In a couple more weeks it’s going to be Christmas break. I’m looking forward to Christmas break because I get to sleep in and not have to wake up for school. I enjoy seeing the decorations outside of people's houses and their Christmas trees lit up in the windows. I love to spend the break time away from school with my family and friends. We tend to watch lots of Christmas movies while munching on snacks. This year however, I’m going to be a bit lonely without my dog Cyrus. We usually get him a toy, treats, and a tennis ball for Christmas. This year though we won’t be purchasing any of those items. Cyrus was always so excited and sniffed the treats we got for him right out. I’m really going to miss not having him around with his tail wagging
I wish it could snow in the summertime, but let’s get real, we all know that’s never going to happen. Did you know that the world record for the most snow fallen in one day, is ultimately 8 ft! This was a record for one continuous snowfall! This record was recorded in Silver Lake, Colorado. 40 miles west of Denver.
Do you remember getting oranges in your stockings for Christmas? Turns out, there’s history behind that.
After a long summer, the time has finally come for Sam and his classmates to return to school. Sam dreads going back to school, because he knows that the first weeks of school mean long, boring reviews. Despite the fact that Sam and his friends do not like to study topics they have already learned, they need to review because most students forget what they learned over the three-month break period. Many students can relate to Sam, wasting two weeks or more at the beginning of the school year. Parents, teachers, and students across the United States believe a better option exists that will waste less time. Many suggest the idea of a year-round school schedule. Almost all schools should adopt a year-round schedule because of the many advantages including higher academic
How time does a teacher need to get ready for a new school term? One day? No one would suggest that one day is enough time to close out one term and prepare for the next, but that is exactly what happens in some school districts that have year-round schedules. For years different districts have been experimenting with these schedules, and now even more are considering converting to year round schedule. For many reasons, schools should stay with the traditional schedule.
When we were younger many of us wished that during the school year there would be cancellations or early dismissals. If the school’s education system in our district uses the year round school schedule then children and teachers as well won't feel overwhelmed due to the lack of vacations the traditional school system has. Now, to answer the question fellow parents of children in Danbury and Danbury citizens there should be year round school for these reasons: avoids teacher and student burnout, students will be more prepared for the future, and test score increase.
Routine is an important part of people’s lives. School is a place where almost everyone routinely went to, which on average, consisted of going for about nine months and a three month break. The room forms of schedules that occur in year round schools are 45-15, 60-20, and 90-30 plans. The first number is how many days the students go to school before they acquire their official break which is the second number. The reason we have our school schedules set up the way they are now is because of the agrarian times when families needed help in the spring and summer with the farming of their crops. Ever since then, America
Over Christmas break 2017, I basically stayed locked up in my room the whole break playing video games. At the start of the break I would consistently played with my little brother until I got to my mother’s house where the Xbox was. Basically the whole time I was on the Xbox playing games. During the I didn’t really eat that much, I infrequently ate and when I did it was when my mom made me breakfast or dinner.
Spring Break is a time where you get to relax and spend time off from your teachers and classmates. The two things I liked was getting to spend time with my team and getting eighth place at a state meet.
‘‘Camp is one of the few institutions where young people experience and satisfy their need for physical activity, creative expression and true participation in a community environment’’ Says Dr. Scales. The traditional calendar is the best method of schooling because if students had year-round school they would have to pay more, there would be more people at vacation spots and, sadly students would have no summer camps.
During My 2017 Christmas Break, I chilled at home and watched TV. My sister and I watched Christmas movies on Hallmark and Freeform. We drank hot chocolate with marshmallows inside the cup and listened to Christmas music. My mom took us to the movies with my sister and boyfriend, we saw the new movie “Jumanji”.
Christmas marks the occassion for the manifestation of an abduandce of holiday office parties. When it comes to attending a Christmas party, you can take advantage of the party by having a good time and set the seeds to advance your career, or you can ruin your office reputation and stop your career dead in its tracks. As such, use this article as a guide when it comes to some things that you should and shouldnt do at a holiday office season.
"Time to get up, time to get up, let’s go let’s go,” yelled my nine-year-old cousin Kevin as he pulls off my warm blanket. The harsh cold of the Wisconsin Cabin wakes my 10 year old body up instantly. On any other day I would unleashed a fury of strikes to his chest that would leave him gasping for air, but on this occasion I gave him a pass. I leapt off of the top bunk bed with a grace and agility that is second only to members of the cat family. The cabin’s filled with radiant hues of red and orange from the dawning sun. The savory smell of honey glazed ham filled my lungs and my mouth began to water. Food is the last thing on my mind. My job was to assist my cousins with the daunting task of waking every single person in our 9 room cabin rental. It’s Christmas, but it won’t officially begin until EVERYONE’S present.
Grayce had to create a Christmas list for all of us family to gang up and figure out what to get for her. As it turns out, I haven’t seen my little sister, Grayce, in almost a full year, as well as, I haven’t been home in Colorado for Christmas in three years. It has been rough, and Grayce has been taking it the hardest. I live in Fort Myers, Florida and go to Florida Gulf Coast University. I left home to go to college in year 2010, it is now year 2013. Kyle, my older sister, also doesn’t live at home, in Colorado, but she goes home to visit much more than I do. My job and school prevent me from leaving the state very often and when I find out when I would be able to have off, the flights are too expensive or the timing doesn’t work out for the family. But this time it will. Nevertheless, Grayce made this Christmas list, and the only thing that was on there, in big bold colored and enthusiastic, was the word, “RYAN.” The only thing that she wanted for Christmas,
Emma, Marissa and I are in charge of the making the lefse. This has been our job ever since we were little girls, becoming experts through all our years of experience. My grandma makes the most amazing food and always has enough to feed us for a week. After we stuff ourselves full of delicious, lasagna, salads, and hot dishes all made with love and while the adults lean back comfortably in their chairs, us kids go put on our pajamas and troop downstairs to open our gifts. The most memorable gift would be the ring my grandma gave me that used to be my great-grandmothers who died a couple days after my grandma turned fifteen. My great-grandma loved to travel and had a great passion for fashion, so this circle of metal with a little diamond in the middle and a floral pattern surrounding it, had been bought in California and has been in the family since. “Bang, bang, bang!” A huge pounding comes from the front door. Dogs bark, adults grin, and we race to open the creaky door. Santa Claus, eyes twinkling, dressed in red with coal-black boots, and swinging a sack over his right shoulder, steps inside. He plops down heavily; ringing merry bells and passes them off to David, my brother, telling him seriously to keep ringing them so Rudolf won’t fly away without him. With wide eyes, little David shakes the bells with such rigor that if Rudolf was in the North Pole he would be able to hear them. We each take a turn perching on his knee, hesitant at first but then opening up and telling him our age and that, “yes we have been really, really, really good this year.” As Santa’s beard tickles our chin as we lean in close for a picture and his big belly shakes as he laughs at the same time as you start to giggle. Then he opens his sack and pulls out gifts wrapped in colorful paper for each of us. With a few cookies for the road, crumbs in his beard and a
Holidays are a celebration and an enjoyment of festivities. Although they are a commonality across the world, holidays differ between countries and cultures. But, what many do not realize is that holidays are ultimately ideology driven, that is that the group that celebrates these holidays follows a certain set of ideas and beliefs. Whether the ideology is religion based, or politically based, all holidays are centered around ideologies.