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  2. Summer vacation - Wikipedia

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    For the 8th grade, summer break starts a week earlier before everyone else, whereas for the 12th (day) and 13th grades (evening and reduced frequentation) it starts 2 weeks earlier. For students attending the technological branch of secondary education, as well as those attending vocational and post-secondary education (with a few exceptions ...

  3. Is it me or does summer break feel shorter than it used to be?

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    Either way, off to another school year; in my house that puts us in 8th grade, 2nd grade and 1st grade. Happy new school year to you and yours. Panama Jackson theGrio.com

  4. Summer learning loss - Wikipedia

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    Students score lower on standardised maths tests at the end of the summer, as compared to their own performance on the same tests at the beginning of summer. [11] This loss was most acute in factual and procedural learning such as mathematical computation, where an average setback of more than two months of grade-level equivalency was observed among both middle- and lower-class students.

  5. Kids are home for summer break, but when is it safe for them ...

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    Experts say there's no one right answer when it comes to deciding what age kids are OK to stay home alone. Instead, there are a few factors that should be considered.

  6. K–8 school - Wikipedia

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    The "lower academy" (elementary school) of the Coral Gables Preparatory Academy in Coral Gables, Florida The Rice School, Houston, Texas. K–8 schools, elementary-middle schools, or K–8 centers are schools in the United States that enroll students from kindergarten/pre-K (age 5–6) to 8th grade (up to age 14), combining the typical elementary school (K–5/6) and junior high or middle ...

  7. K–12 education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In addition, on the 2005 National Assessment of Education Progress, 4th and 8th-grade students scored as well or better in reading, science, and mathematics. [28] During high school, students (usually in 11th grade) may take one or more standardized tests depending on their post-secondary education preferences and their local graduation ...

  8. After 8th grader threw water on Blue Valley school board ...

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    Aaron Lundy and his friends in the eighth grade at Oxford Middle School in Overland Park have taken a keen interest in the upcoming Blue Valley school board elections, for one thing because they ...

  9. Year-round school in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Year-round school is the practice of having students attend school without the traditional summer vacation, which is believed to have been made necessary by agricultural practices in the past, the agrarian school calendar consisted of a short winter and a short summer could help with planting in the spring and harvest in the fall. In cities ...