![For the past three years, Parkway has administered high school finals after winter break, a practice that proves to be detrimental to the success as well as the mental health of students. With finals after break appearing to do more harm than good, the question of what changes can be made arises time and time again. “The pressure for finals is difficult, and to have that [pressure for] a few weeks because you're on [a] break can make you generally sad. It's a bummer in general. I wish [finals] were before break, so we [could] have a break to sleep, celebrate and not study. Everyone I've talked to about it is like 'yeah, finals sucks,' and I wish that wasn't a thing,” junior Meadow Kostial said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/decembereditorial-1200x963.jpg)
Post-break panic
Zoya Hasan, Keira Lang, and Pathfinder Editorial Board
• January 5, 2024
![Airplanes tend to delay or cancel flights due to freezing temperatures, snow, ice or thunderstorms. A severe snowstorm caused flight shortages on Dec. 21-26, impacting travelers like English ASC teacher Kristen Witt. “It was out of [everyone’s] control how the weather would turn out. They were doing the best they could [do], and the agent at the gate did a great job of keeping everybody informed about what was going on and kept us calm,” Witt said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Blue-Airplane-Illustration-Going-Away-Party-Facebook-Cover-4-900x507.jpg)
Taking on the Storm
Esta Kamau, Features/Humans of West Editor
• January 27, 2023
![Junior Zachary Schade sits in front of his family christmas tree while studying for finals. Schade thought that having finals after winter break caused unnecessary stress which makes it harder to enjoy the holidays. “I think finals after break forces students to study instead of enjoying what should be time with their family [away] from school,” Schade said. “It places an unpleasant cloud over the holiday experience and doesn’t allow a break before the start of a new semester.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/image1.jpg)
Final-ly Winter Break
Parkway Editorial Board
• December 31, 2021

QUIZ: Which Netflix show should you binge during winter break?
Zoe DeYoung, Staff Writer
• December 18, 2019

These movies are ‘snow’ joke
Sabrina Bohn, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• December 16, 2019

Ending hunger one holiday at a time
Madi Foppe, Staff Writer
• November 26, 2019

Students and teachers travel out of country during winter break
Gabby Leon, STAFF WRITER
• January 20, 2017

Short Winter Break causes upset among students
Emily Wind, Staff Writer
• January 19, 2016

Students find winter break unexciting, survey shows
Hannah Hoffmann, TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• January 10, 2016

The do’s and do not’s of winter break
Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• December 23, 2015