Maggie Martin grew up in Pontiac, IL., and headed down to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale for college. She’s majoring in paralegal studies and will be taking the LSAT this June as she aims to head to law school in the fall of 2013. Maggie will be joining us as […]
We like having fun with names at camp. Further, Leb is infamous for his “Lebisms”, which often involves mispronouncing names. A Duke alum, just ask him to pronounce Mike Krzyzewski’s last name. We know that he won’t be the only person confused by the fact that we have two counselors […]
Youssef Azmani comes to North Star as a wilderness trip leader. A native of Hales Corners, WI, he’s spent the last year and a half as the operations manager of a fitness center in the Chicago area. He’s also worked as a swim coach and head life guard in the […]
We seem to have a plethora of staff who have spent time in Africa, and perhaps none more than Sarah Crockett. Sarah is finishing up her studies at St. Lawrence University (New York) with her bachelor of science in biology and a minor in African studies. She spent a semester […]
Eli High comes to us from Nature’s Classroom, a year round outdoor education center. There he met Kacy Lebby, who, as our trip director, knows a thing or two about what we’re looking for in our trip leaders. Kacy recommended that Eli apply, which he did, and now he’s on […]
Kyle Beecher was born in Georgia before moving to Indiana in 7th grade. In high school he took a camping trip to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky, and this is where his outdoor interests were born. He took up back packing, rock climbing and mountaineering. He’s done solo backpacking […]
Jason Mann returns to North Star for summer #3. Originally from New Berlin, WI, he’s currently studying at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point in, you guessed it, Stevens Point, WI. There he’s a soils and waste management major. Jason actually first came to us as a referral from […]
The Brother’s Levine, Scott is on the right. Scotty Levine joints our great crew of Counselors in Training. After taking a year off in 2010, he decided that he missed camp and very much wanted to go on the Canadian. He was back in 2011 and we’re thrilled to have […]
Andy Stern returns to North Star after a two summer hiatus. A native of Highland Park, IL, Andy graduated from The University of Illinois with his teaching degree. Over the past year he’s been substitute teaching as he looks for a full time teaching job. He’s had a few sub […]
Another of our great Junior Counselors is Michael Berger, A native of Chicago, IL, he returns for summer number nine. Michael is a junior at the Latin School. He is on his school’s volleyball team and also will is taking classes at Second City in Chicago. As noted by the […]
Junior Counselor Isaac Lasko resides in Highland Park, IL where he is a junior at Highland Park High School. This will be his 7th summer at camp and his 2nd on staff. Amongst the many things that he does at camp are waterskiing, riflery and tennis. He’ll also be found […]
