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Acting Commissioner Russell D. Johnston recently toured the two schools currently under construction in Lawrence, the Leahy and Oliver Schools. He visited with his team from DESE (Department of Elementary and Secondary Education), elected officials and school staff, including Mayor Brian A DePeña and Superintendent Carrero. Everyone was impressed with the modern facilities being created for our students and looking forward to the goal of opening these new facilities for the next school year.

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Wally the Red Sox mascot had a great time visiting the LHS Campus the other day with his teammates. 

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Incredibly grateful to the Boston Red Sox for a truly memorable day in Lawrence Public Schools! As part of this weekend's Fenway Fest celebration, more than 20 current players and coaches, manager Alex Cora, and Sox legend Jason Varitek visited students in Lawrence High School, South Lawrence East Elementary and Spark Academy. Not to mention Wally, Tessie, and two very shiny trophies...
They went on lots of classroom visits, held a player-run skills clinic with our partners at PlayBall, and sat for a question-and-answer panel with a few hundred LHS students. (five of six panelists even correctly answered a student’s “Lebron or Jordan” question -- IYKYK).

And thank you again to the athletes, coaches and entire Red Sox organization for choosing LPS schools and students!

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While many of us were resting, student athletes like this LHS Indoor track runner, were in regional tournaments and WinterFest Track meet.

Photo credit: ALA student Darian DeJesus

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Lawrence Public Schools was happy to welcome back our students after the Winter Break. These cheerleaders from Guilmette School are flipping about it! They participated in the Middle School Showcase from December. Welcome back everyone.

Photo by ALA student Azucena Flores.

Happy Holidays from everyone at the Lawrence Public Schools! We hope you are enjoying your Winter Break.

Click here to check out all the holiday performances on our YouTube channel and Watch on our Cable channels Comcast 6 and Verizon 41.

Students at the Lawrence Family Academy had lots of fun creating crafts and dressing up to perform for their families during the recent holiday show. 

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Click here to watch the LFA Holiday Show 2024

At the Hennessey School, all the classrooms decorated a tree with their favorite things. When families came to see the Festival of Trees, they were able to have fun with crafts, drink Hot Cocoa and meet Santa.

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Families at South Lawrence East School enjoyed a weekend Breakfast with Santa. More than 330 students and parents came dressed up for a photo with Santa, decorated gingerbread cookies and enjoyed crafts at this popular annual event.

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A Holiday shout out to our Nutrition Services Department for coordinating the monthly Mobile Markets! This December, they provided food for 899 students from 422 families here in Lawrence. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers from LHS, Lawrence Teachers Union and Leahy School, among others, for helping out and providing 500 books in English and Spanish that children were able to take home to read. Santa also stopped by with his helpers. Click here to see photos from the event.