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He was a Revolutionary War officer from Poland. We learned about him, but not very in-depth.
Odd reasons for school being closed?
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He was a Revolutionary War officer from Poland. We learned about him, but not very in-depth.
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He was sort of a Polish "marquis de Lafayette" when it came to assisting Washington and the Continental Army against the British.
Los Angels:
Cesar E. Chavez Day Observed
http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/d...N/2 ALTERNATE EARLY START CALENDARS_FINAL.PDF
Las Vegas:
Nevada Day
http://ccsd.net/news/calendar/pdf/Important Dates Calendar.pdf
Washington DC:
Emancipation Day
http://www.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downlo...ents/DCPS-2010-2011-School-Calendar-Final.pdf
These are a few I found. I just googled - (insert city's name) school district 2010-2011 calendar to find all of these.
Cesar E. Chavez Day Observed
http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/d...N/2 ALTERNATE EARLY START CALENDARS_FINAL.PDF
Las Vegas:
Nevada Day
http://ccsd.net/news/calendar/pdf/Important Dates Calendar.pdf
Washington DC:
Emancipation Day
http://www.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downlo...ents/DCPS-2010-2011-School-Calendar-Final.pdf
These are a few I found. I just googled - (insert city's name) school district 2010-2011 calendar to find all of these.
My kids are off the rest of this week (w-f) for a yearly teacher convention thing and then again next friday for conferences. Not exactly weird, but considering we've only been in school just over a month, the timing is always kind of funny.
But I have a 5 day weekend with my kids, so I'm not complaining! lol
When we first moved here, my younger two had a whole week off at halloween time (the only school in the district) because of a weekend fire at their school. It was only going to be for a day or two, and then stretched into a whole week because of all the smoke damage.
But I have a 5 day weekend with my kids, so I'm not complaining! lol
When we first moved here, my younger two had a whole week off at halloween time (the only school in the district) because of a weekend fire at their school. It was only going to be for a day or two, and then stretched into a whole week because of all the smoke damage.
They still do but now it's combined with the April Vacation week.
That is an odd thing about New England instead of one spring break, most schools get a Mid Winter Vacation (February - President's Day Week) and Spring Vacation (April - Patriot's Day Week).
Our school has District Curriculum Reconciliation Day - It's the Tuesday after Columbus Day. So, my kids had a four day weekend this weekend.
my son's school closes every friday at noon, and once per month closes on a wednesday, not reopening until the following monday morning. this is a commonality among seventh day advistist schools because-
fridays: the sda sabbath begins at sunset on friday, the friday early dismissal is to faciliate the students getting home in order to take care of all their end of the week "work" which is supposed to not be done from sunset friday to sunset saturday.
noon wednesday-friday: sda highschools are primarily boarding schools, so the once per month 'home leave' is to facilitate a family time at home for boarding students (and those boarding schools who are associated with day elementary schools often have siblings in both, so the elementary schools follow the practice to further facilitate family time).
you can find allot of information on what is truly a CULTURAL influence on school calendars if you look to old archives of the napa valley register on-line. several years ago there was a huge battle when the napa (california) schools extended their school year calendar in order to make "winter break" (read-christmas vacation) 3 weeks instead of 2. the reason was because napa has a large hispanic population whose cultural norm was to visit family in mexico over christmas break. these were once a year trips and the norm was that the bulk of the kids would end up absent the week following christmas break. the schools funding depends on student attendance, their testing performance depends on students learning the skills/knowledge taught in the classroom, so-the schools opted to just make that vacation 3 weeks long to ensure maximum school attendance in the new year.
fridays: the sda sabbath begins at sunset on friday, the friday early dismissal is to faciliate the students getting home in order to take care of all their end of the week "work" which is supposed to not be done from sunset friday to sunset saturday.
noon wednesday-friday: sda highschools are primarily boarding schools, so the once per month 'home leave' is to facilitate a family time at home for boarding students (and those boarding schools who are associated with day elementary schools often have siblings in both, so the elementary schools follow the practice to further facilitate family time).
you can find allot of information on what is truly a CULTURAL influence on school calendars if you look to old archives of the napa valley register on-line. several years ago there was a huge battle when the napa (california) schools extended their school year calendar in order to make "winter break" (read-christmas vacation) 3 weeks instead of 2. the reason was because napa has a large hispanic population whose cultural norm was to visit family in mexico over christmas break. these were once a year trips and the norm was that the bulk of the kids would end up absent the week following christmas break. the schools funding depends on student attendance, their testing performance depends on students learning the skills/knowledge taught in the classroom, so-the schools opted to just make that vacation 3 weeks long to ensure maximum school attendance in the new year.
Out on the West Coast we never got Columbus Day off, but I know back East this is fairly common.
DH grew up in an upscale area and they got a week off in February that was called 'ski week'.
We had school closed for Earthquakes before, but that's the only 'weather' related issue we'd ever have. No snow days in Southern California!
Teacher's In-Service days are common. Some districts combine them so they are all over a week. I know Utah, Oregon, and Arizona have these because Disneyland gets flooded with them!
