Senior Josephine Robinson is the third generation of her family to attend La Salle.  She loves all of her classes and teachers but especially loves learning about history, geology, and journalism.  Josephine plays golf and loves to go hiking. You will most commonly find Josephine spending time with her family and listening to music. Sometimes her family can be loud and chaotic, but she loves ...

Senior Maddy LaFollette has lived in Oregon her whole life. This will be Maddy’s third semester in Journalism, and she has also been an ambassador since her sophomore year. For elementary and middle school, she went to Holy Family. Her favorite class is science, and she hopes to study chemistry in college.  On the weekends, Maddy loves to hang out with her friends and family, bake sweet treats...

Senior Seychelle Marks-Bienen was born in Missoula, Montana, but moved to Southeast Portland at the age of two. She is a member of the girls varsity soccer team here at La Salle, and during the months when high school soccer is not in season, she spends most of her time playing soccer for her club team and working the front desk at Rose City Futsal. Having roots in both Oregon and Montana, she greatly enjoys the ...

Mackenzie Torres is a senior in her fourth semester as part of The Falconer. When she isn’t focusing on school, she spends time at the barn with her best friends and her horse. But when she just wants to stay home, Mackenzie bakes everything from elaborate cakes to cookies.  Mackenzie’s life is also very family-oriented. Whether it’s binge-watching Harry Potter for the millionth time or m...

Born in Pleasanton, CA, senior Lucy Loeb’s deep-rooted admiration for the Bay Area has led her to aspire to move back there someday. Lucy’s parents decided that La Salle would be the right fit for her, and although originally unconvinced, she eventually came to agree with them. For her first two years at La Salle, Lucy participated in the volleyball program. During the spring of her sophomore...

Senior Cadence Wooden is the third generation of her family to attend La Salle. She enjoys attending all of her classes and appreciates everything that her teachers help her with. Her all-time favorite class throughout her years in high school has been English. Cadence plays basketball for La Salle and outside of school as well. It’s a very large part of her life and she hopes that in the fu...

Clara Hudson is currently a senior at La Salle and has lived in Oregon for her whole life. Before La Salle, she attended El Puente Bilingual School and Alder Creek Middle School. She spends most of her time outside of school playing softball and basketball. But aside from sports, she loves to spend time outdoors hiking, going to the beach, and paddle boarding. Clara has three cats named Nala,...

Name: Jasmine Marie McIntosh - AKA Jaz Grade: Senior Aspirations: To become a well-versed world traveler, melomaniac, runner, and National Geographic photographer Favorite Thing About Journalism: The freedom to be creative, to share my photography and videography, and an avenue to invoke my First Amendment rights Favorite Things: My family, track and field, Lauryn Hill, sunsets, college...

John Pham has lived in Oregon his entire life and has been a part of The La Salle Falconer for the past three years. Having been suggested to sign up for Journalism by his freshman English teacher, he has since been made an editor for the Opinion section, and at one point even managed the Sports section despite having little interest in the subject. He looks forward to every Wednesday publishin...

Sophomore Audrey Waters lives in Milwaukie, only a short commute away from La Salle. With an unexpected change in her plans for high school she ended up at La Salle, after receiving a recommendation from a family friend.  She attended Hosford Middle School, where she was in a Chinese Immersion program. This year her favorite classes include Spanish and Honors Chemistry. Audrey also hopes to wor...

Sophomore Finn Christensen-McElroy moved to Oregon from California eight years ago, having grown up in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Although the rainy weather was a big adjustment at first, in her opinion the beautiful environment definitely makes up for it.  Finn swims year-round for David Douglas High School as a member of their club team, and is on the La Salle swim team as well. She’s ...

Harper Coleman is a sophomore who originally came to La Salle because of her older brother. She has lived in Portland for nearly her whole life, and before arriving at La Salle, she attended St. Agatha Catholic School from pre-K on. This is her first semester of journalism, and she is an active member of La Salle’s theater program as an actor and crew member. Harper loves the passionate envir...

Sophomore Kayah Cieslak has lived in Oregon all her life, living a majority of it in Northeast Portland and other households across the state. Other than helping out in The Falconer, she loves to read and write in her leisure time. Her favorite authors include Kurt Vonnegut and Franz Kafka, meanwhile her all-time prevailing favorite childhood book is “The Little Prince”. Her music taste spans va...

