Eli Fried comes to camp from Leawood, Kansas. He’s a sophomore at Blue Valley North High School, in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas. He wants to reaffirm that he doesn’t live on a farm or know Dorothy, At home, he’s active in his BBYO Youth Group chapter, […]
Ned Shashoua returns to North Star for summer number seven. Hailing from Boca Raton, FL, Ned is a sophomore at Pine Crest School (no relation to the old Spider Lake resort). Ned was actually born in Dallas, TX, however he’s a fan of Chicago sports teams. As for playing sports, […]
Chip Kass, affectionately referred to as “TinyTiny” by Leb returns to North Star for his eighth summer. He’s from Highland Park, IL, where he is a sophomore at Highland Park High School. He’s involved with the theater and choral programs and is currently performing in the musical, Jekyll & Hyde, […]
Josh Devorkin (L) with Aaron Stone and Sean Alexander Josh Devorkin spends his off season in tropical Mequon, WI. He is a Sophomore at Homestead High School, where he has been on the varsity swim team. He recently swam conference and qualified for sectionals. He has a great chance to […]
Each February we head over to the ACA National Conference. It gives us the opportunity to learn from great speakers, collaborate with others from all over the camp industry and get great ideas for the coming summer. One of the great Keynote Speakers was Richard Louv, author of “Last Child […]
Scott Plonsker returns from Deerfield, IL where he is a junior at Deerfield High School. He is active in competitive karate, and his competition season just started and lasts until the summer He is training for the US open which is in April in Vegas. Scotty has also been playing […]
In his spare time, Mark has been known to walk on water Mark Yellon hails from Chicago, IL where he is a junior at the Latin School. He has been playing indoor soccer for his school and basketball for his Jewish youth group. He is quite proud of the fact […]
Jake Spungen hails from Lake Forest, IL, where he is a junior at Stevenson High School. There he is involved with the school’s radio station and the community service club. He is also on the basketball team. We’re glad to have Jake back as a basketball, softball and disc golf […]
Read the February Siren! We love our North Star Family! We can’t tell you guys enough how much we appreciate you being part of the North Star family, and Valentine’s Day is just another great occasion to tell you how much we love you. As of today, February 14th, camp […]
Michael Lee hails from Riverwoods, IL. He is a junior at Deerfield High School and this will be his 8th summer at North Star and his 2nd on staff. He’ll only be at camp for the first 4 weeks as he is doing a program on International Diplomacy at American […]
Nick Kasle hails from River Hills, WI where he is a senior at Nicolet High School. Nick returns for summer number seven and brings his great sense of humor. Nick is on his school’s tennis team and at camp he can be found in a multitude of areas, on the […]
