Eighty-four freshmen. Three buildings. One High school. “On the first day of kindergarten, I walked in and said ‘Hi,’ to Elizabeth because we did fairy and gnome camp together. On the first day of freshman year, I walked in and didn’t say ‘Hi,’ to Elizabeth. She left the school.” That was Maya Finke’s recollection of the differences between Freshman year and Kindergarten. Nine years later many things have changed. The freshman went from playing on the playground with one another to third-wheeling their friend’s relationship. In all seriousness, adjusting to high school has been an interesting experience that everyone has adapted to differently. 

“I feel like I have grown substantially in these past few weeks. I have had to find Mrs. Ekeberg’s classroom and learn how to manage my time in a way that will be beneficial to me in the future,” said Clara Gordon. Although we enjoyed being the leaders of middle school, it had to end sooner or later. And to be quite honest it became a drag. We asked Meri Black what is one thing she got in High School that we did not receive in Middle School, and she said, “Freedom,”. I think we can all agree with that. If you know, you know. 

Going into high school the freshmen now have three other classes of people to conquer. We asked Ava Fagan, an upperclassman, about her observations of the new freshmen, “I feel like people see freshmen as less of people now that there are so many. It kind of feels like you guys are a bunch of ants, there are just so many. I feel like with previous grades with like 50 people it was easier to get to know people personally but now with an increase of 20-30 people it starts to become a little harder to remember names and faces and everyone just feels like an ant.” Whether you like it or not these ants are here to stay.