Spring Break

Erika Short
News Editor

As the weather and seasons start to transition from the harsh cold snowy winters to the warm sunny days it brings spring. Spring can be one of the best times during the whole school year because it brings spring break. Spring break for some students can mean vacation, hanging out with friends, no school for a week, sleeping in or simply doing whatever they want since they do not have to attend school. This year spring break for Rangeview students will be from March 29th- April 2nd.
There are so many things that one can do over break, but the question is what is it that they can do without spending too much? Well with careful planning and thinking you will come to find that there are many local area activities that you can do that are in Aurora or a couple miles away.
If you are an adventurous outdoors person you can go to the mountains and hit the slopes. You can also just go for a hike if you are not too into snowboarding or skiing. Another thing that you can do if you do not feel like hiking, snowboarding or skiing you can just simply take a drive through the mountains and have a picnic by a river or some other scenic area.
Another mountain adventure that you can go on is a camping trip. This is a great idea for a family or even a group trip with a bunch of friends. Not only can you guys enjoy the company of each other but you can explore the wilderness, climb mountains, roast marshmallows by the camp fire and just have a good time.
For those who are more into science and learning you can take a trip down to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. While at the museum check out all the exhibits, planetariums, and you can even go watch a video on the big I-Max screen. For those that are not into science or prefer art you can take a trip to Downtown Denver and visit the art museum. At the art museum there are many different types of artwork you can admire and enjoy. If you are still a kid at heart or have younger siblings or cousins that you have to baby-sit over break you can take them to the Children’s Museum which is located near Elitch Gardens.
If you are more of a simple kind of person who is pretty much open to doing anything you can get a group of friends or people together and go bowling. Bowling is not the only indoor activity that you can do that is fun, cheap and exciting you can also go to the roller skating at Skate City; go to the movies, go play laser tag, or the mall. Most of these ideas of things to do over break are affordable and cheap and also will not put a hole into your wallet.
One suggestion for those who are all about social networking is that over break maybe you can take into consideration of getting yourself away from your computer and actually making your break worthwhile. By removing yourself from the internet for a couple days or a week will not kill you. It is better to get out and enjoy the time away from school that you have while you can before time flies past you and it is back to hitting the books.
If all else fails and you think there is absolutely nothing to do over spring break that you have not done a million times already get your friends or family together have a bar-b-que and hangout. When you think about it, it really is not about all the cool things you do over break that makes it fun it is the people you spend it with that will make the experience better than it would have been alone.