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Campus LivingMembers of the LFA community sharewhat everyday life is like on this residentialcampus, and what makes it so special.By Alexandra Campbell14 Review Winter 20138 Click: www.lfanet.org
If anyone can speak to the dramatictransformation of Durand House intoWeinbrenner, it’s English InstructorLauren Kelly.Lauren arrived on campus in the fallof 2010 and began to get settled intoher life as a new teacher at LFA.“The apartment was tiny,” she recalls.“It felt a little more like a hotel suitethan an apartment to make home.”Several weeks into school, Lauren wasinformed that all of the individuals livingin Durand House were going to betemporarily relocated to downtownLake Forest while the building wasmoved and renovated.“That was a hard time,” Lauren recalls,laughing, “I was teaching andLauren knows and likes boardingschool. Prior to LFA, she taught atWilliston Northhampton School inEasthampton, Massachusetts.“When they say prep school, theymean prep,” she explains, speakingto the high standards to which LFAstudents are held. “I can treat my studentslike adults. I really like that.”Lauren most enjoys being a mentorto the girls in McIntosh Cottage, thegirls’ dorm where she serves as dormparent, but she also likes to have herquiet space to return home to.“I love living in Weinbrenner. I havemy own space, but if something happensand the girls need me, I am outmy door and over to the dorm in lessthan a minute.”coaching and moving. Kids would askme where their paper was and I’d belike ‘I don’t know, where’s that box?’”A planned gift from the estate of PaulWeinbrenner ’39 enabled the school tomove and renovate Durand House,a brick building that was original tothe Armour estate. The building wasplaced on wheels, relocated, and completelyrenovated. It reopened with anew name to honor the benefactor ofits makeover, and its residents movedback in August 2011.Today, Lauren is very happy with theresults.“The short-term inconvenience wasdefinitely worth it,” Lauren continues,“The apartments are much nicer now.They feel homier.”• • •Just downstairs from Lauren, tuckedcozily in the finished basement ofWeinbrenner apartment number 3,Paul and Bree Makovec flip betweenchannels. Soon, the two will becomethree as at the time of the interviewBree was mere weeks away from herdue date for the birth of the couple’sfirst child.The Makovecs arrived at Lake ForestAcademy from San Francisco at thebeginning of the 2011-12 school year.Paul came to teach Math and coach.Bree, an English teacher, found a jobat a nearby public high school.“We didn’t think we’d be this far fromthe city,” Paul reveals when chattingabout his job search process. “I actually(left) Newly renovatedWeinbrenner house after arecent snowstorm(center) Math teacher PaulMakovec works one-on-onewith Maia Sklarov ’13.(right) Warner House, oncea part of the Armour estate,has stood the test of timeand been home to manyLFA young men.feature 15
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