Summer is here

by Ryan Hennigan

If one were to look up and down the school hallways, it would seem, as we approach the end of the school year, as if summer has made an early arrival. This is apparent as there has been an evident transformation of morale around the school that has most all its occupants acting differently. The same change seems to happen every year at about the same time, and it seems to have hit hard this year.
For some unexplained reason, at the end of the school year at a certain point the school atmosphere changes from gloomy to celebrative. Maybe this date is after Memorial Day long weekend, or perhaps preceding the final MCAS testing. The pattern seems to be that it starts around this time at a small level and gradually increases in level of happiness as the days unwind. Currently, Memorial Day has just passed and I have heard several teachers even boasting about the end of school and the arrival of summer.
“Ahhh, summer’s here, baby! No denying it,” proudly exclaimed Mr. Turley as he stretched out in joy.
And Mr. Turley is not the only teacher consumed in this near reality.
“Just a couple more days and it will be all over. It’ll be over sooner than we all think,” explained Ms. Saunders.
For whatever reason, a switch has been flicked and now we all seem to be on the easy cruise to the end of the year.