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S.A.l.T. of the Firebirds! Signing-up to adopt 14 children for the holidays through KVC s Holiday Heroes Program!
Boys Basketball Congratulations! Lawrence Free State 75 - Blue Springs 51
Girls Basketball Congratulations! Lawrence Free State 51 - BV West 30
Boys Swim & Dive Congratulations! Free State Quad 1st Place 200 Yard Medley Jake Viscomi, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Reilley Moore, Brady Flynn - 1st Place 200 Yard Medley Finn VanDyke, Devon Lyle, John Kelley, Benjamin Vorthmann - 2nd Place 200 Yard Free Finn VanDyke - 1st Place, Trenton Hartman - 2nd Place 200 Yard IM Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck - 1st Place, Devon Lyle - 2nd Place 50 Yard Free Benjamin Vorthmann - 1st Place, Brady Flynn - 2nd Place, David Stuart - 3rd Place 100 Yard Fly Reilley Moore - 1st Place, Jake Viscomi - 2nd Place
Boys Swim & Dive Congratulations! Free State Quad 1st Place 100 Yard Free Brady Flynn - 1st Place, David Stuart - 5th Place 500 Yard Free Reilley Moore - 1st Place, Jacob Heinz - 5th Place 200 Yard Free Relay Benjamin Vorthmann, David Stuart, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Brady Flynn - 1st Place 200 Yard Free Relay Zach Bollinger, Ricardo Oliveira, Aiden Basore, Trenton Hartman - 3rd Place 100 Yard Back Jake Viscomi - 1st Place, Devon Lyle - 2nd Place, Finn VanDyke - 4th Place 100 Yard Breast Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck - 1st Place
Boys Swim & Dive Congratulations! Free State Quad 1st Place 400 Yard Free Relay Benjamin Vorthmann, Finn VanDyke, Jake Viscomi, Reilley Moore - 1st Place 400 Yard Free Relay David Stuart, Trenton Hartman, Jacob Heinz, Devon Lyle - 3rd Place 400 Yard Free Relay Max Bates, Nicholas Burket, Alexander Moore, John Kelley - 5th Place
Wrestling Congratulations! Lawrence Free State 75 - Bishop Miege 06 Lawrence Free State 66 - Olathe East 15 Leavenworth Challenger 4th Place Trey Shanks 113-2nd Place Lou Fincher 126-2nd Place Elijah Jacobs 145-2nd Place Joey Eddis 170-2nd Place Malachi Daniels 152-3rd Place Devin Beers 182-3rd Place
Debate Congratulations! SMS Tournament Novice Tournament Rita Joseph and Molly Roecker Undefeated - 1st Place Dingding Ye and Audri Gutierrez Undefeated - 2nd Place This marks the 4th time this season that Free State Novices have finished 1-2 at a tournament this season!
Debate Congratulations! Maize Tournament Jacob Wilkus and Tim Huffman Quarterfinalists in Varsity the finish qualifies Jacob to the Debate Coaches Invitational next month! Aiden Basore and Robert Ward Quarterfinalists in Varsity the finish qualifies Aiden to the Debate Coaches Invitational next month! Ryan Duan and Braiden Bangalan earned 10th Place in the Open Division. Tim and Robert became the 17th and 18th Free State debaters to place at a Varsity tournament this season the most of any school in Kansas! These bids earned this weekend bring Free State s total to 32 bids earned this season the most of any school! Jacob and Aiden became the 7th and 8th Free State debaters to qualify this season the most of any school this season!
Debate Congratulations! Maize Tournament
Orchestra Congratulations! For the second year in a row, Helena All, Free State High senior violist, was nominated and performed with the National Association for Music Education All-National Symphony Orchestra. This is the highest of honors that a high school orchestra student can receive for performance on their instrument. For her to receive this honor not once, but twice, makes it even more exceptional! The audition process is quite rigorous and required Helena to audition and perform with the Northeast Kansas District Honor Orchestra, and then the Kansas All-State Orchestra, before she could qualify to audition for the All-National Orchestra. The entire process takes more than a year. Helena spent these last few days rehearsing, and then performing with our nation's best high school symphony orchestra students at Disney World in Florida.
Orchestra Congratulations! Helena All, Free State High senior violist, nominated and performed with the National Association for Music Education All-National Symphony Orchestra!
Orchestra Congratulations! 17 Free State students were selected to perform in the Northeast Kansas District High School Orchestra, and 7 Freshman Free State students were nominated to perform in the NEKMEA District Middle Level Orchestra! Students who were in the high school level orchestra competed and auditioned against other students in the Northeast Kansas Region to perform in this ensemble. We had a record number of students selected, and an even bigger honor was to have the section leader from Free State in the 1st Violin, 2nd Violin, Viola, and Cello section. Lawrence Free State had more students in this ensemble than any other school in our district!
