You don’t need to go to Alaska or the Sahara to experience extreme temperatures; right here at Seabury there is a great diversity of climates.
Ms. Meyers’ room is widely known as the hottest classroom in the school. “[It is] the first [place] I have for class in the morning [and] the sun’s always coming in,” says Junior Elyse Hammann.
Eighth grader Gwenyth McDow thinks Mme. Buckner’s room, the neighboring room of Mrs. Meyers’ room, is also pretty hot. “I think [its temperature] is just like [the temperature] outside. I feel like it gets a lot of sun.” she says. But when asked to compare these two rooms, she thinks “Mrs. Meyer’s room would be hotter … because her windows are open [for] the sun [to] come [in] through.”
However, many people are fans of the Latin room for this very reason. Junior Eni Wintoki says, “Ms. Meyers’ room is probably the nicest, because there’s a big window [to] take in sunlight. There’s also AC, so it’s kind of like a nice mix of both.”
Seventh grader Zeke Kalbas thinks the choir room is pretty warm too. “Mrs. Lawrence’s room [gets] pretty hot [when] it has a lot of people in it [during classes], and the windows are very close [to us] … and the [choir room] AC was broken for the first few days [of this semester].” he says. The downstairs area seems to be the frostiest place at Seabury. Seventh grader Cy Colistra thinks the new science teacher Ms. Steinbacher’s room “is pretty cold.”
In the next hall, Dr. Eicher’s room is also considered to be frigid. “[It’s] usually the coldest. That’s why Dr. Eicher has blankets in her room. It’s so cold [because] she tries to make it cold for Ms. Bajorek.” says McDow.
However, Wintoki does not completely agree with McDow. “[Dr. Eicher’s room] is fine, but Ms. Bajorek’s [room] gets so hot … maybe it’s because of the angle of the sun or the orientation [of the classroom],” she comments.
Many people find the gym quite chilly too. “[The gym] has a lot of open space and ongoing AC,” says Kalbas.
Likewise, seventh grader Michael Liu also says that “the gym is cold if you are not warmed up.”
Faculty member Mrs. Schrader also provides some insights: “Dr. Schawang’s office [is probably crisp], because he likes it [that way].” When being asked about her own room, Mrs. Schrader says, “if I were a student, I would probably be cold. I’m teaching and I’m moving around so much. But I know that students have to sit a lot more, so I sympathize.”
Hammann agrees with Mrs Schrader. “Mr. Nelson and Mrs. Schrader’s room … are always the coldest, … [because they] have bigger space.”
When it comes to the nicest room, McDow says, “Ms. Massaro’s; it’s pretty nice. It is a pretty good temperature because she has it cold in her room, but she always has the windows open where the sun comes in. So it’s a good temperature.”
Colistra thinks that “Ms. Porter’s room [has] the perfect temperature for me.”
Similarly, Kalbas comments that for him, “Dr. Asher’s room … has a nice temperature.”
Some people notice the school temperature has been different.“Last year Mr. LaRocca’s room was really cold, [but] now it’s hot,” says Colistra.
It has changed for Mrs. Schrader because she switched rooms. “[When I was in Ms. Steinbacher’s room,] I had the control [of the thermostat], and I shared the thermostat with the room next to me. So I sometimes had it pretty warm, especially in the winter to make sure that [the] room was warm enough. But now I don’t have any control, so it’s a little bit different.” she says.
It seems like most people consider the school to be too cool in general. “It’s cold,” says Wintoki. “That’s why I am wearing a sweatshirt, [and] a lot of people wear sweatshirts [too].”
Hammann comments, “I feel like every year I always complain about it being cold, and it’s always really freezing.”
Mrs. Schrader agrees: “I wouldn’t mind it being a little bit warmer, but I don’t want to fall asleep either.”
But overall, students are content with the Seabury temperature; at least they think it could be worse: “[it’s] better than public school, ‘cause [in public school,] the AC is turned on all the time. It’s like a home AC, so it turns on and off,” says Liu.
