Junior 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.  Her favorite classes this year are AP English III, Advanced Journalism, and Honors Biology. Finn has always enjoyed reading and writing, and h...

Junior 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...

Junior 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...

Harper Coleman is a junior 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 third 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 environment o...

Junior Esme Ryznar is currently in her second 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 played soc...

Junior 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 past year, alternating between crew and acting positions, but typically working set or spotlights.  Rock climbing for several years, she most rece...

Junior 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...

Eli Batcheller is currently a junior. Eli lived in Oregon City for 16 years, until moving to Oak Grove over this past summer.  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, he found more than he expected, finding great friends and a good commu...

Rita Tran is returning to her third year in Journalism as a senior 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 ...

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 ...

Junior 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...

Sophmore 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...

Senior 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,...