Orchestra Congratulations! Here is a link to our facebook page with photos of these kids in action from the event: https://www.facebook.com/freestatehighschoolorchestra/?jazoest=265100119908711112052786852115 10211311810256117105908777481179785101114561177450531196911410466578957759587114815 86510012251859090109701206654121571111196598801171128245106111110119511021055212111 111786117489088979085110116105103
Theatre Congratulations! Free State s Theatre Department is honored to be one of three schools selected to perform its show that was adjudicated in September, "Wait Until Dark," at the Kansas State Thespian Festival in January! Congratulations to Director Ericka Waller, Assistant Director Kristie Mullenix, and the cast and crew!
Tuesday, December 04th Varsity Girls Basketball vs. Liberty at Lady Hawks Classic 5pm, Olathe East
Wednesday, December 05th Freshman Orchestra Tour 10am-230pm, West & Southwest Middle Schools Varsity Boys Swim & Dive vs. Lawrence, Manhattan, & Washburn Rural 330pm, KSU Winter Choral Concert 7pm, Auditorium
Thursday, December 06th Varsity Girls Basketball vs. TBD at Lady Hawks Classic TBA, Olathe East
Friday, December 07th Club Photo Day All Day, Aux Gym Senior Formal Yearbook Pictures All Day, Aux Gym Debate National Qualifier 315pm, Free State Varsity Girls Basketball vs. TBD at Lady Hawks Classic TBA, Olathe East Varsity Boys Swim & Dive at Olathe Invitational 5pm, Summit Trail MS
Senior Formal Yearbook Pictures Senior formal yearbook portraits, used in the portrait section of the yearbook, are rescheduled for Friday, December 07th. Rolland Studios, will be in the Small Gym from 8am-1pm. Seniors are released alphabetically by their last names during this time. There is no charge for this photo session. This is your student's chance to have a formal photo taken that will appear in the portrait section of the yearbook. Graduation gowns and cords will be provided for seniors to wear in their formal portrait. If your student is in NHS, they also wear an NHS honor stole. Students who miss the December 07th portrait session will need to sign-up for a Photo Make-up Session. Retake options are 01st and 02nd Hour the week of December 10th-14th. For more information visit our Senior Photo Info webpage.
Saturday, December 08th ACT at Free State Debate National Qualifier 8am, Free State
Next Week At-a-Glance Monday, December 10th Firebirds Debate Tournament 345pm, Free State Softball Parent Meeting 7pm, Auditorium Tuesday, December 11th Varsity Girls Basketball Game 530pm, SM West Varsity Boys Basketball Game 7pm, SM West Winter Band Concert 7pm, Auditorium Wednesday, December 12th Athletic Signing Recognition Ceremony 8am, Main Gym Chamber Orchestra Tour 10am-230pm, Liberty Memorial Central Middle School Varsity Boys Swim & Dive vs. Lawrence, SM North 330pm, SM North Varsity Wrestling Dual vs. Basehor-Linwood 6pm, Main Gym Saturday, December 15th 6A Regional Debate Tournament All Day, Free State Varsity Wrestling at Emporia Tournament 9am, Emporia Winter Formal 8-11pm, KU Ballroom
Winter Finals Schedule Wednesday, December 19th Hour 01 8:05-9:15am *Final Exam Hour 02 9:20-10:12am Hour 03 10:17-11:06am Hour 04 11:11-12pm Hour 05 12:05-1:22pm 1st Lunch 12:05-12:30pm 2nd Lunch 12:23-12:48pm 3rd Lunch 12:41-1:06pm 4th Lunch 12:57-1:22pm Hour 06 1:27-2:16pm Hour 07 2:21-3:10pm Please note Zero Hour final can be given either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
Winter Finals Schedule Thursday, December 20th Hour 02 8:05-9:15am *Final Exam Hour 03 9:20-10:30am *Final Exam Hour 04 10:35-11:45am *Final Exam Students Dismissed at 11:45am - No Lunch Served. Please note Zero Hour final can be given either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
Winter Finals Schedule Friday, December 21st Hour 05 8:05-9:15am *Final Exam Hour 06 9:20-10:30am *Final Exam Hour 07 10:35-11:45am *Final Exam Students Dismissed at 11:45am - No Lunch Served. Please note Zero Hour final can be given either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! Miss Faunce s dogs, Gunner and Manning, enjoying a lazy snow day!
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! Mrs. Gabrielson s dogs, Krieg ( German Shepherd) and Loki (Rhodesian Ridgeback). Before and after a romp in the snow!
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! Mr. Henry and his little one out for a snowy adventure!
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! Rowan, Mr. Larson s daughter, first experience in the snow!
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! Mr. Lloyd
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! Olive s, Mr. Mitchell s daughter, snow sculpture!
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! The start of the blizzard from Mrs. Nelson s back deck.
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! A Winter Wonderland at the Paget Household!
Snow Days with the Free State Staff! Ms. Waller s daughter with her brand new car!
Let s Go State!