Tag: Lawrence High School
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‘A season to remember’
Fifty years ago, when players from the Lawrence Cardinals football team entered summer workouts, they did not know what to expect from the upcoming 1973 season. What the team did know is that they had players with determination, who would be close to each other, physical, and on a mission to continue winning from the…
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Grants provide ‘lasting impact’ on students
The Educational Testing Service has donated $45,000 to the Lawrence Township Education Foundation (LTEF). The LTEF will use the money, along with donations from other companies, businesses and individuals, to fund teachers’ special requests, said LTEF Executive Director Karen Faiman. The grants provide funding for projects and programs that are outside of the school district’s…
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‘Have a little faith’
Lawrence High School Class of 2023 ceremony remembers senior lost in car crash The Lawrence High School Class of 2023 came together one last time at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton for the high school’s 55th annual graduation ceremony June 22. It was a bittersweet ceremony as the 306-member class recently lost one of…
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Intervention Intentions
Lawrence High School student Jordan “JSwizzy Wilson” wins PDFNJ’s annual contest, which is in its 19th year Lawrence High School student, Jordan “JSwizzy” Wilson, took the top spot in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s “Your Song! Your Voice!” music competition with his original song, “Intervention Intentions.” Wilson provided a music video of his…
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‘Faith’ and ‘encouragement’ help ‘trailblazers’ forge their own paths
Lawrence High School honored a “rising star” and a set of community trailblazers during its Black History Month celebration held on Feb. 25. High School senior Laura-Simone Martin was given the “Rising Star” award for her role as the founder and president of Lawrence High School’s Black Student Union. She is also a musician, and…
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Lawrence Township Police Department hires seven new officers
Seven new police officers, including one who was a police officer with the New York City Police Department, have joined the ranks of the Lawrence Township Police Department, according to Police Chief Christopher Longo. Five of the newly-hired police officers will attend a police academy for basic police officer training. A sixth police officer graduated…
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Williamson, Carpinelli secure first place wins at 53rd Mercer County Diving Championships
Notre Dame High School’s Violet Williamson and Lawrence High School’s Thomas Carpinelli came out on top during the girls’ and boys’ divisions of the 53rd annual Mercer County Diving Championships. In the championship meet on Jan. 24 at The Lawrenceville School, Williamson, a junior at Notre Dame, repeated as the girls’ champion by earning a score…
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From Cathleen to Catherin: Lawrence Township Council appoints new member
The Lawrence Township Council has appointed lifelong resident Catherin “Catie” MacDuff to fill the vacancy on the council that was created by the resignation of former Township Councilwoman Cathleen Lewis in early January. MacDuff was chosen from among three nominees to fill the vacancy at the Lawrence Township Council’s Jan. 17 meeting. She will fill…
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Grant supports school-wide bathroom art contest at Lawrence Intermediate School
The scribbling of random words and images on the stalls and walls of the Lawrence Intermediate School bathrooms will be replaced by murals created by budding young artists, thanks to a $500 grant from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation. Students had complained that some of their schoolmates defaced the bathrooms by drawing on the stalls…