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S P E C T A T O RVOLUME 92 NUMBER 7 MAY 30, 20141500 WEST KENNEDY ROAD, LAKE FOREST, IL 60045

End of Year AwardsSENIOR PRIZES

Alexander Award............................................................Tommy ClarkFor the senior boy who best exemplifies the spirit and ideals of LFA.American Legion Award................................................Tommy ClarkFor the senior who exemplifies honor, courage, scholarship, leadership, and service.Butler Award................................................................. Tyler MadeleyFor the senior who has earned academic achievement through perseverance.Daughters of the American Revolution Award.......... Tommy ClarkFor the senior who exemplifies the ideals of service, leadership, patriotism and dependability.Faculty Award............................................................... Oh Joon KwonFor the student who has in thought, word, and deed embodied the ideal of scholarship.Freeland Award.............................................................. Miriam FragaFor the senior girl who best exemplifies the spirit and ideals of LFA.Waldie Award................................................................. Tommy ClarkFor the senior who, by the nature of his or her presence, has substantially impacted LFA. Hixon Award................................................................... Emily MeyerFor the senior who is outstanding in friendliness and concern for others.Speidel Award................................................................. Claudia JonesFor the senior girl who is outstanding in sincerity, courtesy, and thoughtfulness.Vaile Award..........................................................Caroline DuckworthFor the senior who has most imaginatively discharged administrative responsibilities.Wetzel Award............................................................ Madeleine PattisFor the senior girl who has best exemplified the spirit of Ferry Hall.

DEPARTMENTAL AND UNDERCLASSMEN AWARDSRaymond Delaplaine Prize in Economics: Oh Joon Kwon Service Above Self Award: Jennifer MaJonathan Fremd Award: Erin SnoddyMcLaughlin Prize: Sophia PlatcowJewel J. Jackson Award: Wesley AnnanHarvest Hope Award: Tommy Clark and Claudia JonesE.J. Barry Language Award: Madeleine Pattis and Clara Lee Kulieke Award for Spanish: Kate DiazNelson Award: Woody Travers Overdorf History Prize: Luke Corsiglia English Award: Oh Joon Kwon and Emily Meyer Dana W. Niswender Prize: Rebecca Rhee Sophomore Narrative Prize: Madeline Widjaja English as a Second Language Award: Elizabeth Runnan Li Ainsworth Award: William Wang Mathematics Department Award: Sofya Freyman and Kohn Pan Louch Award: Anne MacLeod and Oh Joon Kwon McCormick Prize in Drama: Chinara Hill McCormick Prize in Music: Robert Haynes McCormick Prize in Visual Arts: Emma Stolarski Everett E. Grace Music Prize: Made;eine Pattis and Catherine Hanlon Fine Arts Department Award: Jessie Rosso and Miriam Fraga Pridmore Award: Anne MacLeod and Sophia Shoemaker Taylor Award: Andy Xia and Nyoka WangTech Award: Matti Franks and Clara Lee Playwriting Award: Ben ShaughnessySpectator Award: Margaux Boles, Mary Kate Patton, Jenna Selati, Michelle Whitehead Technology Trailblazer Award: Sean Clavey

STUDENT LEADERSHIP 2012-2013Prefects: Alec Mesrobian, Cece Boles, Darlene Ineza, Dejon Brissett, Evan Walters, Grace Kasten, Karisma Chhabria, Liza Tarr , Jennifer Ma, Joshua Postadan, Madeleine Pye, Aban YaqubProctors: Deji Akere, Wes Annan, Sydney Brundige, Malcom Chaka, Brett Hanebrink, Claudia

Kirby, Marina Lentskevich, Ella Lin, Ayo Odebiyi, John Pan, Sajjad Sainsi, Joey ViscontiAll-School President: Romaer ChopraSenior Class President: Richard MelvilleRepresentatives: Gio Harold, Michael Phillips, Jasmine SawyerJunior Class President : Sophia Platcow Representatives: Ella Ekstrom, Seongsik Joseph Kim, Brianna SturkeySophomore Class President: Max Wetzel Representatives: Alex Gamache, Yan Sun Abe Park, Erin SnoddyDiscipline Committee Chair for 2011-12: Karisma ChhabriaMaster Keys: Amanda Bozorgi and Vicenta NagelMasters of the Houses: Cece Boles and Dejon Brissett

Photo by Amanda Bozorgi

By The Spectator Staff

She has been a living connection between the current, vibrant Lake Forest Academy community and the remembered times when LFA and Ferry Hall were separate institutions. During 48 years of teaching at both schools, Ms. Lynne Kulieke reached the status of a living legend. And, sadly, af-ter this weekend’s graduation ceremonies, Kulieke is retiring. Her fabled classes of Mythology and the Mystery genre of writing attracted hundreds (if not thousands) of students over nearly five decades, and her Spanish classes were always among the most pop-ular language classes at the school. Not surprisingly, she was honored by both schools, being chosen as both a member of the LFA Hall of Fame and as a recipient of Ferry Hall’s Woman of the Year award. The Spectator editorial staff offered Ku-lieke a chance to write her own “goodbye” to the LFA community. This is what she wrote: Some people are born with a piece of chalk or a ditto machine ( the most modern an iPad/computer) in hand; some achieve a certain competency with chalk and iPad/computer; some have said mode thrust upon them. In my case it was all three--although I didn’t know about the first two until the third took place in 1966 at Ferry Hall. It was most fortuitous and completely unexpected that Amelia Suby should call me and that I should have decided only a few months before that I didn’t want a mon-etary fortune but to give back (or forward)

what had been given to me: to help others to learn to communicate through the use of symbols, letters forming written and spo-ken words. Therefore learning and teach-ing, teaching and learning, the total inter-action of the two was thrust upon me, and I discovered my past, present, and future. I wish to thank the little Spanish man in the back row, who stumbled when try-ing to express himself in a strange lan-guage--somewhat rotund and dressed in a tan suit, whom I can still see--who said that the English tongue was that of Shakespeare and Mark Twain, thereby giving me the al-pha and the omega of my own language. And, furthermore, I wish to thank all the students at both Ferry Hall and Lake For-est Academy, who have taught me so much, and the faculty, the administration and the staff members, who have done the same for well over forty-five years. What have I learned from them? To keep on striving for perfection--that’s only part of it. The real difference between a peren-nial learner and a dilettante is that the learner knows what he or she doesn’t know and tries to find the answer-- to persist un-til the answer is found! I am amazed at how much I have learned each time alums return to the school, on every occasion that teachers have returned to visit, because the whole community has shown such grace and compassion for me, not to mention respect and esteem. And so I say farewell to all of you--of my formative as well as of my more mature years. I shall miss all of you more than mere language can say.

