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We interrupt this Snow Day to bring you more photos from the Middle School Theater Festival. Enjoy new photos taken by student photographer, Jexander Garcia. Scenes from Annie Jr, performed by the Wetherbee School and Alice in Wonderland Jr, performed by the Parthum Middle School are now available.

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Students from UNIDOS, Upper School Academy, Wetherbee and Guilmette Middle School enjoyed engaging activities during this February break week. Topics from coding and robotics to analyzing history with the Bad Bunny Superbowl performance and lots of English grammar kept these students busy.

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Happy Lunar New Year: the Year of the Horse! Abbott Lawrence Academy’s Lawrence Asian Student Association Club (LASA) hosted a Lunar New Year event celebrating Asian cultural traditions. ALA students Erica Le, Kyra Le, Jennifer Pham, Tran Cao, and Analia Nguyen planned the event with their club advisor, Shannon Morey. Highlights included a lion dance by Wah Lum Kung Fu Tai Chi Academy and a panel of Asian community members who shared their experiences about living as an Asian American in Lawrence.

Seven educators from around the District flew out Saturday on an intensive immersion trip to learn about the educational system and culture in Guatemala. We wish them safe travels and are excited to hear about lessons learned that will help our students back in Lawrence. Stay tuned for more updates all week.

Varsity Girls Basketball got inspired and created a Cancer Awareness Night before a recent game. Players from both the Lancers and Methuen Rangers wore pink in support. Lancer Keyshla Rosario sports pink t-shirt and socks while driving past Methuen's defense.

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Lawrence High School was beyond proud to hold a welcome night for the very first families and freshmen of its new Dual Enrollment program.
This amazing group of 40 students will take classes at LHS and Northern Essex to graduate with both their high school diploma and associate's degree! We are excited to follow them on their journey, and -- with lots of hard work and plenty of support from the team at LHS -- see them become the first Lancers to cross the commencement stage with two degrees in 2029!

Photo by LHS ALA Student photographer Jexander Garcia.

At a recent track meet, Junior Rafely Garcia, bested runners from four other communities with a time of 4:56.13 in the mile. The Lawrence High School Abbott Lawrence Academy student has been working hard all year according to Coach Speing. Well done!

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On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 20 staff members from Lawrence Family Public Academy (LFPA) stayed on their own time to complete the Red Cross CPR, First Aid and AED Certification Program. We are especially grateful to Assistant Director of Health Services Coleen Curtin and Director of Health Services Sarah Banville for helping us put this together. Thank you to all for putting safety first!