The few remaining AP Statistics students left work on an online assignment. “Because it’s fewer people it’s become a little bit more intimate. It’s also more laid back and relaxed,” senior Thomas Spindler said.

Two students stare at their phones while waiting for first period AP Physics C: E&M to begin. As it’s one of the most challenging science classes offered at WJ, it’s no surprise that barely anyone’s left after seniors leave.

Surrounded by empty desks, AP Literature teacher Melanie MacFadden prepares to read the names of graduating students at Thursday’s ceremony. “Generally from year to year what I usually do [after the seniors leave] is go back through and take a look at the curriculum for AP Literature and see if I want to make any changes, so I’ve been working on that as well,” MacFadden said.

A significantly reduced group of Multivariable Calculus students sit in a semicircle and take notes as resource teacher John Chase discusses Laplace transforms. Although most are juniors, senior Thomas Spindler continues to attend class out of genuine interest. “The curriculum skipped a certain section towards the end because seniors were leaving, but now he’s going over it and I was really interested in it… I’ll probably stop coming when we stop learning about Laplace transforms,” Spindler said.

Junior Quinn Lapthorn works on an Honors Latin 4 assignment, the only student left in the class after the seniors’ departure. The first line of the instructions for the Canvas assignment was “Hi Quinn!” “I miss them [the seniors], honestly. I’ve been in Latin class with them for three years now, and now I’m alone,” Lapthorn said.