Megan is a senior who is a student ambassador, President of Earth Club, and a member of the varsity tennis team.  She is in her third semester of journalism and aims to show her passion for social justice through her illustrations and writing.  You can often find her playing tennis, listening to music, and spending lots of time with her friends.  Outside of school, Megan likes staying a...

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 and journalism.  Josephine plays golf and is hoping to continue playing in college. Outside of school she also enjoys hobbies like hiking, fashion, and thrifting. Her advice to anyone who wants to thrift is to look for somethin...

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...

Senior Clare Daudelin is a part of the National Honors Society, National Art Honors Society, and both the La Salle girls soccer and tennis teams. In her free time, you can find Clare listening to music, drinking coffee, and hanging out with friends.  Similarly, on the weekends she loves finding new coffee shops and music stores in the Portland area. Her favorite music genres are diverse, but he...

Maddie is a senior at La Salle. She is an ambassador, on student council, and is a part of the Earth club and Service club. In her free time Maddie enjoys reading, hanging out with friends, photography and spending time in nature.

Senior Lucy MacNeela has lived in Portland, Oregon her entire life and enjoys exploring different parts of the city.  Outside of school she enjoys trying new restaurants and coffee shops with friends and family and working part-time jobs after school and on the weekends. Lucy loves to go shopping and find new thrift stores around Portland. She has also recently taken up knitting, which her grandma i...

Maya is currently a senior at La Salle. She spends a large portion of her time learning about a myriad of social justice issues but takes a particular interest in racial justice, gender and sexuality visibility, and mental health advocacy. She is certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid and safeTALK— educating her about mental health and addiction issues among adolescents.  In the future, she looks forward to majoring...

Northeast Portland, while a slight commute from La Salle, is where senior Lillian Paugh has lived her entire life.  The ability to walk less than a few blocks in each direction and run into things like food carts, vintage stores, and coffee shops, makes the area one that she loves to spend time in. In her free time, Lillian enjoys listening to all types of music, podcasts, and doing her laundry. S...

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 Biggest Fears: Elevators, sushi, and supernovas Favorite Things: My family,...

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 then 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...

Avery Marks is a born and raised Oregonian, who would rather be drenched in rain than use an umbrella (with the exception of keeping books or food dry).  In her first year, Avery started the Falconer's longest running podcast, “Let’s Talk About Cult Classics,” which has since then reached its second season. Of the movies covered, one of her favorites is “Labyrinth,” despite its (very fe...

Senior Maddy LaFollette has lived in Oregon her whole life. This will be Maddy’s second 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 Lucas Pinaire moved to Oregon when he was eight years old. He was born in Maryland but lived the majority of his life in Pennsylvania. Lucas is invested in art and has been in art classes all four of the years he has attended La Salle. This year, Lucas became a leader of the National Art Honors Society. Outside of La Salle, Lucas volunteers at a teen mental health crisis line and works...

Born in Pleasanton, CA, junior Lucy Loeb’s deep-rooted admiration for the Bay Area has also inspired her college plans, as she hopes to attend college somewhere near her birthplace.    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...

Sofia is currently a junior 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.

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,...

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...

Ashley Hawkins is a senior at La Salle. She is a member of the girls golf team as well as a student ambassador. In her free time, she likes to spend time with friends, watch movies, and read. 

Fia is currently a senior. Besides being on the Falconer staff for six semesters, she’s a student ambassador, a part of the Student Athlete Leadership Team, and a member of the dance and swim teams. On the weekends, Fia enjoys going outside to enjoy the fresh air and scenery. She hopes to travel to Iceland one day to see the waterfalls and mountains.  Fia is also an avid reader of fictional...

Zach Shields is a senior who moved from Seattle to La Salle going into his junior year. Some of his favorite classes at La Salle are Christian Lifestyles, and Government and Economics. Outside of school, he likes to play with his dog and hang out with friends.  Sports have always been a huge part of his life. Zach plays lacrosse and football and plans to continue playing Lacrosse at the University ...

Sophomore Gwen Brown has lived in Portland her entire life. She transferred halfway through her sophomore year to La Salle from Cleveland High School.  She wrestled for Cleveland High School and fought for time to go snowboarding in between meets. During the warmer months Gwen likes to roller skate and hang out with friends around Portland.  Gwen would love to move to LA as it is her favor...

