New faces in Ramblerverse
There are a lot of new faces at Cotter for the 2021-22 school year. Here are introductions to some Ramblers who have arrived on campus in the past year.
Name: Sarah Glodowski
Grade: 9th
Hometown: Minnesota City, Minnesota
Family: Has three older siblings, 2 brother (Caleb, Ethan), and 1 sister (Ellie)
Interests:Praising God, watching and playing soccer, and basketball, and also watching football (Packers) Hanging out with family and friends
Why Cotter:Feels her faith will grow stronger, and her siblings all had great experiences at Cotter
Likes About Cotter: Making friendships and playing soccer
Adjustment to Cotter: Getting used to going to a new school
Fun Fact: Huge Packers fan
Quote: You are stronger than you know! You are worthy of all things!
Name: Mina Zivanovic
Grade 11
Hometown: Osečina, Serbia
Family: 5 people total. 2 brothers and she is the only girl
Hobbies and Interests: volleyball,hanging out with friends
Why Cotter: At a fair, it seemed like the best school for her. She contacted a few people from Cotter, which increased her interest in this school.
Likes about Cotter: hanging at the dorm, the nice welcoming community
Adjustment: getting along with all the kids and having to live so far from your family
Fun Fact: favorite food in US is Mac and Cheese
Quote: ¨I am grateful for my family because they believed in me and made my dream come true¨.
Name: Madeline Modjeski
Grade: 9
Hometown: Winona
Family: She lives with her parents and two siblings. Though she is a Modjeski, she does not (yet) know any of the other Modjeskis at Cotter (except her older sister) but says she is probably distantly related to them.
Hobbies and Interests: Madeline is interested in photography, investing, design, and traveling. Her exhaustive list of places she wants to visit includes Paris, Singapore, Dubai, and Croatia.
Why Cotter?: Previously homeschooled, she switched to Cotter for the social aspect of a huge building chock-full of teens and the unusual idea of a teacher that is not her mother or Google.
Likes about Cotter: She likes all her teachers, and says that her peers are “really nice.” Right now, her favorite class is World History. Also, she is happy that there is a vegan option for the school lunches.
Adjustment to Cotter: The only thing she dislikes about Cotter is the schedule; many of the extracurricular activities are at the same time as her swim team practices at the Winona public high school.
Fun Fact: She is a Marvel fan, and her favorite character is Loki.
Quote: Her favorite quote is; “How would the person I’d like to be do the things I’m about to do.” -Sean Croxton
Grade: 12
Hometown: Skalica, Slovakia
Family: Lea has a sister who is 15 and a half-brother.
Hobbies and Interests: Dance, gymnastics, books.
Why Cotter?: Because she wants to study at a university in the U.S and she was told that Cotter was a good school.
Likes about Cotter: One thing Lea likes is all the foreign exchange students this year.
Adjustment to Cotter: Different educational system and also the start of school at 8:45.
Fun Fact: She can speak multiple foreign languages.
Quote: “The dorm is like one little family,” she said about the foreign exchange students.
Name: Sandra Villanueva
Grade: 9
Hometown: La Crosse, Wisc.
Family: She is the youngest of four siblings, her three brothers are Angel, Junior, and Kevin
Hobbies and Interests: drawing, singing, writing short stories
Why Cotter?: Diversity in courses, calmer, more peaceful and educational environment
Likes about Cotter: art classes
Adjustment to Cotter: making new friends in each class
Fun fact: Sandra has a lazy English Bulldog named Marble who likes to meet new people and can only make snorting noises
Quote: “Stay swag”
Name: Luiza Cruz
Grade: 11
Hometown: Brazil, Sao Paulo
Family: She has one younger sister Clara, who is 10 years old.
Hobbies and interests: reading, playing handball, taking photos, dancing
Why Cotter: Luiza decided to come to Cotter because she heard that it is a great school and she would like to study Marine Biology at the university in the US
Likes about Cotter: residence hall where she lives
Adjustments to Cotter: weather and food
Fun fact: she loves japanese food
Quote: ” It is my dream to visit Spain one day, I’ve never been to Europe,” Luiza said.