Longtime Spanish and English teacher Ms. Lynne Kulieke is retiring after almost five decades of teaching at LFA and Ferry Hall.

After nearly five decades,

Kulieke retires

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By Joseph KimStaff Writer

When newly-elected All-School Presi-dent Romaer Chopra decided to seek that prestigious position for the 2014-15 school year, he had a number of goals and hopes of making the Lake Forest Academy com-munity a better place for everyone. Now that the election results are in, Chopra wants to focus on “the little things” that will be good for LFA. “I want to deal with and change the lit-tle things. I don’t think there’s anything dramatic LFA really needs. I just wish to improve upon the little stuff since Student Council already knows what to do to make it better for next year,” explained Chopra. Chopra believes that LFA already has all the necessities for students, but they aren’t fully developed. He wishes to make little changes to make students’ lives easier. “I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do yet,” he said. “ I’m working up details as Tommy’s (former president Tommy Clarke) helping me settle into the job. It’s kind of a transition period for me now.” Chopra is no stranger to holding a spot as a leader. He was the class representa-tive his sophomore year, and currently he is serving as the Junior Class President. In

addition, he has held leadership positions for a number of service organizations, such as AIF. He has held meetings with many peo-ple, including Clarke, and is starting to se-riously plan details on what he’s going to do to achieve his goals next year. “There’s a lot of freedom on how he wants to run things, but I’m showing him what I’m doing. I’m showing him about all the responsibilities in Student Council meetings,” explained Clarke. As the upcoming year’s All-School Pres-ident, Chopra has started to meet Asst. Dean of Students Kate Jones, and he has already had several meetings with Head of School Dr. John Strudwick. Chopra also explained that he is excit-ed to be involved with many leadership groups at LFA, including the Proctors and Student Council, as they work together to-ward reaching similar goals, which are to represent students and to make the LFA community stronger. As he helped Chopra settle into his new job, Clarke has become thoughtful about his time in the president role. “I look at my year,” he said, “and I have a lot of regrets. But I think what I’ve done decently is to set an example and be an ad-vocate for the school.”

Photo by Oliver YuanRomaer Chopra addresses the student body during morning meeting.

Chopra chooses to change the little things

Class of 2014 donates new student-designed Sonia’s signly life on campus. “Because this was Katie Zhou’s design, it was something the students came up with as a body and not just a donation of money alone,” said Will Stewart, the senior class president. To choose the Senior Class gift, a meet-ing was held roughly three months ago that included a select group of alumni and a handful of senior proctors and prefects. At the meeting, they discussed different possi-

bilities for the gift. Other options included a sign for the Warner Dorm or new trees to plant around campus. “The other options were not things that were as essential to the everyday life of the student, while this is something that the students will interact with every day,” said Stewart. The majority of the senior class had pos-itive reactions to the chosen gift. Minimal complaints were heard throughout the grade. In past years, the class gifts had been new furniture for the Science Center, given by the class of 2013, or replanting trees--in which new ash trees were planted in re-sponse to an epidemic that wiped out some of the ash trees that were growing on cam-pus-- donated by the class of 2012. The funds raised for this year’s class gift totaled $1599.56, which were almost $400 more than last year’s funds, and almost $500 more than the funds of 2012, said Keyso. In addition to the Sonia’s sign, a brick has been purchased to place by the bell on campus. This will hopefully be the begin-ning to a tradition that may last for many years to come; but, all in all it’s just anoth-er brick in the wall.

By Maggie Meyer and Ella EkstromStaff Writers

Can you hear the crunching of chips, fol-lowed by the inevitable screams of anguish as parents read their child’s monthly bill? Students run up those bills at the ever-pop-ular ‘Sonia’s Snack Bar’, and Sonia’s will be back next year--better than ever--with a brand new sign donated by this year’s graduating seniors.

The graduating Class of 2014 has cho-sen its senior class gift to be a profession-ally-made sign for Sonia’s in the Student Center, a place that is a meaningful memo-ry to many LFA alumni. The sign itself was created by sophomore Katie Zhou, winner of LFA’s design logo contest in February. The competition was brought by Student Council to a vote at All-School Meeting in order to involve all students in creating this new aspect of dai-

Photo by Amanda BozorgiSophomore Lexi Silver places a food order to Sonia at the Sonia’s Snack Bar in the Student Center.

The new All-School President reveals plans for 2014-2015

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Lake Forest Academy’s biweekly morn-ing meetings are generally mundane, as demonstrated by the crowd’s polite ap-plause following each announcement. Oc-casionally, though, an announcement will prompt a more memorable response of whoops, cheers, and laughter from the LFA audience. Of the countless announcements made at morning meetings this year, only few have elicited such vibrant responses. One faculty member who never fails to en-tertain is this year’s commencement speak-er, Mr. Ken Magarie. Known throughout the LFA communi-ty as more than just a morning meeting personality, it is no surprise that the se-nior class voted to have Magarie speak at their May 31 graduation. A respected math teacher and coach of the math team, boys’ soccer team, and boys’ volleyball team, Magarie saddened the LFA community when he announced that he will be leaving LFA after this year. The news of his plan to move back to his home state of Massachu-setts prompted the seniors to choose Maga-rie as their graduation speaker, for he could speak humorously and authentically on the subject of saying goodbye to LFA. “There’s not a whole lot of people leav-

ing this year and thinking about the rela-tionship that I have with this class, having worked with a lot of you in class or in the dorms or on my sports teams, I feel like I’ve built a pretty good connection with a lot of the students in your grade,” said Magarie. “I was kind of hoping that you guys would vote for me.” Upon moving back east, Magarie hopes to continue his career as a teacher; how-

ever, he will consider pursuing a master’s degree if a teaching job is unavailable. He plans to make an amusing and witty speech that includes honest advice for the senior class, which Magarie said will come from the wisdom that he has acquired through personal experiences. “When it comes down to it, all you can really do is be a good person and try to live with respect and honor,” Magarie said.

“The rest will kind of take care of itself.” Magarie’s graduation speech will also serve as a formal goodbye to LFA, and he is grateful for having been given one last opportunity to address the community. “I don’t speak in front of everyone very often, but when I do it has a chance to be significant and impactful,” said Magarie. “Hopefully I will deliver a message that is not soon forgotten.”

