FREE STATE HIGH SCHOOL
HOME OF THE FIREBIRDS
Our Mission
Lawrence Free State High School is committed to blazing new paths, celebrating diversity, and ensuring that every student is college and career ready.
Free State provides first-class education based on the pillars of respect, responsibility, and excellence. We strive every day to forge a welcoming learning environment for every member of our Firebird family. FSHS will work collaboratively with parents, families, and community members to design, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive, integrated plan to support each students’ academic, behavioral, and social needs in an efficient, effective manner.
Our Vision
Lawrence Free State High School hopes to kindle the spark of potential found within each student and fuel them to become bright, caring individuals.We see a world where diversity unites us and every learner, regardless of their background, deserves the opportunity to succeed, the encouragement to dream big dreams, and the resources they need to achieve them.
School Goals for 2024 - 2025
1) The percent of student respondents favorably rating the areas of School Engagement and School Climate and Belonging on the Panorama Survey will increase by 5% each year over the next three years.
2) The percent of staff respondents favorably rating the areas of School Climate and Belonging on the Panorama Survey will increase by 5% each year over the next three years.
3) The percent of students scoring at levels 1 and 2 on the science, math and ELA state assessments in the year 2025 will reduce by 5%. Furthermore, the aim is to achieve an additional 1% decrease each subsequent year.
Expectations
Respect, Responsibility, and Excellence.