A springlike March day finds four-year-old Aria Hansen’s silhouette in a window. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

A competitor makes her way across the rings during the Spartan Race and Sprint in Snohomish on April 15. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Everett’s Garrett Pilon chases down the puck with Tri-City’s Isaac Johnson trailing at Angel of the Winds Arena on April 20. (Kevin Clark / The Daily Herald)

UW Bothell lecturer Jennifer Atkinson taught Environmental Grief & Climate Anxiety to address concerns of feeling hopeless about the earth’s future. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Sarah Heinz hands Colt Wilson a CD as they look through vinyl records, CDs and cassette tapes at Silver Platters on April 19 in Lynnwood. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A race participant emerges from the muddy water at the Spartan Race and Sprint in Snohomish on April 15. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Cascade’s Sam Barnes hauls in a catch as Cascade beat Monroe 5-1 in a baseball game on April 17 in Monroe. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Drivers honk and wave as Jackson High students walk along the Bothell Everett Highway to city hall during the National School Walkout on April 20 in Mill Creek. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Hannah Ganashamoorthy practices on the hurdles at Monroe High School on April 18. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Marianne Le (left), a librarian at Everett Community College, reads to preschoolers (from left) Ayesha, Rylee, Dante and Isaiah at the school’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program in Everett on April 6. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Isabelle Hansen (left), 8, and Aria Hansen, 4, put on their tiaras and Miss Washington Princess Swashes. Read the story. (Dan Bates / The Herald)