The Mints Professional Development Fund recipients embark on enrichment programs

Dr. Kathleen Barton, Mr. Bill Murphy, and Mr. Chris Dozois. Fowler will be using her funds to look into a summer Artist in Residence program in Italy for LFA students. She will be trav-eling to Rome, Florence, and Venice to meet with contacts and visit various sites that will help students develop a body of work while being immersed in art history in Italy. The other recipient, Bator, will be travel-

ing to Geneva, Switzerland and Rome, Ita-ly. In Italy, Bator will be visiting locations like the Osia Antica Ruins, The Basilica of Our Lady, and Museo Nazionle dell’Alto Medioeyo. “One thing my World History students have a hard time with is understanding that the medieval period was not actually ‘dark’,” said Bator. “The medieval period was this huge time of cultural growth. One of the things I am looking for is to incorpo-rate more visual art to help show students that this wasn’t really a dark period and there is a great museum in Rome for that.” After Rome, Bator will be traveling to Geneva where she will be meeting with UNHCR at the United Nations office. Not only is she personally interested in the top-ic of refugees, but Bator hopes to create a new unit in her Global Affairs class that will involve the issue of humanitarian aid and interventions of humanitarian crisis. “I think it will be nice to go out and do a bit of research again, especially in things I am interested in. I love the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s sake. I think one of the great things about the Mints Grant is that it recognizes that teachers are more than just the subject that they teach,” said Bator.

Each year, two teachers from Lake Forest Academy are selected and given the oppor-tunity to embark on enrichment programs, all made possible by The Mints Profes-sional Development Fund. The Mints Fund was a generous gift made possible in 2004 by Tom Mints, LFA class of 1945, which provides up to $6,000 per year that allows

teachers to expand their own knowledge and to help teachers find new resources to bring to their classrooms. This year’s recipients of the Mints Grants are Dr. Stefanie Bator and Ms. Lauren Fowler. According to Dean of Faculty Phil Schwartz, each year teachers apply for the Mints Grant and the Faculty Advisory Committee ranks each proposal. Schwartz makes the final decision regarding the two recipients. Past recipients have included

Photo by Joseph KimMr. Kenneth Magarie, seen teaching a math class, was nominated by the class of 2014 to give the Graduation Speech.

Magarie to give Graduation SpeechBy Jenna SelatiEditor-in-Chief

By Mary Kate PattonEditor-in-Chief

Photo by Amanda BozorgiTeacher Dr. Stephanie Bator, who received a Mints Grant to broaden her knowledge of world history, talks with her students during class.

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Bye Bye Caxys

List provided by the College Counseling DepartmentNote: This list is not final and is subject to change

Aboobacker, Mohammed University of IllinoisAddae, Maame Brown UniversityAdler, Cole Auburn UniversityAlvarez, Daniela Carthage CollegeBailes, Julian Iowa State UniversityBartholomew, Lily Durham University (England)Benjamin, Piper Boston CollegeBermudez, Jeovanny North Central UniversityBiel, Riley Gap YearBoddicker, Lake University of IllinoisBoles, Margaret University of DenverBosompem, Abena Mount Holyoke CollegeBozorgi, Alec Colgate UniversityBurpee, Kathleen North Carolina State Burton-Rowe, Kurtis University of Toronto Chandler, Thomas Colby CollegeChase, Nathaniel Gap YearChen, Yuchen University of RochesterChew, Shin Yeu University of California at San DiegoClarke, Thomas University of Notre DameClavey, Sean Chapman UniversityCleary, Sean Gap YearCollins, Christopher Gap YearDiaz, Katherine Harvard & Berklee College of MusicDiouf, Khadidiatou IUPU - IndianapolisDoak, Aidan Gap YearDonnelly, Adam Gap YearDoyal, Alexander Hobart and William Smith CollegesDuanmu, Xueying Babson CollegeDuckworth, Caroline University of PennsylvaniaDunne, Miranda Santa Clara UniversityElisman, Katerina Connecticut CollegeEun, Seung Hyen Cornell UniversityFlynn, Eric Marquette UniversityFraga, Miriam Bowdoin CollegeFranks, Matti New York UniversityGoad, Allison University of IllinoisHalvorson, Andrew Babson CollegeHanlon, Catherine Wake Forest UniversityHaynes, Robert University of Puget SoundHill, Chinara New York UniversityHingtgen, Austin Gap YearHood, Alastair Santa Clara UniversityHoogland, Samuel Southern Methodist UniversityHristeva, Daniela Chapman UniversityHuang, Jessika Northwestern UniversityIfatunji, Ayorinde Northeastern UniversityJones, Claudia Brown UniversityKadir, Yousuf Northwestern UniversityKaramanos, Christopher University of ChicagoKong, Zhuoyue New York UniversityKrasnow, Emily Haverford CollegeKrivoshik, Amy Emory UniversityKwon, Oh Joon Brown UniversityLee, Sunjae University of California at San DiegoLeme, Pedro The University of TampaM, Rajeshwari University of Washington

MacLeod, Anne Colorado CollegeMadeley, Tyler Lake Forest CollegeMayikana, Mbasa Colby CollegeMerritt, Melissa University of ColoradoMeyer, Emily Washington University in St. LouisMunoz, Jonathan University of Illinois Nakasu, Masahiro University of California at Santa CruzNang, Hye Ryeong Boston UniversityOnyekwuluje, Toks University of Missouri ColumbiaPaige, James Boston UniversityParmenter, Brian Concordia University WisconsinPattis, Madeleine Annette Swarthmore CollegePatton, Mary Katherine Tufts UniversityPepper, Monterey University of New HampshireRobinson, Rhyann Santa Clara UniversityRong, Zhihao Washington University in St. LouisRosso, Jessie Boston UniversityRuan, Senkun Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSantos, German Dickinson CollegeSchreuder, Allison Occidental CollegeSelati, Jenna Yale UniversityShanley-Roberts, Emily Tufts UniversityShapiro, Yakov Washington University in St. LouisShaughnessy, Benjamin Illinois Institute of TechnologyShen, Yuxin Hamilton College – NYShoemaker, Sophia Furman UniversitySiemasko, Christopher Southern Methodist UniversitySimpson, Cole University of DenverSiriwat, Pornchanok Mount Holyoke CollegeSnyder, Carter Trinity CollegeSommer, Madeline Colorado CollegeSteveson, Olivia Colorado CollegeStewart, William Harvard Stolarski, Emma Pitzer CollegeStolberg, Preston Western New England UniversitySu, Anqi Suffolk UniversityTian, Linyi University of Illinois Tornes, Penelope Hamilton College – NYTravers, John Thomas University of ChicagoTwine, Daily Boston UniversityVan Lierop, Cody Gap YearVentling, Hallie College of the Holy CrossWacker, Joseph University of MontanaWang, Yu-Hsin University of Nevada, Las VegasWang, Zhuoqun Pratt InstituteWang, Zunyan Harvey Mudd CollegeWei, Jialu Tufts UniversityWeiner, Kami Johnson & Wales University Whitehead, Michelle New York UniversityWick, James Elmhurst CollegeWitmer, Pierce University of Notre DameWu, Ying University of Southern CaliforniaWu, Zhidong Suffolk UniversityXia, Zifan School of the Art Institute of ChicagoZhang, Jiaqi University of Illinois Zhang, Yipeng Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteZhao, Du New York University