Sofia is currently a senior at La Salle. She is a student ambassador and part of the girls tennis and soccer teams. In her free time, Sofia enjoys listening to music, reading, and baking. She also loves shopping and hanging out with friends.

Rita Tran is returning to her second year in Journalism as a junior due to the fulfillment she finds while writing and sharing stories. Not only does she enjoy writing, she enjoys a wide variety of activities including hanging out with friends, cooking, going on picnics, thrifting, drinking chai, and sleeping.  At La Salle, she is a part of the tennis and swim teams, as well as a large number ...

Brooks Coleman is a senior at La Salle. He has lived in the Sellwood-Moreland area of Portland his entire life. Prior to attending La Salle, Brooks attended St. Agatha Catholic School from preschool through eighth grade. La Salle had always been near the top of Brooks’ list of potential high schools, but he cemented his choice after an amazing shadow day during his eighth grade year. Brooks...

Kathleen Waldron is currently a senior. Throughout the course of her life she has attended only two schools and has lived in the city of Portland since she was born. Despite her love for her hometown, she dreams of the day when she can be independent and live in a bigger city like Chicago or New York City. Kathleen loves to listen to music and is particularly a large fan of Lauryn Hill, The Internet, Rihanna...

Julia was born and raised in Oregon. Going to private school at St. John the Baptist her entire life, she planned on attending La Salle since kindergarten.  Throughout her educational career, English has always been a subject that Julia has admired. Her love for this particular class is what sparked her interest in taking journalism as an elective.  Julia has played soccer since she was five years ...

Charlie Gattman is currently a senior. He is new to journalism, but hopes to learn as much about it as he can in his last semester. Marine Biology is his favorite class at La Salle, in addition to Intro to Design Thinking and U.S. Government. Charlie is fascinated by many different areas of science: anthropology, geography, and linguistics to name only a few. But the science that has captivated hi...

Sophomore Esme Ryznar is currently in her first semester of Journalism. Coming from Alaska roughly 14 years ago, she enjoys the rainy weather and atmosphere of Oregon.  Coming to La Salle simply because her brother, Dylan, attended, Esme has since found herself participating in many activities, engaging in the opportunities presented to her, and loving the community at La Salle.  Esme has ...

Sophomore Aurora Platas is a new addition to The La Salle Falconer Journalism team. She has always enjoyed writing, and decided to join Journalism after the class was recommended to her.  Aurora has always lived in Oregon, and plans to stay here for college, apart from a possible year of college in France. She is interested in mechanical engineering, robotics, and psychology.  If she had 2...

Sophomore Taryne Steinman was born in Sacramento, California, but moved to Happy Valley, Oregon at the age of three. Living in Oregon today, she loves the greenery and the diverse climate.  Outside of La Salle, Taryne is a part of a competitive dance team that she has participated in since she was three. She has found a strong community and passion through dance and has created life-long friendsh...

Sophomore Clover Martin, originally born in Pacifica, California, moved to Oregon at seven years old, but despite the adjustment, the rainy weather made her fall in love with the Pacific Northwest.  Clover joined the La Salle theater department this year, alternating between crew and acting positions, but typically working set or spotlights.  Rock climbing for several years, she most recently...

Sophomore Tab (Tabitha) Obuchowski lives in Happy Valley and came to La Salle following her sister's path. Before La Salle, Tab attended El Puente Elementary, a Spanish immersion school in Milwaukie, and then Christ the King for middle school to be close to La Salle.  Music is very important to Tab as she is always open to a new genre or artist recommendation. Her interest in music started when her mom signe...

Senior Anne Rust moved to Portland from Southern California when she was three. She enjoys hiking, swimming, and exploring the Pacific Northwest with her two dogs, Finn and Lena. Driven by her love of the outdoors and running, she participates in cross country and track.  Outside of sports, Anne is a peer tutor and passionate about chemistry, hoping to study biochemistry in college. After gradua...

Born and raised in Oregon, River Nichols attended Winterhaven through elementary and middle school. He attended La Salle because all of his brothers went here as well.  His favorite subject is Chemistry because he is really into math and learning about the Earth. River participates in soccer, basketball, and tennis for La Salle, and he is on varsity for soccer and tennis. He enjoys cliff jump...

