Summer vacation- so early!!!!

Lovable

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 4:46 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

All my kids ended school this week. It's literally still mid June!!

Think about the fact that they will be starting the new school year quite 'early' as well - Mid August!!

mha3484

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 4:57 pm

This when we always finish. We have 3 more weeks of summer school/camp before day camp. When do you usually end?

amother

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:04 pm

I guess Im just jealous of Israel that ends June 30 and starts September 1...
And the boys have all of 3 weeks summer vacation

Writergirl

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:08 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I guess Im just jealous of Israel that ends June 30 and starts September 1...
And the boys have all of 3 weeks summer vacation

Every year parents get shocked again....

keym

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:10 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I guess Im just jealous of Israel that ends June 30 and starts September 1...
And the boys have all of 3 weeks summer vacation

And the entire Chanuka off?

ra_mom

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:12 pm

mha3484 wrote:

This when we always finish. We have 3 more weeks of summer school/camp before day camp. When do you usually end?

We usually have a total of 3.5 weeks off besides for the 8 weeks of camp. So sometimes it's 1 week in between school and camp plus 2.5 weeks after camp/before school. Other times it's split differently but it's generally 3.5 weeks without structured school/camp.

amother

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:13 pm

keym wrote:

And the entire Chanuka off?

Na, my kids end up having 3/4 of chanukah off too

amother

NeonGreen

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:13 pm

I'm happy they ended early because they are starting so early.

Its gonna be a brutal school year for the kids next year. They're back in school after the chagim at the end of September, and then there's no break until Pesach in mid April

Both the kids and teachers are probably gonna get so burned out

mha3484

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:15 pm

ra_mom wrote:

We have the same maybe its just distributed differently. School goes straight into what they call summer session which goes straight to day camp. We have 2 1/2 weeks off at the end.

I think girls have half a week at the beginning.

mha3484

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:16 pm

amother [ NeonGreen ] wrote:

You dont have any winter break?

amother

Blush

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:17 pm

I'm a teacher. I have never ended a year as exhausted and burnt out as this year. It's been a crazy year. For all of us, kids, too. We all need the break now.

amother

NeonGreen

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:25 pm

mha3484 wrote:

You dont have any winter break?

Not really. Its a RW school and they usually only give Friday/Monday.

amother

Mulberry

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:40 pm

amother [ Blush ] wrote:

I'm a teacher. I have never ended a year as exhausted and burnt out as this year. It's been a crazy year. For all of us, kids, too. We all need the break now.

Everyone deserves a break, but y was this year harder than other years?

mha3484

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 5:42 pm

amother [ NeonGreen ] wrote:

Not really. Its a RW school and they usually only give Friday/Monday.

If that were me, I would make my own winter break that is totally insane. I am in a RW school in my area but we have a week of midwinter in January. The kids need it badly.

amother

Blush

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 9:33 pm

amother [ Mulberry ] wrote:

Everyone deserves a break, but y was this year harder than other years?

Because trying to teach on zoom and live at the same time, with kids coming in and out of quarantine was insane. There were never enough substitutes to cover all the teachers who were out for quarantine. Plus trying to follow all the COVID rules was really hard. Teaching in a mask was difficult and social distancing made it necessary to change a lot of how we did things. We were constantly redoing lessons to fit the guidelines. Most years we can teach from some of the lesson plans from previous years but this year everything had to be redone.

BTW, I live OOT

amother

NeonGreen

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 10:15 pm

mha3484 wrote:

If that were me, I would make my own winter break that is totally insane. I am in a RW school in my area but we have a week of midwinter in January. The kids need it badly.

Yeah I agree. Ill probably pull my son put of school for a short getaway if I feel he really needs a break

BrachaVHatzlocha

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 11:13 pm

kol hakovod to all the teachers who made it work for the past 1.5 years through the craziness!!! you deserve a break!!

usually I think schools end around the 21st and this year more like 16th... maybe an extra week...but starting end of august rather than early sept.
I noticed the boys camps are starting and ending earlier due to this... so hopefully no one will be too bored!!!

amother

Bronze

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 11:15 pm

amother [ Mulberry ] wrote:

Everyone deserves a break, but y was this year harder than other years?

Lol

COVID

amother

Mulberry

Thu, Jun 17 2021, 11:24 pm

amother [ Bronze ] wrote:

Lol

COVID

Our schools didnt take covid guidelines very serious.