Advertisement But their carefree days officially ended today as classes resumed at most Coulee Region schools.
While many were disappointed to see their summer end, they were also excited to start the new year.
The Tribune caught up with a few students last week and asked them "What are you looking forward to this school year?"
Here are some responses:
"The start of the football season because it gets everyone together." — Hunter Lange, 15, Central High School sophomore
"I now have my license and will be able to drive to school so I won't have to get up when my parents get up." — Ben Korger, 16, Central High School junior
"... To be able to get back into the swing of things." — Alex Klos, 15, Central High School sophomore
"Classes and sports - that's all I look forward to." — Tabby Roh, 15, Central High School sophomore
"Seeing all my friends again." — Madeline Stoker, 12, Lincoln Middle School seventh-grader
"Seeing all my friends and meeting the new teachers." — Jordan Dittmer, 12, Lincoln Middle School seventh-grader
"The new playground." — Gracie Fredricksen, 5, Emerson Elementary School kindergartner
"Sports." — Sam Scheidt, 13, Aquinas Middle School seventh-grader
"Spending time with friends I couldn't see during the summer." — William Bonadurer, 12, Aquinas Middle School seventh grader
"Meeting new people." — John Bosshard, 11, Aquinas Middle School seventh-grader
"Meeting my teacher." — Ryan Scheidt, 9, Blessed Sacrament fourth-grader
"That I get to bring markers and glue sticks." — Anthony Wagner, 4, Emerson Elementary School preschooler
"I don't know. They havent told me what I'm going to be doing in school yet." — Allison Stotts, 5, La Crescent-Hokah (Minn.) Elementary School kindergartner
"Going back to gym class. And I also get to be in Boy Scouts in the fall." — Jack Oslund, 8, Eagle Bluff Elementary Sshool third-grader
"Seeing my friends again." — Emma Smerud, 10, Blessed Sacrament fifth-grader
"Having Mrs. Wieske, I guess. She's really, really nice." — Louise Haupert, 10, Blessed Sacrament fifth-grader
“Playing with my new friends and playing outside and having a snack and taking a nap.” — Grace Gyllander, 5, a kindergartner at St. Pat’s in Onalaska, Wis.
“Playing with my classmates and playing in my new school and having lunch in my own cafeteria.” — Lilly Gyllander, 5, a kindergartner at St. Pat’s in Onalaska, Wis.
“Learning new things.” — Mackinzie Schroeder, 7, Emerson Elementary School second-grader
“Seeing new friends.” — Gwen Schroeder, 5, Emerson Elementary School kindergartner
“Going to play at the playground.” — Chloe Martin, 5, Coulee Montessori kindergartner
“Playing at the playground.” — Mary Wagner, 5, Southern Bluffs Elementary School kindergartner
