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The beginning of the school year carries the same nostalgic feeling each year as students rush in at 7:35 a.m. to complete another year at Lakeland High School.
However, different grades are held to different standards, which can often create a new student experience.
For freshman Josh Caywood, the school year started with nerves but is now filled with excitement for high school and sports.
“I think it will be fun,” Caywood said.”I’m excited about sports and think they will be fun.”
Transferring from middle to high school can be a big step for students.
Many incoming freshmen spend their summer with a daunting question looming over them: What will high school be like?
The biggest difference Caywood has noticed is how much more space the high school has.
“It’s a lot bigger school than the middle school,” he said.”Instead of being like 8th grade, the top of the school, you’re kind of like just coming in, but it’s cool.”
Caywood did have some first-day jitters, but they did not last long, and he is now excited to see what the school year will have in store for him.
Sophomore Thoran Rogers is excited about all the new things he gets to experience by being a grade higher.
“I’m still getting into it after summer, but it’s good,” Rogers said.“I like being a sophomore way better than being a freshman. You get to go off-campus during lunch.”
Rogers is also excited to no longer be the lowest grade in the school.
He looks forward to his new classes and the challenges that will come with them.
“It feels good getting closer and closer to the end,” Rogers said.
Libby Hatcher is entering her junior year at LHS. Coming into the school year, Hatcher feels like junior year is similar to her sophomore year.
There are no nerves pressing on Hatcher about this school year, but she is excited for her junior tennis season.
“It feels good, but it feels pretty much the same,” she said. “It is kind of weird to think there are two grades younger than me, but I feel the same.”
As for senior Oliver Everett, he has experienced the opposite of Caywood’s encounters.
For Everett, everyone seemed to be much smaller this school year compared to previous high school memories.
“Everyone got so small, and it’s so hard to get around now because they gum up the intersections,” Everett said.
He is excited for his final year at LHS and is ready to embrace everything that comes with it.
Everett is especially excited for the pep band and Battle for the Paddle this year.
“I am so pumped and so excited for all the opportunities of senior year,” Everett said.
