LSHS senior Darrias Pearsall and Tigers football coach Eric Thomas were featured on Fox 4’s morning show this week. Darrias and Coach Thomas talked with reporter Matt Stewart about the team’s new Riddell football helmets, which are equipped with sensors that allow coaches and trainers to monitor the impacts that players experience.

Eleven students in the LSR7 French program from each high school spent the first two weeks of their summer vacation in France with teachers Madame Caitlin McKinney (LSN) and Madame Bess Hayles (LSHS).

LSR7 is pleased to introduce three new assistant principals on our team. These assistant principals were approved at the June Board of Education meeting. Additionally, we welcome Ms. Lindsay Salazar as our assistant director of nutrition services who began her service in May.

Four Lee’s Summit High School students received a visit from KC Scholars this week to announce the college assistance they’ve earned:

• Alyssa Arbuckle, $50,000 scholarship recipient
• Megan Cross, $50,000 scholarship recipient
• Jennifer Garciga, $50,000 scholarship recipient
• Anass Hammoud, college savings account recipient

Both Lee’s Summit High School and Lee’s Summit North High School earned the ‘U.S. News Best High Schools’ recognition this week. Both are ranked in the Top 50 high schools in Missouri, according to the report.