LFA’s Class of 2014 College List

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Inquiring Photographer

EditorialGraduation traditions providewelcome end to LFA education

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What is your favorite part of graduation?Compiled by Amanda Bozorgi

Not only parents, but grandpar-ents, aunts, uncles, siblings, and second cousins thrice removed are encouraged to join the cer-emony. Even alumni return to watch the glorious tradition, and if there aren’t enough seats, the staff simply sets up more. The Dean of Students, Mr. Chris Tennyson, also said there’s a symbolic reason for using the formal gardens. “We open the school year with the All-School Hand-shake there, and for our seniors, they gather there again and are able to finish their careers in that spot,” said Tennyson. In addition to Move-Up Day and the graduation ceremo-ny, the colorful faculty in their many-colored hoods, and stu-dent speeches, both the choir and orchestra perform before and after the various weekend

functions. The choir will even-tually put the capstone on the long weekend by singing an Irish benediction called “Bless-ing”, composed by Katie Bart. Filled with warm air and mu-sic, LFA’s tradition of holding graduation in the formal gardens is nothing short of brilliant, and must be continued. It’s terrify-ing to think that only 14 years ago graduation used to be held in the Glore gym. Luckily there is now even a tent to make sure graduation always stays in the much preferred outdoors, even if the weather does not cooprate. One last thing: when your name is called and you are hand-ed your diploma, make sure to listen for the Bowditch bell which rings for each graduate as they are handed their diploma.

It’s finally time. After four years of sleep deprivation and hysterical laughter, the Class of 2014’s time at LFA has come to an end. The entire high school experience culminates with a singular weekend, filled with sun, white dresses, coats and ties, and Talent Show and Senior Night fun. Most importantly it’s outside, in the open air and warm weather, even this year. Unlike most schools, LFA has the ability and privilege to make use of the formal gardens for the yearly right-of-passage called graduation. The Spectator staff feels this is a much better alter-native than a cold, dark audito-rium, or even worse, a crowded, hopefully air conditioned gym. Being outdoors, there’s lots of open space, space to spread out and relax; it also means more people can be invited.

My favorite part of graduation is how all the girls wear white dresses and how they look when they process down the aisle.-Hallie Ventling

I think the bagpipes are beautiful and should be heard around the world.-Marcus Koppenhoefer

How all the seniors look genuinely happy when they’re walking into the Formal Gardens. -Emma Ismail

My favorite part of graduation is hearing the graduation speaker. -Richard Melville

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The Spectator bids farewell to senior members

1. The Spectator has taught me how to work with different students and teachers within the LFA community. The Spectator has also taught me how to be a leader and learn to overcome challenges in a “time-crunch”.

2. I will definitely miss the teachers and people who have made my LFA experience an incredible one, but I think that’s a giv-en! I will really miss going into the For-mal Gardens every year for the All-School Handshake. My first memories of LFA are from my first All-School Handshake and it is an amazing tradition that only members of the LFA community get to experience!

3. Ten years from now I will definitely re-member when the field hockey team won 3rd in state. It was an incredible moment for me because I knew my four years of field hockey at LFA had all led up to that moment and it was something I got to share with an amazing group of girls.

1. The Spectator taught me to work with others productively...and really helped me develop my last-minute, right-on-deadline writing. My first year on the paper I learned how to be satirical, which is an important life skill.

2. The large amounts of free food are fan-tastic. I’m really going to miss not having to pay for food.

3. I’ll probably remember two things: how well-dressed some people are (it’s rather impressive) and that we had a fireplace. That thing is awesome.

1. The Spectator has taught me the value of a team effort. Every person on the staff has a crucial role and without them, the paper wouldn’t be nearly as good as it is today.

2. I’ll miss the people that I’ve come to know throughout the four years here. My friends, the teachers, even the annoying underclassmen are all treasured people to me.

3. I will remember the amazing times that I’ve had here.

1. The Spectator helped me grow as a per-son because it gave me the opportunity to talk to people in the community I might not have crossed paths with otherwise.

2. I will miss ringing the bell after a big win and obviously all the people at LFA.

3. Ten years from now I will remember the fact that I went to school in a mansion and finishing third in state in field hockey!

1. The Spectator has forced me to go out-side my comfort zone and talk to students and faculty I would never had originally met.

2. Although there are many things I will miss about LFA, I’ll mostly miss being able to play and compete on a team that I have no previous experience.

3. Winning the Founders Cup.

1. The Spectator has taught me how to work with large groups of people, sometimes in-efficiently, and still get the job done.

2. I will definitely miss my group of friends the most. No matter how goofy and ridic-ulous they can be, they never fail to make my day better.

3. Ten years from now I will remember just how thriving of a community LFA is. There’s never been a time when I didn’t feel excitement in all of the students as I passed through the hallways.

Mary Kate Patton

Justin Nakasu

Miranda DunneMargaux Boles

Emily Shanley-Roberts

Ayo Ifatunji

Centerfold

This centerfold is dedicated to the graduating seniors of The Spectator staff. As we thank them and bid them goodbye, we asked them to respond to the following three questions:

Q u e s t i o n O n e : H o w h a s t h e s p e c t a t o r h e l p e d y o u g r o w a s a p e r s o n ?Q u e s t i o n T w o : W h a t w i l l y o u m i s s m o s t a b o u t L F A ?

Q u e s t i o n T h r e e : W h a t w i l l y o u r e m e m b e r m o s t a b o u t 1 0 y e a r s f r o m n o w ?

Compiled by Romaer Chopra, Jordan Wolff, and Emily Shanley-Roberts Photos taken by Amanda Bozorgi

For almost every senior, this time of year invokes feelings of nostalgia and memories that leave him or her wondering what happened to their four years at LFA. Many of these memories revolve around the countless hours spent working on The Spectator. With seniors moving on to new stages of their lives, The Spectator staff will look to adjust to a completely different staff for next year. These seniors

have acted as role models and leaders to the entire staff, and while saying goodbye will be no easy task, there is no doubt that they will go on to even bigger and better things in their future endeavors.

