Senior Finn Christensen-McElroy moved to Oregon from California nine years ago, having grown up in San Francisco and the Bay Area. While she will always love the sunny weather of SoCal — where most of her extended family still lives — Oregon has its own charm, particularly the fact that it has four seasons (rather than just warm and less warm).  Her favorite classes this year are Advanced ...

Senior Kayah Cieslak has lived in Portland, Oregon, all of her life — despite moving from one household to another. With her all-time favorite book being “The Little Prince,” she has a deep appreciation for media in all its forms, like movies, music, and books. Her favorite music artists currently — although her rotation changes frequently — are beabadoobee, Panchiko, Radiohead, Starflyer ...

Senior Esmé Ryznar is currently in her second semester of Journalism. Moving here 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, Esmé has since found herself participating in many activities, engaging in the opportunities presented to her, and loving the community at La Salle.  Esmé has...

Senior Clover Martin was born in Pacifica, a small town on the California coastline, and moved to Oregon when she was seven years old. She still visits her hometown during the summers, often returning for music expos or festivals with her father, who works as a composer. Growing up immersed in music, Clover has dabbled in almost any instrument you could think of, though her main focus has always be...

Senior 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 Honors Spanish 3, AP English 3, and Honors Biology. Audrey als...

While senior Harper Coleman originally joined The Falconer’s crew to follow in her brother’s footsteps, she quickly discovered her own passion for the creative and investigative qualities of the craft and thrives in the publication’s friendly team environment. This is her fifth semester of journalism. Harper loves road trips, having been to 15 states and 29 national parks. While she event...

Kailin Quatela is in 12th grade and moved to Oregon in 2013 from the mountains of Flat Rock, North Carolina, which she visits every summer.  Being raised in the mountains encouraged her to love spending time outdoors, whether it be hiking close by or road-tripping to explore new places. She brings her digital camera everywhere in hopes to capture candids of people or pretty shots of nature. Ou...

Born in Alaska, senior Ashe Hardigg moved to Portland 14 years ago and has lived there ever since. He went to Franciscan Montessori Earth School for middle school and, along with almost all of his classmates, chose to attend high school at La Salle. Ashe found a love for running during quarantine and carried this over to participating in track and field for La Salle during the spring. He also plays...

Sophomore Grady Wilkinson was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and loves the cool, rainy weather and the various shops. Prior to coming to La Salle, Grady went to ACCESS Academy, a public school in southwest Portland. His favorite subject currently is English for no particular reason, but it changes from time to time. This year, he hopes to pass all his classes with A’s. In his free time,...

Senior Kieran Crist-Kenworthy was born in Portland, Oregon and has lived there his entire life. He deeply values its rainy environment, even if recent summers have brought absurd heat.  He was brought to La Salle by its strong sense of continuity with his middle school, Fransiscan Montessori Earth School, in both values and shared community.  Kieran possesses an interest and passion for wr...

Senior Tabitha Obuchowski lives in Happy Valley and came to La Salle following her sister's path. Before La Salle, Tabitha 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 Tabitha as she is always open to a new genre or artist recommendation. Her interest in music started when her mom s...

Eli Batcheller is currently a senior. Eli lived in Oregon City for around 16 years, until moving to Oak Grove in the summer after his Freshman year.  His favorite part of all of his classes are his friends around him that he has been able to make. One of the most important things he finds is the community at La Salle in all aspects.  He originally chose to go to La Salle because of his old...

Sophomore Rune Puha has always lived in Oregon, starting first from Eugene, before drifting up into Portland at eight and quite enjoys rainy weather. Since starting at La Salle, Rune’s favorite classes include Choir, Physics and World History 1 because they love learning facts, and data about past events which can be cross referenced into story ideas. They also find Physics to be an interesti...

Senior Mieke Foubert has lived in Milwaukie, Oregon her entire life. Growing up near La Salle, she knew from a young age that La Salle was where she was going to attend high school.  Throughout her life, Mieke has played soccer starting from the age of four. She always remembers soccer being a part of her life, whether it involved going to Portland Timbers games or watching with her family on the wee...

Suzy Valdivia was born and raised in Oregon. She attended Ron Russell Middle School, and did not begin to consider La Salle for high school until 8th grade. Suzy had always planned on going to David Douglas High School until her mom encouraged her to shadow her cousin, who attended La Salle previously and graduated in 2022. She was intrigued by the class sizes but also the community of La Salle,...

Senior Kaitlyn Roozen has lived in Portland, Oregon, her whole life, although she has had to move three different times. She enjoys the rainy weather Oregon has to offer because she finds it comforting. Before starting her educational career at La Salle, Kaitlyn attended Saint John the Baptist from preschool all the way through 8th grade. She was inspired to come to La Salle due to the close proximity...

Sophomore Lou Rodriguez was born and raised in the Southeast Portland neighborhood of Montavilla. A beloved neighborhood to Rodriguez, he feels Montavilla is a small town with a bustling downtown that is somewhat separate from the rest of Portland. Rodriguez’s dad is from Argentina but moved to Mexico at a young age. When his dad turned 18, he moved to Texas and started a new life in America....

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 ...

Senior 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...

Emmett Strackany is a junior 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...