| New Year's Day - Friday January 1, 2021 Secular holiday : In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 4, 2021 School holidays : Http://www.bsdvt.org
official calendar, applies to Burlington
PISA ranking (average 493): 496
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
number of instructional days and/or hours in the school year: 175 days
Teaching languages: Spanish, English
schools closed Saturday & Sunday
school uniforms not required
University of Vermont ranking: Times Higher Education #351-400/QS ranking #551-600/Shanghai #301-400
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday January 18, 2021 Secular holiday : Martin Luther King was a U.S civil rights leader and American clergyman. His non-violent demonstrations against racial inequality led to civil rights legislation. He was assassinated in 1968. called "Civil Rights Day" in Arizona, Virginia and New Hampshire
called "Robert E. Lee day" in Alabama and Mississipi
called "Human Rights Day" in Idaho
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| Civil Servants holiday - Monday October 12, 2020 Secular holiday : Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday November 1, 2020 Special Events :
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| Presidential election - Tuesday November 3, 2020 Special Events :
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| Remembrance Day - Wednesday November 11, 2020 Banks only : Formerly Armistice Day, is a holiday observed in honour of all those, living and dead, who served with U.S. armed forces in wartime. Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, was proclaimed to commemorate the termination of World War I Some banks, post office and governement close, but businesses, more and more, remain open, as well as universities.
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| Thanksgiving (beginning) - Wednesday November 25, 2020 School holidays :
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| Thanksgiving - Thursday November 26, 2020 Secular holiday : Many Americans take the following day off and enjoy a four-day holiday. The first formal celebration was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish a settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three-day thank you celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. The turkey tradition was introduced by Benjamin Franklin who made it a national symbol: quick runner, wary, sharp eyesight... The one-time holiday was declared by George Washington, whereas Abraham Lincoln elected the 4th Thursday in November.
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| Black Friday - Friday November 27, 2020 Special Events : Day of sales and bargains
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| Thanksgiving (end) - Monday November 30, 2020 School holidays :
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| Christmas holiday (beginning) - Thursday December 24, 2020 School holidays :
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| Christmas Day - Friday December 25, 2020 Catholic or protestant :
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