I have seen many people ask about Year-Round school.  We do it!!!  I really enjoy it and it works well for us.  I'll give you a general idea how we do it.

    The "official" school year starts in August(usually the middle) So let's say the 15th.   We then go for about 9 weeks and have a one or two week break.

    August 15th through October 13th.  (Part of that week will be field trips or grandma will HS, so actually this will end up as 9 weeks and maybe a few days.  Oct.15th is our anniversary and we generally take more time here. )

   Oct.16-20th break.

   October 23rd through December14th.  (This actually equals 8 weeks but we'll make up later in the year.  There is also about 2-3 days off at Thanksgiving)

   December 15th-January 2nd- Christmas break!!!

   January 2nd through March 9th.  (here is where we make up for that short time, earlier in the year-this actually ends up as 10 weeks)

   March 12-23rd Break.(Two weeks!!!!)

   March 26th through May25th (9 weeks)

   May28th-June1 (Break)

   June 4th through July 6th-(5 weeks- this one is short because we take a longer break during the summer)

We take about a 5 week break here and that gives me time to get our curriculum together for the next year.  We on average do about 190 days give or take a few.  I enjoy getting a break every so often and so do my boys!!!!  I've seen it arranged many different ways this just happens to work for us!!!

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Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy

We school year round too. Last year our schedule looked more like yours. We did 45 days on and 15 days off. But, my daughter got bored on her 15 days off. She asked me if we could do 15 days on and 5 days off. We are starting the summer with a three week break, but then we are following her schedule. We did have to play with the 'days off' so that we got all the major holidays and her birthday as off days.

We'll see how it works. It would be my preference not to do a schedule at all and just create a lifestyle of learning, but alas, our School District makes us turn in the schedule and my black and white child always follows it without deviation!

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