school is out -- summer is here!

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How about a poll. We skipped spring break this year so we could be done early! I worked in the yard today.....planted flowers and shrubs. Of course I have some planning to do for next year and the dc will read and do some math this summer. We also have a couple of field trips planned that we didn't get in during the year, but SUMMER IS HERE!!! YEAH!

[JudoMom]

I picked more than a month. We have 33 school days left. We go year round, but I will take 2-3 weeks before we start our new year.

[Sputterduck]

School starts May 18th for us.

[SwimmyKids]

We technically are finished--had my review and all paperwork is turned in--but my kids don't know.

 

If I told them about the review, . . . well, you know how that would go.

[Karen in CO]

I have 31 days left. We also go year round and will take off 2-3 weeks before we start back so that I can get things in order.

[nukeswife]

We will finish up our official year this coming week, but we will continue with english and math a couple times a week through the summer. Our new year will start July 20th or 27th, I haven't decided yet.

 

This year won't have a full 36 weeks or 180 days but since I'm not required to log them I'm ok with that. We'll still end up doing about 150 days, but didn't have a "full" year because some days we doubled up lessons since they were so short and/or easy.

[Tap]

Normally we would have finished this week or next, but ds is in a high school program this year so he won't be done until mid June. I will keep both kids on the same schedule so we still have a month to go :0(

[Matryoshka]

Usually I say we turn over the school year around June 30th, which is also when I send in my yearly evaluation.

 

This year one of my dd's is off to Germany for 6 weeks, so we crammed and finished the math book early, which honestly makes me feel done. :001_smile: I'm going to make her bring LOF (summer math book) with her, though, and do 3 chapters a week. Am I horribly cruel? But then I can get her twin sister to do the same at home. I can't imagine her sitting around here for 6 weeks with nothing to do.

 

And her younger sister isn't quite done (with math) but almost - probably another week or two. Much to my surprise she has formed a pact with a friend who's finishing up the same book and they've set a deadline and want a party when they're done (with cakes shaped like math books?! - not so sure about that idea of theirs). I also think I may take advantage of the older ones not really having much schooling for the next 6 weeks to spend some time focusing on the younger one, who tends to thrive on attention and rarely gets as much as she'd like.

 

I have a big "summer school" schedule laid out for July/August, though, so... We'll start up with full schooling again in September.

[Blessedfamily]

We're doing year round. We are finished K and as of Saturday she will be a first grader. We're going year round, but with a lighter summer schedule.

[sgilli3]

For us, it is more than a month.

 

We loosely follow the Southern Hemisphere's school calendar , which means our year runs from Jan- Dec, with a few breaks in between.

 

We will finish our year early Dec and wont return to the books until Feb.

[Pamela H in Texas]

I needed more than one answer!

 

My daughter has two more finals and she's done with this term, but she starts back up June 1st. My son is done 'til August. The 6yo is going year round, but it'll be 3R's for summer and *I* only have him 2-3 days per week after we survive this coming (full) week.

[Carrie12345]

The last day for ds's cyber school is June 4th.

We'll finish the girls' "regular" year at the end of May.

 

I'm hoping to spend some time on Latin and Logic with ds and History for all of them through the summer, but we won't call it "school". ;)

[MamaT]

We have 3 weeks left. We need some time off!

 

We'll start up again the first of August. Other than reading, reviewing Latin vocabulary and math facts with the youngest, we're going to take a break.

[mazakaal]

I loosely follow the British school term, so we school from late August until mid-July. Our last day of school this year should be July 17th if all goes according to plan.

[kewb]

I loosley follow the public school schedule here. School starts the Wednesday after Labor Day and ends the 3rd week in June.

[Quiver0f10]

We planned to be done May 29th but sickness had us out all week so we will finish June 5th instead.

[yvonne]

Three more weeks for us! I cannot wait! I really need the break.

 

We'll take three weeks off (except for my 6 yo who'll keep up with reading/phonics work and skip counting and me doing a crash course in Latin!) Then we'll do a four week summer session, then take three weeks off again. I'll use the second break for detailed planning of next year. It gives the kids a break and it sets us up for much more efficient work when we start up again.

 

yvonne

[Pixie]

Mine have 2 more weeks left of public school and my plan is to start homeschooling around August 15th as long as we are settled in our new house by then (we are moving 1000 miles away this summer)

[Closeacademy]

I voted we are done. But we only have a 3 week break and then we are back to school the first week of June.:001_smile:

[jamnkats]

Summer has been HERE since March! :)

 

99F/37C right now. Luckily, we live at the beach so it is much cooler here.

[akmommy]

I voted 2 more weeks, but we probably will not need the whole second week as we will just be finishing up a few things. Our schedule is similar to the local public schools here. There is just so much time that we are stuck inside during the winter here that we like to take full advantage of the summer months.:001_smile:

[joannqn]

Our virtual academy's school year go to June 30th. We can finish early if we banked hours throughout the school year. My son has enough hours to be done now if I wanted. My daughter has enough to finish about 2 weeks early.

 

Regardless, we still have history and science curriculum to finish. SOTW, with 42 lessons, takes longer than everything else we are using to finish. We also got behind on science so I'd like to do a quick finish of that. Everything else was done a long time ago; we started next year's curriculum a couple of months ago.

 

We've moved into end of the year pace, though. We have hourly requirements to meet (20 and 25 depending on the child) but we are taking it easy. Very light days for language arts and math with most of the house being met by read alouds and playing outside (PE).