The Siren

2nd generation North Star guy Ethan Levy returns for his ninth summer. He hails from Mequon, WI, just outside of Milwaukee. There he’s a junior at Homestead High School. Ethan is a big hockey guy, playing for his school’s team. He also plays club volleyball. Ethan spent most of his […]

Ben (R) with ’12 counselor Chad Harju Ben Weil is one of two sets of twins that are on the North Star Staff. A native of Denver, CO, he’s back for his eighth summer. Ben is a junior at the Denver School of the Arts. Affectionately known a as Bdubs […]

 Ari Weil returns to the North Star staff as a junior counselor. Hailing from Denver, CO, he’s a junior at Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) and is a very active guy. At school he plays on the ultimate frisbee team, is a peer tutor, writes for the school […]

My name is Eli Fried and I’m one of the Junior Counselors. I am from Leawood, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. I am a junior currently attending Blue Valley North High School. At home I’m active in my BBYO Youth Group chapter, Nordaunian, and in my school’s robotics team, […]

Holden (L) is quite the dresser Holden Greenberg joins us from Larchmont, NY where he’s a junior at Mamaroneck High School. Somehow, despite being from New York, he’s a big Nebraska fan. This could have something to do with the fact that he’s related to a bunch of Goldbergs and […]

Returning for summer number nine is Scotty Hamilton. A native of Northbrook, IL, Scott is a senior at Glenbrook North High School. As a high school senior, Scott has been pretty occupied with college applications. He recently decided to attend The University of Texas at Austin and major in Accounting. […]

Hi!  My name is Michael Palgen and I am just finishing up my freshman year at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  I LOVE playing sports!  If I could play sports and eat (one of my other hobbies…) all day long I probably would.  I play pick-up basketball, football, and […]

Hi my name is Adam Kleiman and I’m a senior at Deerfield High School. Next year I’ll be attending Washington University in St. Louis.  Right now I’m undecided for a major, but I may want to do something with business or English. I will definitely minor in music. I play […]

Three years ago, former North Star staff member Brad Holland was working for an international staffing agency. We work with a handful of agencies that send us the great counselors from abroad. Brad forwarded us a profile and mentioned that Olly was perfect for North Star. He couldn’t have been […]