With Chelsea High School first founded in 1910, CHS has gone through many buildings and students. Some of the teenagers attending CHS have a pride-driven connection to their schools and their parents who attended before them, But those students still feel the pressure to pursue similar career paths. 

“My dad does a lot of trying to get me to do the same career as him, which is not something that’s going to happen,”  freshman Charlotte Schmunk said.

Schmunk’s father was very talented in rowing, he brought home a silver medal from the world championship and it all started at CHS. The successful trend doesn’t end here, freshman  Landry Cook’s mother works downtown at the family-owned store, The  Potting Shed. 

“There’s definitely pressure to be successful,” Cook said. “I have a twin brother and he’s in the same grade, so there can be some comparison sometimes, there is some pressure.”

Cook and Schmunk both spoke of feeling a bit of dread when it comes to being the next generation at CHS, but the relationships between parents differ and some students even said they felt more at peace with their parents by their side.

“Having a parent that has also attended this school is good. I feel like I can kind of relate because she knows what it’s like around the town and the schools,” freshman Maya Parker said.

A parent who can push their child is a great motivator and resource, but having a parent who supports and comforts you is the relationship Parker values in her mother. The relationship she is grateful to share with her mother is truly unconditional.

“I don’t feel too much pressure because I know she’ll support me no matter what happens,” Parker said.