Ella Ekstrom

On 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...

ln mid-October, students put on several productions of Arsenic and Old Lace, a black comedy about the Brewster family with homicidal tendencies. The protagonist, Mortimer Brewster, uncovers a ghast...

Students who achieve a record of 3.50-3.74 grade point average for the semester earn a place on the Honor Roll for that semester.

Ella has been recognized for exceptional performance in three or more subjects by LFA teachers. An "APL" is added next to the letter grade in a course and Ella demonstrated commitment to excellence...

Ella Ekstrom has made the Head of School List for the 2015 spring semester. Students who achieve a record of 3.75 or higher grade point average for the semester earn a place on the Head of School L...

The 2015 Move-Up Day Ceremony at LFA took place in the Formal Gardens on Friday, May 29th. Move-Up Day, originally called Ivy Day, is a Ferry Hall tradition that began in the early 20th century. Th...

Over 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...

Over 300 students participated in a spring sport over the past three months. Several students broke school records and many banded together to win against other schools in highly competitive games....

On 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...

On Monday, April 13th, six juniors running for All-School President gave speeches during an All-School Meeting in The Cressey Center of the Arts. Voting took place right after the meeting ended. Wh...

Over 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...

In 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...

Over 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...

"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...

Ella has been recognized for exceptional performance in three or more subjects by LFA teachers. An "APL" is added next to the letter grade in a course and Ella demonstrated commitment to excellenc...

On January 28th, twenty six students put on enthralling musical performances during the first Chamber Concert of the year. Each student participated as either a vocalist or an instrumentalist and d...

Ella Ekstrom has made the Head of School List for the 2014 fall semester. Students who achieve a record of 3.75 or higher grade point average for the semester earn a place on the Head of School's L...

On 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...

On 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...

The 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. Ella perform...

This year's edition of the LFA fall play was based on the female version of The Odd Couple, which was first presented on Broadway in 1985. Ella and 21 other students were involved in the production...

Ella Ekstrom has made the Head of School List for the 2014 spring semester. Students who achieve a record of 3.75 or higher grade point average for the semester earn a place on the Head of School's...

On 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. El...

Ella Ekstrom has been selected to be part of the Student Council for the next school year. Ella will be a Junior Class Representative and will organize events for the class of 2016. The Student Cou...

Ella Ekstrom has made the Head of School List for the 2013 fall semester. Students who achieve a record of 3.75 or higher grade point average for the semester earn a place on the Head of School's L...

The One-Act Festival began on April 10th in the Cressey Center for the Arts at 7 PM. Seven one-act plays were performed. Six acts were directed by seniors and four acts were written by students. Mo...

Four productions of Into the Woods took place in the Cressey Center for the Arts during the third week of February. Ella was one of 73 students who participated in the exciting musical. Ella played...

Ella Ekstrom has made the Academic Performance List for Fall 2013 . Students who receive an "APL" next to their letter grade in three or more subjects on their progress report are placed on the Aca...

Ella Ekstrom from Lake Forest Academy braved the extreme weather and participated in Northwestern University's fourth annual "Civic Action" trip. Ella took public transportation to three troubled C...