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The cross-quarter days are four holidays falling in between the quarter days: Candlemas (2 February), May Day (1 May), Lammas (1 August), and All Hallows (1 November). At many schools, class terms would begin on the quarter days; for example, the autumn term would start on 29 September, and thus continues to be called the Michaelmas term ...
This quarter system was adopted by the oldest universities in the English-speaking world (Oxford, founded circa 1096, [1] and Cambridge, founded circa 1209 [2]). Over time, Cambridge dropped Trinity Term and renamed Hilary Term to Lent Term, and Oxford also dropped the original Trinity Term and renamed Easter Term as Trinity Term, thus establishing the three-term academic "quarter" year widely ...
Students attend classes and do relevant exams and homework during this time, which comprises school days (days where education occurs) and school holidays (when there is a break from education). The duration of school days, holidays and school year varies across the world. The days in the school year depend on the state or country.
In Kenya, for K-12 education, the calendar year starts in January and ends in November. The academic year is divided into 3 terms as follows: Term 1: Early January – Late March; Term 2: Early May – Late July; Term 3: Early September – Early/Mid November; April, August and December are usually school holidays.
Academic quarter only applies to time given in full hours, and the academic quarter can be removed by saying that the time is "on the dot" by adding the word "dot" ("prick" in Swedish) or an actual ".". E.g. 10 dot is 10:00. The dot removes one academic quarter, so in the evening time "on the dot" is written "dot dot" to remove both quarters.
Both potential CMS calendars have a 14-day winter break beginning for students Dec. 20, 2025 through Jan. 4, 2026, two days shorter than the 2024-25 school year and the same number of days as this ...
For companies on a calendar quarter, Q2 brings the all-important tax deadline for the prior year of April 15. It also includes the mid-point of the year, which is a great time to look both forward ...
The Celtic calendar is a compilation of pre-Christian Celtic systems of timekeeping, including the Gaulish Coligny calendar, used by Celtic countries to define the beginning and length of the day, the week, the month, the seasons, quarter days, and festivals.