I’m Micah Jona, I’m from Wilmette, IL, and this will be my 8th summer back at camp. I’m currently a sophomore at New Trier Township High School, where I am on the tennis team. When I am not playing tennis, or cramming for a test, I’m usually hanging out with […]
Jasmin Garey will spend her first summer at North Star. She was at camp in early June of 2014, visiting Chris Rodriguez, so she figured that she had to spend an entire summer this year. She just graduated from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, TX. Working with children is […]
Caleb Brown returns to North Star for his second summer. After a one year absence, Caleb will join the NSC trip staff as one of our trip leaders. A resident of Rock Hill, SC, Caleb is currently a graduate student at Winthrop University. There he is getting his Masters of […]
Drew Lorimer joins the North Star staff for his first summer. Coming all the way from Glasgow, Scotland, Drew just completed his first year at Glasgow Caledonian University. In school he’s studying computing and he wants to go into 3D animation in the future. During his final year in high […]
Nikko Van Crey returns to North Star for his second year on staff. A former camper and CIT, Nikko took the last two summers off. He grew up just outside of Austin, TX. There he was very interested in robotics and engineering. He just finished up his freshman year at […]
Tinley Park, IL native Garrett Sprutta joins the North Star trip staff for his first summer at camp. Garrett started camping as a youngster. His parents took him and his twin brother on their first camping trip when they were six months old. He took several trips to the Boundary […]
Trip leader Joey Kujala joins the North Star staff for his first summer. Hailing from Shell Lake, WI, Joey grew up less than an hour from camp. He’s spent quite a bit of time on many of the rivers and trails that he’ll lead trips on this summer. He volunteered […]
With the increased popularity in private tennis lessons at North Star, we’re excited to have Carlos Jaik join the North Star staff to work alongside Mike Storms. Carlos comes to North Star from Colima in Mexico. He’s a USPTA certified tennis pro and he’s very involved in tennis in Mexico, […]
Wari joins the North Star staff for his first summer. He comes all the way from Nigeria, but he’s actually been at school at Proctor Academy in Andover, NH. One of his classmates at Proctor is current NSC counselor Max Pastan. Max did a great sales job, told Wari how […]
Diana Morales comes from the multicultural state of Oaxaca, Mexico, cradle of the Guelaguetza, Zapotec language and many other indigenous languages. Currently, she is studying Languages Teaching (language acquisition specialist) at the Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca. She loves pizza, take nature pictures, singing, long walks, reading adventure books, […]
Kathy Tietze joins us for her second full year on staff after having visited quite a but during the summer of 2013. In addition to being one of our office managers, Kathy is married to Mike Storms, our tennis pro. Her first visit to camp was during the staff orientation […]
