Students don't have to fall under any classification. Junior Stacey Pryal said her activities from sports to National Honor Society bring her in contact with a diverse section of students. Popularity, the students said, doesn't come so much from a group as from individuals who are highly visible and friendly to everyone. Some students are just ignored, sometimes on purpose, sometimes by accident, they said. But a few students will always get picked on.
Cliques seem to get better with age.
Freshman-year students tend to hang together. As upperclassmen, they said, they are more likely to strike out on their own. According to the students, the violence at Littleton shouldn't be blamed on cliques. Everyone gets made fun of once a day. Juniors Libby Guthmann and Allison Jurgena said an advantage of a large school is that associating with larger groups of people may provide more chances to find a niche.