The Class of 2026 grew up in distinct eras that feel like different lives stitched together. We were unknowingly the last class to go to Greenkill, a sleepaway camp in the wilderness—a field trip that now feels archived, like a final untouched file before everything changed. Quarantine hit middle school like a glitch in reality, a system breach that stole the code for normal school life: Zoom and Google Meet links, cameras pointed at ceiling fans, frozen screens, muted microphones, and profile pictures replacing the faces we used to see every day. Time didn’t just pass—it warped, stalled, and blurred. In response, our class collectively strived to make up for lost time in high school, becoming louder, more competitive, and perhaps more sentimental than we ever let on. We are a generation that learned how quickly things can change and somehow adapted in real time, like a shuffled soundtrack shifting with every change. Time didn’t measure our years—it moved in rhythm with our music. Above is a playlist curated from the moments that shaped our graduating class.