Hi, my name is Ben Rubin and I am currently a Junior at Highland Park High School. With ACTs, college visits, and other standardized tests, this has been a pretty busy year for me. At school, I am involved in Congressional Debate, DECA, and my school’s robotics team. [Side note […]
Hey, I am Ronald Smith, from St Louis, MO. I’m finishing my sophomore year at John Burroughs High School. I love sports and the outdoors more than anything. My favorite sport is football and at school I’m on the football and basketball team. I am a CIT this year and […]
Howdy! My name is Philip Rasansky, and I’m from Dallas, TX. This will be my 10th summer at camp (IT’S THE BIG TEN!!), and I am really excited to get back to the Northwoods! just graduated from Greenhill School a couple days ago, and I’ll be heading up to Dartmouth […]
Jacob Byck returns to the North Star Staff. Hailing from Deerfield, IL, he’s a junior at Deerfield High School. A big baseball fan and player, he’s played travel baseball as well as on the DHS team. He’s also active coaching and he started this year as an assistant baseball coach. […]
Camp is a family thing Ike Nierman. One of is brothers is on the NSC staff and another is a camper. He’s also a 2nd generation NSC camper and staff. His dad Peter was also a camper and staff. Ike comes to camp from Wilmette, IL where he’s finishing up […]
After three years as a camper at North Star, we’re excited to have Nicholas (aka Nick) Rubnitz join the North Star staff. Hailing from Chicago, IL, Nick is finishing up his sophomore year at Francis W. Parker High School. There he is on the varsity baseball team, playing center field. […]
Jacob Zionts returns for his ninth summer at North Star. A native of Highland Park, IL, Jacob is completing his junior year at Highland Park High School. There he’s a pretty active guy. He’s involved in DECA as well as congressional debate. He’s been in several competitions for both this […]
Nick Kasle joins us for summer number nine. A native of River Hills, Wisconsin, Nick just completed his sophomore year at High Point University in North Carolina. There he’s majoring in physics. In his spare time he likes to go swimming and watch soccer. He’s a big fan of FIFA […]
Ned Shashoua returns to North Star for summer number nine. A native of Boca Raton, FL, he’s graduating from Pine Crest High School. There he’s on the tennis team and in his spare time he likes playing guitar and hanging out at the beach. He’ll give up the warm Florida […]
Nick Hill was born in South Bend, Indiana and is a senior at Indiana University. With Interests in Business, and fine arts, nick is a general studies major with a knack for outdoor education. Through his many trips to Colorado as a young child, he has developed a love for […]
Forest Lemon returns to North Star for his second summer. He’s from a small town in East Texas called Nacogdoches. He and his family grew up off the grid, without electricity, television and other amenities. He actually built his house at the age of nine (with the help of his […]
