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I've always been curious about schools throughout the US and other countries and the various spring break weeks off. I know March/April is generally the time in the US but I was curious what weeks everyone's spring breaks are?
I live in west Michigan and the districts around here have spring break the first week of April...sometimes the last few days of March get thrown in there as well.
Australia has 4 school terms per year (each year starting in Jan).
First break is around Easter - public hols and the following week.
Mid year break is around July and is three weeks long.
"Spring" break is around Sept and is two weeks long.
End of school is around mid-Dec (one week earlier for private schools) and lasts for 6-7 weeks until the end of January.
There are 7 states/territories and they all choose their own exact dates for holidays. Generally they overlap at Christmas but the others are within a week or so of each other which makes travelling interstate easy during non-Christmas vacations.
Ohio differes by region and individual districts. My school doesn't get a true Spring Break- just Good Friday and Holy Monday this year because Easter falls during the state testing window and we get out in May.
My husband's district always has either the week before or after Easter, so his break floats each year.
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Our "Spring" break is usally like the 3rd week in April. I guess if you want to be technical, we get two winter breaks as well. Christmas Break isn't called that anymore as to not offend the Jewish people in the community (which now is large enough to give the ones in September and October off) and we get one in February - again something like the 3rd week. The kids here are in school until mid June and go back right before Labor Day.
In Toronto, Canada we have July and August off for the summer with school starting the tuesday after Labour Day fr elementary schools and High Schools. Then we haven two weeks off for christmas break that roughly start either the week or day before christmas depending on when it falls on the cander. Then back in January about a week after New Years Day. Then we have a break in March that usually falls around the 17th of March that is a week long. The Colleges and Universities all have different schedules of their own though.
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We always have the last week of April into May for spring break, last week of February into March for winter, When my kids were in school in was the entire state but now some schools do the week before. Actually it's great timing, later than most and not usually crowded.
We have Good Friday off but that's all for Easter.
We have President's Week off in February (a throwback to the energy crisis of the late 70's-- it didn't make sense to close the schools and then reheat them twice in one week.)
Then it gets a bit confusing. Spring break needs to accommodate both Christians (Good Friday, usually Easter Monday) and Jews (Passover.) If they both happen at the same time, great. If not, it requires some juggling that's handled differently from one district to the next.
Our Spring Break is the last week of March. We don't have mid-winter breaks here in Colorado. We have Winter Break in December, Spring Break in March (each district picks their own dates) and then schools are out around Memorial Day.
In the greater Milwaukee area, we are almost always off starting Good Friday and the week of Easter, regardless of where it falls in the calendar. Exceptions being....
BUT if Easter falls later into April, then the schools might make spring break the week before Easter.
OR if Easter is really late into April (like when it's around the 25th or so), then we usually get off the last week of March for spring break, and then Easter Monday too.
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I am not sure how much I would plan to avoid spring breaks. My three never had the same week when they were in college (fortunately, I only had 2 in at a time).
IIRC, colleges tend to have March Spring breaks. While crowds tend to not be as high as with younger kids, many college students are not there for just nice, clean fun and night life can be buzy.
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