It is commonly held the school day following
senior prom, the Monday after the
Super Bowl, on
Halloween, or other holidays on which students are not given the day off from school, or after another large event. Often, students will gather at an alternate location during skip day. School administration reactions can vary greatly in response to Skip Day. Some schools openly encourage the practice, helping the students pick a day to take off and advising teachers not to schedule exams on that day. There is no generally agreed-upon beginning to the tradition, but there are records of skip days as far back as the 1930s. At
Caltech, "Ditch Day" has become an annual tradition. The occasion was also notably depicted in
Steven Spielberg's 2022 semi-autobiographical film
The Fabelmans, in which the protagonist
Sammy Fabelman films 16mm footage of his school's "Ditch Day" at the beach during a
montage sequence set to
James Darren's "
Goodbye Cruel World." This culminates in a short film that Sammy then edits, highlighting the events of that day, which is presented at his school's
prom. ==See also==