Akshay Jaladi, Staff Member
Hi, my name is Akshay, and I'm a freshman. This is my first year on staff. In school, I am part of Stageplayers, Marching Band, Mock Trial, and Math Team. Outside of school, I enjoy writing, reading, and hanging out with friends.
![Senior Sam Foster, who plays the alto saxophone on the Jazz Lab Band, waves at the audience after their final piece. “[Jazz is] just something that I enjoy personally, and I wanted to do,” Foster said.](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/USE4-1200x800.jpg)
![Jack Cherenovich fought as a tanker. Mr. Nemmers wrote a historical fiction story about Cherenovich which appears in The Very Best We Had. “[He] comes back to the site of the old LHS, looking for answers as to what happened to the former Brainerd Building,” Nemmers said. “In the course of asking, he learns that his three friends and himself were killed on Okinawa.”](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8918-1200x800.jpg)
![The Wind Symphony performs “Hymn for US” in the Highland Park High School Auditorium. James Stephenson, the composer, said, “[Through this piece], I wanted to reflect on the solemn events that took place, but also to express the hope and the strength of the community that was evident to any of those who were watching the news.”](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_7012-1200x823.jpg)
