Tag: Lawrence High School

  • Rider University students to commentate Lawrence High School Baseball this season 

    Rider University students to commentate Lawrence High School Baseball this season 

    This season, every Lawrence High School home baseball game will be broadcast live on Rider University’s 107.7 The Bronc Retro WRRC2 radio station, with play-by-play action provided by two Rider students. Play-by-play announcer Ethan Duer, a graduate student, will be joined by Dom DeRosa, an undergraduate senior, who will provide color commentary. Duer, who graduated from Rider…

  • Lawrence school staffers receive COVID-19 vaccines

    Lawrence school staffers receive COVID-19 vaccines

    Mercer County public school districts’ top administrators collaborated on securing COVID-19 vaccines for their grades pre-K to 12 staff. The district superintendents secured five opportunities for staff vaccinations: March 26 at Penn Medicine Princeton Health Center, March 27 and April 3 at Crockett Middle School in Hamilton via Walgreens, the week of April 5 at…

  • Dozens of Lawrence High students qualify for international DECA competition

    Dozens of Lawrence High students qualify for international DECA competition

    Historically, Lawrence High School’s (LHS) DECA (formerly Distributive Education Clubs of America) chapter does very well at regional, state and international competitions. This year, despite the pandemic, is no exception. Thirty-one LHS DECA members qualified at the New Jersey DECA Conference March 1-3 to advance to the international conference beginning April 24, according to information…

  • Two Lawrence High School graduates honored for peaceful protests in support of equality

    Two Lawrence High School graduates honored for peaceful protests in support of equality

    When Kyla Allen and Jayda Parker set out to organize solidarity marches in Trenton and Lawrence Township last summer following the death of George Floyd, they never expected to be acclaimed for their efforts. But the two women, who graduated from Lawrence High School in 2015, were honored as “Rising Stars” at the high school’s…

  • Lawrence High School navigates challenges of COVID-19 to move forward with winter sports

    Lawrence High School navigates challenges of COVID-19 to move forward with winter sports

    High school athletic departments across the state have had to navigate and adapt to a new landscape during the coronavirus pandemic. Even with the potential halting and resuming of sports due to COVID-19, Lawrence High School’s (LHS) athletic department is determined to continue moving forward with all of its winter sports programs. “There is no…

  • Seminar aims to guide Black and Latinx students through college process

    Seminar aims to guide Black and Latinx students through college process

    A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and that’s what the Black Educational Advancement Council is trying to prevent through its virtual college workshop for Lawrence High School students. The seminar, which is geared toward parents of Black and Latinx high school students, is set for Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. It is being…

  • Girl Scout project teaches ways to approach seeing eye dogs

    Girl Scout project teaches ways to approach seeing eye dogs

    A recent graduate of Lawrence High School is bringing awareness to the importance of seeing eye dogs. Beginning in January 2019, Kaitlyn Maloney began raising a German Shepherd puppy Rosalee for The Seeing Eye, a Morristown organization that trains guide dogs for visually impaired and blind people. “I recognized that many people were very interested…

  • Lawrence High School football players surprise residents with kindness

    Lawrence High School football players surprise residents with kindness

    Three Lawrence High School (LHS) varsity football team captains extended acts of kindness to people combating their own challenges. Players Tolu Olajide, Diesel Barnes and Jalen Burks; Coach Rob Radice; and Athletic Director Gregg Zenerovitz surprised four Lawrence families impacted by breast cancer on Nov. 16. The players delivered to each family flowers, a “pink…

  • Lawrence High School ready for fall outdoor sports

    Lawrence High School ready for fall outdoor sports

    Lawrence High School’s athletics department is one of many statewide that have adapted to a new reality for their outdoor fall sports to occur this fall season. Program operations are different with official practices having begun for cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, and girls tennis on Sept. 14. “First off, we have staggered practice…