Review/Update Winter 2013 - Lake Forest Academy

Cayman Kaurich andCole Simpson hang out intheir Warner dorm room.does,” Steve chimes in at which pointthere was some discussion about herhomework assignment.As for what Andrew is looking forwardto, “I’m really excited about thesports. I hear there’s a lot of homework,though.”Madeleine vigorously nods her head inagreement.• • •Across the way in Warner House, you’llfind the place Cole Simpson ’14 hascalled his home away from home forthe last three years.“Warner’s homey. I fall asleep in thecommons all the time,” Cole explains;“I’m a Warner boy for life.”He even convinced his roommate,Cayman Kaurich ’14, to cross over toWarner after living in Atlass for twoyears. According to Cole, Caymandoesn’t regret the decision at all.“We have an awesome room. We got acouch from Costco and a mini fridge.It’s sweet.”One of his favorite dorm memories involvesthe yearly tradition of Festivus,inspired by the sitcom Seinfeld.“I don’t really know the characters,”he explains, “but the celebration involvesan airing of grievances.”During said airing of grievances, eachboy and dorm parent is given the opportunityto let anyone else knowsomething that’s bugged them.“The dorm parents usually complainabout how messy we are. It’s all ingood fun.”From Alexandria, Virginia, Cole foundout about LFA at a high school fair inthe DC area. He plays hockey on theLFA prep team.“Everyone always says I came to LFAto play hockey. That’s not true, Ifound a great high school and the factthat they had a competitive hockeyprogram was a bonus,” he says.Cole values how he can be an integralpart of the LFA community, even withhis demanding sports schedule.“If I went to another school, Iwouldn’t be able to be as involved,because I’d be traveling all the timefor hockey, but because everyone liveshere, I can hang out in the dining halland see them.”He also treasures the relationshipshe’s been able to foster with the faculty,especially his dorm parents.“You don’t think of the dorm parentsas faculty, you think of them as friends.You have mutual respect for each other.They respect us, and we have to respectthat they have families, so we can’t becrazy loud at all hours of the night.”And when it comes to his dorm parentsthis year, when Mr. Ryder is onduty, Cole makes sure to have hisFrench homework completed.In addition to the strong academics,Cole cherishes the tight-knit communityand the friends he’s made.“This is going to sound corny, but Iknow I’ve met lifelong friends here.Everyone talks about how you meetlifelong friends in college, well, becauseof LFA, I get double that.” n18 Review Winter 2013 8 Click: www.lfanet.org