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The Spectator bids farewell to senior members

1. The Spectator has helped me grow in a myriad of ways: managing deadlines, improving my writing, and working with several team members all trying to achieve one goal, to produce the best high school newspaper in the United States.

2. I will miss the diverse student body, Mr. Murphy’s unique life stories, “Happy Birthday Romaer” morning meetings, LFA athletics, and Mr. Freeman’s English Liter-ature Class. All of these classmates, teach-ers, and exposures have made my high school experience an incredible one.

3. I will remember all the hard work The Spectator staff put into each paper we printed. Working with a diverse, intelli-gent group of people has made my LFA experience amazing. I am certain Romaer, Jordan, Michael, Amanda, and Allison will continue to pass along this experience to their classmates next year.

1. The Spectator has forced me to go out-side my comfort zone and talk to students and faculty I would never had originally met.

2. Although there are many things I will miss about LFA, I’ll mostly miss being able to play and compete on a team that I have no previous experience.

3. Winning the Founders Cup.

1. The Spectator helped me grow as a per-son in that it taught me valuable time man-agement and teamwork skills, especially with respect to deadlines and dividing work.

2. I will miss Mr. Ryder’s beautiful voice at Coax concerts.

3. Track.

1. I learned to always be on the look out for story ideas throughout the school day.

2. I will miss being in Dr. Smith’s advisory.

3. I will remember playing field hockey and going to state.

1. Working for The Spectator has helped me to become a more mature, responsible, and punctual person and leader.

2. I will miss my friends and teachers the most. It’s the people here that bring value to the LFA experience.

3. Definitely the All- School Handshake. It is entirely unique to LFA.

1. The Spectator has made me more confi-dent in my journalistic abilities and, with-out Mr. Murphy and the journalism class, I would be heading off to study pre-law next year. Being an Editor-in-Chief has re-ally pulled me out of my comfort zone and taught me how to not only be a leader but to (hopefully) lead by example.

2. Honestly, I think I’m going to miss the close-knit community. I think that, at times, knowing 80% of the school has driven me nuts but the comfort level that I’ve achieved with a lot of my teachers and dorm parents is something that is hard to come by. Those are relationships that I hope I can continue into adulthood.

3. I’m going to remember staying up way too late to vent to my roommate about ev-erything under the sun, getting life lessons from my advisor, those three overnight cross country meets to Holly, and sitting in the journalism room for more hours than I spent anywhere else. I’m going to remem-ber a ton of little things but I know that The Spectator will be in my mind and heart for decades to come.

Michelle Whitehead

Amy Krivoshik

Miranda Dunne James Paige Jenna Selati

Yousuf Kadir

Centerfold

This centerfold is dedicated to the graduating seniors of The Spectator staff. As we thank them and bid them goodbye, we asked them to respond to the following three questions:

Q u e s t i o n O n e : H o w h a s t h e s p e c t a t o r h e l p e d y o u g r o w a s a p e r s o n ?Q u e s t i o n T w o : W h a t w i l l y o u m i s s m o s t a b o u t L F A ?

Q u e s t i o n T h r e e : W h a t w i l l y o u r e m e m b e r m o s t a b o u t 1 0 y e a r s f r o m n o w ?

Compiled by Romaer Chopra, Jordan Wolff, and Emily Shanley-Roberts Photos taken by Amanda Bozorgi

For almost every senior, this time of year invokes feelings of nostalgia and memories that leave him or her wondering what happened to their four years at LFA. Many of these memories revolve around the countless hours spent working on The Spectator. With seniors moving on to new stages of their lives, The Spectator staff will look to adjust to a completely different staff for next year. These seniors

have acted as role models and leaders to the entire staff, and while saying goodbye will be no easy task, there is no doubt that they will go on to even bigger and better things in their future endeavors.

MAY 30, 2014


Arts and Entertainment8

Plambeck hopes more LFA alumni will join choir for graduation song

Choral Director Timothy Plambeck hopes to see more alumni return to LFA and sing with the choir at Graduation this spring and in future years. “It’s always nice when they do because it’s a good feeling of continuity,” he said. “It’s fun to be able to connect with those kids that were in choir in the past years.” Yet in years past, it has been “pretty rare” to hear many alumni singing with the choir from its shady view of graduation, Plam-beck pointed out. “It’s only the most bold of alums who come and sing,” he added. Though when they join in, the choir en-joys having graduated students come back and sing with them, said Junior Michael Zaucedo, a member of the choir who will sing at graduation this year. “Meeting the people that are from our past is really cool,” he commented. Plambeck said that he thinks at least one or two alumni will join the choir at gradu-ation this year. “I would love to develop that tradition

more fully,” he said. During Graduation, the choir’s graduat-ing seniors, having just technically become alumni, can leave their chairs in the Formal Gardens and also join the choir for one last song, the Benediction. “It’s very emotional,” said senior Sean Clavey, who has been a member of the choir since his first year at LFA. “It’s very touching. Usually [many people] cry.” The choir has seven graduating seniors this year. “They are invited to come over and sing with us on that final song, which is a nice way of saying goodbye to each other,” Plambeck said. In addition, Plambeck pointed out that the opportunity to sing the Benediction will remain open to alumni who graduated in past years as well. “A lot of times the young alumni will stand behind the wall, and if they were in choir I will definitely say you know come sing with us and they will come around and sing,” he said. Abena Bosompen, a graduating senior who was in choir last year, said that choir alumni sing the Benediction because they

Students also reflected that the fact that alumni can sing with the choir maintains the sense of community that LFA establish-es during the course of the four years spent here. “It’s nice to see all the past members of the choir and current members of the choir come together,” Sophomore Maggie Mey-er commented. “It represents LFA. It is al-ways a home.”

Fall play auditions hosted in the spring season to allow more rehearsal time

While the snow has only been gone for a month, Mr. Mark Dryfoos, director of Per-forming Arts, is already planning for the LFA Fall play. This year the Fall play audi-tions were held on May 22 so that rehears-als could begin as soon as classes started

again next August. This year’s production will be The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon. However, LFA will be doing the female version allowing for six girls and two boys to participate. The original play was cast for six men and two women, however, Dryfoos decided that this would be a better option consid-

ering LFA’s mostly female thespians. This is a very small cast, however, Dryfoos be-lieves that this will make it easier to direct, and hopefully just a smoother rehearsal process. “It’s a comedy about two women, one who is incredibly neat and one who is a slob,” explained Dryfoos. “Both are from broken marriages, and they find solace in each other.” Dryfoos says that it is a sad story, yet a light show with many comical moments throughout. Compared to last year’s play, this one is much lengthier with more de-veloped characters. According to Dryfoos, The Odd Couple will take more prepara-tion than any play from previous years. He will expect the actors to begin memorizing their lines over the summer so that rehears-als can begin right after preseason athletics end. The contracted amount of rehearsal time has always been an issue with the fall play, said Dryfoos, “There are a gazillion things going on, and if we can get a jump on the rehearsal process, it would be better for everybody,”

India ShelleyStaff Writer

In addition to singing the Benediction every year at Graduation, the LFA choir performs “a kind of pre-game entertainment” of songs that they have been practicing all year, Plambeck said.

