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School year in CR

· school year in CR starts on the 1st of September, ends on 31st of June and is divided into two 5-months-long terms; at the end of every term students receive reports· the first...

Schools and I

· first school I was attending was a nursery school and when I was 6 I moved to a basic school; the basic school had no specialisation and it even didn’t have extended language...

School system in the Czech Republic

In the CR, school attendance is compulsory from the age of 6 till 15 (or 16). It is free of charge and all children have the same possibilities for their future education. This system...

School system in Great Britain

School is compulsory for children between the age of 5 to 16. Primary schools are for ages between 5 – 11 and Secondary schools are for ages over 11. Children under the age of...

School sports day

· school sports day on my school is traditionally held the first Tuesday in May on an athletic field close to the school; it is organised by our sport teachers and the events are...

New Year’s Eve

– is celebrated on 31st of December in the Gregorian calendar and is not a public holiday; people welcome the new year coming, they gather in public places or they go to parties and...

Thanksgiving Day

– is celebrated the fourth Thursday in November and it is a legal holiday in the United States and in Canada; after the first harvest was completed by the Plymouth colonists and with help...

Christmas

· Christmas Day falls on December 25 and celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem · Christmas Day did not officially come into being until 354 when Pope Gregory proclaimed December 25 as...

Civil rights movement

· until WWII there was a strong segregation of blacks, they couldn’t eat in the same restaurants, sit in the same places in buses and trains, go to swimming pools, vote and drink the...

Korean war

· a military struggle fought on the Korean Peninsula from June 1950 to July 1953; it begun as a war between South Korea and North Korea but the conflict swiftly developed into a limited...