Snow days are enjoyed by students regardless of their grade. Whether it is a kindergartener or a high-school kid, a day off of school is a day students always look forward to. This year especially, this area experienced a snow and ice storm, which gave the county a full week off of school, followed by another storm two weeks later, which gave students another long weekend. Throughout this time, students took full advantage of the break to take time off, have fun and enjoy this unexpected time off.

Due to the first snow storm that occurred on Jan. 25, making road conditions bad due to the ice storm followed by the snow, students were stuck at home. “I did not want to risk driving on the roads or going outside because it was very slippery, and I was not really required to come into work so I mainly stayed at home for the first half of the storm and then went out with my friends throughout the later half of the week,” senior Agamraj Singh said.

The first snow storm coincided with the beginning of the new semester, which gave students the opportunity to enjoy a week off with minimal work in between semesters. “During the first snow storm, I watched sports and rested at home until I was later able to go out,” senior Jeremy Shapiro said.

For students who did not have any work to catch up on and decided to go out, sledding on Frost Hill was a popular plan among students. “When the conditions on the road got better, I decided to go with my friends to go sledding on [the] Frost Hill,” senior Elizabeth Allen said.

The second snow storm that occurred on Feb. 22 was less significant in scope and severity, giving the county a reduced amount of snow as compared to the first snow storm. This meant students were mainly able to leave the houses by Monday during the day. “Throughout the second snow storm, I mainly hung out with my friends throughout my day off since the road conditions were significantly better,” Shapiro said.

For students who had to go to their jobs, the second snow storm did not have a major impact on their schedules as it was sunny less than 24 hours later with warmer temperatures and the snow melting quickly the following day. “During the second snow storm I worked throughout the day as sidewalks and roads were cleared by the next morning in my neighborhood and the roads outside of it,” Singh said.

For teachers the snow days were spent in different ways. For teachers who were behind on work, they took this time to catch up since they were able to stay at home for more than a week. “I got to catch up on some work, shoveled some snow and did some stuff with the kids, tried to keep them busy,” AP environmental science teacher James Forsberg said.