Class of 2024 graduate Clara McFadden will take a gap year and work in Seattle. They will take community-college classes while there and then transfer to Western Washington for environmental studies. “I want to go to Washington for their environmental programs, but I can’t afford out-of-state [tuition] so I need to get residency first,” McFadden said. They have a lot of family in Washington, which drew them to the state as did the state’s priority of promoting conservation. While McFadden is going to miss their friends, they are also going to miss their choir teacher, Nathan Thompson. “[I’m going to miss] the vibes, I’m gonna miss my adolescence,” McFadden said. “I think I’m gonna be very fearful of aging until about 30 and then just embrace it.” A lesson McFadden learned while at McCallum is to not pay attention to what others are doing or thinking of you. “I don’t like caring what other people think because it’s so draining and stupid in high school,” McFadden said. “It’s a was...