Whether you’re an athlete exempt from KW or an upperclassman getting by on the minimum required credits, it’s common to find yourself with a full, free block at New Trier. But with over an hour with nowhere to be, how can a student know what best to spend their time doing? We’ve interviewed various Trevians around the Winnetka campus and observed them in their natural environment to gain a better understanding of what goes on during free periods. Below we have compiled a list of the top 10 best ways to make the most of your 85 minutes. 

1. Conduct an intricate art heist in the 3rd floor gallery and leave no witnesses.
2. Memorize the New Trier fight song, even though you will never need it.
3. Craft a spear out of rulers and a thumbtack for elf hunting in the basement.
4. Pay a visit to the Physics teacher you didn’t like; refuse to leave his classroom until he remembers you.
5. Get stir fry from the cafeteria (No, you will not finish eating it before class).
6. Gaze wistfully upon New Trier from a 4th floor balcony.
7. Make a botanical vapor apparatus in the glass art room, claim it as performance art.
8. Stage (and accomplish) a mass jailbreak on the ongoing detention.
9. Begin an essay, rewrite it, delete it, then decide you “work better under pressure” and go back to TikTok.
10. Begin digging a tunnel to the outside world after watching Shawshank in Lit & Film last period.