It’s a school night in the middle of winter. The house is dark from a combination of dark clouds and falling snow. There is nothing better than the thought of staying home from school tomorrow, cuddled up under a warm blanket with some hot cocoa. If only there was something you could do to ensure there would be a snow day.
“If there is a snowstorm, something I used to do is pour ice down my toilet,” Gabi Sommer ‘27 said. “It is something I’ve done to try to get a snow day before.”
Over the years, snow day traditions have slowly caught on. Hopeful students are doing anything to get a snow day. These traditions can go as far as pouring ice down your toilet, putting a spoon under your pillow, or putting a white crayon in the freezer, and the list goes on.
“I used to wear my shirt inside out when I was younger to try and get a snow day.” Greta Van Steenberg ‘27 said when asked about her go-to snow day ritual.
Recently, BVSD has been issuing two-hour delays instead of full snow days.
“Two-hour delays are stupid because why should we delay the school day and shorten our classes when we could just have the whole school day off?” Leah Franke ‘27 said when asked about her opinion on the delays. “I can also never get anything done on delay days because I am just mad that it wasn’t a snow day.”
Students have upped their snow day traditions in the hopes of a full-day break instead of just a delay. Even if the chances of these snow day rituals working are very low, some students continue to keep the traditions alive. So next time you see that there’s a snowstorm in the weather forecast, try one of these rituals and see what happens.