Editing Spring break (section)

==By country==

===Asia===
====Japan====
In [[Japan]], the spring break starts with the end of the academic year in late March and ends around April 7 with the beginning of a new academic year.

==== Hong Kong ====
[[Hong Kong]] follows the British tradition of an Easter break of about one and a half weeks.

==== Iran ====
In [[Iran]], spring break starts at [[Nowruz]] and ends on [[Sizdah Bedar]]. All Iranians have the same spring break.

==== Macau ====
[[Macau]] follows the Portuguese tradition of Easter break.

====South Korea====
In [[South Korea]], the spring break originally lasted for two weeks in February with the new school year starting afterwards in March. However, due to a change in the academic calendar in 2015, the spring break was changed to a 1-week break in the first week of May, around [[Children's Day]] (although some schools still keep it in February).{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

Colleges only take the Children's Day itself off.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

==== Taiwan ====
In Taiwan, spring break usually refers to the consecutive days off of [[Tomb Sweeping Day]] and [[Children's Day]].

==== UAE (United Arab Emirates) ====
In UAE, spring break is usually two or three weeks long from late March to early/middle of April. It usually depends on the school or the emirate.

===Europe===
====Czech Republic====
In the [[Czech Republic]], only primary and secondary school students have a spring break. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from county to county to avoid overcrowding of the break destinations in the Czech Republic (Czechs usually travel to the mountains to ski there). The counties are divided into six groups, each group containing counties evenly distributed across the country. The first group starts the holiday on the first Monday of February, the last group starts the holiday five weeks later (usually in early March). The last group of counties becomes the first one to have the spring break the next year.

====Georgia====
Before 2017, the spring break in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] was typically an Easter holiday, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday in Holy Week. In 2017 Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava instead set the period from March 8 to 15 as a holiday for those in education, from preschool to university.

====Germany====
In Germany, universities typically schedule a semester break of five to eight weeks around March. The [[Whitsun]] ([[Pentecost]]) holidays around late May or early June are also considered a spring break.<ref>[http://www.studenten-wg.de/infos/semesterferien.html studenten-wg.de] – About semester breaks in Germany (German)</ref>

====Greece====
In [[Greece]], spring break takes place during [[Holy Week]] and the week following.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

====Lithuania====
In [[Lithuania]], spring break (called Easter holidays or spring holidays) takes place one week before Easter and one day after it (as it is the second day of Easter), all school students have this vacation. Primary school students have another week of holidays after Easter.

====The Netherlands====

In the Netherlands, a week-long [[:nl:Voorjaarsvakantie|break]] is given to high school students and students in higher education in the early stages of spring (February-March). There are regional differences between mostly the north and south of the country in when this break takes place, because of [[carnival]], which is mostly celebrated in the southern parts of The Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zaken |first=Ministerie van Algemene |date=2009-12-08 |title=Schoolvakanties - Rijksoverheid.nl |url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/schoolvakanties |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.rijksoverheid.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref>

====Portugal====
In [[Portugal]], spring break is mostly known as "Easter Holidays" and it gives two weeks to all students around the country.

====Russia====
Before 1917 there was an Easter Break in schools. In the [[Soviet Union]], spring break was always from March 24 to 31. Now, many schools in Russia still have the spring break, but the exact date is decided by the school itself. In the majority of cases it is set in the middle of April. Also, the public holidays in May, connected with Labour day and Victory day, can be an accurate equivalent of the spring break.

==== Slovakia ====
[[Slovakia]] gives a week-long break to its elementary school and secondary school students in the months of February and March. Instead of vacationing in warm weather destinations, Slovaks mostly associate spring breaks with skiing. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from region to region to avoid overcrowding of domestic break destinations. The regions are divided into three groups, the first group starts the holiday on the end of February, the last group starts the holiday two weeks later (in early March).

There is also another shorter Easter break from Holy Thursday to Easter Tuesday.

====Spain====
In [[Spain]], spring break is celebrated around [[Holy Week in Spain|Holy Week]], and students usually get a two-week break.

====United Kingdom====
The Easter Break is typically over 2 weeks in either late March or April, depending on when Easter Sunday falls.<ref>{{Cite web | title=School holiday dates {{!}} Hantsweb | url=https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/schoolholidays | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218173751/https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/schoolholidays | access-date=2024-12-20 | archive-date=2017-02-18}}</ref>

===North America===
====Canada====
Canadian provinces give a one or two-week-long break to its elementary school and secondary school students in the month of March, with the time varying from province to province; {{citation needed span|date=March 2025|[[New Brunswick]] and [[Quebec]], for example, place their March breaks during the first week of March; [[British Columbia]], [[Nova Scotia]], and [[Ontario]] schedule theirs during the second or third week; the break in [[Alberta]] and [[Manitoba]] usually occurs in the last week of March.}} 

In primary and secondary school, this break is called "March break" and in higher education it is usually "reading week" or "reading break". Neither example is commonly associated with the party culture of American spring break. "Mid-term break" is a  generic term. Reading week in Canada usually coincides with [[Family Day (Canada)|Family Day]] in the month of February.

====Jamaica====
In [[Jamaica]], the spring break starts in the first week of Good Friday. The break may range from one week to two weeks, often two. This break starts depending on which month the Easter holiday begins, March or April.

====Mexico====
In Mexico, spring break takes place during the [[Holy Week]] and the one after it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-15|title=20 Dumb Mistakes to Avoid in Cancun, Mexico|url=https://luxuryunderbudget.com/travel/20-dumb-mistakes-to-avoid-in-cancun-mexico/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=LUXURY under BUDGET|language=en-US}}</ref>

====United States====
{{citation needed span|date=September 2024|In the mid-1930s, a swimming coach from [[Colgate University]] decided to take his team down to [[Florida]] for some early training at a brand-new Olympic-size pool in sunny Fort Lauderdale. The idea clicked with other college swim coaches, and soon the spring training migration became an annual tradition for swimmers nationwide.}} Now, spring break is an academic tradition in various mostly western countries that is scheduled for different periods depending on the state and sometimes the region.

In the United States, spring break at universities, colleges, and many [[K–12|K-12]] school systems can take place {{citation needed span|date=September 2024|from March to April,}} depending on term dates and when [[Easter Sunday|Easter holiday]] falls. Spring break is usually a week or two long, although some schools schedule it for mid to late March, with separate days off for the Easter holiday.

====Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras====
In Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, it takes place during Easter; schoolchildren have a week off, and teaching staff typically three days.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

===South America===
====Colombia====
In Colombia, the Easter break is [[Holy Week]].

====Chile====
In Chile, many schools and universities take vacations in the middle of September in the southern hemisphere spring, coinciding with the celebration of the country's [[Fiestas Patrias (Chile)|Patriotic Holidays]].