1st year staff member Nick Rivera is a native of the Windy City. His family hails from Puerto Rico but he’s lived in Chicago his whole life. He went to Pritzker HS where he played several sports. His favorites are football, baketball and baseball. He played a year of Division […]
Its the Big Ten for Noah Sherman. Noah is graduating from Oak Park River Forest High School and plans on studying Jazz Drums in College. Music is a big part of his life as Noah. He is in his own band but also plays percussion with other groups as well. […]
Since the end of last summer a few things have changed in my life. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in December, with a Bachelor’s degree in Conservation Biology. I have also moved back home to Rochester, Minnesota in order to cut costs and live with my […]
Jacob Hruska grew up in Mora, MN which is actually less than two hours west of North Star. He grew up hunting and fishing, so it makes sense that he’s going to be one of our trip leaders this summer. Jacob is at Minnesota State University in Mankato, where he’s […]
Hey everyone! My name is Max Goldberg, and I’m super excited for camp this summer. I just started the third trimester of my freshman year at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. That’s just south of Minneapolis. At school, I sing in the chamber choir and play club volleyball with Holden […]
Coming all the way from Peterborough in England is 1st year counselor Simeon Lee. Sim is a student in Hull, where he’s studying history and politics. He began playing drums at 13 and started a band with friends. He’s a big outdoors guy and obtained his Duke of Edinburgh award […]
First year counselor Erick Sells comes to camp from La Crosse, WI. In high school he was involved in cross country, track and field, choir, and musicals. He’s also a percussionist and was the section leader in Marching Band. In 7th grade he joined a local waterski team where he […]
I recently began my last trimester of my senior year at Homestead High School. I live in Mequon, Wisconsin, and still am deciding which university I will attend next fall. At my high school, I recently played the role of Shrek in our production of Shrek the Musical, and I […]
Since I returned home to Ireland after the last summer at North Star I’ve been studying Actuarial and Financial Maths as a 2nd year student. I’m studying at Dublin City University in County Dublin. I’ve taken up a new hobby in wake-boarding on Wednesdays with the surf and sail society […]
Trevor Hester joins the NSC staff for his first summer. A native of Liberty Center, Ohio, he’s currently working on his masters of accounting at Ohio Northern University. He’s hoping to one day work for the FBI in the white collar crime division, so campers, watch out! Trevor received his […]
Hi everyone my name is Ethan Rane and I can’t wait to come back for another summer at North Star. I’m most of the way through my sophomore year at the University of Illinois. This year I declared my major to be Computer Science and Astronomy. When I make it […]
