Cotter welcomes new students

Names: Cole and Claire Ebertowski Hometown: Winona, Minnesota Grade: Sophomore Fun Fact: Claire is the older twin. While in school, Claire is involved in cross country, nordic skiing, and track. Cole is involved in cross country, basketball, and track; outside of school he enjoys hunting. When asked what they like most so far about Cotter they both instantly said sports. They also re...

Name: Jaemin Jensen Hometown: South Korea Grade: Junior Fun Fact: He is half American and half South Korean When he moved here he very quickly got a job working at The Riverport Hotel. In his free time he enjoys listening to music, playing football, and occasionally reffing basketball. So far in this school year Jaemin like the people and the atmosphere at Cotter the best. One feature that...

Name: Alainah Kulas Hometown: Winona, Minnesota Grade: Freshman Fun Fact: She has three dogs Maggie, Chico, and Buddy. Alainah transferred to Cotter from St. Martins.  She is not currently involved with any sports or clubs yet. Although her favorite thing she enjoys about Cotter is there is a diversity among all the clubs.

Name: Drew Morales Hometown: Winona, Minnesota Grade: Senior Fun Fact: His favorite music is anything from the 80s He participates in wrestling at Winona High school. He appreciates the people teachers and over all atmosphere of Cotter. The hardest thing for him to get use to is having seven classes a day instead of the five he had at his old school. Some things he is great at is drawing...

Name: Parker Hetrick-Binner Hometown: Wabasha, Minnesota Grade: Senior Fun Fact: While playing rock, paper, scissors, he always picks scissors. Parker states that his favorite part of cotter schools is the positive atmosphere and people. He also mentions that the hardest part about moving to Cotter is just the different religious based aspects and worship....

Name: Xu Ying Di (Peter) Hometown: Da Lian, China Grade: Freshman Fun Fact: He is on the soccer team Peter enjoys painting, traveling, and loves sports. What he likes best about Cotter is the environment, a quiet place always helps him relax. As his first year in America he feels it is hard to get used to the culture here, but he believes everything will be alright, and hopes he wi...

Name: Zhenhan Zhao (Tony) Grade: Sophomore Hometown: Lian-Yun-Gang, China Fun Fact: He's very indecisive He is currently in soccer team, and is seeking for more activities to join. "I love the attitude of teachers in Cotter," he says. He also considers making friends with the new classmates was hard, for he was shy and he found many people here having different language habits compari...

Name: Laura Stefani Cardenas Suarez Grade: Freshman Hometown: Santana Boyacá, Colombia Fun Fact: Daniel, 2017 graduate, is her older brother Stefani enjoys playing soccer and reading books in her free time. She is on the girls soccer team here at Cotter and her favorite book she has read is Youth in Ecstasy by Carlos Cuahtemoc Sanchez. Her favorite class so far is Religion. Stefani conside...

Name:  Illya Dovhalionok Grade:  sophomore Hometown:  Minsk, Belarus Fun fact: He plays hockey Belarus is in Europe, and is sandwiched between Poland and Russia. Once a satellite state of the USSR and a province of the Tsardom of Russia, Belarus, has its own unique culture that shares a common language with Russia. Illya has two siblings; a sister (22) who resides in London, England,...