And we had to walk miles to school in a snow storm, uphill both ways!

 

Two things are apparent from the February 1971 Oshawa Times article. First was that high school students were not given snow days or early dismissal. Secondly OCHS was not considered part of the five Oshawa high school according to the Times editorial office. I suppose that was because grades 11 to 13 were considered private, not public schooling.

Ahh but we were tough in those days. We even had a Winter Carnival to celebrate winter. It seems that the cold, ice snow and winter conditions were mere piffles that didn't occupy much worry space in our brains in those halcyon teen years of ours.