If the character of a student body changes from year to year, the role of certain subsets of the population may be considered. Today, for example, one hundred and nine new students add their distinct qualities to the mix. From year to year, the role of the senior class is significant to the ethos of the community. This is very true today.

The Class of 2007 was remarkable from the start, because it was so large. On September 2, 2003, 67 ninth graders unpacked their bags--the largest freshman class in memory. Twenty students joined as sophomores in 2004, and last year, they were larger than the Class of 2006, with 107 members!

Fifty-one members of the Class of 2007 have been together for four years, and 82 have known each other for three, a factor that explains this senior class's strong sense of identity. "We're awesome," notes Amanda, articulating a familiar sentiment. Here are some four-year students:

Thirty-three seniors hail from New Hampshire, including 22 day students, and 21 are up from Massachusetts. Vermont is represented by 12, and seniors come from thirteen other states as well as Canada (3) and Korea (2).

The list of adjectives describing this class is long and flattering. They are affectionate, proud, funny, fun loving, productive, athletic and artistically talented.

They have witnessed change in their time at Proctor. Limits on girl/boy visiting hours, for example, seemed less important when they were fourteen-year-olds than today. Their growth is remarkable in every way. This is calculus.

However described, the senior class exercises the greatest influence on the tone of the community. Their leadership--both overt and subtle--is a legacy that will endure after they have graduated and gone.

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