| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday July 6, 2018 School holidays :
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| Summer holiday (end) - Monday August 20, 2018 School holidays :
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| Bonaire Day - Friday September 6, 2019 Secular holiday :
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| Fall holiday (beginning) - Friday October 5, 2018 School holidays :
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| Fall holiday (end) - Monday October 15, 2018 School holidays :
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| Thanksgiving (beginning) - Friday November 16, 2018 School holidays :
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| Thanksgiving (end) - Monday November 26, 2018 School holidays :
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| Kingdom's Day - Friday December 14, 2018 Secular holiday : From 2008 onwards
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| Christmas holiday (beginning) - Friday December 21, 2018 School holidays :
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| Christmas Day - Tuesday December 25, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.
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| Second Christmas Day - Wednesday December 26, 2018 Secular holiday : Tweede Kerstdag
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