School Schedule

I am currently on a three week holiday. This is very common for Swiss schools. The "jahresplan" here looks something like this:

Aug. 10 - start of school
Sept. 26-Oct. 19 - fall break
Dec. 23-Jan. 3 - Christmas break
Jan. 17-22 - Wintersportwoche (the whole school goes skiing or other winter sports)
Jan. 23-31 - winter break
Mar. 27-Apr. 11 - spring break
July 2 - end of school

There are other religious holidays that my school observes which may fall in the middle of the week, so a Tuesday holiday is not uncommon. There is also a 3-day religious holiday in May (Ascension).

The school year is long, but there are ample breaks built in. I think, however, that I will be looking forward to a long summer break once May, 2011 rolls around.