E-Day: Yay or nay?
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Students got cozy and did their eDay work at home.
Each winter, Carlisle frequently faces snowstorms that result in school cancellations. Adding up quickly, snow days can result in the shortening of vacations throughout the school year.
However, CASD implemented a new alternative into the curriculum. On April 6, students from all levels of the district, K-12, stayed home yet were still counted as attending school.
Students were given assignments during the previous week due the Thursday after Spring Break and received their teacher’s office hours as well.
Related: Are eDays a snow day solution? (Editorial)
Once classes resumed as normal the following day, the E-Day was met with mixed reviews.
Junior Faith Dooghan believes CASD should continue having E-Days, but “teachers mainly assigned busy work that had nothing to do with what we were doing in class.”
Sophomore Weston Sheaffer said having an E-Day was “more fun, comfortable, and convenient” by allowing him “to stay at home and…work at my own pace.”
Similarly, McGowan math teacher David Bigelow viewed it as a positive experience because “it was great to have the extra day at home.”
Additionally, he said it was an excellent opportunity “to assign unit review for an upcoming test.”
Bigelow’s only hope for improvement is that students will contact their teachers more if they have questions regarding assignments.
Related: Not just a coin flip: understanding the process of calling snow days and delays
The CASD administration hopes to make the most out of our school year. Many do not argue against a day that allows you to wear pajamas at home and still go through school days.
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Madi Clepper • Sep 24, 2015 at 8:22 am
I liked the idea of E-day because teachers gave you assignments in advanced so you could get them done instead of waiting till the actual e-day to do all work for your 7 classes. so its basically how well you used your own time. I got everything done that I could right away so I didn’t have to worry about it
Bailey Chambers • May 12, 2015 at 10:10 am
To be honest I would have rather gone to school than have an e-day. Most of the work was busy-work and completely unrelated to our current classwork. We should have just had another makeup day during spring break.
Logan Redcay • May 7, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Nay, The E-day was a waste of time. The assignments didn’t teach the subject matter that the classes taught and most assignments had no connection to the current unit.
Dean Zagorica • May 6, 2015 at 6:11 pm
Nay, I believe that E-days are a joke. I did not like the E-day that we experimented with, and I believe I am not the only one that feels this way. Most assignments given to students were not even class related. Personally, I did not do a single assignment given to me to complete on E-day. I mean after all, you are given three more days afterwards to complete the assignment. Also as an individual it is much easier for me to complete work inside the classroom than out.
Cassie Hageman • May 4, 2015 at 10:36 am
I personally did not like E-day. I felt like it was more work than an actual school day and would have rather just gone to school. Although I can see the benefits of not actually having to get up early and go to school I thought it was busy work and pointless for what we were actually doing in school.
Julia Pantleo • Apr 28, 2015 at 8:11 pm
I agree that the eday mainly consisted of busywork, but it also seemed like more work than I am typically given in the normal school day, in some cases. I feel it was a good thing, but that it needs to be refined.
Leanza Lopez • May 21, 2015 at 12:21 pm
I completely agree with your statement. It felt like I had all the normal homework I have over the weekends and all the e-day work on top of that. Also, the e-day work took me more time than a normal class period. I felt very disorganized and overwhelmed with all the miscellaneous assignments I had to deal with for e-day and other homework.
Madeline Winn • Apr 27, 2015 at 12:51 pm
I see the benefits of having e-days, but was not a huge fan of the last one myself. I felt that most of the work that students were given to take home was either “busywork” or simply off topic from what was happening in class. Even so, I think that it is good to have an alternative type of make up day in store for those winters where it seems there are nothing but snow days.