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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1998
Page
7
Free State High School honored 37 students for academic and athletic achievements. The list includes State Scholar and President's Award recipients with numerous scholarships and honors from local and state organizations.
Kansas University alumnus Erwin David living in England donates 100000 to KU Endowment to create the Martha Simons David Scholarship Fund for non U.S. citizens in engineering. The gift honors his mother who died in the Holocaust and reflects his journey from Delft to KU and a career in electronics and broadcasting.
Free State marks its first awards year with a summer workshop. Nominees include Patti Bailey Pam Bushouse Mary Chapman Dorothy Glenn Al Gyles Nancy Hopkins Kester Marsh Marsha Poholsky Judy Pohl Sam Rabio la Stan Roth Stuart Strecker Judy Wolfe. Senior Andy Woolard and Jodie Johnson win Kansas State High School Activities Association Citizenship Awards for leadership and activities. Woolard notes pride and nostalgia as part of the inaugural Free State class. Johnson also expresses happiness. Woolard earns Mary and Jack Richards Bequest and Nebraska Wesleyan University Scholarship. plans to major in psychology at Nebraska Wesleyan. Johnson will study elementary education at Kansas University. Darren Rapp Memorial Scholarship goes to Sarah Walker, aiming to become a paramedic after Johnson County Community College. Rapp’s tribute remarks call it a fitting choice to help save lives. A reception follows with parents watching year-in-review footage from videographer Mike Jerrick. Contact jwatson at ljworld.com with questions.
Lawrence Schools Area Council will spend the coming year promoting parent teacher organization communication and cross town networking. New officers Rudy Conrad Holli Joyce Tom Crice and Susan Wolfe Shirk outlined plans to expand executive work by fax and phone and to send a new action plan on disks to principals for implementation across district schools.
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