Sentences with phrase «school holidays off»

Increased earnings can help subsidise taking school holidays off, learning new skills or indulging in hobbies.

With 10.30 am — 2.30 pm shifts and school holidays off, the sandwich manufacturer is able to offer flexible working options to parents of young children who may not be able to consider childcare due to cost.

Not exact matches

We only get one major Christian holiday off and I don't recall any Jewish, Hindu, Buddist or any other religious holiday as a day off school.

Having a special day off school for a faith - based holiday offers the school a «teachable moment» to learn about the holiday and about students who's beliefs might be different from theirs.

Add to that the fact that Christmas has become less of a religious day, and more of a commercial (secular) day, and we definitely don't take off from work or school for any Christian religious holidays anymore.

BUT I do believe in separation of «church» and state (another founding principal of our country)... so NO religious holiday should result in a day off from school not even CHRISTMAS or PASSOVER etc. if you celebrate the holiday don't send your kid to school and they can catch up later.

To put it simply the school breaks and days off coincide with Judeo - Christian holidays with summer vacation which had to with farmers and growing season.

School probably shouldn't close on any religious holiday but instead people who practice those religions should be able to take the day off.

All my life I have been «forced» to be off from school / work for Christmas, but for my holidays, had to resort to using vacation days at work or just missing two days of school per year to celebrate Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

If you want it so much then get the schools to allow kids a couple of days off each year to observe the holidays.

I live and teach and in community that has a 40 % Muslim population, and our schools take off both Muslim and Christian holidays.

I'm a graduate of NYC public schools and we always had off for the Jewish high holidays, which was very nice as otherwise I would have missed class those days.

Every religious holiday should be celebrated and days off from school provided.

However, there are a limited number of school days and the children simply can not be off for every religious holiday that comes along.

Furthermore, the Jewish community has never had school days off, although I believe when I was going to school, they were allowed to take certain holidays off without their absence being marked against them.

So Muslims want days off from school for their religious holidays???, when the moderate Muslims start to profess their outrage at the radical Muslims then we'll think about it.

I would say that we shouldn't include taking days off from school for these religious holidays.

If you are from another country and want to follow the holidays of another country then follow them your self and take off of school your self or go back to the country you came from and close the schools there for your countries Hholidays of another country then follow them your self and take off of school your self or go back to the country you came from and close the schools there for your countries HolidaysHolidays.

and another thing, i live in MD and when i was in high school we got off for at least 3 jewish holidays as well

Maybe LJ Has a point, Lets celebrate all the holidays and every day will be a day off, that way students will might learn something by avoiding public schools alltogether.

I agree with the author — the schools should be off for muslim holidays.

As a jew, none of my holidays were school holidays and even now, many years later, I work at a company where the president and CEO is a conservative jew and we still only get christian holidays off.

As someone who grew up in the largest muslim city outside of the middle east (Detroit Metro) and having grown up getting muslim holidays off of school, I would argue that if some 12 + % of NYC students really are muslim — if this guy has his facts right — why not?

At my old high school the school board marked the wrong day off its calendar — for a MUSLIM holiday — and some 63 % of students didn't show and we were forced to make that day up.It isn't just a matter of counting days, though, I would argue.

But we now have gone to «winter break» and «spring break», because people felt that giving children time off from school for religious holidays was pretty darn close to violating the sacred seperation of church and state.

Schools should not give religous holidays off.

If you want specific religious holiday's off then I suggest you go to a religious run school.

In my school we had off for Jewish holidays as well as Christian because of the large populations of both groups represented in the area.

How about let them go to school on other holidays so they can be off without consider being absent when their Holidaholidays so they can be off without consider being absent when their HolidaysHolidays come.

If enough of the school population will take the holiday off anyway, then yes close the school.

Schools USED TO schedule days (or periods of time) off for religious holidays, i.e. - Christmas and Easter.

I'm 33 and have never gotten a day off of school or work for a Jewish holiday.

If enough kids request the day off to warrant a school closing, so be it — but no one is penalized for observing his / her holiday, and the government doesn't have to go through this insanity of trying to acknowledge everyone's religion.

There should be NO school days off for observance of any religious holiday, period.

Remember when the winter holidays used to mean time off from school, trips to the snow, presents upon presents, and extra helpings of dessert?

Whether you're taking time off from work for the holidays, you're home from school for Winter Break, or you're just enjoying some special quality time with your kids around Christmas, the best way to bond is with one of these 10 Super Easy Desserts for Winter Break.

With football season officially having kicked off, kids back in school and the holiday season looming, now is the time to share those treats that spread a little joy.

On a regular school day this recipe is too involved, but on a Snow day (or a holiday or a weekend) the hands off baking time is appreciated.

With the school holidays in full swing, families across Britain will be off on their travels - but it doesn't have to spell out the beginning of traffic jams, squabbling kids and endless toilet breaks.

We kicked off our holiday giving by partnering with Judah's school and Childbirth Connection to Adopt a Family in need and provide them with a Thanksgiving dinner.

Now that I work in a school, this was the first time I've really been able to appreciate the fact I get the same holidays off as my girls...

While parents head off to jobs over the holiday vacation, their school - age children can participate in a supervised program at Naper Settlement in Naperville.

Arlington Heights has kicked off the holiday season in North School Park at the annual Tree Lighting ceremony since 1991.

It feels like ever since we got back off our holiday's and the children went back to school that Summer h...

The heartwarming event kicks off with carolers from Maranatha High School, a harpist, a vocal quartet from the Jet Propulsion Lab and features a string quartet playing cheerful holiday music from the Pasadena Symphony and POPS» «Random Acts of Music» program.

Peak times are weekends, bank holidays and school holidays; all other times are Off - Peak.

The kids are off from school, families travel and social calendars fill up with family get - togethers, holiday parties, church activities and... more

It has always been important to me to make good memories for my kids, whether it was a holiday, birthday or just a day off from school.

With schools off for the holiday break, Burstein said it is too soon to say how the number of flu cases could effect attendance when students return next week.

A call to replace Columbus Day in Southampton schools with a holiday honoring indigenous people set off hours of emotional debate this week among dozens of American Indians and Italian - Americans.