Schools

Lansing student is county’s spelling bee champion
February 18, 2010
After a seven-word duel, Lansing Middle School sixth-grader Graham Forrester took first place in the Leavenworth County Spelling Bee.
Cold causes cancellations
January 7, 2010
School, trash pickups and tonight’s City Council meeting are among the casualties of the snowy, bitterly cold weather.
Lansing schools closed today
Current Staff Reports
December 8, 2009
Overnight snowfall has caused officials with Lansing USD 469 to call off school today.
Sixth-graders look for funds to visit U.S. Capitol for the first time as People to People delegates
By Melissa Treolo
August 6, 2009
Heading to the big city can be nerve-racking for anyone.
Music camp targets elementary school students
Staff reports
May 11, 2009
Lansing Music & Art Camp will have two sessions this summer, one for students in who will be in grades 1 and 2 in the coming school year, and the other for students in grades 3 through 5.
Tonganoxie students compete against area schools at Olympiad
By Melissa Treolo
March 4, 2009
The snow-packed roads kept some schools away, but more than 600 students braved the weather Saturday to attend the 25th annual regional Science Olympiad at Johnson County Community College.
As Leavenworth County lawmaker deploys to Iraq, a former opponent gets her seat
By Scott Rothschild
February 24, 2009
A newly elected state lawmaker from Leavenworth who has been called to active duty in Iraq will be replaced in the Kansas Legislature by her former opponent.
Recent graduates
October 8, 2008
The following Leavenworth and Wyandotte county students graduated this summer from Kansas University.
Lansing teacher wins Discovery grant
Special to the Current
August 28, 2008
Lansing Middle School sixth-grade science teacher Jennifer Kolb has won a $1,000 grant from General Motors and Discovery Education to do imaginative classroom lessons focusing on sustainability.
Metabolic testing to be offered
August 6, 2008
Cushing Memorial Hospital, 711 Marshall, Leavenworth, will be offering metabolic testing from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. T
Lansing student earns degree
Special to the Current
June 19, 2008
Lansing resident Michele L. Hansen graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College-Kansas City.
Lansing students named to Creighton honor roll
Special to the Current
June 19, 2008
Christopher M Barry and Micah E White were named to named to Creighton University’s Dean’s Honor Roll.
Lansing student attends Mars Academy
Special to the Current
June 19, 2008
Noah Barrette, son of Richard and Melissa Barrette of Lansing, graduated from Mars Academy June 8 at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
Lansing youth attends space academy
Special to the Current
June 12, 2008
Noah Barrette, son of Richard and Melissa Barrette of Lansing, graduated from Mars Academy June 8 at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
Lansing student awarded scholarship to Washburn
Special to the Current
June 12, 2008
asmine Holland, Lansing, and Zachary Riggins and Meghan Ryan, both of Leavenworth, each have received academic scholarships from Washburn University.

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