Sophia Platcow

The 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...

The spring sports season started in late February and Sophia was a member of the girls varsity soccer team. Despite multiple game cancellations due to weather conditions, the Caxys practiced every...

LFA'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....

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.

Sophia 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 Sophia demonstrated commitment to excell...

Sophia Platcow has made the Head of School List for the 2015 spring semester. 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...

On May 22nd, the LFA community gathered in The Cressey Center for the Arts for the All-School Awards Ceremony. Head of School John Strudwick gave introductory remarks, congratulating the students o...

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...

Sophia has been selected as a Lake Forest Academy Prefect for the next school year. Prefects act as resources to the school community and will oversee student leadership at the Academy. Students w...

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...

Sophia 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 Sophia demonstrated commitment to excel...

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...

Sophia Platcow has made the Head of School List for the 2014 fall semester. 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 s...

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 15th, the annual Harvest Hope event took place at the A.J. Katzenmaier School in North Chicago. Sophia Platcow joined a group of over 45 LFA students and numerous parent volunteers to p...

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. Sophia perfo...

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. Sophia and 21 other students were involved in the producti...

Sophia Platcow has made the Honor Roll for the 2014 spring semester. 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...

Move-Up Day took place on May 30th in the Formal Gardens at Lake Forest Academy. Students, parents, and faculty all attended the ceremony, which commemorates a successful end to another school year...

The Rotary Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff honored Sophia and nine other student volunteers at its annual Youth Recognition Breakfast on May 21st at the Lake Forest Club. Students were nominated by ...

The 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...

Thirteen service club leaders have been chosen for the upcoming school year. Sophia will be a liaison for the cheerleading squad and will organize the school supply drive with India Shelley. She wi...

Various 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...

Sophia Platcow has been selected as a 2014 National Spanish Examination winner. Sophia took the Level 3 exam and has been awarded a silver medal for scoring above the 85th percentile. Spanish teach...

Sophia Platcow participated in Service Learning Day, which took place on Thursday, April 24th. Service Learning Day is an annual event where students attend service trips to forest preserves, retir...

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. So...

Sophia Platcow has been selected to be part of the Student Council for the next school year. Sophia will be the Junior Class President. She will work with Ella Ekstrom, Joseph Kim, and Brianna Stur...

The first Caxy Dance Showcase took place on Saturday, April 26 at 7:00 pm in the Cressey Center for the Arts. Sophia Platcow and thirteen other students worked hard to create an exciting production...

Sophia Platcow 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...

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. Sophia was one of 73 students who participated in the exciting musical. Sophia pl...

Sophia Platcow 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 A...