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Leadership Brings Coachella to the Courtyard in Annual St. La Salle Day Dance

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Emmett Strackany, Assistant Editor
June 3, 2026

  • Students played a variety of games in the Academic Courtyard such as spikeball, catch, and volleyball.

    Emmett Strackany

  • The dance featured a mocktail bar in the Red & Blue Brew Cafe, staffed by Leadership juniors Ryan Lengkeek and Katie Liu.

    Emmett Strackany

  • The dance featured a mocktail bar in the Red & Blue Brew Cafe, staffed by Leadership juniors Ryan Lengkeek and Katie Liu.

    Emmett Strackany

  • Students played a variety of games in the Academic Courtyard such as spikeball, catch, and volleyball.

    Emmett Strackany

  • Students played a variety of games in the Academic Courtyard such as spikeball, catch, and volleyball.

    Emmett Strackany

  • Students played a variety of games in the Academic Courtyard such as spikeball, catch, and volleyball.

    Emmett Strackany

  • The gym was open as an additional place for students to play sports like basketball.

    Emmett Strackany

  • The dance featured a mocktail bar in the Red & Blue Brew Cafe, staffed by Leadership juniors Ryan Lengkeek and Katie Liu.

    Emmett Strackany

  • Students played a variety of games in the Academic Courtyard such as spikeball, catch, and volleyball.

    Emmett Strackany
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La Salle students gathered in spring for the final dance of the school year — the St. La Salle Dance.

Taking place directly after the senior barbecue, the dance took place on the night of Thursday, May 28 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The dance kicked off with a raffle for students that arrived before 8:30 p.m. featuring free entry and three different prizes that students could enter to win. The theme this year was La Salle Chella, and the dance featured a mocktail bar, outdoor strobe lights, and a photo booth.

Another difference was that the dance took place in the academic courtyard as opposed to inside the cafeteria, but the cafeteria and main hallway remained accessible for students throughout the dance.

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Emmett Strackany
Emmett Strackany, Assistant Editor
Emmett Strackany, junior, is a proper Portlander. Born and raised on the same three blocks all his 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 many others from his class. He adored FMES and it had a profound and continuous impact on his life outlook.  At La Salle he greatly enjoys Journalism and it is by far his favorite class. In addition to general writing, Emmett enjoys reading and consuming news articles or listening to the morning news on the radio. Emmett plans to spend a full eight semesters in Journalism, and will be one of the first to do so if he is successful.  Emmett’s hobbies include playing the piano, rock climbing, and of course, writing.  For his college life, he plans to major in Journalism and minor in Theology, then hopefully join the Portland Police Bureau with his sights set on Detective.