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 AcademyThe 2016 Move-Up Day Ceremony at LFA took place in the Formal Gardens on Friday, May 27th. Move-Up Day, originally called Ivy Day, is a Ferry Hall tradition that began in the early 20th century. Th...
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 Academyln 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...
March, 24 2016 - Lake Forest AcademyStudents 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.
March, 21 2016 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
October, 26 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
October, 23 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyThe 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...
June, 11 2015 - 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 AcademyOver 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....
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 AcademyOn 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...
April, 17 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 AcademyElla 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...
February, 06 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyOn 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...
January, 30 2015 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
January, 27 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. Ella perform...
October, 23 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyThis 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...
October, 22 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
June, 11 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. El...
April, 29 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
April, 29 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
April, 21 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyThe 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...
April, 11 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyFour 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...
March, 27 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
March, 26 2014 - Lake Forest AcademyElla 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...
March, 26 2014 - Lake Forest Academy