Snow fell on Jan. 21 in North Carolina for the first time in over 2 years, canceling school across the state. Central regions like Raleigh got 1.5 inches of snow, and Northeast areas such as Kill Devil Hills got up to nine inches of snow. During February, snow fell again, blanketing Raleigh with 2.3 inches of snow. It was the largest single-day snowfall since Feb. 20, 2020.

When chances for snow were first announced during January, Sophomore Wyatt Cherico was skeptical; North Carolina’s weather patterns are quite inconsistent, and there have been times when snow was forecasted but ultimately didn’t fall.

“I was kind of doubtful, to be honest. Like, are we really though? Because there have been a few times where it said we were gonna have snow, then it didn’t stick, or it wasn’t snow and I was sad so I was kind of refusing to get my hopes up until I saw it sticking,” said Cherico.

However, it did stick, and the state got the first substantial amount of snow in quite a while. Needless to say, students, including Cherico, were delighted.

“I was really excited for hot chocolate and snowballs,” said Cherico.

However, with snow comes icy roads and therefore cancelled schools. The snow came at an unusual time and ended up slowing down the start of the 2nd semester, and extending students’ breaks after first semester finals.

“I was excited for second semester because I had some stuff I was gonna do with some friends once the semester started, but y’know, snow day, I’m not gonna complain [if school gets delayed],” said Cherico.

For science teacher Brayden Carty, the snow came at a good time, as the beginning of school was essentially pushed back, and ultimately didn’t change his schedule.

“If it had snowed after we had gotten started, it would’ve been a bigger issue,” said Carty.

Then, to the surprise and delight of many around Wake County, snow fell again throughout Feb. 19-20. School was canceled for the rest of the week, and combined with the teacher workday on Monday, students attended school a total of one day that week.

Cherico, who owns chickens, got to let them out to play in the snow.

“They went out, dug around in the snow, and went back in after a little while,” said Cherico.

However, due to the rare combination of two school cancellations during the span of a month, make-up days are in order. Former teacher workdays of March 14, April 7 and the second of May, which is the day Prom is on, are all now full school days.