Thread:Churchpants/@comment-4021402-20120128213002/@comment-2219055-20120314145502

Breaks vary with which holiday is being celebrated and where you live in America. For instance, I started school this year in mid-to-late January. My spring break is a week long. I finish my semester in May, and I have summer break until late August. But my brother started his semester a week earlier than me, and he starts his next semester the first week of September.

Public schools have days off on Jewish holidays like Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. Thanksgiving break is on the third or fourth Thursday and Friday of November. Christmas break varies with where you go to school. But it usually lasts from December 22nd until January 3rd or 4th, depending on where you live (mine lasts a few weeks longer). We also have Memorial Day, which is on the last Monday in May, and is meant to celebrate the bravery of our troops that fought for us in past and present wars. And 4th of July, which celebrates the time when America became an independent nation. Since it's during the summer, there's no school anyway, but it's still a nationally recognized holiday.

/csb