Every CHS student looks forward to time out of school. Even a normal two-day weekend is a great reprieve for some, so you can imagine how a twelve day break feels.

Even with the break stretching from December 23 to January 3, many students still question why we still have to go to school on those two days before break starts. Some ask what the point is, while others complain that teachers probably aren’t assigning work those days anyway.

Those two days can be useful though. Tests must be taken some time, and it’s better to take them before break. A lot of information can get lost in all those days off. With those two days before break, students have the entire weekend to study if they wish and can still take the test before the holiday break.

Teachers would suggest studying over the break to keep the information fresh, but what student wants to do work over a break? It’s break for a reason, not a time for school work. Even if you don’t celebrate the holidays, time off school usually isn’t spent on school work.

Cynthia Lupold, the assistant principal in the administration department, said, “Students must attend school for 180 days a year. So, it doesn’t really matter when those 180 days fall and it’s better to do them during the school year then tack it onto the end.”

Lupold also said, “You can be very productive in two days of school and there’s a lot of work that can be accomplished in two days.”

If we didn’t have these two days here, they would have been tacked on to the end of the year. This would have taken away from summer vacation. These days can be used to turn in any work you don’t want to leave until after break.

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