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I was curious how many vacations per school year kids get around the globe.
Here in Israel there is one vacation per religious holiday, most of them shorter than 3 days but Hanuka being an entire week, and Passover sometimes being 3 whole weeks. There is also a school break in independence day.
The big one, though, is a 2 months break in the summer, which separates every two school years.
So I basically have no idea how this works in other parts of the world. I know from watching American movies that there's a "spring break", which sounds like it coincides with the Passover break - about 2.5 weeks of vacation when spring starts. Other than that, I don't know anything about school breaks anywhere around the world, and I'm curious. The matter was brought to my attention when a newspaper article explained that kids around here have too many breaks from school, especially compared to other developed countries.
It seems that Polish free-of-school days follow similar pattern to Israel's ones. Two months of vacation in July and August (but June tends to be light month for classes not ending the school, taking matura exams and applying for studies). About a week on Christmas-New Year, sometimes a bit more depending on which days Christmas and NY are that particular year. There is about one week free of school on Easter. There is a winter break that separates first and second semester - it is usually at the end of January or start of February, I think. It was moved between years and at least for some time it fell on different periods of time for different regions. There are a few more days free spread through year on state holidays (but a few Christian holidays gained status of state holiday... Separation of church and state, right...).
Here's an example for the 2014/2015 Danish school year (start and end dates are included in the breaks):
(Summer holidays started on June 28 2014)
School starts on August 11 2014.
Fall holiday: Saturday October 11 - Sunday October 19 2014
Christmas break: Tuesday December 23 2014 - Sunday January 4 2015
Winter break: Saturday February 14 - Sunday February 22 2015
Easter break: Saturday March 28 - Monday April 6 2015
International Workers' Day: Friday May 1 2015
St. bededag/Great Prayer Day: Friday May 1 2015 (the date changes, it's not necessarily on May 1).
Kristi Himmelfart/Feast of the_Ascension: Thursday May 14 - Sunday May 17 2015
Pentecost/Whitsun: Saturday May 23 - Monday May 25 2015
Constitution Day: Friday June 5 2015
Summer holidays start: Saturday June 27 2015
Here is a fairly typical school schedule for the United States.
Major breaks at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and "Spring Break" as well as a handful of individual national holidays. The major break is about two and a half months in the summer (early June to late August).
Here in Chile, the standard breaks for schools goes as follows:
-Summer Vacations: From December 5/19 - March 3 (the exact start date depends on the type of establishment)
-Holy Week (Easter): April 18 - April 19
-Worker's Day: May 1
-Glories of the Navy: May 21
-St. Peter & St. Paul: June 29
-Day of the Virgin of Carmen: July 16
-Winter Vacations: July 14 - July 28
-Assumption of the Virgin: August 15
-Commemoration of the First National Assembly: September 18
-Glories of the Army: September 19
-Discovery of America/Columbus Day/Day of the Races/Encounter Between Two Worlds: October 12
-Day of the Evangelical and Protestant Churches: October 31
-All Saints Day: November 1
-Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin: December 8
There are a couple of additional school breaks in the regions of Arica (northernmost part of the country) and O'Higgins (south-central Chile) commemorating, respectively, the War of the Pacific (June 7) and the Birth of the Hero of the Fatherland (August 20).
Note that Christmas and New Year are both legal breaks, but for school kids both are already contained within their summer vacations.
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Kid answer: Not nearly enough!
Adult answer: Too damn many!
GentleGiant,
wow, August 11 is pretty early to start. I assume this has something to do with the fact that it's much colder in Denmark. I can't even imagine the prospect of trying to think in the middle of the summer here. Too damn hot.
Mid-August can still produce fairly high temperatures if we have an average and higher strength Summer.
So temperatures in the 30's (C)/high 80's (F) are possible. Not the same as Israeli Summer temperatures, but still hot.
Different States in Australia have different dates this is for NSW, I haven't included Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's Day as they are included in the summer/Christmas break.
Good Friday 18 Apr 2014
Easter Monday 21 Apr 2014
Anzac Day 25 Apr 2014
Labour Day 6 Oct 2014
School Holidays 12 Apr 2014 - 27 Apr 2014 Autumn break end of first term
School Holidays 28 Jun 2014 - 13 Jul 2014 Winter break
School Holidays 20 Sep 2014 - 6 Oct 2014 Spring break
School Holidays 20 Dec 2014 - 26 Jan 2015 Christmas/Summer break 6 weeks off for school 8 for University.
Remember that the Northern hemisphere is at the bottom of the planet and your seasons are back to front.
Different States in Australia have different dates this is for NSW, I haven't included Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's Day as they are included in the summer/Christmas break.
