Friday was a 'sun day' of sorts for the 205 students at Bellingham Christian School, a small, private, nondenominational Christian school in Bellingham, Washington, about 145 kilometers north of Seattle.

'School canceled due to great weather! Wahooo!' the school's website announced on Thursday night. 'Yeah! It's a Sun Day today and everyone gets the day off from school.'

Principal Bob Sampson said he wanted to give students some time to reenergize and enjoy the weather, adding that he wanted to recreate the excitement snow days get among the kids. He began teasing the possibility of giving the day off earlier in the week.

'In a world that's got a lot hard things going, it's fun to create a moment of joy,' Sampson said.

The forecast for Western Washington calls for a weekend of sunshine, with highs hitting the low 80s in some parts of the region on Sunday.

The sun day was also made possible because there weren't any days off because of snow this school year.

'Kids just love the anticipation of sitting around to see if school is canceled when it snows,' he said. 'You know, we haven't had any snow days, so I thought `how fun would it be to create that anticipation for kids when it's nice out?''

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