VANCOUVER – Temperatures in the Pacific Northwest are set to soar past the 20-degree mark Friday.
Normally that would be torture for youngsters stuck in classrooms, looking longingly at the sunshine beaming down on the playground equipment outside.
That’s not the case for students at one Washington state school.
Friday was declared a “Sun Day” for the students and the principal told the kids to stay home.
It’s usually during the winter months when students wait for bad weather to give them a break. This year there were no snow days at the Bellingham Christian School.
Principal Bob Sampson told Global News the school’s 205 students deserved a break after a lack of inclement weather the past few months.
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If parents couldn’t get the day off to spend time with their children, Sampson and another teacher were on site ready to catch some rays with those kids.
This year’s Sun Day was actually supposed to happen on Thursday, but it clouded over and the school cancellation was cancelled. Not surprisingly, the students were a little disappointed.
“One middle school girl said that she was in tears in the morning, along with her siblings,” Sampson said.
But those that were holding their breath got the good news via a message reading “School cancelled due to great weather! Wahoo!” posted on the school’s website last night.
Sampson gave the students one tedious task for their day off. They all have to take pictures of themselves enjoying the sun to show at the regular Monday morning assembly.
This is the second time BCS classes have been cancelled because the sun came out. The first time was in 2010.
Sampson said he hasn’t heard of any other schools in the area, about 150 kilometres north of Seattle, ever calling off classes for good weather. But, he’s hoping his school is starting a good trend.
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