Photo courtesy of Ms. Kathy Morrison

By Amy KrivoshikSenior News Editor

can still remember it. “It’s nice and sad at the same time,” she commented. “It makes you just realize how time goes fast.” Sophomore Ella Ekstrom said singing with the choir at Graduation last year left her with many memories. “It creates the feeling of a family because once you’re in choir, you’re never really not in choir,” she said.

Mark Dryfoos poses with students from the 2013 Fall play, Gillian Smith ‘15, Madeleine Pattis ‘14, Zoe Lewis ‘17, Pierce Witmer ‘14, and Chris Siemasko ‘14.

Photo courtesy of Ms. Kathy Morrison

said Dryfoos. This change in timing for the Fall play does create just one slight catch, however. Members of next year’s incoming fresh-men class will not be able to audition for parts in the production.

“I hope freshmen actors and actresses will be willing to participate in the pro-duction as part of the technical crew,” said Dryfoos. Unless some major problem develops with this new audition process, it may soon become the new standard operating pro-cedure, as Dryfoos hopes to continue this novel undertaking in the future. “I honestly should have done it with ev-ery Fall play I’ve done so far,” he stated.

“I honestly should have done it with every Fall play I’ve

done so far,” -Dryfoos

MAY 30, 2014


Features 9

LFA Science Department introduces two new courses for the coming yearBy Jason LeeStaff Writer

Starting next school year, school ad-ministrators have decided to add two new science courses to the curriculum: Principles of Engineering and AP Psy-chology. These additions were select-ed in order to provide students with more professional education options. Principles of Engineering is an entirely new class that has been added to the curriculum. “For a couple of years we have been thinking about having a class that would encompass other areas besides just sci-ence,” said Dr. Kerry Cedergren, chair-person of the Science Department. “We already do the math,” said Cedergren. “But now we will do the technology, as well. And then we will do the engineer-ing; we do a lot of things on the chalk board and we don’t do as much building.” Principles of Engineering is a two se-mester course designed to cover many dif-ferent branches of engineering including four major types: electrical, mechanical, biomedical, and environmental. It will

be more of a hands-on course, compared to the currently existing science courses. Principles of Engineering will be team-taught, since it covers such a broad topic. Mr. Edward Shaughnessy, a professional in mechanical and electrical engineering, and Dr. Kathleen Barton, an expert in chemi-cal and environmental engineering, will be teaching most of the class. However, to provide students with most advanced education possible, guest teachers will come in to teach their specific expertise. Another newly-added science course will be AP Psychology. A one-semester course that has Introduction to Psychol-ogy as a prerequisite, AP Psychology will be for students who wish to advance further into the study of Psychology. Prior to the addition of AP Psychology, there was only one LFA course related to psychology: Introduction to Psychology. Since this was repeated each semester, students could not go any further with Psychology when they were done with the introductory course. However, af-ter the addition of AP Psychology, stu-

dents who actually enjoy the topic and want to go deeper can take the AP course. “By having AP Psychology, you’re able to actually do a more thorough survey of the course,” said Mrs. Kate Jones, LFA Sci-ence Instructor. “Additionally, I think there

are some students who are interested in taking it in college and I want to be able to offer them that opportunity to perhaps earn AP credits, and to be able to move on more quickly to the greater depth of topics in psychology that you can have in college.”

The Spectator looking forward: Preparing for big staff and design changesBy Arthur HeStaff Writer

Photo by Amanda Bozorgi2014-2015 Spectator Editors-in-Chief Romaer Chopra and Jordan Wolff edit pages for the News section.

Every year at this time The Spectator goes through many reforms and redesigns as the leadership of the newspaper changes hands due to the graduation of staff. This year, however, may see one of the biggest changes in the history of the student publi-cation as both the structure of the newspa-per and the staff will undergo modification. According to Jordan Wolff, one of

next year’s new Editors-in-Chief, there are already plans to rede-sign the front page of the newspaper. “This year, at the national competi-tion, that was one of the bigger things the judges said that we need to work on, and so we are redesigning that and giving it a new look,” said Wolff. According to newspaper advisor Mr. Bill Murphy, the redesign is part of an

ongoing tradition on the newspaper. “We may allow each year’s new staff group to have different ideas, so the news-paper reflects them and the period of time when they are in charge.” said Murphy. “We have been ranked in the top 10 of the country for a number of years now,” said Romaer Chopra, the other new Ed-itor-in-Chief for next year, “and we are trying to develop a design that will en-

able to us maintain our national ranking.” Along with the page design, the actual Spectator staff structure will change next year. Murphy announced that there will be fewer Editors-in-Chief (only two, com-pared to as many as four previously) but more Managing Editors and Senior Editors. Murphy noted that the new structure was developed in hopes of sparking additional creativity among the student journalists. Managing Editors will include Aman-da Bozorgi (Photo), Allison Hecthman (Production), Michael Phillips (News), and Kristen Van Tine (Digital). The new Senior Editors will be Brandon Amoro-so, Matt Filip, Sophie Hanson, Ned Ken-nedy, Maddie Olivieri, and Aban Yaqub. Murphy also announced that the newspaper will be develop-ing an on-line edition next year. “We have several students that are greatly interested in developing a digital publica-tion, so I will work with them to create a vi-able model,” Murphy said. “Right now the first ideas are a blog connected to a Twitter feed that would draw readers to the site.” “Our biggest challenge next August will be developing a new working relation-ship to set the tone for the year,” Murphy concluded. “Each year’s staff is differ-ent and finding that working chemistry has always been crucial to our success.”

Photo by Amanda BozorgiDr. Kerry Cedergren teaches a chemistry class.

