The last day of school before break is alway the most off-the-wall time for middle school kids. The feverish anticipation of a full three weeks without school adds a chaotic feeling.
But here, things are a bit different. Most of these kids are not thinking about trips to grandma's house, sledding, or building snowmen. There is no shed full of snowmobiles, or drilling holes in a frozen lake in the hopes of landing a giant slab crappie.
Instead, some of these kids will be heading to exotic locales like the Seychelles Islands, or Phuket, Thailand. Others will head to Paris or Egypt. That is the life of an international student. You get all this time off from school and the means to enjoy some pretty extraordinary places.
All of that anxious energy really doesn't translate into much academic progress so ASW has tried to temper what some would call a wasted day with unique educational opportunities called "mini-courses". Students choose 3 classes from a list of offerings such as tie-dying, making ginger-bread houses, ice-skating, or bowling. The editor of the Chronicle was fortunate enough to spend his morning at the water park supervising kids from the cozy warmth of the jacuzzi. As little orphan Annie says, "It's a hard knock life".
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