Others may use summers to make up that one missing course required before graduation. They're eager to be tomorrow's chefs, actors, farmers, scientists, politicians and business executives. For today, they like chess or shopping or hunting or dancing. Many take French or Spanish. There are a few saxophone players, a guitar player and more than a half-dozen who play with the band.
Several kids are into volleyball or video games or church.
Lunch, many say. Come fall, they'll be fused together in a virtual world that's seeming less and less distant with every high school commencement ceremony. ''I know four other people who are going, and that was a surprise,'' says Jessica Berry. They were interested, but their parents weren't. Several students are cheerleaders. There's a handful of football and baseball players and about a dozen who belong to the drama club.