DH grew up in an upscale area and they got a week off in February that was called 'ski week'.
We had school closed for Earthquakes before, but that's the only 'weather' related issue we'd ever have. No snow days in Southern California!
Teacher's In-Service days are common. Some districts combine them so they are all over a week. I know Utah, Oregon, and Arizona have these because Disneyland gets flooded with them!
thought of another one-
ds gets 4 or 5 mondays between january and february off for "ski days". the school does group trips to the local ski resort and justifies it as a school day by saying it's part of the p.e. program, but since it's pay for participation and they can't force students/parents to participate that's b.s. because it's not factored into the kid's p.e. grade.
ds does not ski so we just view them as long weekends.
ds gets 4 or 5 mondays between january and february off for "ski days". the school does group trips to the local ski resort and justifies it as a school day by saying it's part of the p.e. program, but since it's pay for participation and they can't force students/parents to participate that's b.s. because it's not factored into the kid's p.e. grade.
ds does not ski so we just view them as long weekends.
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Well since everyone already told who Casimir Pulaski was I won't go into that.
San Antonio area schools get off San Jacinto Day in April. The actual date is the 21st but they usually get the Friday off which is the Fiesta Battle of the Flowers Parade day. 2011 is messed up because San Jacinto friday coincides with Good Friday and they didn't want to do the parade on Good Friday so they moved the Fiesta dates.
San Antonio area schools get off San Jacinto Day in April. The actual date is the 21st but they usually get the Friday off which is the Fiesta Battle of the Flowers Parade day. 2011 is messed up because San Jacinto friday coincides with Good Friday and they didn't want to do the parade on Good Friday so they moved the Fiesta dates.
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In the early 80's - 90s there were some mountian district that had four 10-hour days with either Monday or Friday off. They did this so that the districts could save money on bussing, electricity, etc. The allowed the kids who did ski and competed to have the extra day to practice or race. As a result, many thought it was a ski day when in reality it was the way the districts saved money.
I'm not sure if districts still do this. However, I do know that some districts in rurual Colorado have gone to a 4 day week in order to save money. Colorado does not have a set amount of days students have to be in school, but rather they have a mandatory amount of minutes students must attend in the school year. By extending the school day to 10 hours the schools can still meet the requirement.
About a month after Coumbine happened in 1999, our superintendent decided we needed a mental health day. We had not had a snow day in a few years so he gave us a day off. It was the best thing ever for not only the teachers, but the kids as well. Emotions and stress was a mile high here!
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Boston schools are closed for evacuation day which coincidently is also St. Patrick's day
I bet the adults would be happier if they got the day AFTER St. Patrick's day off!
I live in NJ and the kids get the first thurs and fri in NOv off for 'state teacher conference' but i don't know any teacher's that attend.
We also do ahve a feb and april break. One is Winter break and the other is spring break.
I grew up in MA and we always got Patriot's Day off. It was a big surprise when i didn't have it off at my NY college and my daughter did not get it off either. The marathon is usually the monday of april break and i always considered it "marathon day"
lara
We also do ahve a feb and april break. One is Winter break and the other is spring break.
I grew up in MA and we always got Patriot's Day off. It was a big surprise when i didn't have it off at my NY college and my daughter did not get it off either. The marathon is usually the monday of april break and i always considered it "marathon day"
lara
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NH had Fast day until they changed the name to Civil rights day.
The unique and quirky New Hampshire holiday called Fast Day no longer legally exists. In 1991 the New Hampshire legislature abolished Fast Day in favor of creating a new holiday, Civil Rights Day (Chapter 206, Laws of 1991). The legislature, quite properly, wanted to honor civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, but it was "...not the intent of the general court...to create an additional paid holiday for state employees." Therefore the archaic Fast Day was abolished.
Fast days were a common occurrence in the early days of the colonies. These were days of public humiliation, fasting and prayer proclaimed by the royal governors of the colonies to avert or repent for calamities such as plagues, earthquakes, crop failures, etc. Fast days were generally held before the spring planting, and a thanksgiving day was held after the harvest. Fast days were celebrated with a sermon, abstinence from secular pursuits, and at least partial abstinence from eating. Cotton Mather wrote "We may not eat or drink so much, nor may we eat or drink so well, on such a day, as at another time.".
The earliest known fast day proclamation was in Boston on September 8, 1670. New Hampshires first recorded proclamation of a fast day was in early 1680. The President and Council of the Province of New Hampshire issued a document in February 1680 that called for a meeting of the General Assembly for March 16th. They appointed February 26th as a "day of humiliation" to ask God to "bless us with peace & prosperitie", favor the upcoming meeting and to "favor spring & seede time". People were cautioned to abstain from work and attend church (Provincial Papers of New Hampshire, vol. XIX).
