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February 5, 2026With recent winter weather leaving classes at home to learn virtually, students have been spending their snow days in different ways.
Seniors Courtney Lomoro and Catherine Parent had been stuck out of the classroom with the snow, but offered different perspectives on the days.
For Parent, the snow meant a streetcar ride to Scissortail Park for some community time with her mom’s childhood sleds. With a crowd of about 50 she said the snow brought people of all kinds.
“A bunch of people only have cardboard or plastic lids from buckets or tubs, and I was like, ‘this is simply not going to do,’ so I just started teaching everyone out there how to use our sleds,” Parent said.
As a seasoned sledder herself, Parent said she had a great time passing on her family’s yearly tradition.
“It was so fun,” Parent said. “Everyone there was so nice.”
Parent said she especially liked teaching older sledders how to use her unique sleds.
“They were so excited because they've never seen these sleds before because they're from 50 years ago,” Parent said.
With a park-wide snowball fight underway, the sledders drew News 9 to the area where Parent said they got a look at “community in action.”
“The snowball fight was really fun because a bunch of people clearly didn’t know each other, but would run up to each other and absolutely pelt them,” Parent said.
Also away from school due to weather, Lomoro said she had a different view on her snow days.
“You have that choice where you could go outside and play in it, but you could also stay inside and sit by the fire with a blanket and a warm cup of tea and read,” Lomoro said. “That’s perfect book weather.”
In addition to reading, Lomoro opted to relax and watch the “Twilight” series.
”I’ve watched the entire series,” Lomoro said.
Though the two differ in ideal snow day activities, they agree that the days at home can present some challenges in learning.
“I just think at home, I’m more relaxed and less likely to actually do stuff,” Lomoro said. “I’ve been procrastinating my government notes all morning, so I feel like because I’m at home, I’m not very worried about it and if I was at school and had the same assignment, I’d be more locked in.”
Parent agreed.
“I’m a procrastinator first and foremost, so it is more difficult for me to begin my work,” Parent said
Lomoro added that it can be difficult to learn new material while out of the classroom.
“I feel like it's just a lot of busy work, especially this year,” Lomoro said.
Though the days offer challenges with procrastination and busy work, both said they still enjoyed the time away from school.
“It’s been good,” Lomoro said. “It’s been nice to relax.”
Photo: Senior Courtney Lomoro. Photo provided.