Name: Katie Snyder

Age: 17

Grade: Senior, Scarborough High School

What she’s looking forward to: “Being able to leave school during study halls, the whole senior experience and applying and getting into college.”

What she’s nervous about: “Applying to colleges and waiting to get in.”

Name: Jenny Snyder

Age: 14

Grade: Freshman, Scarborough High School

What she’s looking forward to: Being in the new high school, having a little more freedom and “being with three more classes, just seeing new people in the school.”

What’s she’s nervous about: “I’m worried about getting lost in the big, new school.”

Name: Hunter Sackville

Age: 12

Grade: 6, Scarborough Middle School

What he’s looking forward to: “Everything,” including playing hockey, a gym class complete with an inside track and a lunch period with more food options.

What he’s nervous about: Nothing, not even more homework.

Fourteen-year-old Jenny Snyder is both looking forward to and nervous about finding her way through the new high school. Tweleve-year-old Hunter Sackville is excited about everything that comes with middle school, including more food options at lunch time. Seventeen-year-old Katie Snyder, who recently returned from a month and a half in South Africa, is both nervous and excited about applying to colleges.