Congrats, Lions!USD 497 congratulates ten seniors honored among 16,000 Semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program: Azucena Melchor, Alexis Moulton, Aidan Pierce, and Emily Guo, Lawrence High; and Helena All, Bayn Schrader, Nora Agah, Annika Syverson, Christina Lee, and Sophia Mitra, of Free State. These academically talented students are among the highest scoring entrants in Kansas on the PSAT/NMSQT qualifying test. They now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million offered in the spring.
Soon after speaking to a group of nearly 600 guests at the 17th Annual Lawrence Schools Foundation Community Education Breakfast, keynote speaker Darryl Monroe made another presentation to a group of student-athletes at Lawrence High School Chesty Lion Friday.
His messages hit home to the young Lions in attendance.
“It is awesome, because I like how he still has the same values we do – that our teammates matter to us and our school matters to us,” said Michaela Cordova, a member of the volleyball team. “It is really cool to see how the tradition has been passed down here.”
Read the story here: www.usd497.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=9892&ViewID=7b97f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-...
Nice job, Lions!Congratulations to our student members of the Lawrence High School newspaper, The Budget, for their National Pacemaker nomination! This is the second year as a Pacemaker nominee. Last year, The Budget won the Pacemaker, and the Red and Black yearbook also received a nomination. Way to go, Chesty Lions and advisor Barb Tholen!
For more information and a list of this year's nominees, visit studentpress.org/nspa/2018-newspaper-pacemaker-finalists-announced/
