chroniCle January 17, 2014
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Volume 11, Issue 4
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Face-off
Getting Fit
Piada challenges Chipotle’s empire, see page 11.
Hockey team endures Crossfit training to prepare for season, see page 27.
Winter Formal
NHS’ Gatsby-themed winter dance anticipated to be roaring hit, see page 7.
Snow Day Sacrifices
Calamity-day cap dooms underclassmen end-of-the-year fate
Emily Taylor | Staff Writer
Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. While everyone loves waking up to a snow day, the consequences that come as a result are leading to the realization that snow days may do more harm than good. According to junior Amir Karaman, the biggest consequence is the possibility of having to tack on days to the end of the
year. “The fact that days of summer could be taken away is definitely one of the downfalls,” Karaman said. According to Principal Mindy McCartyStewart, however, adding days to the end of the year is not a perfect solution. “If we were to add days we could potentially lose time preparing students for the OGTs and all of our [end-of-the-year] award banquets would get pushed around,” McCarty-Stewart said. Karaman said another prob-
lem with adding days to the end of the year is that it is essentially punishing students for something they can’t control. “We have no control over the weather so it isn’t fair to penalize us for that,” Karaman said. According to McCarty-Stewart, while adding days to the end of the year may not solve every problem, it is what has to be done in order to compensate for lost time. McCarty-Stewart said she is hopeful that snow days won’t extend the school year’s length, but that decision is up to Mother Nature. “We can’t control the weather,” McCartyStewart said. “We just have to take it day by day.”
photo by Emily Taylor