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

Ruby Batcheller is a senior who transferred from Oregon City High School during her junior year. Some of her favorite classes at La Salle are Art, Statistics, and World Religions. Her favorite part of all of her classes is the teachers. This year Ruby's favorite school activity was going on Journey 85. She is proud of what she has been able to accomplish within The Falconer media.  She enjoys being ou...

Sophomore Azlyn Kannow, who was originally brought to La Salle by her older brother, began her role as a journalist this year.  Although she has been more interested in video games than writing throughout her life, she was brought to journalism to strengthen her writing skills. Alongside video games, she also enjoys doing art, with her favorite forms being digital drawing, painting, and sculpting...

Tyler Hutton is currently a senior who has lived in Portland for his whole life and loves the friendly community there. Coming from Franciscan Montessori Earth School, he has always had the intention of coming to La Salle because of his past family members who have been part of the Falcon family. He had always dreamed of being part of the art program at La Salle, but unfortunately hasn’t been abl...

Caitlin Keeler is a sophomore and new staff reporter this year for The Falconer. After living in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Texas, and Arizona, her family settled down in Portland, so starting high school here wasn’t an abnormal feat, as she has gotten used to and enjoys moving around.  Keeler is involved in the cheerleading squad, which started again this year, and is on the varsity swim team ...

Sophomore Stefan Spielvogel was born in Portland and has lived in the same house in North Portland for his entire life.  First introduced to writing by his awesome fourth through sixth grade teacher, it has been his passion ever since. When not writing, Stefan can be found reading history books, scrolling on YouTube, playing tennis, and hanging out with friends. Occasionally, he can also be found...

Sophomore Trey Williams moved to Oregon about eight years ago. He likes the weather but misses the heat and culture back in his hometown of Alaba, Ethiopia. Trey was attracted to La Salle by his friends and the education that the school offers.  He loves playing sports, mainly football and basketball. He plays football for La Salle and participates in competitive basketball outside of school, ...

Andrew Keller is a junior at La Salle. He has lived in the city of Portland his entire life, and loves the neighborhood that he lives in. He went to St. Ignatius for elementary and middle school, and was inspired to go to La Salle after shadowing an upperclassman for a day at the school. A big enjoyer of baseball, Andrew is on the varsity baseball team at La Salle and loves everything about the s...

Junior 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...

In her free time, senior Hannah Whiteside enjoys watching different types of movies, reading books, spending time at the beach, and traveling.  Hannah has lived in Happy Valley for most of her life, except she was born and spent the first few months of her life living in Bend. She likes traveling and has been to most of the fifty states. She has been to fun and random parts of the country becau...

Sophomore Bella Buss is in her first 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...

Senior Quentin Strange was born and raised in Portland, OR and lives in the Sellwood- Moreland area.  He attended Sellwood Middle School before coming to La Salle, which he was drawn to due to the success his older brother had before him, as well as the strong soccer team and academics La Salle offers. Quentin is a four year member of the boys varsity soccer team and is one of three captains on the team ...

Senior Seleste Maldonado Ruiz enjoys spending time with her family, whether it’s going on family trips or just simply having a family movie night. She also enjoys long walks on the beach. In her free time, she likes to do her own nails, a hobby she picked up in middle school, as well as cleaning and reorganizing her room. She likes spending time with her friends and babysitting.  After high sc...

Lilah is a sophomore and is in her first semester of journalism. She is an ambassador, peer tutor, and member of the STEAM team.  Outside of  school, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, drawing, reading, and listening to music.

Sophomore Rita Tran has always lived in Portland. She came to La Salle from St. Rose of Lima School, hoping to join the design team, which she is now a part of. So far, her favorite classes have been Math, English, and French, as she feels that she can express herself in those classes. The teachers have also been super supportive in all her subjects, making her like school.  At La Salle, Rita is...

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

Mackenzie Torres is a senior in her third 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 cakes to cookies.  Mackenzie’s life is also very family-oriented. Whether it’s binge-watching Harry Potter for the millionth time or making s’mores...