Sentences with phrase «winter break from school»

This holiday and during my winter break from school, I chose to go to Yangon (Burma) and to see Bagan and scuba dive the Burma Mergui Archipelago, which involved me starting that portion of my trip in Thailand.

I was doing some kitchen cabinet rearranging (for higher efficiency of course... my Type A brain is stupid sometimes) during my winter break from school a couple weeks back, and I totally came across my spiralizer.

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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.

IMHO schools should only close for Federal holidays (aside from things like winter / spring / summer break) as that eliminates the risk of First Amendment challenges («establishment of religion» and»... or prohibiting the free exercise thereof»).

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.

Well, good for you for sticking to your guns, but prepare to be furious when your child comes home on the last day before the winter break vibrating like a tuning fork from all of the «holiday» (read «Christmas») treats that well meaning parents send for the traditional pre-break party that happens in virtually every public school classroom on the last school day of the calendar year.

In Virginia's Fairfax County, schools have embraced a request to refrain from assigning homework on Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks so students can de-stress and enjoy time with family and friends, a spokesman said.

The good news is that it's never too late to develop healthy homework habits; your family can start these five teacher - recommended steps at the start of a new school year, a new term, or even upon returning from winter or spring break.

We had two cold days from school this week after just starting again from winter break.

At one 2001 «winter break» party, an elementary school principal, Lynn Swanson, citing orders from district officials, confiscated a student's goody bags because they included a pencil with the legend «Jesus Is the Reason for the Season.»

Four Baltimore city schools were closed because of heating or water issues Tuesday, keeping students home on what was supposed to be their first day back from winter break.

The situation has gotten so bad that schools have suffered from chronic textbook shortages and dilapidated facilities; some news coverage has recounted stories of severely outdated, damaged teaching materials and school buildings whose broken heating systems leave students shivering in the winter.

In fact, the first Monday after the children return to school from the winter break is actually when we see more divorce filings than any other day of the year.

February 6, 2017 — «Over winter break, nine law students from the University's School of Law volunteered at the Legal Aid Justice Center, which will be launching a new pro bono clinic this coming semester.

As a college senior, winter break serves as a reward to pause from tiring school works, sleepless nights of studying, and grueling deadlines.

For this reason and in order for your child to truly benefit from the experience, my groups meet weekly throughout the school year except during Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring breaks.