It’s a Tuesday night in the middle of February. You’re only two days into the week, but you’re already overloaded with homework and numerous upcoming tests. You’ve fallen into the typical high school winter blues. You awake the next morning and groggily turn on the television to discover there was a heavy overnight snowfall and school has been cancelled. It is a glorious moment resulting in a feeling comparable to nirvana.
The snow day is something many students hope for during the long winter months and most adults look back on with a smile. Over the years, many teachers and students have accumulated a variety of snow day memories.
Senior Margaret McIntosh has many fond memories of past snow days.
“I’m a big fan of snow days,” McIntosh said. “I get to sleep in, stay in my pajamas, wear slippers, drink hot chocolate and relax.”
McIntosh added that while she enjoys all snow days, one stands out above all others.
“When I was younger, my family and I went out to our country house during a snow day,” McIntosh said. “The next morning, our car got stuck in the snow as we tried to pull out of our driveway. The car ended up immobile in the snow, and we were forced to carry all of our bags back up our long driveway to our house.
“It was a tedious hike because the snow was so high, but once we reached the house, my dad decided it would be a fun idea to go sledding. So we all put on our snow gear and went sledding for a few hours on a hill in our front yard. It was a lot of fun, and it is something I always remember when we get a snow day.”
Junior Shelby Young agrees that snow days are always a memorable treat. Young said that her first trip to Miller’s Hill was during a snow day last year.
“It was a really unforgettable sledding trip,” Young said. “I love sledding and Miller’s Hill proved to be the perfect spot.”
Young added that when the next snow day comes, she plans to go back to Miller’s Hill and make more memories with her friends.
Sophomore Allie Cardenas said that her most enjoyable snow days of the past were those which took place in the middle of the week because they made the week feel shorter. She remembers one snow day four years ago.
“I was in seventh grade and school was cancelled on a Wednesday,” Cardenas said. “I remember being really excited and sleeping in late. Then, later in the day, I went out and had an intense snow ball fight with a couple of my friends. It was very cold but very fun since we weren’t in school.
“Later on that night, I found out we weren’t going to have school the next day. It was really exciting, and I hope something like that will happen again this year.”
Freshman Max Charles, like McIntosh and Cardenas, has many fun snow day memories of sleeping in until noon and relaxing during the day off school. His favorite snow day memory is one where he did not have to go to school, but the rest of his peers did.
“It was the morning following a heavy snow storm, and my dad was watching the news,” Charles said. “He apparently misread the school cancellations because he thought Bexley was off when we really weren’t, so I got to stay home all morning. It was sweet.”
Young said snow days are one of her favorite aspects of the winter.
“We should have a snow day every day,” Young said.
