Where are they now?
Maia McDermott
This summer, I went on a NOLS course and went backpacking for 14 days in the Pacific Northwest! It was amazing! I went with nine other kids my age and two instructors.
Bella Gallagher
I’ve been playing lots of lacrosse and organizing lots as the sophomore class treasurer. 
SELS Alumni
Anthony Mora, Luis Gaitan, Austin Bullock, Mira Begg, Jade Bullock, Isabella Ferrera, Megan Darzynkiewicz, Riley Thompson at UCLA for Model UN!
SELS Alumni
Truckee High Girls Tennis team won Regionals again this year and advanced to State Championship in Las Vegas where they were represented by SELS alumni Jordan Whitlow, Maia McDermott, Isabella Ferrera, Jade Bullock and Lilah Abarno. Way to go girls!
SELS Alumni
Abby Stein, Haley Flaherty, and Lucy Demm were just a few of the many SELS Alumni present at the Honor Roll Breakfast at Truckee High School. Congrats to all of our Honor Roll and Distinguished Scholars!
Tilden Wooley
In March, Tilden competed in the Freeride Junior World Championships, held in Kappl, Austria, and was stoked to take 2nd place.
Kaya Wooley
Kaya hiked the entire John Muir Trail this summer (well over 200 miles) with a buddy and later summited Half Dome with her family to celebrate Tilden's 17th birthday.
George Skaff
George is enjoying his senior year and just finished his football season. Truckee High Wolverines went to the second round of the playoffs this year. George is in the middle of college applications and hopes to study biological engineering.
Gary Grosjean 
I am finishing up my second year at Mendocino College, and I have committed to play baseball at San Francisco State University next fall. I was named honorable mention all-conference pitcher last spring and am currently a pre-season all-state selection. I will be studying kinesiology at SF State. 
Luis Gaitan
This summer THS senior, Luis Gaitan was one of only 15 students selected nationally to spend three weeks in Washington D.C. at Caminos al Futuro. Caminos is a highly selective Latinx leadership program hosted by the Cisneros fund George Washington University.
Ava Pekarek
I’m in my senior year at North Tahoe High School. My volleyball team just made it to finals at regionals. I’m working hard on college applications and am hoping to attend a school on the coast next year. Over the summer, I was captain of the U19 women's whitewater rafting team that represented California at the USRA national competition in Salida, Colorado, where we placed second. I’m looking forward to coaching ski team at Alpine Meadows this season, swimming for North Tahoe High (and hopefully making it to states in Las Vegas), graduation, and the future! Lately, I have realized how much SELS prepared me for the future and I am so grateful for all our school taught us.
Gunnar Holm
I am currently a senior at Miramonte High School in Orinda, CA.

For the past four years, I have rowed for the Oakland Strokes. Earlier this month, I was selected to row bow seat for the Men's Lightweight 8+ at the Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga, TN. I am happy to report that our boat won, and it was exciting to earn a gold medal with this crew.

I literally put into practice every day what I learned at SELS that, "We are Crew, not passengers."

I continue to be interested in electronics and video games and hope to study Electrical Engineering in college. I attended the Halo Outpost Discovery convention late August and got to participate in testing games early on PC and seeing the latest art and design.

What's been fun is connecting my online video game friends, who I've met at Game Development Camps, with my rowing team buddies.
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