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The term summer vacation or summer break refers to a school break in the summer between school years and the break in the school academic year. Students are off anywhere between two weeks to three and a half months. Depending on the country and district, staff might be partially or fully excluded.
Many families take extended holidays for two or three weeks or longer during summer. In Australia and New Zealand, summer begins on 1 December and ends on 28 February (29 February in leap years). In Chinese astronomy, summer starts on or around 5 May, with the jiéqì known as lìxià (立夏), i.e. "establishment of summer".
Following a two-week or three-week winter break, school resumes and lasts until early or mid-December, followed by 10–12 weeks of summer vacations. In addition, schools have a one-week-long break for National Holidays in mid-September.
Until 2011, the summer break ended on August 31, but in 2011 Israeli ministry of education decided to shorten the summer break by one week and the break now ends on August 26 as of 2012. [citation needed] In 2014, the old schedule was reinstated so that the summer break is back to August 31.
"In loving memory of my summer vacation." "Time to start knowing what day of the week it is." "The college dream: Having more than three cents in your bank account." "To-do list: stay awake in class."
Diagram of Earth's seasons as seen from the north. Far left: summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Front right: summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere. Although the summer solstice is the longest day of the year for that hemisphere, the dates of earliest sunrise and latest sunset vary by a few days. [8]
It’s not uncommon to have repeat offenders in the office, and it was real hard to surprise us after several summers of 150 campers a week all summer. Until year 3.
When planting snowdrops in the lawn for a naturalized look, refrain from mowing until the mature leaves can replenish the energy used for blooming. The soonest to mow is about six weeks after ...