February break timing prompts varying opinions
Mia Kirkorsky '24 and Caroline Zajac ’25
• February 27, 2024
![Siblings grow strong bonds when they are young and breaks from college allow them to reconnect.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/child.jpeg)
I miss my brother: life as temporary only child falls short to expectation
Hannah Salpeter ’25, Staff Writer
• December 18, 2023
![Gabriel McCray ’23 stays with his family at home during April break. Instead of traveling, they will provide each other with company through family activities.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-9.43.03-PM-900x677.png)
April offers restful break for community
Matthew Saw ’23, Staff Writer
• April 4, 2023
Students reflect on short-lived winter break
Tristan Gonzalez ’24 Staff Writer
• January 10, 2023
![Tristan Gonzalez ’24 packs notebooks in his suitcase so he can study for the midterms even whilst on vacation.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-9.36.11-AM-713x900.png)
Midterms’ quick commencement after break multiplies stress on students, disrupts their vacations
Tristan Gonzalez '24, Web Sports Editor
• January 3, 2023
![The overcrowding of multiple assessments immediately following April break has dropped an unfair overload of work on students in a short span of time and has caused an unhealthy amount of stress for students.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-03-at-5.05.58-PM.png)
A stressful time: finals, AP exams, honors societies and a cherry on top
Anna Diorio ’23, Broadcast Director
• May 3, 2022
![During February break, students resort to the beaches or the ski slopes for a moment of respite.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-03-at-9.34.15-AM.png)
Summer sands, ski slopes call to students on February break
Caroline Coffey ’22, Staff Writer
• March 3, 2022
![Haskell is the Senate Chairman of the joint Transportation Committee, Vice Chairman of the Government Administration & Elections Committee and serves on several other state committees.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-06-at-11.28.36-AM-700x900.jpeg)
Haskell seeks intermission from Senate position to begin law school
Mishael Gill ’23, Paper Managing Editor
• January 6, 2022
![Homework assigned over the holiday break forces students to focus on school assignments rather than festive activities like decorating a Christmas tree](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JpGXlp-LXRWD2NAu9z-nkzEoFccFZbJDs7_Z255wnagSKN-LFmEZqmRsJRQ2ZUWyZfCe6Mi8E0Uyw7UjaIMhTK7Sy8y84e6Fhbo22FpfEeSJaNASMJ64pKO9cNvZgo0YctRYKaCA-675x900.jpg)
Homework during the holidays puts damper on festivities
Audrey Kercher ’23, Breaking News Manager
• December 23, 2020
![Students prepare for the days of online learning to come.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image1-6-675x900.jpg)
Students utilize break for different activities
Rebecca Kanfer and Marlo Von der Ahe '20
• March 22, 2020
![For Westport students, Feb. break will take place the week of Feb. 17, and will last for a total of seven days. This break is considered to be a “no homework” break, where teachers are not advised to assign their classes with homework over the seven day break.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-03-at-7.12.48-PM.png)
There’s never too much of a break: Schools must preserve Feb. break
Izzy Sareen '22, Staff Writer
• March 3, 2020
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