The San Dimas Saints discuss how the Christmas break benefits their mental health. Christmas break helps students by giving them time to relax and spend time with their families, reducing burnout. We have spoken with multiple students, including Emilia Khoudary (12), Mr. Black, and Jaxon Cooper (12), who discuss how the break helps them mentally and physically.
With the winter break approaching rapidly, Saints have begun to feel burnout as they hit the halfway mark on the school year. The break can provide many benefits to many, not only students but also teachers.
As she is looking forward to the break, Senior Emilia says “despite being in a stressful time I am looking forward to reading books as it allows me to be able to escape from reality and live through different perspectives and experiences that I read in different stories. This brings me to escape from reality and makes me feel productive without the stress of school.” Emilia’s perspective shows a healthy escape from school and the stress brought up on her from it.
Another person who is preparing for the upcoming break is English Teacher Mrs. Ruiz who thinks “it is a nice opportunity for people to have no stress for school related things for two weeks”. This gives students and teachers all around to rest and enjoy. While this may seem obvious, many students forget that teachers may need the break from the stress of school just as much as their students do.
Compared to the others, Senior Jaxon Cooper is “looking forward to Christmas Day and hanging out with my family. It will help me with my mental health because I will be off school and have no stress to finish my school work.”
Winter break brings opportunities in all kinds of different ways ranging from reading, relaxing watching tv or even more creative stuff such as arts and crafts. The break can bring families together as they celebrate the holidays creating new bonds, as they will start the next semester fresh with a blank sheet of grades marking a new beginning for the year and the semester.
