Agatha Walgreen
From Lake Forest, IL
On May 28th, the LFA community gathered in the Formal Gardens for a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2016. Mark Dryfoos, Director of Performing Arts, as selected by the seniors, gave the gradua...
May, 31 2016 - Lake Forest AcademyLFA's annual Service Learning Day took place on April 28th, 2016. Students and faculty went on 22 different service trips around the North Chicago suburban area to volunteer at local organizations....
May, 16 2016 - Lake Forest AcademyOn February 17th to the 20th, over 70 LFA students put on performances of the musical Godspell. Based on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, this light-hearted, spirited rock opera was first persented...
March, 24 2016 - Lake Forest AcademyStarting in August, students gather for early practice in preparation for fall sports. This year, the Caxys joined 16 different fall athletic teams and participated in countless games, practices, a...
March, 23 2016 - Lake Forest AcademyOver 100 students were involved in various performing arts groups like choir, orchestra, and VOX during the spring semester. These students showed off their musical talents in the form of vocal and...
May, 22 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyOn April 23rd, the entire LFA community split into different groups to visit retirement homes, forest preserves, and food banks to participate in a day of service. Students and faculty planted over...
May, 22 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyOver forty students participated in the One Act Festival, an annual arts event that takes places over two days in the spring. This year, the students put on eleven short plays on April 9th and 10th...
April, 16 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyIn late March, students in the LFA choir program visited Minnesota for four days to attend a master class with Anton Armstrong, a world renowned conductor at Olaf College. The students also attende...
April, 16 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyOver sixty students spent several months preparing for the winter musical Grease. The final performances took place on February 18th to the 21st in the Cressey Center for the Arts. The musical was...
March, 11 2015 - Lake Forest Academy"Our kids have an immense amount of talent. They just connect with the audience." Peg Plambeck, LFA's Musical Director of VOX and Vocal Instructor, sits back in her chair for a moment before conti...
February, 20 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyOn December 4th, students performed holiday songs for a large audience in the Cressey Center for the Arts. Members of the orchestra performed "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" theme song from the movie F...
December, 12 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyOn November 19th, members of the vocal group VOX participated in the "An A Cappella Debut" concert. The group performed "Use Somebody" by Caleb Followill for the opening stage. Subsequent stages we...
November, 20 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyThe 2014 Arts Extravaganza took place on Friday, October 17th during Parents Weekend. The LFA Orchestra, Choir, Laptop Orchestra, and Co-ax performed for parents, students, and alumni. Aggie perfor...
October, 23 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyLFA's athletic program offers various opportunities for student development. Coaches work with students of any skill level and encourage teamwork. Over fifteen athletic teams compete against other ...
September, 09 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyThe Pops Concert took place on May 21st at 7 PM in the Cressey Center for the Arts. 70 students performed on stage with either the choir or the orchestra. The orchestra performed a mixture of class...
May, 22 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyVarious students participated in the 2014 Spring Chamber Concert, which took place on May 16th in the Garden Room at Lake Forest Academy. Notably, twenty two students performed either a vocal or in...
May, 16 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyAggie Walgreen has been selected as a 2014 National Spanish Examination winner. Aggie took the Level 2 exam and received an honorable mention for scoring above the 50th percentile. Spanish teachers...
May, 05 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyOn April 22nd, over thirty students participated in a VOX concert and performed twenty-nine songs. The concert was based on Broadway musical pieces from Hairspray, Seussical, and Les Miserables. Ag...
April, 29 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyFour productions of Into the Woods took place in the Cressey Center for the Arts during the third week of February. Agatha was one of 73 students who participated in the exciting musical. Agatha pl...
March, 27 2014 - Lake Forest Academy