Mallory is a senior at La Salle. She enjoys participating in Spirit Club and Volunteer Club. In her free time, Mallory enjoys hanging out with friends, road tripping to the beach, and working at her part-time job.
I remember my first day of high school like it was yesterday. My brother was a junior and we were driving to school when he played “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt. I was confused why he would play...
It was just another Saturday afternoon on the soccer field for sophomore Allison Weber when she fell to the ground in excruciating pain. Just seconds before the game had ended on Apr. 20, 2019, Weber tore...
Pink is known as a “feminine” color, while blue is seen as “masculine.” And dresses are equated to women, while suits are supposedly for men. It’s time to ask ourselves, “Why?”
Gender...
Throughout the pandemic, music has been an escape from reality for me — something to distract myself with when I feel overwhelmed and stressed.
At the beginning of April, I made a playlist with...
Finding the motivation to do schoolwork, attend virtual college visits, and work on my Common App had been getting more and more difficult. I was tired of staring at my computer screen for the majority...
This year will mark junior Amanda Rivera’s ninth year playing volleyball. While OSAA has postponed this year’s volleyball season until the winter, she has continued to train throughout quarantine and...
For senior Nina Timmen, volleyball has been a major part of her life since she was young. She began playing in third grade on her elementary school's team, but had been surrounded by the sport for years...
Art has been a part of freshman Stella Rask’s life since she was a young girl, and she has always been inspired by her uncle, since he is a designer. When she was younger, Rask’s love for art started...
During this time of self-isolation and quarantine, people continue to look for different ways to stay busy. Some people have been constantly trying to fill the time of being stuck at home by baking, reading,...
On Monday, March 23, when Governor Kate Brown issued the ‘stay at home’ order, my initial concern was the amount of time we would be away from school. What I didn’t think about was how this might...
In-N-Out Burger quickly became a large fast food chain with people from all over visiting their restaurants and posting on social media about their meals, but is the food really worth all the hype?
The...
Students and staff attended the Heroic Vow Assembly and recognized Lasallian Educator of the Year, Larry Swanson. The senior class also received Heroic Vow medals.
Students ran from the stands, lining up behind the 20 yard line, to watch junior Ian Simmons shoot a penalty kick in his last home soccer game. Yelling and cheering, the students awaited the kick. Simmons...
The 2019-2020 school year has brought four new members to the La Salle staff, and has led to new roles for two people already working at La Salle. The Falconer sat down with each of these people in an...
Junior Anthony Nguyen has worked the past two years to find the perfect way to manage great grades, participate in student council, volunteer at Legacy Hospital, and be an altar server at his church.
Nguyen...
La Salle has welcomed 11 new transfer students this year into the sophomore and junior classes. These students have come from many different states including Washington, Florida, and Hawaii. The Falconer...
Keeping the victims and their families in our “thoughts and prayers” is not enough anymore. We need to stand up to the problem that the United States faces every day. While mental illness is to blame...
We asked students and staff of La Salle who their celebrity crush is, and compiled their responses into a video.
https://youtu.be/-cNgR4EwzL8
Who is your celebrity crush? Let us know in the comments...
We asked students and staff at La Salle to share their current favorite song, and compiled their responses into a video.
https://youtu.be/5Q1w7CG_7Ec
Here is the playlist made by your peers. (Disclaimer:...
Throughout her life, sophomore Izzy Sprando has always been very artistic. A little less than a year ago, she put her talents to the test and started a small business in which she paints intricate designs...
Sophomore Celina Massaad has found the perfect way to balance her schoolwork, student council, extracurriculars, and social life while maintaining a 4.024 GPA so far this semester.
Massaad is currently...
Ever since she was three years old, sophomore Gabby Warta has spent many hours on the soccer field.
Warta fell in love with the sport at a young age and has continued to play consistently since then,...
Dropping an album earlier this month on Friday, Feb. 8, just six months after her last, Ariana Grande’s album “thank u, next” may be her best one yet.
Grande has taken the time to find herself...
Most of the curriculum taught in high schools focuses only on academic information, and rarely gives students opportunities to learn new life skills. The classes are there to prepare students for college...
This movie review contains some spoilers.
The 2018 screen adaptation of Josh Melerman’s novel “Bird Box” was released on Netflix on December 13, 2018 reaching 45 million member households in its...
As basketball season starts up again, the varsity girls are ready to fight and hoping to make another appearance at state this year. This year’s team consists of nine players: four seniors, two juniors,...
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...
With graduation only seven and a half months away, the senior class is trying to savor their last few memories of high school and begin to plan for the future. These students have spent the last three...
