We know the stereotype: once freshmen walk into the building at the start of every school year, every grade from senior to sophomore deems they’re “childish” or “annoying” in the halls.

Other than classes and experiences in college, how big can the difference be between the four grades?

The difference between the grades is only four years, which maturity wise, is the biggest difference. We wanted to find out how much the grades really differ. 

For freshmen, their experience is all just potential at the start of the year; they have hopes of what they can do in their four years. They’re just starting their sport or club as a new addition, hoping to make it far. 

Whereas seniors are full of all there is to know about high school, full of experience, and with the end of high school in their sights. 

Many seniors start to reflect on their time as students with nostalgia, whereas freshmen are just excited to be done right as they’d started. 

“It’s a really fun environment to learn and to make friends, and I feel like you can really become yourself here,” said senior Logan Serochi. 

That is what high school is all about to students, becoming yourself, and most students find that high school is a great time in their life looking back.

“As a freshman, it was a little daunting at the start, of course, but I kinda had a feeling in my brain that it was gonna be good,” said Serochi.

This “daunting” feeling is a common emotion that is certainly a common experience for upperclassmen as they try to navigate through a grander place than middle school.

There is so much more going on at LHS than at LMS: a bigger space, harder classes, and more people in the school make everything more overwhelming.

Although freshmen and seniors may be separated by grade, students across all grade levels share the same goal to succeed academically, make friends, and find themselves in a stressful time period in their lives.