Salem's graduation ushers clap as the class is announced.

Salem High School Class of 2009

Brittany Ingvaldsen, Virginia Western then Virginia Tech

Taylor Davis, Roanoke College

Annie Klein, Virginia Tech

Ashley Montgomery, Virginia Tech

Megan Kennedy, University of Pittsburgh

Caroline Byrd, Virginia Tech

Travis McDaniel, Roanoke College

Maegen Suttles, Jefferson College of Health Sciences

Jordan Hormel, James Madison University

Brandyn Turley, Virginia Western

Kara Kayrouz, Virginia Tech

Q: What's the most common question people are asking you right now?

Megan: Why you picked the college you picked.

Caroline: Are you excited about graduating?

Jordan: A lot of people ask what we're doing this summer.

Q: What are you most excited about for this fall?

Annie: Meeting new people.

Brandyn: Not having to wake up every morning before seven ...

Taylor: Not having to go through seventh period ever again ... we're not going to understand how we've done it for so long after we're done with it.

Q: What new responsibilities are you taking on lately?

Ashley: Time management

Jordan: You definitely have to start covering your own expenses

Q: Is there a collective funny moment from high school that you can remember?

All: Poop day!

Taylor: There was a sewage leakage and a toilet overflowed upstairs ... leaked into the cafeteria and they had to shut down the school for the day to fix it ...

Brittany: That's why we called it poop day!

Q: What are people getting you for graduation?

Brandyn: I forget that graduation is a giftworthy moment ...

Taylor: I've gotten more money today than I have on my birthday!

Glenvar High School Class of 2009

Korie Philpott, Washington and Lee University

Martha Garman, Concord University

Sarah Montgomery, Virginia Western, then plans to transfer to University of Virginia

Derek Abdelnour, Virginia Commonwealth University

Nick Cannata, National College

Chris Lawson, Virginia Tech

Chayse Smith, Mechanic on Tractor Trailers

Mark Johnson, Virginia Tech

Josh Flinchum, Military police in the Army

Justin Williams, University of Virginia

Q: What's it like to be so close to technically being an adult?

Josh: It's kind of harder because you have more responsibilities than you did when you were younger.

Q: What responsibilities have you noticed you've been getting?

Korie: We had to choose colleges and that kind of stuff by ourselves.

Nick: Bills and stuff, like car insurance, cell phone, paying for your own food.

Q: What's the most generic question people are asking you right now?

Chris: What are you going to do with your life?

Korie: How does it feel to graduate?

Chris: Are you going to miss high school?

Q: What are some of your answers?

Sarah: No [not missing high school]; I'm really excited about college.

Derek: I know what I'm going to do, I mean I personally want to be a trauma surgeon in an E.R.

Q: How many of you know what you want to do after college, for the rest of your life?

A: Four of ten.

Korie: I have an idea but I don't know what I want to do 100 percent.

Q: What are you going to miss the most from Glenvar High school?

Josh: The teachers

Derek: Sports

Korie: Everyone's really close, how close we are a family

Josh: All the people here and teachers, everybody in school -- well, almost everybody. (laughs)

Q: Who is the most animated teacher?

Derek: Mr. Campbell, government. He's really laid back, too.

All: You could say Agee ...

Q: What questions are you asking your parents right now?

Justin: When do we get money?

Derek: Are you paying for my laptop?

Martha: Are you going to miss me?? No, my dad said he was taking my room! (laughs)

Q: What's the funniest experience you've had a Glenvar?

Derek: Groovy Teens.

Justin: Yeah.

Chris: We've gotta say something better than Groovy Teens ...

Sarah: The senior prank.

Chayse: Clint Cassell dancing!