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Holidays in US Schools

Holidays in US Schools. Vocabulary. L’ école primaire Le collège Le lycée Des vacances /le congé Jour d'Action de Grâces Noël Pâques. Elementary school (or grade school, or primary school) Junior high or middle school High school Vacation or break Thanksgiving Christmas Easter.

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Holidays in US Schools

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  1. Holidays in US Schools

  2. Vocabulary • L’ écoleprimaire • Le collège • Le lycée • Des vacances/le congé • Jour d'Action de Grâces • Noël • Pâques • Elementary school (or grade school, or primary school) • Junior high or middle school • High school • Vacation or break • Thanksgiving • Christmas • Easter

  3. French School System • When do you start school? • What are the different schools you attend? • When do you finish school?

  4. American School System

  5. Vacations in French Schools • What vacations do you get in French schools? • Do they include holidays? • How much time do you get off?

  6. American Holidays • How many can you name? • Which ones do you think American students get off school?

  7. Thanksgiving Break • Always the last Thursday in November • Most schools get 2.5 days off: half day on Wednesday, no school Thursday and Friday • In college (university), students usually get a whole week off

  8. Christmas (Winter) Break • Most schools get 2 weeks off • Includes Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day: December 31 and January 1 • In college, students usually get 3 or 4 weeks off

  9. Spring Break • In primary and secondary education, usually includes Easter • Usually 1 week off • In college, spring break is usually before Easter and students don’t get any time off for Easter

  10. Summer Break • Usually 3 months: part of May, all of June, all of July, part of August • College breaks are usually a little longer • You start a new grade after the summer break • Many students attend summer school

  11. Other holidays • 3rd Monday in January: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • Washington’s Birthday/Presidents Day: 3rd Monday in February • Last Monday in May: Memorial Day • First Monday in September: Labor Day • November 11: Veterans Day • Most primary and secondary schools have these holidays off; many colleges do not

  12. Which do you prefer? • American vacations or French ones?

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