After the leaves fall, the snow starts to fall instead. Shovels come out, snowmen start to be built, and hot chocolate starts to be brewed. For students though, when the snow starts they may think of something else. They want to know if they will be able to sleep in or wake up early. The snow affects students’ school days and can either extend the school year or let students graduate on time. 

As kids, every kid would wish for snow days. But now, for the Senior class, that might not be the case. Excitement might not be the first reaction for some students anymore. Missed school days still have to be made up in June, which interferes with summer break. Some students want to be done with school on time, and overall they just want to be done with high school. While others want the extra days to sleep in and have a day to themselves. 

For Senior Rebekkah Lawton, snow days are still worth it. “On snow days, there are a lot of things you can’t do in the summer like playing in the snow or watching holiday movies. The only thing that’s not worth it is shoveling the snow. I don’t mind if a couple of extra days get added.”

Other Seniors disagree, like Clara Sweetland, who just wants to graduate already. “I didn’t mind snow days any other years of high school, but being a senior makes me want to be done as soon as I can. Being done with high school means I’m onto college which is a big step in my life that I’m ready to take.”

When COVID was around, snow days were way different and not exciting at all. When students woke up with the ground covered in a white blanket in 2020, in-person learning would be pushed to online learning. Now that snow days have returned to school canceled altogether, some students look forward to snow days more. “Since we were so used to never having any real snow days, we should embrace and be happy for what we get now,” says Lawton. 

Students that disagree with snow days think we don’t need any more days off because breaks cover that.  “I think breaks are enough time that students have off and breaks don’t take off any days at the end of the year so we still graduate on time,” says senior Emma DeGeorge. 

Snow days no longer mean the same thing as they once did. While some students may still get excited, a lot of other students may have different views. Graduating on time matters more than a day off.