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Class Of 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

College Grads: Lake Forest, Lake Bluff

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  Colby College graduates included Laura M. Burns of Lake Forest and Christopher J. Fraser of Danbury, the son of Harvey and Carol Fraser of Lake Forest. Burns majored in global studies and economics and is a graduate of Lake Forest High School. Fraser majored in philosophy and is a graduate of Lake Forest Academy. Colby College is located in in Waterville, Maine. **** Jonathan Foss of Lake Forest graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. He majored in economics. **** Lake Forest High School graduates Jacob Fisher and Susannah Dee have graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. Fisher earned a bachelor of music degree in bassoon performance. Dee earned a bachelor of arts degree in classics. **** Five Lake Forest …

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Class of 2012: Lake Forest, Lake Bluff College Graduates

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  Sara Shaw Nommensen of Lake Forest graduated magna cum laude from Stern School of Business, New York University. She will be joining Accenture in their Management Development Program in New York City. **** Colleen Ryan of Lake Forest graduated from Ithaca College's School of Communications with a major in Television-Radio. The degree was awarded in May. **** Taylor Koch of Lake Forest earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish and sociology and anthropology from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. **** The following students from Lake Forest recently received degrees from Southern Methodist University. They include Mark Seidel, who earned a bachelor's degree in finance; Ryley Tice, who received a bachelor's degree in marketing; Trenton …

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Jim Powers

4:40 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Thanks, Donna. Congrats to Kyle,   more ›

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Class of 2012: Lake Forest, Lake Bluff College Grads

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  The following students graduated with honors from James Madison University during commencement exercises in May. Alexander Calcutt of Lake Forest graduated cum laude with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting. Christopher Schick of Lake Forest graduated cum laude with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting. **** Colorado College awarded 525 undergraduate degrees at its 130th commencement ceremony in May. Katherine Burns of Lake Forest graduated with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Policy. Taylor Callahan of Lake Forest graduated with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences. **** Chris Tennyson of Lake Forest was among the record number of graduates awarded master's and doctorate of …

East Lake Academy Graduates Quartet

Will attend Catholic high schools in the fall.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Class of 2012: Lake Forest Country Day School

Graduates move on to public, private high schools.

  Here is the Class of 2012 from Lake Forest Country Day School: Rasha A. Baig, Charles Joseph Bernhart, Cameron Hamilton Pezon Brown, Brandon Patrick Browne, Matthew Robert Browne, Joyce Aikman Caldwell, Rachel Mae Cantor, Ethan Dunton Colburn, Lilly de Sousa, Cole Louise DeYoung, Julia Poole Dixon, Benjamin Ward Dixon, Nicholas Marshall Ehrhard, Benjamin David Fybel, R. Wyatt Goeks, Luke Kahl Grumhaus, Caroline Wood Grumhaus, Mary Georgia Hale, Katherine Grace Hale and Ricardo Haagensen P. Paes Leme. Clayton James Maggos, Richard Harkins Marra, Payton Jeri McDonough, Emma Claire Merlin, Julia Katherine Mills, Elizabeth Ashlynn O’Keane, Allie Dean Patenaude, Caraline Crowley Patterson, Sophia Rose Platcow, Jessica Langford Puryear, …

Agree, Disagree: Graduation Speech Says Kids are Rewarded too Much

Wellesley (Mass.) High School English teacher David McCullough says it's no longer how you play the game, but “So what does this get me?”

  Here is the text of David McCullough's graduation speech. The YouTube video of the speech is also attached. Dr. Wong, Dr. Keough, Mrs. Novogroski, Ms. Curran, members of the board of education, family and friends of the graduates, ladies and gentlemen of the Wellesley High School class of 2012, for the privilege of speaking to you this afternoon, I am honored and grateful.  Thank you. So here we are… commencement… life’s great forward-looking ceremony.  (And don’t say, “What about weddings?”  Weddings are one-sided and insufficiently effective.  Weddings are bride-centric pageantry.  Other than conceding to a list of unreasonable demands, the groom just stands there.  No stately, hey-everybody-look-at-me procession.  No being given away…

Monday, June 11, 2012

Photo Gallery: Class of 2012 - Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart

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  Here is the Class of 2012 at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest: Karly Ann Anderson, Lauren Marie Bettuzzi, Melissa Kathryn Bruns, Anna Cecilia Burgos, Gabriela Francesca Carrillo, Ann Marie Carroll, Xiao Wen Chu, Mary Kathleen Dasso, Nicole Mattie Deberry, Elizabeth Bavaria Denton, Leslie Maxwell Dill, Kristen Nicole Halvorsen, Margaret McKee Hambleton, Lin Huang, and Katelyn Mary Hughes. Cora Whitton Ives, Caroline Ann Kagan, Breanna Elizabeth Kendall, Na Young Kim, Anna Sharrin Lawler, Alexandra Blair Lazar, Ke Li, Meghan Elizabeth Long, Tianyi Lu, Caitlin Finneran McCarthy, Eleanor Mary Mcenaney, Caroline Wilson Moriarity, Madeline Elizabeth Oelerich, Sophia Madeleine Phillips, Lu Ren, Grace Lucille Rudnik and …

Photo Gallery: Lake Bluff Middle School - Class of 2012

Resident shares his photos from Friday night's graduation ceremony.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Photo Gallery: Lake Bluff Middle School - Class of 2012

Resident shares his photos of Friday night's graduation ceremonies.

  Here is Lake Bluff Middle School's Class of 2012: Adam David Acker, Christina Margaret Alghini, Wil Audley, Branden Steven Babnik, Dylan Austin Bailey, Jaymes Carson Baker, Sierra Elizabeth Ballard, Quinton Jackson Baxter, Matthew Joseph Begley, Kate Isabella Bellino, "Thomas, III" Edison Belsanti, Allison Claire Bentz, Robert Erik Berg, Daria Alea Berman, Jasmine Danielle Boubas, Jonathan Patrick Bower, Linden Claire Briggs, Evan Lyle Burgett, David Butman, Brynn Lilly Carlson, Daniel Callery Carollo, and Jacob Thomas Castano. Emilee Rachel Weith Cho, Ryan Thomas Weith Cho, Evelyn Emily Cole, Seth Andrew Cole, Carson John Cook, Alejandra Cordova, William Plumb Curtiss, Hana Elson Danly, Joshua N. Diez, Abigayle Hope Doherty, Tucker …

Friday, June 8, 2012

Lake Forest Academy 'Taught Me to be a True Citizen of a Community'

All-School President Casey Coulter delivers school's traditional 'Move Up' speech.

  Good afternoon Dr. Strudwick, faculty and staff, parents and guardians, and fellow classmates. I stand before you today humbled and extremely proud to be a part of the Lake Forest Academy family. And while it is my responsibility as All-School-President to deliver this speech, I can assure you that I am simply one voice among many capable voices. So I tried to write today’s speech the way I wrote everything in High School: last minute, with the help of a few energy drinks, and of course, on my iPad, which I must say is the best thing to come to LFA since Sonia’s Snack Bar. Unfortunately I had a slight setback, yesterday I had the iPad taken away from me and I’m still heartbroken. So before I put pen to paper, I prepared by reviewing …

marco sangria

10:28 am on Friday, June 8, 2012

this young man is going places!!!! His brother is a great student and the parents are very good people as well. Congratulations and great speech.   more ›

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