Sayre Albert is currently in the 11th grade. He has lived in Georgia, Michigan, California, and now resides in Oregon. Outside of The Falconer, Sayre can be found in the theater making a fool out of himself and working on the next production as an actor. Sayre has loved theater since middle school, and after finishing the Advanced Acting and Production class his sophomore year, decided to detour to J...

Junior Rowan Bienapfl has lived in Oregon her entire life and enjoys the rain that comes each season. She enjoys walking her chickens and adding to her plant collection, but spends most of her free time hiking, reading, painting, listening to music, and napping. Her current goal is to learn basic Russian and Ukrainian so she can better understand the people affected by the war reaching out for ...

Sophomore Milo Trevino was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and lived there up to the age of five. He then moved to California a year prior to moving to Portland.  He attended Fransican Montessori Earth School from first grade through middle school. His favorite subject is science because he has always had a love for it. Additionally, he has always been curious about how things work. He is par...

Sophomore Emma Washburn has never taken Journalism before, but is excited for the new experience.  She loves to write and hang out with her family in her free time, as well as golf with her dad every week.  Never having golfed before, Emma joined La Salle’s golf team last spring. She loves the game and can’t wait to excel so she can, one day, beat her dad. Although she goes to schoo...

Eli Batcheller is currently a sophomore. Eli lived in Oregon City for 16 years, until moving to Oak Grove over this summer.  His favorite classes include World history, Chemistry, and Spanish. His favorite part of all of his classes are his friends around him.  He originally chose to go to La Salle because of his older sister, and because of the quality of education. When he got to La Salle,...

Senior Olivia Hungerford has lived in Oregon for her entire life. After attending Happy Valley Elementary and Middle School, she was drawn to La Salle by the challenging academic environment and focus on college preparation.  During school, Olivia’s favorite subjects are art and English. When she’s not in class, she is a competitive dancer, and spends most of her days in the studio. After high sc...

Emmett Strackany is a freshman student who was born in Oregon and has lived there his entire life. He loves all seasons here, but his favorite is probably fall. After previously attending Franciscan Montessori Earth School (FMES) for middle school, Emmett came to La Salle with nearly everyone else from his class. He greatly loves FMES and hopes to revisit every chance he gets.  At La Salle he lov...

Julianne Rast, a 10th grader, has moved five times in her life: from Las Vegas, Nevada, to two different houses in Richland, her grandparents house, and her house now outside of Gladstone.  Julianne is a third generation student here at La Salle and is following in her family's legacy. After graduating from Saint John the Baptist in downtown Milwaukie she was ready for high school. Julianne juggles ...

Sophomore Jonah Ward moved from his home state of California to Oregon at the age of 11, and he enjoys the experience of a smaller city. Jonah’s free time, which comes scarce, is devoted to working on his cars, fishing, and playing the cello.  Jonah also has a passion for art, as he loves drawing and listening to music — mostly old country and classic rock. Jonah will also occasionally pl...

Freshman Zayna Elkhal’s family is originally from Syria, and she loves snowboarding, dark chocolate, reading, and writing. Before the sixth grade Elkhal despised reading and writing. She would always just stare at the book and pretend to read it during reading time. It wasn’t until the sixth grade during Covid-19 she was so bored, that she got into reading.  All it took was one good boo...

Junior Gwen Brown has lived in Portland her entire life. Growing up in Sellwood, Gwen went to Sellwood Middle School and then to Cleveland High School, however after a year and a half Gwen transferred to La Salle and found her place in Journalism. When not in school Gwen enjoys spending time with her friends, often running around town or thrifting. Besides that Gwen enjoys hanging out with her pets,...

Senior Brett Lundgren attended St. Ignatius prior to La Salle. On his weekends, Brett enjoys playing and watching sports. His favorite teams are the Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas City Chiefs.  During the summer of 2022, Brett was a part of the La Salle France trip and it was a really immersive and fun experience for him. In the future, he hopes to return to France again and learn more about the cultur...

Junior Bella Buss is in her third semester of journalism. She is a part of the girls tennis team and enjoys playing music and spending time with family outside of school.  Before coming to La Salle, Bella went to a small art school in downtown Portland, and to say the transition wasn’t easy would be an understatement. She struggled to find her footing, but now, in her second year at La Salle...