Alex Henriquez senior profile
May 20, 2011 • Weston Norris
Filed under Features, Student Life, Web Exclusive
Alex Henriquez will attend College of Wooster in Ohio after graduation. Before moving on to that next stage of life, he answered a few questions about high school for The Budget. What was your hardest class and why? “Advanced Placement Latin, because of the reading.” What was your favorite class... Read more »
Ty Aldridge senior profile
May 20, 2011 • Sarah Helwani
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With high school almost behind her, senior Ty Aldridge is headed to school to become a baker. 1. How did you feel walking into LHS for the first time? “It was kinda nerve racking because the seniors my sophomore year were really scary.” 2. What will you be doing after high school? “I’m going... Read more »
Ji-Yeon Lee senior profile
May 20, 2011 • Bailey Vincent
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Ji-Yeon Lee has made her mark on the stage at Lawrence High School and plans to make playing the violin into a career. The senior answered these questions about her love of music and plans for the future: When did you start playing violin? “I started playing when I was five.” How did you choose the... Read more »
Students protest elimination of Kansas Arts Commission
April 15, 2011 • Yu-Kyung Lee
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Lawrence High School students made the case for fine arts to state lawmakers when they traveled to Topeka March 16. Students were fighting proposed cuts to the Kansas Arts Commission (KAC). “We went down to the capital with signs we made ourselves, and we protested on the steps,” senior Kelly Thompson... Read more »
Ideas become prom reality
April 15, 2011 • Lily Abromeit
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Fancy dresses, expensive dinners and the senior class: it can add up to one great night. But prom would not be what it is without an amazing setting. While attendees may be in awe of the decorations, most do not think about how they got there. They do not think about the time, money and energy put... Read more »
Expensive goodbye to school
April 15, 2011 • Mackenzie Breithaupt
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Prom — that enchanting night when a girl can feel like she’s in Cinderella’s glass slippers. On May 7, Lawrence High School will host its 2011 prom. Students will have a choice to base their appearance on the prom theme “Out Of This World.” Senior Kianti Vann hasn’t chosen her dress yet but... Read more »
Mentor Discusses Can We Talk
February 23, 2011 • Alice Barnes
Filed under Student Life
By Alice Barnes Willie Amison, an adviser at the University of Kansas, helped found Can We Talk at LHS and other district schools. Amison answered questions about the program for the Budget. What is Can We Talk? Amison: Can We Talk is a mentoring program designed for high school and junior high students.... Read more »
LHS moves to seven periods
February 23, 2011 • Lily Abromeit
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Managing six classes and a teenage life can get overwhelming and crazy, and next year students will have to adjust to more work with a seven-class day. The student schedule at LHS is set to expand by one class although seminar will be eliminated. In addition, there will also be an option for eight classes... Read more »
Senior creates app buisness
October 27, 2010 • Taylor Kidder
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Seeing a high school student working at Taco John’s, Long John Silvers or McDonald’s is not out of the ordinary. No one would think twice about it. The iPhone App store, however, is not one of those usual places. Nevertheless, senior Devin Shoemaker has taken up the art of application design.... Read more »
Snoozing needs to improve
October 27, 2010 • Taylor Kidder
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Dozing students are not an oddity in the classrooms of LHS. In fact, finding a student who remains awake the entire day could prove a challenge. The reason seems clear enough: students fail to get enough sleep at night. The debate, then, has emerged as to how students can get enough sleep. The... Read more »
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