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LNHS Volleyball Players Sign with Future Colleges
Three Lawrence North High School senior volleyball players have signed to play at the collegiate level. They were all part of a record-setting team at LNHS. Brittany Daulton will be attending Fordham University. She is the daughter of Robyn Akers. Abby Merritt signed with the University of Indianapolis. She is the daughter of Jim & [...]
Danielle Shockey named Permanent Principal at Forest Glen Elementary
On Monday, March 24th Dr. Copper, Superintendent of Lawrence Township Schools, recommended Mrs. Danielle Shockey to be the permanent Principal for Forest Glen. The School Board unanimously approved her appointment. Mrs. Shockey has most recently been serving as the interim principal at Forest Glen. Mrs. Shockey received an M.S. degree in Elementary Education from Indiana [...]
Lawrence Townships Says Goodbye to Dr. Edward Williams, Retiring after 24 Years of Service
The Lawrence Township School Board reluctantly approved the retirement of Dr. Edward Williams on March 24th. Dr. Williams will conclude 43 stellar years of service in education on June 30, 2008. Dr. Williams received his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Joseph’s College in 1965, Master of Science degree from IU in 1970, Doctor of [...]
Crestview Distributes 300 Free Books
More than 300 free books were given away to families during Crestview Elementary School’s recent Carnival. The books were collected by students at the Lawrence Township School as part of their Kids Helping Kids Book Drive. The Carnival, which was sponosred by the school’s Parent/Faculty Organization, also featured games, face painting, and refreshments and was [...]
Eight LN Students to Study Abroad this Summer through IU Honors program
Eight Lawrence North High School students have been selected to the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for this summer. Sam Ibarra, Kayleigh Steele and Germaine Williams will be in Brest, France.Blake Bullerdick, Stevie Hightshue and Jonathan Winstone will be living in St. Brieuc, France.Elizabeth Lannan will be in Krefeldt, Germany.Giovanna Galloway has been [...]
Dads and Lads Night at Lawrence Raises Over $5,000
A little snow and ice couldn’t keep Lawrence Township dads and sons from bringing their game to the inaugural Dads & Lads Sports Spectacular to benefit the Lawrence Township School Foundation. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/ID78POFykdk" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Over 200 participants turned out on February 22nd to try their hand at basketball and soccer competitions, as [...]
Indian Creek, Forest Glen elementaries achieve 4-star status from DOE
Lawrence Township is honored to have two elementary schools named by the Indiana Department of Education as Four Star Schools. This is a prestigious award, and we celebrate this accomplishment for Indiana Creek Elementary & Forest Glen International Elementary Schools! Superintendent of Public Instruction Suellen Reed announced that 177 Hoosier public schools were honored with [...]
Kids Helping Kids Book Drive is a Success
Neighborhood families will have new books to read, thanks to the success of the Kids Helping Kids Book Drive held at Crestview Elementary School. Run entirely by students, the Book Drive resulted in 569 books being made available to the school’s families. The students made signs, collected, sorted and repaired the gently-used books which were [...]
LN’s Senior Class Announces Top 30
Lawrence North High School announces its senior class of 2008 Top 30 students. Lawrence Township will host the annual Top 30 Program April 15. Lawrence North alumni Wendy McLaughlin has been chosen as the school’s honored educator. Top 30: Joshua Allanson, Jon Anthony Austrom, Christopher Baile, Ross Barbish, Kiren Bhullar, Megan Bittner, Lauren Box, James Byers, Kristin [...]
LNHS Celebrates Black History Month
Assistant Principal Eric Floyd approached Social Studies teacher June Toliver with the challenge of coordinating this year’s Black History Month festivities.Throughout the month of February there will be different activities to celebrate African-Americans in history. The main event, the convocation “Tribute to African-Americans in the Arts,” will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 27 during R8. [...]
