Akshay Jaladi, Community Service Manager
Hi! My name is Akshay Jaladi, and I'm a sophomore. This is my second year on staff, and I am the community service manager. I'm in many clubs and extracurriculars, including scholastic bowl and marching band. Outside of school, I like hanging out with my friends and sleeping.
![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)
