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snow

after 10.5 inches of snow covered Omaha, we charged whiteout conditions,
screaming down slopes and d wning hot chocolate, shouting for snowdays.

Students waited anxiously near their ation.
televisions for the ticker tape to scroll; "On the first day, it was far too risky to
hoping that their beloved school district adventure out of the house in my car, so
would call the following day quits. Mean- I stayed at home and enjoyed Keeping
while, snow blanketed every surface Up With the Kardashians all alone. It was
outside their windows. splendid," junior Megan O'Leary said.
When the announcement was made, Although the cancellations didn't pile on
ecstatic Facebook statuses surged the like last years, the district had two double
website, and plans were made for the snow days that consequently pushed the
snowy day ahead, one of which was sled- end of the school year to June 1st, leav-
ding, a snow day classic. ing students moaning and seniors cheer-
"I went sledding with Layne (Garrelts) ing.
and her little brother. We raced, and I "I love that seniors don't get the days
sucked and lost every time. But I mean added and also get to miss school! That
I've never experienced snow until I moved sucks for the other grades though ," senior
here from Florida, so I'm not a pro at this Mark Ottoson said .
yet," sophomore Ali McCarthy said. Despite the extension of school, stu-
For some students, though, venturing dents enjoyed having the double snow-
out into the blizzard was less than desir- days, whether students bundled up in
able. Instead, many took it easy at home their snow gear, or shied away from the
and took advantage of their day of relax- cold.

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Junior Alyssa Holt and freshman Bryant
Holt speed down their favorite slope to
celebrate the third snow of the season. "The
very second that Millard came up on the
snow day list, me and my family loaded up
the sleds and night-sledded!" Alyssa said .
photo by Courtnm;~;
Juniors Jordan Pollock, Kelsey Kalinski,
and Bridget van Beaumont converse and
joke around as they meander down the
trails behind Bent Creek. "We're just three
typical teenagers recreating as many statues .. .
as possible, one day at a time;' van Beau-
mont said. photo by Kelly Kuwitzky

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