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Features MAY 30, 2014

LFA says goodbye to Delaney and four other faculty membersBy Julia MillsStaff Writer

The end of the school year means summer, sun, and, unfortunately, final goodbyes. Ev-ery year LFA not only must say goodbye to graduating students, but also departing fac-ulty members. All LFA staff members have affected and helped structure the school in some way. At the end of this school year five valued members of the LFA com-munity will be leaving: Academic Office Manager Helen Delaney and teachers Ms. Rebecca Findlay, Mr. Ken Magarie, Ms. Lynne Kulieke, and Dr. Stephen Johnson. Delaney was emphatic about what about what she will miss the most at LFA. “It’s always been the kids. The ones I’ve met, and the ones I remember,” said Delaney. Delaney will have truly left her mark on LFA when she leaves. Having worked in the Academic Office for 25 years, Delaney might be that truly irreplace-able member of the staff. Her unique ex-pertise in constructing the complex LFA schedules will be missed by all when she says her final goodbyes on August 14. Findlay joined the LFA community three years ago as an Instructor of English. Be-sides teaching English 9 and ESL Speaking

and Listening, Findlay coached Girls Ju-nior Varsity Field Hockey and swimming, and was a Field dorm parent. Findlay will be moving to New Jersey where she will work at The Lawrenceville School teaching English and coaching swimming and crew. “My favorite thing about working at LFA is the rapport that students build with one an-other and with their teachers,” said Findlay. Magarie began teaching mathemat-ics at LFA in 2008. Since arriving five years ago, he has coached volleyball and soccer, as well as being a dorm parent and the Math Team sponsor. “The students really make it enjoyable to come to work everyday,” said Maga-rie, commenting on his favorite part about working at LFA. Magarie will be returning to Boston when he leaves LFA. After devoting 48 years to Lake Forest Academy Lynn Kulieke will retire at the end of this academic year. Having been a Spanish and English teacher for nearly five decades at both Ferry Hall and Lake For-est Academy Kulieke has been an integral member of the LFA community. Her many accomplishments, such as the Faculty Award in 1984, her induction into the LFA Hall of Fame in 1992, the Alumni Award

for Teaching Excellence in 2009, and re-ceiving both an honorary Ferry Hall diplo-ma and being named Ferry Hall Woman of

Distinction in 2012 are just a few of the many qualities that made Kulieke such a vital member of the LFA community.

Photo by Amanda BozorgiAcademic Office Manager Helen Delaney works to create student schedules.

Math team leader Mr. Magariereturns to hometown of Boston By Ryan WangStaff Writer

Math Team has always been one of the most popular and successful clubs at Lake Forest Academy. The LFA Math Team fin-ished in 3rd place in the ICTM State Final last year, which was an extremely impres-sive accomplishment. The LFA Math Team will, however, face the loss in the upcom-ing year of its current head coach, Mr. Ken Magarie, who has made significant contri-butions to the team’s recent success. Mr. James Abbott will be replacing Magarie as the Math Team coach. Magarie was very satisfied with the team’s results during the 2012-2013 sea-son, and he believes this year’s results will be even better. “Last year was pretty special. We won a competition in Milwaukee that we had finished second at the year before, and we ended up earning 3rd place at the State Finals. With that said, this year has been great and could end up being the most sat-isfying,” Magarie explained. According to Magarie, more students have joined the math team in the past few years, and there has been a major increase in the number of competitions the LFA Math Team takes part in. He still expected to bring back the 1st place trophy from the ICTM State Final this year, which is taking place at the University of Illinois in Urba-

na-Champaign. “LFA has experienced significant growth in the past few years, both in the number

of students that participate and the number of contests and competitions that we take part in. My main goals were to get more

students involved in our math team and to win the state championship. The only goal that I have left for our math team is to win the ICTM State Finals coming up on May 3rd. We were the 3rd best team in Illinois for our division last year and it would be pretty amazing if we could finish 1st this year,” said Magarie. Even though Magarie is leaving LFA this year, he still has his sincere wishes for the LFA Math Team, and he has a lot of confi-dence in it as well. “I hope that the team continues to be a popular club at LFA and that we contin-ue to do well at competitions. Mr. Abbott will be taking over the coaching duties next year and I know that he will be able to build upon the successes that we have achieved in recent years,” said Magarie. Mr. James Abbott, who will be the coach next year after Mr. Magarie’s departure, doesn’t expect a lot of things to change for the LFA Math Team. “For the most part, I think that Mr. Maga-rie has done some very successful things with Math Team, and we would still keep on doing various competitions on a regular basis. We would still be planning to con-tinue to go to the Regional and State com-petition. Therefore, I don’t expect things to change much in the future,” explained Abbott.

Photo by Joseph KimMr. Magarie gives an inspiring speech to his mathletes prior to the competition.

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SportsMAY 30, 2014

By Ned KennedySports Editor

The Lake Forest Academy 2014 graduating class is a very talented group of students, from their many achievements inside the classroom to their spectacu-lar performances on the playing fields. This year 11 graduating se-niors will take their talents from the LFA campus to new heights in the college ranks. Participat-ing in sports from basketball to wrestling, and many in between, these 11 students will show their perseverance and determination to succeed on the next level. The athletes and their chosen colleges and sports are: Dija Di-ouf (Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis, Basketball), Katia Elisman (University Of Connecti-cut, Volleyball) Sam Hoogland (SMU, Tennis), Chris Karamanos (University Of Chicago, Foot-

Senior catcher James Wick is one of many varsity baseball players with superstitions.

Varsity baseball superstitionsBy Miranda DunnePhoto Editor

Just as many professional base-ball players have made headlines with their bizarre superstitions, the LFA Varsity Baseball Team proves to be similarly supersti-tious. Baseball, a game of skill and luck, has been labeled as one of the most superstitious sports since it first became popular. Many players perform intricate routines before and throughout games in order to ensure maxi-mum success. Senior catcher and captain

James Wick is one of those play-ers with game-day routines and he explained his usual supersti-tions to The Spectator. “I go through stages of them. Before I catch its just doing cer-tain stretches. If I do well one day then I’ll eat the same break-fast or I won’t wash my jersey, ” said Wick. Wick also noticed a correlation between completing his routine superstitions and maintaining fo-cus throughout the game. A play-er performing abnormally well one day typically creates super-stitions that lead to them redoing

everything they did for their next game in order to mimic success. The accumulation of many super-stitions leads to a pre-game rou-tine. Senior Sean Cleary plays short-stop, first base and center field. Cleary has also developed his typical game-day routine. “I always use the same helmet when I bat, and I never button the top button on my jersey,” said Cleary. Completing their routines helps players go into a game feeling more focused and confident. In short, players do their routine day

after day because they feel they must or it will bring them bad luck. “I always do the same thing in between pitches; everything is the same,” said pitcher Carter Snyder. “When I pitch I walk around the mount the same way and I have to lick my hand a certain number of times consistently before every pitch.” Snyder also throws with the same person in every pre-game warm-up. “I don’t think I play well be-cause of some weird supersti-

tion,” said Snyder. “I just feel more comfortable when I do the same thing every time.” Although LFA baseball players have picked up on superstitions throughout the season, Coach Justin Jones doesn’t believe that these routines have any affect on his players’ ability to be success-ful at their positions. “I don’t believe in any of that (superstitions). Whatever it takes for (the players) to get going, go for it, but it has no bearing on the universe in general,” said CoachJones.