John Cutt, President of the Council that declared this day of humiliation, became the reason for a day of "public fasting and prayer." Cutt was born in England in 1613, emigrated to the colonies in 1646, and became a prosperous merchant in Portsmouth. On January 1, 1680 New Hampshire, previously under the wing of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, became a royal colony with a separate government. This government consisted of an appointed council of 9 men with a president (John Cutt), and an assembly of representatives from the towns. However, the elderly Cutt fell ill, and on March 1, 1681 the Council and General Assembly designated the 17th of March 1681 "A day of public fasting and prayer." They felt that Cutts illness and the recent sighting of a comet were signs of "divine displeasure." The day of fasting and prayer was unsuccessful and John Cutt died on April 1, 1681.
Despite this lack of success, the colonists continued to observe fast days on a regular basis. However, by the late 1800s the observance of a fast day had lost much of its original religious meaning. There was therefore a push by most state legislatures to abolish this holiday. In 1894 Massachusetts abolished Fast Day and substituted Patriots Day. Maine soon followed suit. In 1897, Governor Ramsdell of New Hampshire urged the legislature, who annually proclaimed a Fast Day on various dates, to totally abolish the holiday. Instead the legislature passed an act in 1899 making Fast Day a legal holiday (Chapter 11, Laws of 1899). The date was flexible.
It became the custom for the governor to designate the last Thursday in April as Fast Day. This continued until 1949 when the legislature established Fast Day as the 4th Monday in April (Chapter 270, Laws of 1949). New Hampshire continued as the sole state to have Fast Day as a legal holiday until 1991, when Fast Day fell to the new Civil Rights Day.
The unique and quirky New Hampshire holiday called Fast Day no longer legally exists. In 1991 the New Hampshire legislature abolished Fast Day in favor of creating a new holiday, Civil Rights Day (Chapter 206, Laws of 1991). The legislature, quite properly, wanted to honor civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, but it was "...not the intent of the general court...to create an additional paid holiday for state employees." Therefore the archaic Fast Day was abolished.
Fast days were a common occurrence in the early days of the colonies. These were days of public humiliation, fasting and prayer proclaimed by the royal governors of the colonies to avert or repent for calamities such as plagues, earthquakes, crop failures, etc. Fast days were generally held before the spring planting, and a thanksgiving day was held after the harvest. Fast days were celebrated with a sermon, abstinence from secular pursuits, and at least partial abstinence from eating. Cotton Mather wrote "We may not eat or drink so much, nor may we eat or drink so well, on such a day, as at another time.".
The earliest known fast day proclamation was in Boston on September 8, 1670. New Hampshires first recorded proclamation of a fast day was in early 1680. The President and Council of the Province of New Hampshire issued a document in February 1680 that called for a meeting of the General Assembly for March 16th. They appointed February 26th as a "day of humiliation" to ask God to "bless us with peace & prosperitie", favor the upcoming meeting and to "favor spring & seede time". People were cautioned to abstain from work and attend church (Provincial Papers of New Hampshire, vol. XIX).
John Cutt, President of the Council that declared this day of humiliation, became the reason for a day of "public fasting and prayer." Cutt was born in England in 1613, emigrated to the colonies in 1646, and became a prosperous merchant in Portsmouth. On January 1, 1680 New Hampshire, previously under the wing of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, became a royal colony with a separate government. This government consisted of an appointed council of 9 men with a president (John Cutt), and an assembly of representatives from the towns. However, the elderly Cutt fell ill, and on March 1, 1681 the Council and General Assembly designated the 17th of March 1681 "A day of public fasting and prayer." They felt that Cutts illness and the recent sighting of a comet were signs of "divine displeasure." The day of fasting and prayer was unsuccessful and John Cutt died on April 1, 1681.
Despite this lack of success, the colonists continued to observe fast days on a regular basis. However, by the late 1800s the observance of a fast day had lost much of its original religious meaning. There was therefore a push by most state legislatures to abolish this holiday. In 1894 Massachusetts abolished Fast Day and substituted Patriots Day. Maine soon followed suit. In 1897, Governor Ramsdell of New Hampshire urged the legislature, who annually proclaimed a Fast Day on various dates, to totally abolish the holiday. Instead the legislature passed an act in 1899 making Fast Day a legal holiday (Chapter 11, Laws of 1899). The date was flexible.
It became the custom for the governor to designate the last Thursday in April as Fast Day. This continued until 1949 when the legislature established Fast Day as the 4th Monday in April (Chapter 270, Laws of 1949). New Hampshire continued as the sole state to have Fast Day as a legal holiday until 1991, when Fast Day fell to the new Civil Rights Day.
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I work at a high school in the suburbs and I don't get Pulaski Day off, nor to my children that are at a private school.
This is really only in Chicago proper, in to recognize the 2nd largest Polish population outside of Warsaw
DH works for the state and they don't get that day off either, but the City of Chicago employee do. (he get Lincoln's b-day off)
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I know of two Catholic schools in my area that close for a week in order to set up for their big annual fundraiser...these events take place at the school and the classrooms/gym/auditorium are used for various purposes. Takes them a week to set up for a Friday/Saturday night event and then the rooms need to be completely cleaned up by Monday morning so the kids can come back... 
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In Hillsborough County FL, some schools get a day off for the FL State Fair, and the other schools in the Eastern part of the county get off for the Strawberry Festival in Plant City.
http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/info/calendars/
http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/info/calendars/
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