Why is it called long weekend if we had Saturday classes and only Monday off?

Ms. Pickrell, the Assistant Head of School, explained to The Willistonian the timing of the “long” weekend. Because of several factors, most notably AP tests and SATs, this is the only weekend the school could afford to give up a day.

“It is the APs and the SATs and that kind of dictates it,” Pickrell explained. “Both Passover and Easter fluctuate. [We] kind of look it as a break for students. Time for students and faculty to have rest and rejuvenation.”

“Next year the Spring Long Weekend will fall on a green week, and be aligned with Passover and Easter,” she added.

Because of the rotation of blue and green weeks this year, and the timing of the AP Tests — they begin the week of May 7 — it didn’t make sense, logistically, to give up a day which could be used for AP preparation.

Many students felt this long weekend felt like just a regular Blue week weekend; students don’t have enough time to see their families, which upset some.

Sophomore Ethan Agastoni celebrated his birthday this weekend and isn’t happy about the “misnamed” weekend.

“I would’ve liked a couple days off, but unfortunately we don’t have the Tuesday off,” he said. “I mean how is it a long weekend if it is only one day off with Saturday classes? Why can’t we just get Tuesday off to make it an actual long weekend?”

Senior Oliver Lawrence felt similar. Because it would be too short a time to travel to his home in Norwalk, Connecticut, he went to senior Jack Phelan’s house instead, in East Longmeadow.

“I think that this weekend is a fake long weekend,” Oliver said. “It is in place because the school promises one long weekend every trimester.”