Seniors take the next step

Photo courtesy of Ms. Cathy Morrison

Junior Jake Stevens throws a fastball during a recent home game.


to play at the college level2013 -2014

CaxyAthletes

of the YearFreshman Boy: Cameron JudgeFreshman Girl: Aleeya Sawyer

Sophomore Boy: Daniel JosephSophomore Girl: Lexi Silver

Junior Boy: Dejon BrissettJunior Girl: Kristen Chivers

Senior Boy: Tyler MadeleySenior Girl: Margaux Boles

ball), Tyler Madeley (Lake Forest College, Ice Hockey), Mbasa Ma-yikana (Colby College, Football), Brian Parmenter (Concordia Uni-versity Of Wisconsin, Wrestling) Mary Kate Patton (Tufts Univer-sity, Field Hockey), Carter Sny-der (Trinity College, Baseball), Preston Stolberg (Western New England, Lacrosse), Kami Weiner (Johnson And Wales, Ice Hock-ey) James Wick (Elmherst Col-lege, Baseball), and Jason Santos (Dickinson College, Soccer), When interviewed by The Spec-tator each of these students had their own particular anxiety about their coming college experience. Here are some examples. “One thing that I am not looking forward to is early morning prac-tices,” said Sam Hoogland. “I do not really think that I am that nervous, just pretty excited and anxious to play with a new group of kids at the next level,”

said James Wick. “I do think it could be a little difficult early on but playing three sports at LFA already has prepared me a lot for what is coming up.” That LFA prepared students for the college student/athlete experi-ence seemed to be the consensus when talking to the graduating seniors, especially when they get into the thick of their academic schedule and their sports require-ments. The fact that LFA makes every student participate in a sport really helps in the matura-tion process of getting work done on time and managing the time that is given. The graduating senior class is going to be a very difficult class to fill when they leave LFA, not only on the athletic fields but also in the classroom and the hall-ways.

MAY 30, 201412Sports

Highlights of the 2013-2014 Sports Seasons

Fall SeasonGirls Cross Country: “The last meet of the year is a great competition for us, because the whole team gets to run in one race rather than in different races...They get to run their best times at that meet, so it really is a positive experience,” said Coach Dozois.

Golf: “My favorite memory is unquestionably telling Tommy Clarke that he wasn’t playing in that day’s match and sending him off to the range to warm up. After which he unbeknownst to me went back to the trunk of his car and put on the C-Frog outfit with a caddy bib and a ‘quiet please’ sign and started roaming the fairways of Deerpath golf club as the mascot in support of his team. At least I assume it was Tommy Clarke. I have no actual evidence that C-Frog and Tommy Clarke are the same people, but I’ve never seen them together,” said Coach Freeman.

Boys Soccer: “The highlight of the boys season was probably beating Lakes High School which is a very talented team...We played on our own field and everything, so I think looking back that was probably the big highlight...If we played that entire schedule again, beating them was probably the hardest thing we could have done,” said Coach Makovec.

Football: “The win that meant a lot to us was one of our first games against Hales-Fran-ciscan on Homecoming. That was pretty much the start of our 4-1 streak that carried us over to the end of our season...Our players showed grit and mental toughness to a team that beat us the year before,” said Coach Bowkett.

Field Hockey: “[It was] beating Glenbard West to make it to the final four in state, [then] beating Loyola to finish third in state,” said Coach Cooper. Winter Season

Boys Swimming: “Jeffrey lost to Marilou in arm wrestling. That was pretty funny. That is tied with Marilou being pushed into the pool fully clothed,” said Coach Sheu.

Boys Basketball: “Our trip to Canada. We won three games, and we have three players from Canada so their families were able to see them play. Also, we got to see Niagara Falls from the Canadian side, which is something I hadn’t done before,” said Coach Vaughn.

Wrestling: “My favorte memory from wrestling was when we walked into the Chicago Prep Conference league tournament, and we ended up winning it. Matt Fallon, Deji Akere, and I won... and Alexander Mullarkey took second place,” said Brian Parmenter, team captain.

Girls Hockey: “[It was] by far the day they beat LFHS to win the Founders Cup,” said Mr. Madeley.

Girls Basketball: “I think that this was a season that all of the girls should look back on and be proud of. Although no one specific game jumps out at me, we played the almost identical schedule as last year and they improved their win total. It is also important to note that this is the most wins for a girls basketball team in the past 5 years!” said Coach Tennyson.

Spring Season

By Tori Koontz and Catherine KvamStaff Writers

The end of the 2013-2014 school year also marks the end of three successful sports seasons at Lake Forest Academy. Each season, nearly all the students at LFA strive not only to improve their own talents as a player but also the talents of the team as a whole. As each team grows throughout a season, lifelong memories are made, whether they be a funny story or a big win. The Spectator collected favorite moments and highlights from each team’s coaches.

Baseball: “We hung on to win...against St. Lutheran 6-2...for most of the game. They came back...6-5 and they were last at bat. They had bases loaded, so they had the tying run on third, two outs, and disaster could have ensued, but the hitter flew it out to center field. Joe Alexander, a freshman, made a nice catch...It showed our perseverance,” said Coach Wick.

Boys Lacrosse: “[It was] the greatest comeback in LFA’s short Lacrosse history when we defeated St. Francis, 9-8. We had fallen behind 7-1, tied the game 7-7 at the end of the third quarter, and Tyler Madeley scored the game-winning goal with a little over a minute left,” said Coach Murphy.

Girls Lacrosse: “Our win against Waukesha High School and a 6-5 win against St. Ignatus. These two games demonstrated the continued progress of the program, and were won due to the excellent team work by all players,” said Coach Wilcox.


Sophomore Jarrett Galigher defends the ball from freshman Andrew Ryder during practice.

Photo courtesy of Ms. Cathy MorrisonFreshman Marilou Cameron swims butterfly stroke during a swim meet.


Sophomore Ford Johnstone fends off opposing defensemen during a recent home game.

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