Q&A: How do school terms and holidays work in America?
Question by Greg2001: How do school terms and holidays work in America?
I’m a humble Australian who goes through a school year who goes through 4 terms of about nine weeks (Jan-Apr, Apr-June, July-Sep, Oct-Dec) with two week holidays in April and July, a 3 week holiday in September and a 7 week holiday in December/January. How does it work in America?
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Answer by grainy33
Kids have a hard time going to school and actually listening. They get 3months off in summer and a week off every month remaining except they take December off also. The parents do not get vacations unless of course they are teachers
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In America school usually starts in early September and goes until early June. Then about three months off for summer (your winter, of course). We usually get a week or two off at Christmas/New Years’. Many schools have 4 quarters of 9 weeks each, but some schools use a trimester system with three tri’s of 12 weeks each. We get a day or two off for Easter, and a week of spring break, usually in March no matter where Easter falls that year.
Our school time is much more lumped together than yours, with the vacation all at once instead of spread throughout the year. Which would you like better?