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Snow Day Activities
BEST SNOW DAY ACTIVITIES Students of FHN decribe what they do on snow days (Content by Ryleigh O’Donnell) (Illustrations by Gracie Bowman) (Illustration by Kiley Beiner)
Last year FHSD had several snow days, students celebrate these occasions in many different ways: whether it’s with sleeping in, playing with pets or just playing video games all day.
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Cheyenne Leahr doesn’t really like snow days, but when she gets the announcement she either plays outside with her dogs, sleeps or does her chores for her snowdays. “Snow days kinda suck because they add days to the end of the year.” Cheyenne Leahr, 10
Some students don’t enjoy going outside like others do though. Julian Washington enjoys staying inside, playing “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege” and drawing landscapes. “I just like playing video games and drawing.” Julian Washington, 9
Snow days are great days to use to relax, which is why Josh Reily’s idea of a snow day is much more relaxed. He enjoys just sitting back, reading a book and enjoying a warm drink. “I like staying inside, reading and drinking hot cocoa.” Josh Reily, 11
Mark Olwig likes snow days and enjoys being with family during them, but he wants them to be worth the extra makeup day at the end of the year and be at least three to five inches of snow. “If it’s enough snow I go out and I will play with my kids, I enjoy just going out in the snow.” Mark Olwig, History Teacher
Some people enjoy hanging out with their friends outside during snowdays and , Seth Grumich enjoys hanging out with his dog inside instead of being out in the cold. “I hang out on the couch with my dog all day.” Seth Grumich, 10
Cameron Bradt usually learns about the snow day when it happens and not the night before, but when he does know about them, he prefers just sleeping in. “I sleep, then I wake up and my mom tells me I don’t have to go to school, I just go back to sleep.” Cameron Bradt, 10
THE PIXAR RENAISSANCE
One fateful day in 1994, a single meeting at the Hidden City Café in Point Richmond, California sprung the four most whimsical animations to be conceived. Four of Pixar’s leading directors at the time—John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and the late Joe Ranft—met for lunch to discuss the next step after Toy Story, which was in its final moments of production. This lunch birthed some of the most imaginative movies of the past decade, “A Bug’s Life”, “Monsters Incorporated”, “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E”, some of the most classic and commercially successful movies the company has made.
“I love the Pixar style,” junior Samuel Adams said. “It’s really simple but really detailed and it gives the movies a lot of character.”
Throughout the past decade, the ratio of original movies to sequels was disproportionate. The company lacked originality and charm, the legacy left by the original movies was being let down, and it seemed the company relied solely on nostalgia with sequels like “Monsters University”, “Finding Dory”, and “The Incredibles 2.”
“I feel like Disney is losing its originality. They’re just doing cash grabs now,” junior Jenna Weber said. However, coming in 2020 are two original movies: “Onward”, which is about two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, who go on a journey to discover if there is magic left in the world so they can spend one last day with their deceased father.
The second original movie in 2020 will be, “Soul”, a story about a middle-school music teacher who dreams of playing at a legendary New York jazz club. Finally getting the chance, an accident causes his soul to separate from his body. His soul is then sent to a center where it will undergo development to be transported in a newborn baby.
“The theme seems close to home [and] the characters seem original,” Weber said.
With promising upcoming films, the possibility of a resurgence is great, and a new set of classic movies for a new generation could be in our midst. One can hope Pixar hasn’t sold out, that they care more about the quality of the content they put out, and that they’re ready to move forward, further, and soulfully onward. (Brief by Minnie Adams)
