Snow Days
by Hannah B. and Dhara P.
In School District Skokie 68, there were four days in January and February of this year when school was canceled because it was too cold. Two of those “snow days” were right after Winter Break. Winter Break was supposed to end on January 3, but it ended on January 5. The other two snow days were on February 10 and 11. The emergency days--days that school is not scheduled but are put aside in case of snow days--are May 30, March 3, and June 4 - 6. May 30 and June 4 - 6 are days that students will now have to go to school. If we had missed a fifth day because of snow or cold, we would have used March 5, Casimir Pulaski Day, as a school day. Instead, we got the day off. School will now end for the year on Friday, June 6, (dismissing at 1:50 PM) instead of on Tuesday, June 3.
Some people that these reporters interviewed said that they didn’t like the snow days, and some people said that they did like the snow days. These are some of the answers from some students:
Fourth grader Ismael D. said, “At the time the snow days were happening they were fun, but after they passed, I hope that they don’t happen again.”
Fourth grader Ayaan G. said, “Well, they were good days to be inside, but bad days when you need to be outside for fresh air.”
Fifth grader Rachel J. did not like having snow days “because then it adds on to more school days” in June.
“I loved staying inside at home when it was so cold,” said Ms. Llerandi, first grade teacher and Newspaper Club editor.
When school was canceled for the snow days, the school weeks were only three and four days long. So students got behind in homework. For Mrs. Peterson’s class, the students did their spelling and vocabulary tests on Tuesday of the following week instead of on Friday.The first grade teachers took the short first week after Winter Break to review Daily 5 expectations.
When we are all still in school on June 6, we may wish that there had been no snow days!
by Hannah B. and Dhara P.
In School District Skokie 68, there were four days in January and February of this year when school was canceled because it was too cold. Two of those “snow days” were right after Winter Break. Winter Break was supposed to end on January 3, but it ended on January 5. The other two snow days were on February 10 and 11. The emergency days--days that school is not scheduled but are put aside in case of snow days--are May 30, March 3, and June 4 - 6. May 30 and June 4 - 6 are days that students will now have to go to school. If we had missed a fifth day because of snow or cold, we would have used March 5, Casimir Pulaski Day, as a school day. Instead, we got the day off. School will now end for the year on Friday, June 6, (dismissing at 1:50 PM) instead of on Tuesday, June 3.
Some people that these reporters interviewed said that they didn’t like the snow days, and some people said that they did like the snow days. These are some of the answers from some students:
Fourth grader Ismael D. said, “At the time the snow days were happening they were fun, but after they passed, I hope that they don’t happen again.”
Fourth grader Ayaan G. said, “Well, they were good days to be inside, but bad days when you need to be outside for fresh air.”
Fifth grader Rachel J. did not like having snow days “because then it adds on to more school days” in June.
“I loved staying inside at home when it was so cold,” said Ms. Llerandi, first grade teacher and Newspaper Club editor.
When school was canceled for the snow days, the school weeks were only three and four days long. So students got behind in homework. For Mrs. Peterson’s class, the students did their spelling and vocabulary tests on Tuesday of the following week instead of on Friday.The first grade teachers took the short first week after Winter Break to review Daily 5 expectations.
When we are all still in school on June 6, we may wish that there had been no snow days!