Spring fever is running high

West Essex students are finally beginning to thaw out from the winter and get ready for the warmer weather months. The next few weeks have a lot in store, and kids are starting to feel the excitement while escaping from their cold weather fog.

Winter can feel like a lifetime. It’s cold, students have loads of work and after Christmas break there is not much to look forward to. Many find themselves wishing for warmer weather and others go crazy holed up inside. Winter is dark and overall boring which is why, as we start to see the beginning signs of spring, students are starting to lighten up.

“I am very excited because I hate winter,” sophomore Sam Spero said. “I hate being cold and spring just shows that summer is coming.”

One way students have kickstarted their spring fever is through spring sports. Track, lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball, are well into their seasons, and athletes are enjoying being back with their teams. Many have trained all winter for their spring activities and are glad to be back outside getting in some physical activity.

“The team has really come together and I am excited to see what we can do,” sophomore Michael Mathious said about the boys volleyball team. “We are definitely going to have fun and I’m ready to play our first game.”

Students enjoyed a relaxing Spring Break because they got the week off to relax with friends and family, take a vacation or just catch up on sleep.

“I didn’t go away, but I’m still just glad that I had a week just to relax and forget about all the work and tests I have coming up,” sophomore Julia Reif said.

No matter what it is that infects them, once a student catches spring fever their shift in attitude is automatically noticeable. Instead of dreary and blue, students are lively and genuinely happy as soon as they start to feel the warmer weather and can sense that summer is right around the corner. Spring symbolizes the final stretch of the year and is jam packed with fun privileges both in and out of school that give people the opportunity to enjoy themselves.

“Spring is my favorite,” freshman Nat Carnovale said, “ Everything is better when it’s warm and I am definitely ready for winter to end and spring to start, I think everybody else is too.”