| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 Secular holiday :
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 3, 2022 School holidays : Http://maine.gov
Applies to Portland public schools
PISA ranking (average 493): 496
Schooling is mandatory till age 17
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
Dates confirmed till July 2022; Further dates are projected dates based on previous years
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday January 17, 2022 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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| Portland Marathon - Saturday October 9, 2021 Sports events : Www.mainemarathon.com/ 2021 edition confirmed (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Indigenous Peoples' Day - Monday October 11, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday November 7, 2021 Special Events :
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| Remembrance Day - Thursday November 11, 2021 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) - Friday November 19, 2021 School holidays :
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| Thanksgiving - Thursday November 25, 2021 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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| Public holiday - Friday November 26, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Black Friday - Friday November 26, 2021 Special Events : Day of sales and bargains
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| Banks are closed - Friday November 26, 2021 Banks only :
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| Thanksgiving (end) - Monday November 29, 2021 School holidays :
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Friday December 17, 2021 School holidays :
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| Banks are closed - Friday December 24, 2021 Banks only :
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| Christmas Day - Saturday December 25, 2021 Catholic or protestant :
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| New Year's Day (moved backward to Friday) - Friday December 31, 2021 Secular holiday : AK, AL, AZ, CT, DE, FL, IA, ID, ME, ND, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, VA, VW
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