Friday is the only week day off for students until April 25. From there, there’s not another day off until the Friday before Memorial Day on May 30. This is one of the longest, if not the longest, stretches to go without a break.

This is bad for students as we need a time to rest our brains and take a break for more than two days which is all the typical weekend provides. After all the exams and homework students have weekly, they need some time off. Without time off, students will begin to dread school even more.

If there aren’t enough student holidays built in to the school calendar, students could decide to take matters into their own hands and take their own personal days. But when this happens, students are missing valuable information that they will only have to spend extra time catching up on via tutorials. This could make things even worse as students will stress even more. Once that happens, things can snowball into an avalanche of stress that can make even the best of students shut down.  

But these built in days off aren’t just for the benefit of students. Teachers also have a lot of stress during this time frame as they have to prepare their classes for STARR dates, AP exams, and other end of the year projects. Teachers need a break as well as students in order to better prepare for classes and do what they can to ensure student success.

One day may not seem like it can make much of a difference but at this time of year it can be just what students and teachers need.