Good Friday 18 Apr 2014
Easter Monday 21 Apr 2014
Anzac Day 25 Apr 2014
Labour Day 6 Oct 2014School Holidays 12 Apr 2014 - 27 Apr 2014 Autumn break end of first term
School Holidays 28 Jun 2014 - 13 Jul 2014 Winter break
School Holidays 20 Sep 2014 - 6 Oct 2014 Spring break
School Holidays 20 Dec 2014 - 26 Jan 2015 Christmas/Summer break 6 weeks off for school 8 for University.Remember that the Northern hemisphere is at the bottom of the planet and your seasons are back to front.
I feel you. Those crazy northernhemispherians with their summers in the middle of the year!
KvdK you are in Chile from memory? From all accounts a beautiful country. One day I will get there.
Aye. We're neighbours from across the Pacific!
Here is a fairly typical school schedule for the United States.
Major breaks at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and "Spring Break" as well as a handful of individual national holidays. The major break is about two and a half months in the summer (early June to late August).
Given the international flavor of the OP's question, it bears pointing out that, here in 'Murica, every school year equals one single term of school. Crazy private schools might have semesters or trimesters, but the state funded schools pretty much just go year to year.
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School sucks.
Depends on whether it's high school or college. And then whether it's a vocational school (who often have trimester schedules) or university.
For my university (UW) we get summer break, 2 days for Thanksgiving, 4 full weeks for Winter Break and a week for Spring Break. Oh, and MLK day. Otherwise it's every damn day...*sob*
Also, in some places in the US they've gone to what they call year round school. I believe it operates by having the kids go for something like a month, than off for a week or two, then go for a month, then off for a week or two...etc.
Also, in some places in the US they've gone to what they call year round school. I believe it operates by having the kids go for something like a month, than off for a week or two, then go for a month, then off for a week or two...etc.
I've heard about this but yet to see it. How does it work?
Here's an example for the 2014/2015 Danish school year (start and end dates are included in the breaks):
To sum up, In Denmark there are roughly 200 school days in a typical year.
Growing up in Texas we had two months and change off for Summer (all June, all July, a week or two in August). Then Labor Day, Thanksgiving (usually 3 days off), two or three weeks for Christmas and New Year's, President's Day (I think?), a week for Spring Break usually in March, and then nothing else until Memorial Day (which sometimes we didn't get off school because Summer Break had already started).
Also, in some places in the US they've gone to what they call year round school. I believe it operates by having the kids go for something like a month, than off for a week or two, then go for a month, then off for a week or two...etc.I've heard about this but yet to see it. How does it work?
Pretty much like Grey said. The kids go to normal school for a number of weeks (varies from school to school) then take a week off. After two such breaks they get their first report card, then repeat. I think Christmas break remains the same three-week period (because of the travel involved for some people as well as the fact that Christmas and New Year's are crammed together there) but summer break pretty much ceases to exist, instead replaced by the spaced-out breaks through the year and Spring Break is just another off-week.
I think there's a slightly longer break somewhere in the summer that marks the end of the school year, a sort of downtime/reboot time for kids and parents to go shopping, get supplies, information, etc. and prepare to step up to the next grade. But it's still relatively small - two or three weeks compared to two months.
Growing up in Texas we had two months and change off for Summer (all June, all July, a week or two in August). Then Labor Day, Thanksgiving (usually 3 days off), two or three weeks for Christmas and New Year's, President's Day (I think?), a week for Spring Break usually in March, and then nothing else until Memorial Day (which sometimes we didn't get off school because Summer Break had already started).
Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well. Went to school in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX area.
Here's an example for the 2014/2015 Danish school year (start and end dates are included in the breaks):To sum up, In Denmark there are roughly 200 school days in a typical year.
Students in my area (Alaska) have 180 days of school. The breaks coincide roughly with those of everyone else--my wife is on spring break now. Too bad that doesn't exist in my industry. ;)
School starts in mid-August and ends in late May. I know some states are going to have extended school years because of all the snow days that have been missed this year. Fun times!
Growing up in Texas we had two months and change off for Summer (all June, all July, a week or two in August). Then Labor Day, Thanksgiving (usually 3 days off), two or three weeks for Christmas and New Year's, President's Day (I think?), a week for Spring Break usually in March, and then nothing else until Memorial Day (which sometimes we didn't get off school because Summer Break had already started).
While this used to be true here as well, the high school district recognized teacher burnout during the longer periods without holidays. As a result, each month now has some sort of 3-day weekend. December has Christmas vacation, April has Spring break.
Year-round school, which is a misnomer, is done at the elementary school districts. There are quarterly breaks with 2 weeks of vacation. Summer vacation is shortened by roughly 1 month. There are regularly scheduled 3-day weekends as well.
Growing up in Texas we had two months and change off for Summer (all June, all July, a week or two in August). Then Labor Day, Thanksgiving (usually 3 days off), two or three weeks for Christmas and New Year's, President's Day (I think?), a week for Spring Break usually in March, and then nothing else until Memorial Day (which sometimes we didn't get off school because Summer Break had already started).Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well. Went to school in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX area.
Derp, yes. Thanks.