Spring Break?

It's quiet on the Father Ryan campus this week.



It's Spring Break.



Did we have "spring break" back when we were in school? I can't remember us calling it that? Can you?



Oh sure, we got a week out of school this time of year. But it was always the week after Easter, whenever that fell. And that could be anywhere from late March to the very end of April. Now Spring Break is always sometime around the middle of March, which educators feel give them a more consistent academic year.



Did anyone go on "spring break" trips back in our day? I can't remember doing it. Heck, a summer time vacation trip was what I remember living for.



When my daughters went to Ryan back in the middle to late 1990s, spring break trips were a big thing, to the point that the school every year used to send home a letter reminding parents and their students to try and remain on their best behavior while out of town.



The school itself would sometimes sponsor spring break trips. I remember one of my daughters going on a trip France during their week out of class.



So I guess maybe we missed out on a lot of that back in our day. But we sure had the music for spring break. I can't really say why, but to me, there is nothing like the music of The Beach Boys in a song like their hit, "Surfing U.S.A." to make me think about spring break, even if I've never been on a surfboard in California in my life....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU9-uY_32uA




Do have memories of Spring Break and Father Ryan or trips you took while you were in school? If so, share them below or send them to me e-mail, pat.nolan@dvl.com