Three La Salle Students Diagnosed With Whooping Cough
Tarn Bregman, Assistant Editor
December 5, 2018
Last week, all La Salle parents received an emailed letter from the Tri-County Health Officer warning about a case of pertussis within the school community, leaving many parents and students worried about their health. Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has rebounded globally within the pa...
At La Salle, Mr. Banks Found Inspiration, Friendship, and the Love of His Life
Mallory Middendorff, Staff Reporter
November 28, 2018
On the first day during first period of freshman year at La Salle in 2008, Noah Banks and Josie Oleson met. They quickly became close friends, but Mr. Banks wanted to be more than just that. He planned to ask Josie to homecoming freshman year, but she had already been asked by someone else. Mr...
Run, Hide, Fight: What Does This Mean for La Salle?
Jason Nasser-Marsh, Staff Reporter
November 28, 2018
Filed under News
Ever since the horrendous shooting at Columbine in 1999, schools have adopted a variety of school-shooting protocols to help protect students and teachers in these traumatic situations. After years of following the well-known “lockdown” procedures, schools nationwide have gradually come to the real...
A Day in the Life of Mr. Kuffner
Mary Tamashiro, Staff Reporter
November 28, 2018
Almost every morning when students walk through the front doors, they are greeted by Mr. Andrew Kuffner, La Salle’s principal and president. Mr. Kuffner spends his time at school serving the students and faculty by doing various things such as attending meetings, resolving problems, and just spending tim...
Your Script, Your Act: La Salle’s Very Own Scriptwriting Contest
Nehemiah Jackson, Staff Reporter
November 14, 2018
Filed under News
La Salle’s second annual scriptwriting contest gives students a unique opportunity to create an original story in the screenplay format. The winning scripts, written by a student or pair of students, will be performed by the drama department during the One-Act festival. The idea for a scriptwrit...
World at a Glance: Midterm Elections, Thousand Oaks Shooting, and the Approaching Migrant Caravans
Anna McClow, Staff Reporter
November 14, 2018
Filed under News
Here is a look at a few of the big events that have happened throughout these past few weeks: 2018 Midterm Elections On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the United States had its midterm elections, electing candidates for state governors, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. In these elections, the United ...
City of Big Stories: Seven Falconer Staff Travel to Chicago for NHSJC, Win Best of Show Award
Samantha Kar, Editor
November 7, 2018
Filed under News
Seven staff members of The Falconer traveled to Chicago, IL this past weekend, from Nov. 1-4, for the National High School Journalism Convention (NHSJC). With 6,366 attendees from 695 high schools, it was the second largest NHSJC ever, which takes place each fall and spring. The Falconer won a Best of Show award, placing in the...
A Story Told Through Memories: The Timeless “Our Town” Comes to La Salle
Nehemiah Jackson, Staff Reporter
November 7, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Entertainment News, News
“Our Town,” La Salle’s fall play, opens this Friday, Nov. 9, for a run of six showings. It is an adaptation of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Thornton Wilder. The play chronicles the lives of two families, the Webbs and the Gibbs, in a small fictional town called Grover’s Cor...
Q&A With the Artist of The Falconer’s New Logo
Emily Hawkins, Assistant Editor
November 7, 2018
Filed under News, Student Life
Senior and AP Studio Art student Emma Sheets designed a new logo for The Falconer using the Adobe Draw app on her iPad. Here is a look into the background of the artist behind the new logo. How did you get into art? “I’ve always been into art my whole life, but I didn’t really start getti...
Recent Car Break-Ins on Campus Leave Students Concerned About Parking Lot Safety
Tarn Bregman, Assistant Editor
October 24, 2018
On Thursday, Oct. 18 senior Griffin Cardwell was walking to his truck after the varsity girls volleyball game when he noticed his truck window was broken, and all of his personal belongings had been stolen. This has been the most recent of three car break-ins to occur this year on or near La Salle's...
Falcon Time: Why the School Made Changes, and How Students and Teachers Feel About It
Gina Roland, Staff Reporter
October 17, 2018
Filed under News
Over the past month, La Salle students have been able to experience and try out the school’s new system for Falcon Time. Last year, Falcon Time was much less structured, and students had the ability to wander around the school, without needing to sign up for any specific activity. This previous system,...
La Salle Seniors Launch T-Shirt Business Out of Their Garage
Peyton Hedges, Editor
October 3, 2018
Similar to garage-based entrepreneurs Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos—the masterminds behind the world-famous companies Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon—are two members of La Salle’s senior class: Max Andrews and Jake Bunker. Working out of Jake’s garage, these two like-minded and creative en...
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