matt Hochstettler led expanded paper aluminum collections after an all school assembly.
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Principal's Return Triggers Boycott at Randolph County High
In Wedowee Alabama, over 150 students boycotted classes to protest the reinstatement of Principal Huland Humphries. Protests followed a March suspension over alleged racial bias and a promise to ban interracial prom couples, with a 4-2 school board vote bringing him back.
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